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SofaScore API endpoint

SofaScore search API

Searches SofaScore for teams, players, and competitions matching a free-text query. An empty `results` list is a valid response when nothing matches.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestSofaScoresofascore.searchResponseDoc/sofascore/search

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /sofascore/search
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: SofaScore
Response schema: #/definitions/sofascore.searchResponseDoc

SofaScore API Try SofaScore search API in Playground SofaScore API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

q: required. Free-text search query (team, player, or competition name), 1-128 characters.

Notable response behavior:

An empty results array is a valid response when nothing matches the query (not an error).
Each result carries a type (e.g. team, player, uniqueTournament); player results also carry team_id/team_name for their current club.
A missing q value returns an invalid-parameter error before upstream IO.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /sofascore/search?q=barcelona
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 1.12 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /sofascore/search?q=barcelona
Items in results: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 5
Fields empty in some or all items: 3

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
type	20	player (17), team (3)
id	20
name	20	“FC Barcelona” and 19 other values
slug	20
sport	3	“Football”
country	20	Spain (12), Brazil (2), Netherlands (1) and 5 more
team_id	17
team_name	17	FC Barcelona in all 17

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
q	string	Yes		Free-text search query	barcelona
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sofascore/search?q=barcelona" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "barcelona",
    "count": 2,
    "source_url": "https://api.sofascore.com/api/v1/search/all?q=barcelona",
    "fetched_at": "2026-07-08T16:45:00Z",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "team",
        "id": 2817,
        "name": "FC Barcelona",
        "slug": "barcelona",
        "sport": "Football",
        "country": "Spain"
      },
      {
        "type": "player",
        "id": 1102841,
        "name": "Alejandro Balde",
        "slug": "alejandro-balde",
        "team_id": 2817,
        "team_name": "FC Barcelona"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/sofascore.searchResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	sofascore.SearchResponse	No
data.count	integer	No		Number of results returned.
data.fetched_at	string	No		Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.query	string	No		Search query that was run.
data.results	array	No		Matching teams, players and other entities. Empty when nothing matches.
data.results[].country	string	No		Country of the result.
data.results[].id	integer	No		SofaScore id of the result. Which endpoints accept it depends on `type`.
data.results[].name	string	No		Name of the result.
data.results[].slug	string	No		URL slug of the result on SofaScore.
data.results[].sport	string	No		Sport the result belongs to.
data.results[].team_id	integer	No		For a player, the SofaScore id of their team.
data.results[].team_name	string	No		For a player, the name of their team.
data.results[].type	string	No	team	Kind of result, for example `team` or `player`.
data.source_url	string	No		SofaScore URL the data was read from.
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sofascore/search?q=barcelona" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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SofaScore API endpoint

SofaScore search API

Searches SofaScore for teams, players, and competitions matching a free-text query. An empty `results` list is a valid response when nothing matches.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestSofaScoresofascore.searchResponseDoc/sofascore/search

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /sofascore/search
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: SofaScore
Response schema: #/definitions/sofascore.searchResponseDoc

SofaScore API Try SofaScore search API in Playground SofaScore API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

q: required. Free-text search query (team, player, or competition name), 1-128 characters.

Notable response behavior:

An empty results array is a valid response when nothing matches the query (not an error).
Each result carries a type (e.g. team, player, uniqueTournament); player results also carry team_id/team_name for their current club.
A missing q value returns an invalid-parameter error before upstream IO.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /sofascore/search?q=barcelona
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 1.12 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /sofascore/search?q=barcelona
Items in results: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 5
Fields empty in some or all items: 3

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
type	20	player (17), team (3)
id	20
name	20	“FC Barcelona” and 19 other values
slug	20
sport	3	“Football”
country	20	Spain (12), Brazil (2), Netherlands (1) and 5 more
team_id	17
team_name	17	FC Barcelona in all 17

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
q	string	Yes		Free-text search query	barcelona
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sofascore/search?q=barcelona" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "query": "barcelona",
    "count": 2,
    "source_url": "https://api.sofascore.com/api/v1/search/all?q=barcelona",
    "fetched_at": "2026-07-08T16:45:00Z",
    "results": [
      {
        "type": "team",
        "id": 2817,
        "name": "FC Barcelona",
        "slug": "barcelona",
        "sport": "Football",
        "country": "Spain"
      },
      {
        "type": "player",
        "id": 1102841,
        "name": "Alejandro Balde",
        "slug": "alejandro-balde",
        "team_id": 2817,
        "team_name": "FC Barcelona"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/sofascore.searchResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	sofascore.SearchResponse	No
data.count	integer	No		Number of results returned.
data.fetched_at	string	No		Time the data was fetched, in UTC (RFC 3339).
data.query	string	No		Search query that was run.
data.results	array	No		Matching teams, players and other entities. Empty when nothing matches.
data.results[].country	string	No		Country of the result.
data.results[].id	integer	No		SofaScore id of the result. Which endpoints accept it depends on `type`.
data.results[].name	string	No		Name of the result.
data.results[].slug	string	No		URL slug of the result on SofaScore.
data.results[].sport	string	No		Sport the result belongs to.
data.results[].team_id	integer	No		For a player, the SofaScore id of their team.
data.results[].team_name	string	No		For a player, the name of their team.
data.results[].type	string	No	team	Kind of result, for example `team` or `player`.
data.source_url	string	No		SofaScore URL the data was read from.
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
503	Service Unavailable	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sofascore/search?q=barcelona" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

Open in Playground Back to group

SofaScore search API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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SofaScore search API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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