KickoffAPI Football Data MCP Server

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KickoffAPI Football Data is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago.

Live football scores, fixtures, standings, odds and xG via the KickoffAPI football data API.

Uptime history 9 hours of history

9 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

30 of 30 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

258 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

sse

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check KickoffAPI Football Data every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add kickoffapi-mcp --transport sse https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.kickoffapi-mcp]
url = "https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kickoffapi-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "kickoffapi-mcp": {
      "type": "sse",
      "url": "https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api.kickoffapi.com/mcp/sse	sse	needs auth	280 ms	15 min ago

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KickoffAPI Football Data — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for KickoffAPI Football Data?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is KickoffAPI Football Data working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 30 of 30 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 258 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect KickoffAPI Football Data?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does KickoffAPI Football Data need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, KickoffAPI Football Data answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is KickoffAPI Football Data?

It answers our handshake in 258 ms on average, which is faster than 56% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.