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Football Charts

Daily-updated football results, tables, goal timing, model probabilities and season projections for 98 leagues via JSON REST and an MCP server; open CC BY dataset and paid history tiers.

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Commercial use: Paid plans onlyBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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49

SportDex Score

#57 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
20

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
100

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
48

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
€9/mo
Free access
Free tier
Sports
1 (Football (soccer))
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
1 threads
GitHub adoption
14 repos

Best for

Football hobby and research projects needing daily results, tables, model probabilities and season projections for 98 leagues, with a free key and cheap paid tiers.

League table and results sitesSeason projection displaysHistorical football research

Not ideal for

Live-score apps; data refreshes daily around 06:00 UTC. Not for redistribution, and free and Personal keys are personal use only.

Limitations to check

  • − Updated daily, not live
  • − Free key limited to 200 requests per day
  • − Free and Personal plans are personal use only; apps for others need Commercial
  • − Paid API access runs for 12 months
  • − History back to 2020 on paid plans only

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

Football Charts at a glance

What is Football Charts best for?
Football hobby and research projects needing daily results, tables, model probabilities and season projections for 98 leagues, with a free key and cheap paid tiers. Not ideal for: Live-score apps; data refreshes daily around 06:00 UTC. Not for redistribution, and free and Personal keys are personal use only.
How much does Football Charts cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of Football Charts is €9/mo. Listed plans: Personal €9/mo; Commercial €39/mo; Odds archive €199 one-time.
Does Football Charts have a free tier?
Yes. Football Charts lists a free plan called "Free" (200 requests per day).
What does Football Charts cover?
Football Charts is a free / open data. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Fixtures, Historical data, Odds, Predictions, Results, Standings, Team stats.
Does Football Charts have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Football Charts delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
Can I use Football Charts data commercially or for betting?
According to the public terms of Football Charts — commercial use: paid plans only; redistribution: not allowed.
What do developers say about Football Charts?
Small football results and projections API with a free keyless tier, MCP server and client libraries covering lower leagues. Every mention found comes from its own maker (a self-disclosed Reddit post, integration requests, companion repos). No independent user feedback on quality, limits or pricing exists yet.
What are the alternatives to Football Charts?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: StatPal, Sportmonks, iSports API, Goalserve, QiuXiaoCe Football.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree200 / day100/day without key, 200/day with key, personal use, attributionsource
Personal€9/mo5,000 / dayEUR 99/yr; history to 2020, shots/passes; personal/research usesource
Commercial€39/mo25,000 / dayEUR 390/yr; for apps, sites, bots; invoice and email supportsource
Odds archive€199 one-time—CSV/Parquet download of bookmaker odds 2020-21 to 2025-26source

Free key limit cut on 26 Oct 2026 (was 5,000/day). EUR 199 item read as odds archive one-off.

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
Football (soccer)
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataOddsPredictionsResultsStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
98
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Yes
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Back to 2020 on paid plans; free is current + previous season
Update frequency
Daily (about 06:00 UTC), not live
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Paid plans onlysource
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not allowed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Free key and Personal plan are personal use only; apps, sites or bots used by others need the Commercial plan; licence is per person or one team

Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key, none
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
email
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Football Charts

Goal: build a feature on Football Charts data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://www.football-charts.com/developers
- Docs: https://www.football-charts.com/developers
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Odds, Predictions, Results, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key, none
- Free plan: Free, 200 requests per day
- Cheapest paid plan: €9/mo
- Note: Free key limit cut on 26 Oct 2026 (was 5,000/day). EUR 199 item read as odds archive one-off.

## Verify before writing code
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
aggregated
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
card, paypal
Minimum contract
12 months (paid API access)
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionfree tiercoverage

Small football results and projections API with a free keyless tier, MCP server and client libraries covering lower leagues. Every mention found comes from its own maker (a self-disclosed Reddit post, integration requests, companion repos). No independent user feedback on quality, limits or pricing exists yet.

Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

Discussions

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Evidence & transparency

Official sources

Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know