TheSports

TheSports Teams API

Football team information and statistics

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https://www.thesports.com/docs

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thesports/refs/heads/main/openapi/thesports-teams-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thesports/refs/heads/main/json-schema/thesports-match-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thesports/refs/heads/main/json-schema/thesports-team-schema.json

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https://www.thesports.com/
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OpenAPI Specification

thesports-teams-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TheSports Football Competitions Teams API
  description: TheSports Football API provides real-time football data feeds covering competitions, teams, players, matches, live scores, lineups, statistics, standings, and match analysis worldwide. Supports football and soccer leagues including major domestic competitions and international tournaments.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    url: https://www.thesports.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.thesports.com/
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://www.thesports.com/api
servers:
- url: https://api.thesports.com/v1
  description: TheSports API v1
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Teams
  description: Football team information and statistics
paths:
  /football/team/list:
    get:
      operationId: listTeams
      summary: List Teams
      description: Returns a list of football teams, optionally filtered by competition.
      tags:
      - Teams
      parameters:
      - name: user_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API authentication key.
      - name: competition_id
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter teams by competition ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of teams
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TeamListResponse'
  /football/team/additional:
    get:
      operationId: getTeamDetails
      summary: Get Team Details
      description: Returns detailed information about a specific team.
      tags:
      - Teams
      parameters:
      - name: user_key
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Your API authentication key.
      - name: team_id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The team ID.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Team details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TeamDetailsResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    TeamDetailsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        results:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Team'
    TeamListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
        results:
          type: object
          properties:
            total:
              type: integer
            data:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Team'
    Team:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        short_name:
          type: string
        logo:
          type: string
        country_id:
          type: string
        competition_id:
          type: string
        venue_id:
          type: string
        manager_id:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: user_key
      description: API key for authentication, obtained from TheSports developer portal.
externalDocs:
  description: TheSports Data API Documentation
  url: https://www.thesports.com/docs