Sports Data Scraper — Teams, Fixtures, Results & Players

Sports Data Scraper pulls teams, fixtures, past results and player profiles across football (soccer), basketball, American football, ice hockey, baseball and many more leagues worldwide — all as clean, structured data. Search teams or players by name, list every team in a league, and fetch upcoming fixtures or recent results for any team. Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML. Fast, reliable, and built for sports apps, stats dashboards, fantasy tools and automation workflows.

What does this Sports Scraper do?

Pick a mode, add a couple of parameters, and it returns every matching record as structured data:

• Search teams by name (e.g. Arsenal) — get the club, its league, sport, stadium, country, year formed and badge.
• League teams — list every team in a league by id or name.
• Next events — upcoming fixtures for a team.
• Past events — recent results and scores for a team.
• Search players by name — position, team, nationality and more.
• Leagues — list all supported leagues with their ids.

What data can you get?

Data point	Description
Team	name, shortName, alternateNames, sport, league, formedYear
Venue	stadium, stadiumCapacity, location, country
Branding	badge, logo, website
Fixture / result	name, date, homeTeam, awayTeam, homeScore, awayScore, venue, season, round
Player	name, team, position, nationality, dateBorn, status
League	leagueId, name, sport

What you get

Each team, event, player or league is one clean dataset record. Export the full table to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or pull it programmatically.

{
  "mode": "searchTeams",
  "recordType": "team",
  "teamId": "133604",
  "name": "Arsenal",
  "shortName": "ARS",
  "sport": "Soccer",
  "league": "English Premier League",
  "leagueId": "4328",
  "formedYear": 1892,
  "stadium": "Emirates Stadium",
  "stadiumCapacity": 60338,
  "location": "Holloway, London, England",
  "country": "England",
  "badge": "https://.../arsenal/badge.png"
}

Output schema

Fields below are for the searchTeams / leagueTeams modes. The event and player modes return their own record shapes (fixtures/results and player profiles respectively), and each row carries a recordType so you can tell them apart.

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	The mode that produced the record.
recordType	string	team, event, player or league.
teamId	string	Unique identifier for the team.
name	string	Team name (e.g. "Arsenal").
shortName	string	Short code (e.g. "ARS").
sport	string	Sport the team plays (e.g. "Soccer").
league	string	Primary league name.
leagueId	string	Numeric league identifier.
formedYear	integer	Year the team was founded.
stadium	string	Home stadium or arena.
stadiumCapacity	integer	Stadium capacity.
location	string	City / area of the club.
country	string	Country the team belongs to.
badge	string	URL of the team badge image.

Use cases

• Build league tables and team directories for a sports site or app.
• Pull upcoming fixtures into a schedule or calendar.
• Backfill recent results and scores for a stats or analytics dataset.
• Enrich fantasy and betting tools with player positions and nationalities.
• Feed team badges and metadata into a media dashboard.

How to use the Sports Data Scraper

1. Add the Sports Data Scraper to your Apify account and open its input.
2. Choose a mode: searchTeams, leagueTeams, nextEvents, pastEvents, searchPlayers or leagues.
3. Fill the matching parameter — query for searches, leagueId/leagueName for league teams, or teamId for events.
4. Click Run.
5. Export the results as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or pull them via the Apify API.

Input

{
  "mode": "searchTeams",
  "query": "Arsenal"
}

Field	Description
mode	searchTeams, leagueTeams, nextEvents, pastEvents, searchPlayers or leagues.
query	Team or player name for the search modes.
leagueId	Numeric league id for leagueTeams (e.g. 4328).
leagueName	League name for leagueTeams when you do not have the id.
teamId	Numeric team id for nextEvents and pastEvents.

Tip: chaining modes

Don't know an id? Run leagues to list league ids, searchTeams (or leagueTeams) to get team ids, then feed a teamId into nextEvents or pastEvents for fixtures and results.

Need more sports & media data?

• ESPN Sports Scraper — live scores, teams, standings and news.
• TVmaze Scraper — TV shows, episodes and cast data.
• Google News Scraper — news headlines and articles by keyword.

FAQ

Which sports and leagues are covered? Football (soccer), basketball, American football, ice hockey, baseball, motorsport and many more, across leagues worldwide. Run the leagues mode to see the full list with ids.

How do I find a team or league id? Run searchTeams or leagueTeams to get team ids, and leagues to get league ids. You can also pass leagueName and let the scraper resolve the id for you.

What export formats are supported? JSON, CSV, Excel and XML, plus programmatic access through the Apify API.

How does billing work? You pay per item you get, so cost scales with the number of records you actually collect. See the Pricing tab for current rates.

Can I use this with n8n? Yes. Run the Sports Data Scraper from n8n with the Apify node — trigger a run, pass your mode and parameters, and read the dataset items straight into your workflow. It also works with Make, Zapier and the Apify API.

Can I connect this to other tools? The Sports Data Scraper connects with almost any cloud service or web app thanks to integrations on the Apify platform. It works with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub, Google Drive and many more, plus the Apify API, JavaScript/Python clients and MCP. Or use webhooks to trigger an action whenever a run finishes.

Related Actors

• ESPN Sports Scraper
• TVmaze Scraper
• Google News Scraper

Notes

Original clean-room implementation. Reads only publicly available sports information. Not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to TheSportsDB or any league, team or competition.