Scouting System

What Scouting System does

Scouting System is a privately held, Portugal-headquartered software company that develops and operates Scouting System Elite, an end-to-end football intelligence platform serving professional football clubs, leagues, federations, sports management agencies, and global brands. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Barcelos with offices in the Lisbon area (Sacavém), Miami, and Bordeaux, the company has been operating in football scouting and analytics for over a decade. Its platform covers 2,400+ global competitions and maintains a database of 860,000+ players, 34,000+ teams, 38,000+ coaches, and 61,000+ referees, with a disclosed roster of 50+ customers including PSG, LOSC Lille, Nottingham Forest FC, Red Bull Group, SC Braga, Nike, and the Canadian Premier League.

The product architecture is built around Scouting System Elite, a configurable subscription platform combining player analysis and discovery, customizable reporting aligned to each club's methodology, shortlist and shadow-team management with visual pitch layouts, a market-and-transfer hub with KYC-compliant secure messaging, a mobile-first executive dashboard, and a data-analysis module integrating 300+ variables and play-by-play event data (including Expected Goals (xG) and PPDA). Physical metrics (top speed, sprinting distance, high-intensity counts) and injury intelligence are ingested through documented partnerships with Wyscout (stats API), Hudl (physical/video), and Noisefeed (injury data), with SSO via Microsoft and downstream distribution to Power BI, Tableau, and Python. AI capabilities include predictive player-potential scoring, natural-language search across the 860,000-player database, automated narrative summaries, and automated video clip generation tied to statistical events. The platform exposes a REST/JSON API and supports on-premise deployment for full data control.

The company operates three revenue streams: recurring subscription access to the Scouting System Elite platform, professional-services and custom software development for client-specific configurations and integrations, and a data-as-a-service offering delivered via API integrations. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, reflecting an enterprise sales motion targeting sporting directors, club managers, scouting departments, and football executives. Distribution is direct enterprise field sales with demo requests converted by sales specialists, with no third-party reseller or marketplace channels. Scouting System is privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed institutional funding, parent company, or revenue figures in available source materials.

Name

Scouting System

Legal name

Scouting System

Website

https://scoutingsystem.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scouting System is a Portugal-headquartered SaaS provider operating Scouting System Elite, a football intelligence platform covering 2,400+ competitions and 860,000+ players for clubs, leagues, federations, agencies, and brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Football Scouting Software

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Sports Business Consulting & Advisory (Strategy, Valuation, Due Diligence) (MPAKAKAL)

Keywords

• Football scouting software
• Sports analytics platform
• Player intelligence platform
• Talent identification software
• Football data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelos

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Subscription: Subscription-based access to the Scouting System Elite platform providing player database access, analytics, reporting, and collaboration tools.
2. Custom Software Development: Fully customizable software development services for each client with bespoke features and integrations that fit seamlessly into existing tools. Creates new, fully customizable software tailored to club needs.
3. Data-as-a-Service: Data-as-a-service offerings providing ongoing data integration and management capabilities including custom API integrations and external data source connections.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Scouting System Elite is an end-to-end football intelligence platform that combines player analysis, data analytics, and transfer management across 2,400+ global competitions. It serves professional football clubs, leagues, federations, sports agencies, and global brands with a centralized database of 860,000+ players, AI-powered talent identification, customizable reporting, shortlist and shadow team tools, secure KYC-compliant messaging, mobile executive dashboards, and REST/JSON API integrations with partners such as Hudl, Wyscout, and Noisefeed.

Product overview

Scouting System Elite is a unified football intelligence platform that combines player analysis, data analytics, and transfer management across 2,400+ global competitions. The platform architecture centers on the Scouting System Elite core product, which integrates multiple modules including Player Analysis and Discovery (860,000+ players), Tailored Reporting, Customizable Shortlists and Shadow Teams, Market and Transfer Hub (with built-in secure messaging), Mobile Executive Dashboard, Data Analysis and Intelligence (300+ variables, xG, PPDA), Personalized Calendars and Tasks, and Youth Recruitment Module powered by Hudl Physical Data. API products include Wyscout Stats API Pack integration for advanced analytics and Noisefeed integration for injury intelligence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scouting System Elite

Quantifiable outcome

• Covers 2,400+ competitions worldwide
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers62 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability9 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HudlcoreTechnology or IntegrationHudl Physical Data integration enables identification of high-potential youth players based on physical profiles. The integration helps clubs spot prospects earlier, integrate them into academies, and develop them with more predictable first-team transitions. Physical metrics from Hudl are displayed within player profiles and comparison tools.
• WyscoutcoreTechnology or IntegrationWyscout Stats API Pack integration provides 300+ comparable variables including Expected Goals (xG), shot conversion rates, and PPDA metrics. The integration enables automated data management with automatic content updates, standardized comparison across competitions, and video-data synergy connecting statistical events to video clips.
• NoisefeedcoreTechnology or IntegrationNoisefeed API integration brings verified injury intelligence and live information into the Scouting System workflow. Injury data is delivered through standard JSON API for integration into dashboards, reports, and automations. Enables better due diligence on transfer targets by flagging injury history, recurrence patterns, and availability concerns.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Catapult Sports: Catapult provides wearable athlete tracking and performance analytics across multiple sports. While broader than football, it competes for the same high-performance/recruitment budgets at elite clubs and could expand its football-specific workflow offerings over time.
• Stats Perform (Opta): Stats Perform owns the Opta sports data brand and provides detailed play-by-play data across football and many other sports. It is the dominant incumbent in official sports data feeds and competes broadly with Scouting System for club-level analytics contracts.

Direct peers

• StatsBomb: StatsBomb provides advanced football analytics including Expected Goals (xG), PPDA, and event-level data used by top clubs and federations. Its AI-powered data and consultancy offering directly competes for the same football intelligence budgets that Scouting System targets.
• InStat: InStat delivers video and statistical football analysis tools to clubs, leagues, and federations, with strong coverage of European competitions. It directly overlaps Scouting System's scouting workflow, video, and performance analytics capabilities.
• Hudl: Hudl is a leading sports video and analytics platform serving clubs, federations, and athletes across multiple sports. It is both a direct competitor (football video/scouting) and a strategic data partner (Hudl Physical Data integration), making it the most consequential peer for Scouting System.
• Wyscout: Wyscout (owned by Hudl) is a football scouting and video platform used by professional clubs and agents worldwide. It directly overlaps with Scouting System's scouting/data-analysis offering and is also a core data supplier via the Wyscout Stats API Pack integration.

Regional players

• BeSoccer: BeSoccer (also known as Sofascore-adjacent coverage) is a football data platform with strong penetration in Spain, Portugal, and Latin America. It overlaps with Scouting System's coverage of Iberian and Latin American leagues and competes for football data-driven use cases in those regions.

Others

• Transfermarkt: Transfermarkt is the most widely cited open football database for player market values, transfers, and contract data. It is a free consumer-grade alternative that constrains Scouting System's ability to monetize basic market intelligence features.

Emerging players

• Driblab: Driblab is a football analytics company focused on advanced metrics and consultancy for clubs and federations, particularly in Spanish-speaking markets. It competes for football intelligence budgets with a similar sport-specialist positioning to Scouting System.
• SkillCorner: SkillCorner provides AI-derived football tracking data including physical metrics and event data from broadcast footage. It represents an emerging competitive data source that could overlap with Scouting System's analytics and youth recruitment modules.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ScoutingSystem
• Facebookfacebook.com/scoutingsystem
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scoutingsystem

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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