[GH-ISSUE #702] [SoFifa] Not downloading league data for women leagues #149

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opened 2026-03-02 15:56:12 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:56:12 +03:00

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Originally created by @tomerarazy on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/702

I'm trying to get league composition for Women leagues from SoFifa, but for some reason the downloaded HTML is missing the whole teams table.
Minimal code example:

sofifa = SoFIFA(data_dir=data_dir_raw, version_id="230001")
teams = sofifa.read_teams("2216")

The URL of the page it attempts to scrape is: https://sofifa.com/teams?lg=2216&r=230001&set=true
When looking at the HTML downloaded by Chrome the table is there and structure is similar to the Men's leagues.

I've uploaded the HTML file (changed to txt since github doesn't allow me to upload)

teams_2216_230001.txt

Originally created by @tomerarazy on GitHub (Sep 11, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/702 I'm trying to get league composition for Women leagues from SoFifa, but for some reason the downloaded HTML is missing the whole teams table. Minimal code example: ``` sofifa = SoFIFA(data_dir=data_dir_raw, version_id="230001") teams = sofifa.read_teams("2216") ``` The URL of the page it attempts to scrape is: https://sofifa.com/teams?lg=2216&r=230001&set=true When looking at the HTML downloaded by Chrome the table is there and structure is similar to the Men's leagues. I've uploaded the HTML file (changed to txt since github doesn't allow me to upload) [teams_2216_230001.txt](https://github.com/user-attachments/files/16962787/teams_2216_230001.txt)

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@probberechts commented on GitHub (Oct 30, 2024):

When I try to access the URL in Chrome, I don't see a table.

@probberechts commented on GitHub (Oct 30, 2024): When I try to access the URL in Chrome, I don't see a table. ![sofifa com_teams_lg=2216 r=230001 set=true(iPad Pro)](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b8836343-402c-44c0-a9cd-631320c4d4e6)

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@wbtomer commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025):

I finally got around looking at it - in SoFIFA you need to set gender=1 if you want to see women data, even if the league/team exists

So in this case the url should be:
https://sofifa.com/teams?lg=2216&r=230001&set=true&gender=1

Hopefully I'll get around writing a Pull request for this, but seeing how it took me about 1 year to look at this issue I'm not very optimistic...

@wbtomer commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2025): I finally got around looking at it - in SoFIFA you need to set `gender=1` if you want to see women data, even if the league/team exists So in this case the url should be: https://sofifa.com/teams?lg=2216&r=230001&set=true&gender=1 Hopefully I'll get around writing a Pull request for this, but seeing how it took me about 1 year to look at this issue I'm not very optimistic...

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[PR #149] [MERGED] Update dependency flake8-bugbear to v23 #318