A Python server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for football (soccer) statistics and live match data using the API-Football service.
A Python server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for football (soccer) statistics and live match data using the API-Football service. Exposed over MCP by the soccer mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
This server provides a comprehensive set of tools for accessing football data through the API-Football API. It serves as a bridge between applications and football data services, offering both live match information and historical statistics for leagues, teams, and players worldwide.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
Configuration — The Configuration tool exposed by this serverYou will need one environment variable: RAPID_API_KEY_FOOTBALL. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Soccer's toolset — Configuration — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by obinopaul; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Configuration | The Configuration tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"soccer_server": {
"command": "/path/to/your/python",
"args": [
"/path/to/soccer_server.py"
],
"env": {
"RAPID_API_KEY_FOOTBALL": "your_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| RAPID_API_KEY_FOOTBALL | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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