OpenLigaDB API

Free OpenLigaDB API with no key: Bundesliga fixtures, results, tables and goalscorers, plus other leagues. Community-maintained open data. Tested example.

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Endpoint tested and returned HTTP 200 on 19 Aug 2026

What is the OpenLigaDB API?

OpenLigaDB is a free, key-free community-maintained API providing German football data — Bundesliga fixtures, results, league tables and goalscorers — along with several other leagues and sports.

OpenLigaDB is a crowd-sourced sports database focused on German football, and it has been running for well over a decade. Bundesliga coverage is thorough: fixtures, live results, tables, goalscorers and match details, all free.

Because it is community-maintained rather than an official feed, results are entered by contributors. That is generally reliable for major leagues but can lag during matches, so it is better suited to post-match data than to live in-play use.

Quick facts

Base URL: https://api.openligadb.de
Authentication: No API key required.
Rate limit: No published limit; fair use expected.
Pricing: Free and community maintained.
CORS: Not enabled — call it from your server
Official docs: Read the docs

How to use the OpenLigaDB API

Every request below was executed against the live API on 19 Aug 2026, and the response shown is the real body it returned — not an illustration.

1. Fetch Bundesliga match data

GET https://api.openligadb.de/getmatchdata/bl1/2025

curl

curl 'https://api.openligadb.de/getmatchdata/bl1/2025'

JavaScript (fetch)

const res = await fetch("https://api.openligadb.de/getmatchdata/bl1/2025");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

Python (requests)

import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.openligadb.de/getmatchdata/bl1/2025", timeout=20)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())

Response — HTTP 200 (truncated)

[
  {
    "matchID": 77256,
    "matchDateTime": "2025-08-22T20:30:00",
    "timeZoneID": "W. Europe Standard Time",
    "leagueId": 4821,
    "leagueName": "1. Fußball-Bundesliga 2025/2026",
    "leagueSeason": 2025,
    "leagueShortcut": "bl1",
    "matchDateTimeUTC": "2025-08-22T18:30:00Z",
    "group": {
      "groupName": "1. Spieltag",
      "groupOrderID": 1,
      "groupID": 47611
    },
    "team1": {
      "teamId": 40,
      "teamName": "FC Bayern München",
      "shortName": "Bayern",
      "teamIconUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Logo_FC_Bayern_M%C3%BCnchen_%282002%E2%80%932017%29.svg",
      "teamGroupName": null
    },
    "team2": {
      "teamId": 1635,
      "teamName": "RB Leipzig",
      "shortName": "Leipzig",
      "teamIconUrl": "https://i.imgur.com/Rpwsjz1.png",
      "teamGroupName": null
    },
    "lastUpdateDateTime": "2025-08-23T01:00:54.147",
    "matchIsFinished": true,
    "matchResults": [
      {
        "resultID": 118490,
        "resultName": "Halbzeit",
        "pointsTeam1": 3,
        "pointsTeam2": 0,
        "resultOrderID": 1,
        "resultTypeID": 1,
        "resultTypeKind": "HalfTime",
        "resultDescription": "Ergebnis nach Ende der ersten Halbzeit"
      },
      {
        "resultID": 118491,
        "resultName": "Endergebnis",
        "pointsTeam1": 6,
        "pointsTeam2": 0,
        "resultOrderID": 2,
        "resultTypeID": 2,
        "resultTypeKind": "After90Minutes",
        "resultDescription": "Ergebnis nach Ende der offiziellen Spielzeit"
      }
    ],
    "goals": [
      {

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`getmatchdata/<league>/<season>`	path	Optional	All matches for a league season. `bl1/2025`
`getmatchdata/<league>`	path	Optional	Current matchday for a league. `bl1`
`getbltable/<league>/<season>`	path	Optional	League table. `bl1/2025`
`getgoalgetters/<league>/<season>`	path	Optional	Top goalscorers. `bl1/2025`

Response fields

matchIDinteger: Match identifier.
matchDateTimestring: Kickoff time in local German time.
team1 / team2object: Home and away teams with names and icon URLs.
matchResultsarray: Half-time and full-time scores.
goalsarray: Individual goals with scorer and minute.
matchIsFinishedboolean: Whether the match has completed.

What you can build with the OpenLigaDB API

Build a Bundesliga results and table site
Track fixtures and scores for a German club
Analyse goalscorer statistics across a season
Power a football prediction game with real results

Common errors and how to fix them

Empty array

Wrong league shortcut or season.

Fix: League codes are short strings — bl1 for Bundesliga, bl2 for 2. Bundesliga. Seasons are the starting year.

Times appear shifted

matchDateTime is local German time, and timeZoneID tells you which.

Fix: Convert explicitly rather than assuming UTC.

Results lag during matches

Data is community-entered.

Fix: Do not rely on it for live in-play use; it is best for post-match data.

OpenLigaDB API — frequently asked questions

Is OpenLigaDB free?

Yes, completely free with no API key. It is a community-maintained open sports database.

Which leagues does it cover?

Primarily German football — Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal — plus a range of other leagues and sports contributed by the community.

Is the data reliable for live scores?

Results are entered by contributors, so there can be a lag during matches. It is well suited to fixtures, tables and post-match results rather than live in-play data.

What timezone are match times in?

Local German time, with the timeZoneID field naming the zone. Convert explicitly rather than assuming UTC.

Tools that pair with this API

JSON Formatter

Format, beautify and minify JSON online with 2-space, 4-space or tab indentation. Sort keys alphabetically and catch syntax errors instantly — free and private.

Timestamp Converter

Convert timestamps to human-readable dates and dates back to timestamps. Auto-detects seconds vs milliseconds, shows local, UTC and ISO 8601 formats.

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OpenLigaDB is an independent third-party service and is not affiliated with ByteTools or ByteVancer. Details on this page were verified on 19 Aug 2026; always check the official documentation before relying on this API in production, as terms and limits can change.