Lifestyle · Official remote MCP server

The SportAPI Football Data MCP server,
connected in one click.

Football fixtures, live scores, standings, lineups, teams and players for 117 leagues and cups. Connect the official SportAPI Football Data MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor through gate — one gateway URL, no config files, security-checked.

Connect SportAPI Football Data free How it works

Free to start · No credit card · No hosting needed

Use this server

Add SportAPI Football Data to your AI in one minute

Pick your client. Copy, paste, done — or let gate handle sign-ins and policies for you.

claude mcp add --transport http sportapi-football-data https://sportapi.ai/mcp

Run in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

SportAPI Football Data · https://sportapi.ai/mcp

What you can do

What your AI can do with SportAPI Football Data

Real prompts you can type the moment it's connected — no setup, no docs to read.

“Use “find_leagues”: List covered leagues and cups with their ids. Optionally filter by a name or country fragment (e.g. "premier", "spain", "champions"). Use th.”

“Use “find_teams”: Search teams by name (e.g. "arsenal", "real madrid"). Returns team ids, country and main league id for the other tools.”

“Use “find_players”: Search players by name (e.g. "saka", "haaland"). Returns player ids, position, team id and the slug used by get_player.”

“Use “get_matches”: Fixtures and results for one day, optionally for one league or only live/finished/upcoming matches. Status is one of Scheduled, LIVE, HT, FT.”

Security check

How secure is the SportAPI Football Data MCP server?

Every server in the gate directory has to pass the same four checks before your AI can touch it. Here's how SportAPI Football Data holds up.

✓ Verified directory serverSportAPI Football Data · sportapi.ai

Official endpoint

Operated by SportAPI Football Data (sportapi.ai) at its documented MCP endpoint — not a third-party mirror or community re-host.

No sign-in needed

This server only exposes public data — no account and no credentials are involved when you connect.

Scanned before it goes live

gate checks every tool for prompt injection, hidden instructions, data-exfiltration hints, and over-broad permissions before the server is available through your gateway.

Watched for drift

If SportAPI Football Data adds or changes tools later, gate re-scans and alerts you — before your AI acts on the change.

Run the free scanner on SportAPI Football Data's server →

How it works

Connected in three steps

Connect your gate

Add one gateway URL to Claude, ChatGPT, or any MCP client. One-time setup, about two minutes.

Pick SportAPI Football Data

Choose SportAPI Football Data in the gate directory. No sign-in needed.

Use it anywhere

SportAPI Football Data's tools are live in every AI client you've connected — with rules and logging built in.

Connect SportAPI Football Data free

Free to start · No credit card · No hosting needed

Straight from the server

The actual tools SportAPI Football Data exposes

Fetched live from the official endpoint and re-checked daily by gate — not marketing copy.

find_leagues — List covered leagues and cups with their ids. Optionally filter by a name or country fragment (e.g. "premier", "spain", "champions"). Use th

find_teams — Search teams by name (e.g. "arsenal", "real madrid"). Returns team ids, country and main league id for the other tools.

find_players — Search players by name (e.g. "saka", "haaland"). Returns player ids, position, team id and the slug used by get_player.

get_matches — Fixtures and results for one day, optionally for one league or only live/finished/upcoming matches. Status is one of Scheduled, LIVE, HT, FT

get_live_matches — Matches being played right now with the current score and minute. Scores refresh every minute.

get_match — One match: teams, score, venue, coaches and events (goals, cards, substitutions). Optionally team statistics and lineups (each adds one requ

get_head_to_head — Past matches between two teams.

get_standings — Current league table with points, goals and form (last 6 matches, oldest first). Cups without a table return nothing.

+ 5 more tools once connected

Author

Who runs the SportAPI Football Data MCP server?

sportapi.ai

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Server facts

The SportAPI Football Data MCP server at a glance

Endpointhttps://sportapi.ai/mcp

Operated bySportAPI Football Data (sportapi.ai)

CategoryLifestyle

Sign-inNone — public data only

Available in gateYes — one-click connect

Works withClaude, ChatGPT, Cursor & any MCP client

FAQ

Questions, answered

Is there an official SportAPI Football Data MCP server?

Yes — SportAPI Football Data operates its own remote MCP server at sportapi.ai. gate connects you to that official endpoint and adds security scanning, per-tool access rules, and an activity log on top.

How do I connect SportAPI Football Data to Claude or ChatGPT?

Add gate's gateway URL to your AI client once, then pick SportAPI Football Data in the directory. No account or sign-in is needed. From then on, SportAPI Football Data's tools are available in every client you've connected to gate.

Do I need to host anything?

No. SportAPI Football Data runs the server, and gate is fully managed. You just connect one URL — there's nothing to install, deploy, or maintain.

Is the SportAPI Football Data MCP server safe to connect?

It's the vendor's official endpoint, and gate scans its tools for prompt injection and hidden instructions before it goes live, re-checks it whenever it changes, and lets you allow, block, or require approval for every single tool.