Score the best Football API

Optimise your football app, deliver a better user experience, and reduce development hours and expenses. Our Football API is designed for iGaming, media, developers and football enthusiasts alike, ensuring you can create a football application that meets your needs.

Test the API risk-free with a 14-day trial.
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Easy for developers
Designed by developers for developers.
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High-quality data
The best Football data at an unbeatable price.
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Your users will trust the reliability of your data.

Use the Football API

Implement the newest technologies into your app
Keep your visitors updated with full historical and active season football schedules.
Your visitors will be able to track when their favourite team is playing and will be able to reminisce about historical games.
Design a match center to keep visitors engaged.
Enhance your match center with statistics, events, line-ups, H2H results, referee and coach stats and more. You can decide for yourself which data of the Football API you will show within your application.
Monitor all live standings of all your favourite leagues.
You can show who is the virtual table leader while matches are in play. The Football API can track all live standings of all leagues.

Don’t waste precious time and resources

We understand the importance of saving time and resources, and our solutions are designed with that in mind.

  • The Football API enables easy integration with your existing or new application.
  • Effortlessly filter responses for relevant data. Don't waste your time searching in the big pile of data, and filter your way to the data you need.
  • The team at Sportmonks has a firsthand understanding of the data that football fans want because they love the game themselves.

YOUR RELIABLE Football APP IN THREE STEPS

1. Start

Stop uncertainty and start your free trial right now

2. Build

Start building your professional Football application

3. Enjoy

Enjoy high-quality and reliable football Data

Start for free with the Football API

Don’t believe us until you try the Football API. Our free plan can be used to test the Football API. You will be granted access to the Danish Superliga and the Scottish Premiership.

All top leagues' live scores
Keep your users informed with real-time scores and events by opting for our powerful Football API. Choose the Football API and experience the fastest live scores in the business.
All top leagues statistics
Provide your users with all the stats of the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A or whatever competition piques your interest.
Predictions, News and widgets
With our Football API, you can use lots of add-ons like the prediction API, News API and multiple Football Widgets. All these extra features are provided by Sportmonks for you to outshine your competitors.

Choose the Football API features you need

Match schedules and historical matches

Match statistics and events

Complete team squads

Match formations & Line-ups

(Live) scores and standings

(Live) odds and predictions

Coach and referee stats

And many more are included in the Football API! Find the complete list on our coverage page.

Football API leagues

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("Accept", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("Authorization", "YOURTOKEN");

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: myHeaders,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues"

payload = {}
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'YOURTOKEN'
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
     
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues"
  method := "GET"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "YOURTOKEN")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

     
Unirest.setTimeouts(0, 0);
HttpResponse response = Unirest.get("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/leagues")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .header("Accept", "application/json")
  .header("Authorization", "YOURTOKEN")
  .asString();

Build an unparalleled Football app

Do you want to create a live score application, fantasy game, betting portal or something completely different? We have the Football API and data to fit your needs.

Make the smart choice and pick the right data provider and Football API. Develop the perfect application with the Football API of your choice, and ensure your customers keep their faith in you. If you use unreliable data, your customers will find out, and they will walk away.

Another mistake you can make is investing money in overpriced data. Yes, the data might be great, but should you spend that much money? Sportmonks thinks data shouldn’t be expensive and should be available for everyone, with a great idea that includes football data.

We know that using a great Football API with reliable data is vital to creating a fantastic application. Don’t let your competitors steal the show while you are on the sidelines.

Try for free

CASE STUDY

We have seen ideas from over 30,000 Football API users. Lots of them have built successful applications. Are you ready to create yours? If you are still trying to decide, please read one of our case studies to find out how much our clients enjoy working with our Football API and the data within.

We chose Sportmonks because of its Football API’s accuracy, ease of use, and outstanding customer service. Starting with Sportmonks was incredibly easy and intuitive. The onboarding process was virtually non-existent. Just plug and play!

