# Flashscore Live Sports & Matches Scraper (`wyle/flashscore-scraper`) Actor

Ultra-fast, HTTP-only scraper for Flashscore. Extract live scores, historical results, upcoming fixtures, tournaments, team stats, and period breakdowns across Football, Basketball, Tennis, Hockey, Baseball, American Football, MMA, and Esports.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wyle/flashscore-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Willy Lengkong](https://apify.com/wyle) (community)
- **Categories:** News, Social media, Other
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.40 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 🏆 Flashscore Live Sports & Historical Matches Scraper

Ultra-fast, HTTP-only Apify Actor for **Flashscore.com**. Extract real-time live scores, finished match results, upcoming fixtures, tournaments, team information, and period breakdowns across 12+ major sports.

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### ⚡ Features & Capabilities

- **12+ Major Sports Covered**:
  - ⚽ **Football / Soccer** (Premier League, La Liga, Champions League, MLS, Serie A, etc.)
  - 🏀 **Basketball** (NBA, EuroLeague, NCAA, etc.)
  - 🎾 **Tennis** (ATP, WTA, Grand Slams, Challengers)
  - 🏒 **Ice Hockey** (NHL, KHL, SHL, etc.)
  - ⚾ **Baseball** (MLB, NPB, KBO)
  - 🏈 **American Football** (NFL, NCAAF, CFL)
  - 🥊 **MMA / Combat Sports** (UFC, Bellator, ONE)
  - 🎮 **Esports** (CS:GO, League of Legends, Dota 2, Valorant)
  - 🤾 **Handball**, 🏉 **Rugby**, 🏐 **Volleyball**, 🏏 **Cricket**
- **Flexible Date Navigation**:
  - Extract today's live & upcoming games (`dayOffsets: [0]`).
  - Scrape yesterday's results (`dayOffsets: [-1]`).
  - Scan tomorrow's upcoming fixtures (`dayOffsets: [1]`).
  - Multi-day batch scraping (`dayOffsets: [-2, -1, 0, 1, 2]`).
- **Granular Match Status Filtering**:
  - `all`: All matches for the day.
  - `live`: Live / In-play matches currently active.
  - `finished`: Completed fixtures with full-time and period scores.
  - `upcoming`: Scheduled fixtures with start times.
- **Deep Search & Filters**:
  - Filter by country (e.g. `England`, `Spain`, `USA`).
  - Filter by tournament or cup name (e.g. `Champions League`, `NBA`, `LaLiga`).
  - Search query across team and tournament names (e.g. `Arsenal`, `Real Madrid`, `Lakers`).
- **Direct Match URL / ID Scraping**:
  - Input specific Flashscore match links or IDs for targeted data extraction.
- **Rich Match Breakdown**:
  - Full-time scores, half-time, quarter, or set breakdowns (`period_scores`).
  - Red cards and disciplinary stats.
  - Team logos and direct tournament links.
- **Zero Browser Overhead**:
  - 100% HTTP-only TLS fingerprint impersonation (`curl_cffi`).
  - Fast, reliable, and cost-efficient (PPE ready).

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### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `sports` | `array` | `["football", "basketball", "tennis"]` | Sports to extract (football, basketball, tennis, hockey, baseball, american\_football, mma, esports, etc.) |
| `dayOffsets` | `array` | `[0]` | Day offsets relative to today (`0` = today, `-1` = yesterday, `1` = tomorrow). |
| `status` | `string` | `"all"` | Filter by status: `all`, `live`, `finished`, or `upcoming`. |
| `searchQuery` | `string` | `""` | Optional keyword filter matching team or league names. |
| `countryFilter` | `string` | `""` | Optional filter for country (e.g. `England`, `Spain`). |
| `tournamentFilter` | `string` | `""` | Optional filter for tournament (e.g. `Premier League`). |
| `directUrls` | `array` | `[]` | List of Flashscore match URLs or match IDs. |
| `includeMatchDetails` | `boolean` | `false` | Deep metadata enrichment (venue, stats availability, lineups). |
| `maxItems` | `integer` | `100` | Maximum match records to return. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | `object` | `{}` | Apify residential or datacenter proxy settings. |

