API Football

API-Football is a RESTful API providing comprehensive football (soccer) data covering 1,200+ leagues and cups worldwide. Operated by API-Sports, the platform delivers live scores, fixtures, standings, events, line-ups, player statistics, pre-match odds, and historical data. The API supports 9+ sports total including soccer, Formula 1, basketball, baseball, hockey, rugby, volleyball, and handball. Data is returned in JSON format and updates every 15 seconds during live matches.

API Football is listed with 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Sports, Football, Soccer, Live Scores, and Statistics.

API Football’s developer surface includes authentication, API reference, engineering blog, documentation, pricing, signup flow, support, and 15 more developer resources.

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AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 API 8 Features 5 Use Cases

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Composite quality — 37.8/100 · thin

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 8.1 / 17

Access Clarity 11.8 / 17

Operational Transparency 3.5 / 11

Contract Governance 1.9 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 3.7 / 15

Agent readiness — 8/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document
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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Gaming, Entertainment and Sports	undeclared	-	-	-
Football Technology and Sports Data (FIFA Quality Programme)	undeclared	-	-	-

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

API-Football

API-Football provides comprehensive football data including leagues, fixtures, standings, events, line-ups, players, pre-match odds, live odds, and historical statistics for 1,2...

API Football pricing

Prices published by API Football. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free freemium	Free
Pro paid	$19.00 per API Requests / day
Ultra paid	$29.00 per API Requests / day
Mega paid	$39.00 per API Requests / day

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free plan daily quota: 100 requests per day
Pro plan daily quota: 7500 requests per day
Ultra plan daily quota: 75000 requests per day

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Api Football Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Api Football Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Api Football Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

1200+ Leagues and Cups

Comprehensive coverage of over 1,200 football leagues and cups worldwide including major leagues, cups, and international competitions.

Live Scores

Real-time match data updated every 15 seconds during live matches, including scores, events, and match statistics.

Fixtures and Results

Complete fixture schedules and match results including past, present, and upcoming matches with full event details.

Standings

League standings and tables for all supported competitions with points, wins, draws, losses, and goal difference.

Player Statistics

Individual player statistics including goals, assists, cards, appearances, and detailed performance metrics.

Pre-Match and Live Odds

Pre-match betting odds and live odds from major bookmakers available in all pricing tiers.

Historical Data

Multiple years of historical match data available for statistical analysis, fantasy football, and predictive modeling.

Multi-Sport Coverage

Beyond football/soccer, API-Sports covers Formula 1, basketball, baseball, hockey, rugby, volleyball, and handball.

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Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Api Football Authentication

2 schemes

SECURITY

Api Football Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Use Cases 5

What developers build with this provider.

Sports Applications

Build mobile and web apps displaying live scores, fixtures, standings, and player statistics for football fans.

Fantasy Football Platforms

Power fantasy football platforms with player statistics, injury updates, match results, and historical performance data.

Sports Betting

Integrate pre-match odds, live odds, and real-time match events into sports betting and prediction platforms.

Sports Analytics

Analyze historical match data, player performance, and team statistics for sports analytics and scouting platforms.

Widgets and Embeds

Embed live score widgets and statistics panels into websites using API-Football's data and widget integrations.

Integrations 2

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

RapidAPI

API-Football is available on the RapidAPI hub enabling discovery and access through the RapidAPI marketplace.

Stripe and PayPal

Subscriptions managed via Stripe or PayPal with no auto-renewal and prepaid plan options.