Read our case studies
We chose Sportmonks because of its Football API’s accuracy, ease of use, and outstanding customer service. Starting with Sportmonks was incredibly easy and intuitive. The onboarding process was virtually 
non-existent. Just plug and play!
Gaurav | Founder Elevenstats

Why Sportmonks

Don’t get lost in the maze of Football Data and start your journey with the
compass Sportmonks’ Football API offers. Building your dream app is a
breeze with our intuitive Football API and the outstanding support of our
customer service team.

Reliable data is essential for success, and we offer it at an affordable price.
Start your free trial now and climb to the top in no time.

Read our case studies

Choose the plan that
works for you

The table below provides a complete price overview of the various available Football API subscriptions.

Over 2,200 leagues are available in the Football API. The Premier League, Champions League, World Cup, and
other big leagues worldwide are among them.

Do you want to know what the Football API offers before committing? Of course, that is a possibility. You can
subscribe to the free plan or one of the paid plans to start a 14-day free trial.

Start with a 14-day free trial

Monthly
Yearly
European

A great place to start for comprehensive access to all major European leagues.

Starting at
€ 39
€ 34
paid monthly per month paid yearly
European plan
Worldwide

Designed for the real football data experts as it includes all major worldwide leagues.

Starting at
€ 129
€ 112
paid monthly per month paid yearly
Worldwide plan
Enterprise

Only for the real pros, this grants access to all 2200+ available leagues.

 

All leagues, always!

 

Contact us for pricing. Or find out more information on our Enterprise page.

Enterprise plan
  • 2200+ leagues
  • 3000 to 250000 API calls per hour/entity
  • 14-day trial for first-time customers
  • Basic, standard or advanced
    data features
* All prices are exclusive of VAT and, where applicable, VAT will be applied at the standard rate.

Custom Plan

Create your own custom plan that only includes the leagues and data features you need.

Let’s talk!
Customize
You are the one who decides which leagues and which data features you want to have.
Benefit
A custom plan means that you only pay for the leagues and data features you're using. Why pay more for things you don't need?

Football API add-ons

Maximise the potential of your Football API with powerful add-ons tailored to enhance your platform. Whether you’re looking to improve predictions, boost your site with the latest football news, or expand your API capacity, our add-ons provide the perfect solution to meet your needs. Unlock more features, enhance your user experience, and take your football data capabilities to the next level.

Ready to explore? Check out our football API add-ons!

Why developers love our Football API

Reliability and trustworthiness are non-negotiable for developers seeking a Football API. Guaranteeing uninterrupted uptime and dependable data delivery is vital for seamless application integration, particularly during peak usage times. Our dedication to nurturing strong relationships is evident in our developer-centric documentation, exceptional customer service, and proven track record of delivering consistent, reliable data.

We’ve created various advice-led resources for developers to help them with the implementation processes.

  • Detailed documentation resources
  • Fast and helpful dev support team
  • Run in Postman
  • Also available on RapidAPI
Check our developer docs

Compliant with all code libraries

Thanks to our great community, special Sportmonks Prebuilt Wrapper packages are available to kickstart your implementation.

Football API with Python
Football API with Go
Football API with Laravel
Node
Football API with PHP
Football API with Ruby
And more

Football API statistics

The Football API is full of amazing statistics. Statistics are used by professional football clubs, media agencies, and gaming companies. betting companies and more. All kinds of football applications can be built with the set of statistics included in the Football API.

Companies and hobbyists can use the Football API statistics to give an advantage to their application over their competitors. Fantasy games, odds portals, standing pages, live score applications, AI face recognition and much more are powered by our Football API.

Some of the statistics are plain and simple, like the number of goals a player or a team scores. Other statistics are more in-depth like the average minute teams or players need to score a goal, highest-rated players, average goals per minute per team, trends, and more.

You can try the Football API for free with a 14-day trial or the free plan.

Check our developer docs

Live-score API

One of the greatest aspects is that this API is not only a Football API but serves as a Live-score API as well. With over 2,200 leagues you can imagine there are a lot of live matches every day! Sportmonks is focussed on being fast, but reliability is a priority as well. Therefore, only confirmed scores and stats will go live. The Live-score API was tested by customers that were visiting matches and were impressed that livescores and standings were updated as quickly as they were (PEC Zwolle among others).

You can try the Football API for free with a 14-day trial or the free plan.