football-data.org integration

football-data.org data, in your warehouse.

A built-in ingestr connector: add credentials, pick tables, schedule it.

name: raw.teams
type: ingestr
parameters:
  source_connection: football_data_org
  source_table: 'teams'
  destination: snowflake
  incremental_strategy: merge

$ bruin run assets/raw/football_data_org.asset.yml

  1. extract · football-data.org teamsincremental
  2. load · snowflake raw.teamsmerged
  3. checks · not_null, unique

Loaded and checked. Downstream models can run.

How it connects

Connected in three steps.

football-data.org provides soccer competition data, including World Cup teams, fixtures, standings, and plan-dependent deep match and squad data. ingestr supports football-data.org as a keyed source for FIFA World Cup data. The default configuration targets World Cup 2026 with competition=WC and season=2026.

  1. 01

    Add a football-data.org connection with its credentials.

  2. 02

    Pick the tables to load and how: replace, append or merge.

  3. 03

    Bruin runs it on your schedule and checks every load.

Connection parameters

apikey
football-data.org API token. Required.
competition
Competition code or ID. Defaults to WC.
season
Season year. Defaults to 2026.
matchday
Optional matchday filter for matches, stadiums, and matchevents.
status
Optional match status filter for matches, stadiums, and matchevents.
stage
Optional match stage filter.
group
Optional group filter.
baseurl
Overrides the API base URL. Defaults to https://api.football-data.org/v4.

Tables

6 tables, ready to load.

  • teams
  • stadiums
  • groupstandings
  • matches
  • players
  • matchevents

The platform

Part of the Bruin platform.

Data in, ready for everything downstream: the models, the checks, the lineage and the AI layer.

01 · Move

Data Ingestion

02 · Model & govern

SQL & Python
Data Quality
Data Governance

03 · Use

AI Data Analyst
AI Dashboards
Data Apps
Self-Healing Pipelines
Bruin Cloudorchestration · governance · observability

Frequently asked

Questions about football-data.org.

Does Bruin have a built-in football-data.org integration?

Yes. Built-in ingestr source.

Which football-data.org tables can Bruin load?

teams, stadiums, groupstandings, matches, players, matchevents.

Where can football-data.org data go?

Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, ClickHouse, Postgres, DuckDB, MotherDuck, Microsoft Fabric and more, plus files on S3 and GCS.

How fresh is the data?

As fresh as your schedule. Incremental loads append, merge or replace a time window, every few minutes if you like.

Do we need Bruin Cloud?

No. The Bruin CLI and ingestr run locally, in CI or in your own orchestrator. Bruin Cloud adds scheduling, lineage, alerts and the AI data analyst on top.

Ready to connect football-data.org?

$100 in credits and 50 AI tasks. No credit card.

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