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### 📤 Sample Output JSON

```json
{
  "match_id": "O6FeFQT8",
  "sport": "football",
  "country": "Argentina",
  "tournament": "ARGENTINA: Liga Profesional - Clausura",
  "tournament_url": "https://www.flashscore.com/football/argentina/liga-profesional/",
  "tournament_stage": "",
  "match_url": "https://www.flashscore.com/match/O6FeFQT8/#/match-summary",
  "start_time": "2026-08-24T22:00:00+00:00",
  "timestamp": 1787608800,
  "status": "Finished",
  "status_code": "3",
  "home_team": {
    "name": "Tigre",
    "short_name": "TIG",
    "team_id": "nkwO1uw4",
    "slug": "tigre",
    "score": "2",
    "red_cards": 0,
    "logo": "https://static.flashscore.com/res/image/data/EgYDLGoe-ENHpchZ2.png"
  },
  "away_team": {
    "name": "Central Cordoba",
    "short_name": "CEN",
    "team_id": "0dHZReql",
    "slug": "central-cordoba-santiago-del-estero",
    "score": "1",
    "red_cards": 0,
    "logo": "https://static.flashscore.com/res/image/data/0hgWrqXH-E7RqoQaq.png"
  },
  "period_scores": {
    "1st_period": {
      "home": "0",
      "away": "1"
    },
    "2nd_period": {
      "home": "2",
      "away": "0"
    }
  }
}
```

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### 🎯 Use Cases

1. **Sports Betting & Arbitrage Bots**: Feed real-time live match events and period scores into betting models and odds arbitrage detectors.
2. **Fantasy Sports & Analytics**: Aggregate player and team performance indicators, fixture schedules, and historical scores.
3. **Sports Media & Live Score Apps**: Power sports dashboards, widgets, and automated alerts for goals, half-time, and final results.
4. **AI & Quant Sports Models**: Build historical training datasets of match scores, league standings, and team momentum.

# Actor input Schema

## `sports` (type: `array`):

List of sports to scrape (e.g., football, basketball, tennis, hockey, baseball, american\_football, mma, esports, etc.).

## `dayOffsets` (type: `array`):

Days relative to today: 0 for today, -1 for yesterday, 1 for tomorrow, -2 for 2 days ago, etc.

## `status` (type: `string`):

Filter matches by status: all, live, finished, or upcoming.

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Filter results by matching team name, league, or tournament keyword (e.g., 'Real Madrid', 'Premier League', 'Lakers', 'Arsenal').

## `countryFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter matches by country name (e.g., 'England', 'Spain', 'USA', 'Germany', 'Italy').

## `tournamentFilter` (type: `string`):

Filter matches by specific tournament or cup (e.g., 'Champions League', 'NBA', 'LaLiga', 'Serie A').

## `directUrls` (type: `array`):

List of Flashscore match URLs or match IDs to scrape directly (e.g. 'https://www.flashscore.com/match/O6FeFQT8/' or 'O6FeFQT8').

## `includeMatchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Enrich each match with extra metadata (full tournament details, venue/stadium, lineups availability, participant links).

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of match records to output.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy Configuration. Recommended to use Apify Residential or Datacenter proxies for sustained high-volume scraping.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "sports": [
    "football",
    "basketball",
    "tennis"
  ],
  "dayOffsets": [
    0
  ],
  "status": "all",
  "includeMatchDetails": false,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Dataset containing scraped Flashscore matches, scores, status, and period breakdowns.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wyle/flashscore-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wyle/flashscore-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call wyle/flashscore-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,wyle/flashscore-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/KrcVbz1qhkLN0hn9f/builds/JXFtiEqIPc37eE3pD/openapi.json