# API-Football

> Use this tool when you need to access comprehensive football data, including league standings, team fixtures, and player statistics, to power sports analytics, fantasy football applications, or other workflows. It provides over 15 specialized tools to retrieve historical and real-time match data, requiring a RapidAPI key for authentication and offering a containerized deployment with Docker. Ideal for use cases needing detailed soccer data, it delivers outputs such as league tables, fixtures, and player stats through a conversation interface.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/obinopaul-api-football  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/obinopaul-api-football

## Description

Soccer MCP Server provides a bridge between applications and the API-Football service, offering tools to access comprehensive football data including league standings, team fixtures, player statistics, and live match information. Built with FastMCP and requiring a RapidAPI key for authentication, it implements over 15 specialized tools that retrieve both historical statistics and real-time match data for leagues, teams, and players worldwide. The server is containerized with Docker for easy deployment and configured to run with increased timeout settings for reliable operation, making it ideal for sports analytics, fantasy football applications, or any workflow requiring detailed soccer data without leaving the conversation interface.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.81
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/obinopaul-api-football)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/obinopaul/soccer-mcp-server>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "obinopaul-api-football"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/obinopaul-api-football` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/obinopaul-api-football/pull`

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