soccer-go is a node command line application to gather soccer stats and results. Heavily inspired by nba-go.
Requirements:
- Node.js >= 20
- football-data API key, which can be obtained here
You can install soccer-go with npm or yarn:
$ npm i -g soccer-go
or
$ yarn global add soccer-go
And then set the API key
$ export SOCCER_GO_API_KEY=<your api key>
soccer-go can be launched globally by typing soccer-go or sgo in your terminal. It has two modes: CLI or Visual.
Just launch soccer-go, you will be then prompted for info.
There are 4 main commands:
Each of these commands will take the league code as first argument. Common ones are
- PL - Premier League
- PD - Primera Division
- SA - Serie A
- BL1 - Bundesliga
- FL1 - Ligue 1
Free tier (12 leagues):
- PL - Premier League (England)
- ELC - Championship (England)
- PD - Primera División (Spain)
- BL1 - Bundesliga (Germany)
- SA - Serie A (Italy)
- FL1 - Ligue 1 (France)
- DED - Eredivisie (Netherlands)
- PPL - Primeira Liga (Portugal)
- BSA - Série A (Brazil)
- CL - Champions League
- WC - World Cup
- EC - European Championship
Additional paid tier leagues (requires API subscription - pricing)
- BL2 - 2. Bundesliga (Germany)
- DFB - DFB-Pokal (Germany)
- EL1 - League One (England)
- FAC - FA Cup (England)
- SB - Serie B (Italy)
- SD - Segunda División (Spain)
- FL2 - Ligue 2 (France)
- EL - Europa League
- CLQ - Champions League Qualification
- MLS - MLS (USA)
- ECF - UEFA Women's Euro
Check the API coverage for the complete list.
$ soccer-go matchday <league> [options]
--details,-d: Show additional match details including referee information
Examples:
$ soccer-go matchday SA
$ soccer-go matchday PL --details
$ soccer-go standings <league>
Example:
$ soccer-go standings PL
$ soccer-go scorers <league>
Display the top goal scorers for a given league, including goals, assists, penalties, and matches played.
Example:
$ soccer-go scorers PL
$ soccer-go team <league> <team> [options]
--fixtures,-f: Print all the games played by the team in the current season--players,-p: Show the current squad
Examples:
$ soccer-go team PL "manchester united" -f
$ soccer-go team SA juventus -fp
... and more.
If you want to customize or contribute to this package, then running it locally from source is really easy.
$ git clone git@github.com:acifani/soccer-go.git
$ cd soccer-go
$ npm i
Now you can either run it in development mode
$ npm start
Or build everything
$ npm run build
Run tests and check code quality
$ npm test # Run all tests with linting
$ npm run coverage # Generate coverage report
$ npm run lint # Check code style
$ npm run format # Auto-format with Prettier



