MCP Server (Beta)

This server is currently in beta. Functionality may change and some edge cases may not be fully handled. We welcome your feedback - see the Feedback section below.

The Sportmonks Football MCP server connects AI tools like Claude and Cursor directly to the Sportmonks Football API v3.

Companion tool, not a production API client. The MCP server is designed for exploration and experimentation - letting you query football data conversationally without writing integration code. It covers a focused subset of the full API and is not intended as a replacement for direct API integration in production applications.

The server exposes 11 focused tools covering the most common football data needs.

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants call external APIs as tools. When you install an MCP server, the AI can discover its available tools and call them on your behalf during a conversation - fetching real data, not hallucinating it.

What you can do

• Ask "who are the top scorers in the Premier League this season?" and get live data back

• Say "give me a match preview for the Arsenal vs Chelsea fixture" and get a full briefing with head-to-head history

• Ask "show me the current La Liga standings" without looking up a single ID

• Explore API responses interactively before building an integration

Tools at a glance

Tool	What it does
search	Find players, teams, or leagues by name
get_player	Full player profile by ID
get_team	Team profile by ID
get_league	League details by ID
get_squad	Current or historical squad for a team
get_matches	Upcoming, live, or historic fixtures for a team or league
get_match_preview	Fixture info plus last 5 head-to-head results
get_fixture_details	Detailed match data - lineups, events, statistics
get_standings	Live league table
get_historic_seasons	All seasons for a league, newest first
get_topscorers	Goals, assists, or cards leaderboard for a season

Next steps

• Quick Start - get up and running in minutes

• Setup - install the MCP server for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or Cursor

• Example Prompts - see what you can ask

Feedback

The MCP server is in active development. If you run into issues, unexpected results, or have suggestions for new tools or improvements, send feedback to [e-mail].

Please include:

• The tool you called and the arguments you passed

• What you expected vs. what you got

• Your AI client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)