api.zafronix.com/fifa/worldcup/v1

The FIFA World Cup in JSON.

Every tournament from 1930 to 2026. Player-level squad data, knockout brackets, stadium attendance, top scorers, curated trivia. One REST API. Free tier with a key. Paid tiers when you need more.

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# Get every team that played in 1986
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: $WC_API_KEY" \
       https://api.zafronix.com/fifa/worldcup/v1/tournaments/1986

# Look up Maradona's career across all WCs
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: $WC_API_KEY" \
       "https://api.zafronix.com/fifa/worldcup/v1/players/Diego%20Maradona"

# Compare 1986 and 2022
$ curl -H "X-API-Key: $WC_API_KEY" \
       "https://api.zafronix.com/fifa/worldcup/v1/compare?years=1986,2022"

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Historical depth

23 tournaments, ~2,500 players, position + DOB + club. The dataset that's actually missing from the public web.

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Fast + simple

JSON over HTTP. No SDK required. Every endpoint serves in milliseconds from a single in-process cache.

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Honest live data

Best-effort 5-min lag during tournament matches. We tell you up front so you can plan around it.

What you get

GET /tournaments

Every WC since 1930 — year, host, champion.

GET /tournaments/{year}

Full tournament: teams, group stages, knockouts, awards.

GET /teams/{name}

Cross-tournament appearances + final positions.

GET /teams/{name}/roster?year=YYYY

Squad with jersey, position, club, goals, assists.

GET /players/{name}

Career across every WC the player appeared in.

GET /trivia?year=YYYY

Curated facts (firsts, records, format quirks).

GET /compare?years=…

Side-by-side metric table for any combination.

GET /aggregates/players

Position + birth-month + hemisphere analysis.

Full reference at /docs. OpenAPI spec at github.com/zafronix/zafronix-wc-api.

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