martinnormark / football.json

Free open public domain football data in JSON incl. English Premier League, Bundesliga, Primera División, Serie A and more - No API Key Required ;-)

football.json

Free open public domain football data in the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) data interchange format.

Leagues include:

• English Premier League
• Deutsche Bundesliga
• Spanish Primera División ("La Liga")
• Italian Serie A
• and more

Example - Premier League 2015/16 Match Schedule (Fixtures and Result) - 2015-16/en.1.json:

{
  "name": "English Premier League 2015/16",
  "rounds": [
    {
      "name": "Matchday 1",
      "matches": [
        {
          "date": "2015-08-08",
          "team1": {
            "key": "manutd",
            "name": "Manchester United",
            "code": "MUN"
          },
          "team2": {
            "key": "tottenham",
            "name": "Tottenham Hotspur",
            "code": "TOT"
          },
          "score1": 1,
          "score2": 0
        },
        {
          "date": "2015-08-09",
          "team1": {
            "key": "arsenal",
            "name": "Arsenal",
            "code": "ARS"
          },
          "team2": {
            "key": "westham",
            "name": "West Ham United",
            "code": "WHU"
          },
          "score1": 0,
          "score2": 2
        },
        ...
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Example - Premier League 2015/16 Clubs - 2015-16/en.1.clubs.json:

{
  "name": "English Premier League 2015/16",
  "clubs": [
    {
      "key": "chelsea",
      "name": "Chelsea",
      "code": "CHE"
    },
    {
      "key": "arsenal",
      "name": "Arsenal",
      "code": "ARS"
    },
    {
      "key": "manutd",
      "name": "Manchester United",
      "code": "MUN"
    },
    ...
  ]
}

How to Use the Public JSON API Service - No API Key Required ;-)

Use the "raw" links served by GitHub ( otherwise you get the complete "formatted" GitHub page).

Example:

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opendatajson/football.json/master/2015-16/en.1.clubs.json

Automate, Automate, Automate

Note: The JSON files get (auto-)generated using the football.db datasets, thus, please do NOT edit the JSON files but the source files in the country repos e.g.:

• English Premier League in /en-england
• Deutsche Bundesliga in /de-deutschland
• Spanish Primera División ("La Liga") in /es-espana
• Italian Serie A in /it-italy
• and so on

If all works weekly updates get pushed by yorobot. See the yorobot/football.db build scripts for the (auto-)update machinery.

Contributions Welcome - Add Your Leagues and Tournaments!

Any leagues or tournaments missing? Contributions welcome! For starting your own repo from scratch see the Mauritius League Quick Starter Kit.

License

The football.json schema, data and scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

Questions? Comments?

Send them along to the Open Sports & Friends Forum/Mailing List. Thanks!