[GH-ISSUE #709] Fotmob new UCL format scrapping issue #152

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opened 2026-03-02 15:56:13 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:56:13 +03:00

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Originally created by @mhassan2048 on GitHub (Sep 17, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/709

Describe the bug
Fotmob is being scrapped, possibly due to the UCL format change. Works fine for earlier seasons.

Affected scrapers
This affects the following scrapers:

FotMob

Code example
A minimal code example that fails. Use no_cache=True to make sure an invalid cached file does not cause the bug and make sure you have the latest version of soccerdata installed.

import soccerdata as sd
fotmob = sd.FotMob(leagues='EUR-Champions League', seasons='2024/2025')
print(fotmob.__doc__)
schedule = fotmob.read_schedule()
schedule.head()

Error message

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
Cell In[16], line 1
----> 1 schedule = fotmob.read_schedule()
      2 schedule.head()

File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/soccerdata/fotmob.py:293, in FotMob.read_schedule(self, force_cache)
    289     all_schedules.append(df)
    291 # Construct the output dataframe
    292 df = (
--> 293     pd.concat(all_schedules)
    294     .rename(
    295         columns={
    296             "roundName": "round",
    297             "round": "week",
    298             "home.name": "home_team",
    299             "away.name": "away_team",
    300             "status.reason.short": "status",
    301             "pageUrl": "url",
    302             "id": "game_id",
    303         }
    304     )
    305     .replace(
    306         {
    307             "home_team": TEAMNAME_REPLACEMENTS,
    308             "away_team": TEAMNAME_REPLACEMENTS,
    309         }
    310     )
    311     .assign(date=lambda x: pd.to_datetime(x["status.utcTime"], format="mixed"))
    312 )
    313 df["game"] = df.apply(make_game_id, axis=1)
    314 df["url"] = "https://fotmob.com/" + df["url"]

File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:382, in concat(objs, axis, join, ignore_index, keys, levels, names, verify_integrity, sort, copy)
    379 elif copy and using_copy_on_write():
    380     copy = False
--> 382 op = _Concatenator(
    383     objs,
    384     axis=axis,
    385     ignore_index=ignore_index,
    386     join=join,
    387     keys=keys,
    388     levels=levels,
    389     names=names,
    390     verify_integrity=verify_integrity,
    391     copy=copy,
    392     sort=sort,
    393 )
    395 return op.get_result()

File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:445, in _Concatenator.__init__(self, objs, axis, join, keys, levels, names, ignore_index, verify_integrity, copy, sort)
    442 self.verify_integrity = verify_integrity
    443 self.copy = copy
--> 445 objs, keys = self._clean_keys_and_objs(objs, keys)
    447 # figure out what our result ndim is going to be
    448 ndims = self._get_ndims(objs)

File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:507, in _Concatenator._clean_keys_and_objs(self, objs, keys)
    504     objs_list = list(objs)
    506 if len(objs_list) == 0:
--> 507     raise ValueError("No objects to concatenate")
    509 if keys is None:
    510     objs_list = list(com.not_none(*objs_list))

ValueError: No objects to concatenate

Contributor Action Plan

I’m unsure how to fix this, but I'm willing to work on it with guidance.
I’m not able to fix this issue.

Originally created by @mhassan2048 on GitHub (Sep 17, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/709 **Describe the bug** Fotmob is being scrapped, possibly due to the UCL format change. Works fine for earlier seasons. **Affected scrapers** This affects the following scrapers: - [ ] FotMob **Code example** A minimal code example that fails. Use `no_cache=True` to make sure an invalid cached file does not cause the bug and make sure you have the latest version of soccerdata installed. ```python import soccerdata as sd fotmob = sd.FotMob(leagues='EUR-Champions League', seasons='2024/2025') print(fotmob.__doc__) schedule = fotmob.read_schedule() schedule.head() ``` **Error message** ``` --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ValueError Traceback (most recent call last) Cell In[16], line 1 ----> 1 schedule = fotmob.read_schedule() 2 schedule.head() File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/soccerdata/fotmob.py:293, in FotMob.read_schedule(self, force_cache) 289 all_schedules.append(df) 291 # Construct the output dataframe 292 df = ( --> 293 pd.concat(all_schedules) 294 .rename( 295 columns={ 296 "roundName": "round", 297 "round": "week", 298 "home.name": "home_team", 299 "away.name": "away_team", 300 "status.reason.short": "status", 301 "pageUrl": "url", 302 "id": "game_id", 303 } 304 ) 305 .replace( 306 { 307 "home_team": TEAMNAME_REPLACEMENTS, 308 "away_team": TEAMNAME_REPLACEMENTS, 309 } 310 ) 311 .assign(date=lambda x: pd.to_datetime(x["status.utcTime"], format="mixed")) 312 ) 313 df["game"] = df.apply(make_game_id, axis=1) 314 df["url"] = "https://fotmob.com/" + df["url"] File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:382, in concat(objs, axis, join, ignore_index, keys, levels, names, verify_integrity, sort, copy) 379 elif copy and using_copy_on_write(): 380 copy = False --> 382 op = _Concatenator( 383 objs, 384 axis=axis, 385 ignore_index=ignore_index, 386 join=join, 387 keys=keys, 388 levels=levels, 389 names=names, 390 verify_integrity=verify_integrity, 391 copy=copy, 392 sort=sort, 393 ) 395 return op.get_result() File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:445, in _Concatenator.__init__(self, objs, axis, join, keys, levels, names, ignore_index, verify_integrity, copy, sort) 442 self.verify_integrity = verify_integrity 443 self.copy = copy --> 445 objs, keys = self._clean_keys_and_objs(objs, keys) 447 # figure out what our result ndim is going to be 448 ndims = self._get_ndims(objs) File /Volumes/Hannibal/AC_new/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas/core/reshape/concat.py:507, in _Concatenator._clean_keys_and_objs(self, objs, keys) 504 objs_list = list(objs) 506 if len(objs_list) == 0: --> 507 raise ValueError("No objects to concatenate") 509 if keys is None: 510 objs_list = list(com.not_none(*objs_list)) ValueError: No objects to concatenate ``` **Contributor Action Plan** - [ ] I’m unsure how to fix this, but I'm willing to work on it with guidance. - [ ] I’m not able to fix this issue.