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup

Signup

Login

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

APIReference

APIReference

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Components

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: api-football
name: API Football
description: API-Football is a RESTful API providing comprehensive football (soccer) data covering 1,200+ leagues and cups
  worldwide. Operated by API-Sports, the platform delivers live scores, fixtures, standings, events, line-ups, player statistics,
  pre-match odds, and historical data. The API supports 9+ sports total including soccer, Formula 1, basketball, baseball,
  hockey, rugby, volleyball, and handball. Data is returned in JSON format and updates every 15 seconds during live matches.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - rate-limits
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/api-football.png
tags:
- Sports
- Football
- Soccer
- Live Scores
- Statistics
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/api-football/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-09-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: api-football:api-football
  name: API-Football
  description: API-Football provides comprehensive football data including leagues, fixtures, standings, events, line-ups,
    players, pre-match odds, live odds, and historical statistics for 1,200+ leagues and cups worldwide.
  humanURL: https://www.api-football.com/
  baseURL: https://v3.football.api-sports.io
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/api-football.png
  tags:
  - Sports
  - Football
  - Soccer
  - Live Scores
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3#section/Introduction
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.api-football.com/pricing
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3#section/Authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3#section/Rate-limit
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/api-football-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/api-football-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/api-football-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/api-football-problem-types.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/api-football-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/api-football-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/api-football-packages.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/api-football-components.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/api-football-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/api-football-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/api-football-llms.txt
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/api-football-finops.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.api-football.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.api-football.com/news/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.api-football.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.api-football.com/privacy
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.api-football.com/documentation-v3
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.api-football.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://dashboard.api-football.com/register
- type: Login
  url: https://dashboard.api-football.com/login
- type: Support
  url: https://www.api-football.com/contact
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: 1200+ Leagues and Cups
    description: Comprehensive coverage of over 1,200 football leagues and cups worldwide including major leagues, cups, and
      international competitions.
  - name: Live Scores
    description: Real-time match data updated every 15 seconds during live matches, including scores, events, and match statistics.
  - name: Fixtures and Results
    description: Complete fixture schedules and match results including past, present, and upcoming matches with full event
      details.
  - name: Standings
    description: League standings and tables for all supported competitions with points, wins, draws, losses, and goal difference.
  - name: Player Statistics
    description: Individual player statistics including goals, assists, cards, appearances, and detailed performance metrics.
  - name: Pre-Match and Live Odds
    description: Pre-match betting odds and live odds from major bookmakers available in all pricing tiers.
  - name: Historical Data
    description: Multiple years of historical match data available for statistical analysis, fantasy football, and predictive
      modeling.
  - name: Multi-Sport Coverage
    description: Beyond football/soccer, API-Sports covers Formula 1, basketball, baseball, hockey, rugby, volleyball, and
      handball.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Sports Applications
    description: Build mobile and web apps displaying live scores, fixtures, standings, and player statistics for football
      fans.
  - name: Fantasy Football Platforms
    description: Power fantasy football platforms with player statistics, injury updates, match results, and historical performance
      data.
  - name: Sports Betting
    description: Integrate pre-match odds, live odds, and real-time match events into sports betting and prediction platforms.
  - name: Sports Analytics
    description: Analyze historical match data, player performance, and team statistics for sports analytics and scouting
      platforms.
  - name: Widgets and Embeds
    description: Embed live score widgets and statistics panels into websites using API-Football's data and widget integrations.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: RapidAPI
    description: API-Football is available on the RapidAPI hub enabling discovery and access through the RapidAPI marketplace.
  - name: Stripe and PayPal
    description: Subscriptions managed via Stripe or PayPal with no auto-renewal and prepaid plan options.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: info@apievangelist.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-02'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 10
  pass: local-v1
x-contract-note:
  finding: 'API-Football DOES publish an OpenAPI document, and this repository does NOT hold it. The Redoc documentation page
    declares it inline as `<redoc spec-url="public/doc/openapi.yaml" hide-download-button>`, resolving to https://www.api-football.com/public/doc/openapi.yaml.
    Every HTML and .yaml path on www.api-football.com is served to non-browser clients as a Cloudflare managed challenge (HTTP
    403, `cf-mitigated: challenge`), so the spec could not be retrieved on 2026-09-02. Do NOT record this provider as publishing
    no machine-readable contract — the contract exists and the wall is on our side. A future pass with a browser-capable fetcher
    should harvest it into openapi/ and then derive data-model/, skills/, overlays/ and a tool crosswalk from it.'
  spec_url: https://www.api-football.com/public/doc/openapi.yaml
  spec_status: 403
  checked: '2026-09-02'

API Football — frequently asked questions

Does API Football have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 API from API Football, including API-Football.

How do I authenticate with the API Football?

API Football uses bearer-token authentication (2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Api Football Authentication.

How much does the API Football cost?

API Football publishes its prices; its Pro plan is $19.00 per API Requests / day as of 2026-09-02. APIs.io lists 4 pricing plans for API Football, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the API Football ready for AI agents?

API Football has a Kin Score of 37.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 7.9 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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