Real-Time Football
Data at Your Fingertips

Live scores, standings, player stats and match events. 1,400+ leagues worldwide. JSON API built for developers.

500 free calls on sign-up. Then $9.99 for 50,000 calls — credits never expire. See all plans

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Match bots
Fantasy and stats apps

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# Today's matches
curl "https://live-football-api.com/api/v1/matches?api_key=YOUR_KEY"

# Specific date + language
curl "https://live-football-api.com/api/v1/matches?api_key=YOUR_KEY&date=2026-06-29&lang=en"
                    

const res = await fetch(
  'https://live-football-api.com/api/v1/matches'
  + '?api_key=YOUR_KEY&date=2026-06-29&lang=en'
);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data.matches);
                    

<?php
$url = 'https://live-football-api.com/api/v1/matches'
     . '?api_key=YOUR_KEY&date=2026-06-29&lang=en';

$data = json_decode(file_get_contents($url), true);
print_r($data['matches']);
                    

import requests

data = requests.get(
    'https://live-football-api.com/api/v1/matches',
    params={'api_key': 'YOUR_KEY', 'date': '2026-06-29', 'lang': 'en'}
).json()
print(data['matches'])
                    

{
  "status": "success",
  "matches": [
    {
      "id": 15395205,
      "status": "Live",
      "score": { "home": 2, "away": 1 },
      "home": { "id": 3428, "name": "Manchester City", "logo": "..." },
      "away": { "id": 3412, "name": "Real Madrid", "logo": "..." }
    }
  ],
  "credits_used": 1
}
                    

1400+

Leagues Covered

800+

Active Developers

99.9%

Uptime SLA

<120ms

Avg. Latency

WIDGET

Add it to your site with no coding or design work

A live matches list, a single match scoreboard, league standings, a team squad, or a player profile — embed it with one line of code. We built the design, you just paste it in. The widget on the right is real, live data — try it now.

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Features

Everything you need to build great football apps

Comprehensive data coverage with a simple, consistent REST API.

Live Scores

Real-time score updates with half-by-half breakdown, match clock and a live event timeline.

League Standings

League tables, group standings and cup/knockout bracket progress updated continuously.

Player Data

Full roster data, player profiles, career statistics, season averages and per-game breakdowns.

Advanced Stats

xG (expected goals), pass accuracy, tackles won, duel success rate and advanced analytics for every player.

Fixtures & Results

Complete schedules, historical results and head-to-head records for any team and season.

1400+ Leagues

Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Champions League, World Cup and many more domestic and international competitions worldwide.

Webhooks

Push notifications for goals, cards, substitutions and live stats like corners, shots and fouls. Pick the events you want per webhook.

Credit System

Pay only for what you use. Credits never expire. Starter is $9.99 for 50,000 calls.

99.9% Uptime SLA

Enterprise-grade infrastructure with redundant data sources and automatic failover.

Historical Match Archive

Full match data — results, lineups and stats where available — going back to the 1950s, not just live or current-season data.

Flexible Billing

Choose pay-as-you-go credits that never expire, or a monthly subscription that unlocks unified access to Football, Basketball and Tennis data under one account.

API Reference

Simple, predictable endpoints

REST API with consistent JSON responses and clear error codes.

GET /api/v1/matches 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/leagues 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/league_standings 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/league_fixtures 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/lineups 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/h2h 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/live_match_details 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/csb live match board 🪙 1 credit

POST /api/v1/webhook/register 🪙 0 credits

GET /api/v1/injuries 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/officials 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/referee 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/team_squad 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/team_matches 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/team_standings 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/team_search 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/player 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/player_matches 🪙 1 credit

GET /api/v1/player_search 🪙 1 credit

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Coverage

Every league we cover

Browse by country or search for a league — this is the exact data your API key returns.

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Quick Start

Up and running in 5 minutes

Create Account

Get Your API Key

Copy your unique API key from the dashboard.

Make Your First Call

Pass api_key as a query parameter and start fetching data.

Scale Up

Buy more credits as you grow. Simple pay-as-you-go pricing.

From the blog

Latest articles

Guides, product updates and football data insights from our team.

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Guides

Football API Pricing 2026: All Plans and Rate Limits Explained

A full breakdown of every Live Football API pricing tier — Credit Packages, Unlimited, and Monthly Subscription — with exact rate limits for each.

19 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

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Tutorials

How to Embed a Live Football Widget Without Exposing Your API Key

Learn how to embed the new Live Football API widget — match lists, single matches, leagues, teams, or players — using secure session tokens.

12 Sep 2026 · 6 min read

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