Football search API
SearchTeams, players and competitions by name.
Search finds records by name and gives back their ids. Send q with three letters or more.
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200 OK1903 ms2 rows shownReal answer from 2026-11-03, trimmed
{
"data": [
{
"team_id": "fb_h78pe8thmy",
"team_name": "Oxford United",
"venue_name": "Kassam Stadium",
"city_name": "Oxford",
"latitude": 51.716419,
"longitude": -1.208067,
"match_count": 1718
},
{
"team_id": "fb_jxvzgdg9xj",
"team_name": "Cambridge United",
"venue_name": "Abbey Stadium",
"city_name": "Cambridge",
"latitude": 52.2114,
"longitude": 0.153,
"match_count": 1683
}
],
"meta": {
"sport": "football",
"endpoint": "/search",
"count": 100,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 100,
"total": 750,
"total_pages": 8,
"next_cursor": null,
"next_page": 2,
"prev_page": null,
"as_of": "2026-11-02T05:16:53Z",
"cached": false,
"age_seconds": 0
}
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Parameters
Query values this call takes. Anything else is refused with bad_param and the list it accepts.
| Name | Type | What it does | |
|---|---|---|---|
| q | string | optional | The name to look for. Three letters or more works best. |
| page | integer | optional | Which page of rows, from 1. |
| per_page | integer | optional | Rows per page, up to 100 on most lists. |
Returns
Each row of data, from a real answer. Every id is ours and opens its own endpoint.
| Field | Type | What it holds |
|---|---|---|
| team_id | id | The team, by our id |
| team_name | string | Team name |
| venue_name | string | The ground |
| city_name | string | The city |
| latitude | number | Latitude of the ground |
| longitude | number | Longitude of the ground |
| match_count | integer | Match count |
| meta | What it holds |
|---|---|
| sport, endpoint | What you asked |
| count | Rows in this answer |
| page, per_page, total, next_cursor | Where you are in a paged list, when it is paged |
| as_of | When the data was built |
| cached, age_seconds | Whether this is a stored copy, and its age |
| access | On the free key: what it reads, and the plan that opens the rest |
Errors
Codes this call can give. Each is explained in Errors.
| Status | Code | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | no_key | No key sent, or not in a form we read |
| 401 | bad_key | A key we do not know |
| 403 | plan | The free key asked for a date other than yesterday |
| 422 | bad_param | A value this call does not take |
| 429 | rate | Over the calls a minute for your plan |
| 503 | upstream | The data is not answering; retry after Retry-After |
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