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Football (RapidAPI football98)

Simple open-source football API on RapidAPI returning squad statistics, top scorers and match details.

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Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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SportDex Score

#220 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
11

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
10

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

Developer experience
2

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
Not public
Free access
Not disclosed
Sports
1 (Football (soccer))
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
8 repos

Best for

Not enough public detail to say.

Squad statisticsTop scorer lists

Not ideal for

Nothing stated on its pages.

Limitations to check

  • − Saved pages are empty RapidAPI marketplace stubs; no provider details could be confirmed
  • − Pricing, limits and auth not verifiable from saved pages

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

Football (RapidAPI football98) at a glance

How much does Football (RapidAPI football98) cost?
Football (RapidAPI football98) does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does Football (RapidAPI football98) have a free tier?
Football (RapidAPI football98) does not say whether a free tier exists. Check https://rapidapi.com/GiulianoCrescimbeni/api/football98.
What does Football (RapidAPI football98) cover?
Football (RapidAPI football98) is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Player stats, Standings, Team stats.
Does Football (RapidAPI football98) have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Football (RapidAPI football98) delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about Football (RapidAPI football98)?
A small open-source football API on RapidAPI giving squad stats, top scorers and match details. Only a few hobby GitHub projects and free-API lists reference it, and an API Evangelist profile exists. No user opinions on quality, limits or reliability, so little can be said.
What are the alternatives to Football (RapidAPI football98)?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: API-Sports / API-Football, Sportmonks, FootyStats, iSports API, Highlightly.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

No public price list. Check the provider site.

RapidAPI page is a JS app and returned only the title; details from directory snippets, which disagree on auth and flag status as unverified. Low certainty; may be stale.

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
Player statsStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Not disclosed
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
Not disclosed
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not disclosed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Not disclosed
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
Not disclosed
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: Football (RapidAPI football98)

Goal: build a feature on Football (RapidAPI football98) data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://rapidapi.com/GiulianoCrescimbeni/api/football98/
- Docs: UNKNOWN — find the developer docs first
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Player stats, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: none listed
- Note: RapidAPI page is a JS app and returned only the title; details from directory snippets, which disagree on auth and flag status as unverified. Low certainty; may be stale.

## Verify before writing code
- pricing and request limits
- live update frequency
- whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick
- 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
Not disclosed
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussionfree tier

A small open-source football API on RapidAPI giving squad stats, top scorers and match details. Only a few hobby GitHub projects and free-API lists reference it, and an API Evangelist profile exists. No user opinions on quality, limits or reliability, so little can be said.

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

Shortlist next steps

Alternatives worth comparing

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    iSports APISports data API45

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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