Football-docs MCP Server

Searchable football data provider and tooling documentation for AI coding agents. Like Context7 for football data.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the Football-docs MCP Server?

Football Docs is an MCP project maintained in the withqwerty/football-docs repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Searchable football data provider and tooling documentation for AI coding agents. Like Context7 for football data”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is football-docs. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
search_docsFull-text search across all provider docs. Filter by provider. Results include provenance (source URL, version), mark partial matches, name query terms that no
resolve_provider_idResolve provider names and aliases to canonical indexed provider keys before searching.
get_provider_docsRetrieve docs for a resolved provider, optionally filtered by topic or category.
list_providersList all indexed providers and their doc coverage.
compare_providersCompare how different providers handle the same concept.
request_updateRequest a new provider, flag outdated docs, or suggest a better doc source. Queues locally and points to the matching public GitHub issue template.
resolve_entityMap a player, coach, referee, team, competition, season, stage or match to its IDs at every provider through the Reep register. Uses a local copy of the free…
search_papersSearch scholarly papers on football analytics and sport science in OpenAlex (title, abstract and full text), arXiv and SportRxiv, and, when asked, your…
get_paperLook up one paper by DOI, arXiv ID, OpenAlex ID or Zotero item: authors, date, venue, all IDs, licence, open copies with their licences, abstract and a…
get_web_sourceRead a public web page or PDF (a blog post, newsletter, club or vendor article, or an author's copy of a paper) as text, with its author, date, licence and…
read_paperRead a paper: the full text of an open copy, by section, with its licence; or the outline and short passages of a paper you supplied. Kept in your library…
match_quoteCheck that a quote appears in a paper or web page: exact, normalised, close (with a score) or none, with the section, page and a W3C text quote selector.
add_local_paperAdd a PDF you have to your library, for papers with no open copy.
forget_paperRemove one paper from your library.
purge_cacheDelete your whole paper library (needs confirm: true).

How to install the Football-docs MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "football-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "football-docs"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.