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Soccer lineup data by league
Lineup data covers starting XIs, substitutes and squads per match. 5 sources publish it for at least one of the 26 competitions we track, 3 of them free. 26 competitions have at least one source; 18 have a free one. 3 more sources offer lineup data without a per-league list.
Lineups by league
| Europe: top 5 | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier League Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| La Liga Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Serie A Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Bundesliga Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Ligue 1 Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Europe: other | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship Lineups | 2 | No | — |
| Eredivisie Lineups | 2 | No | — |
| Primeira Liga Lineups | 2 | No | — |
| Club cups | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champions League Lineups | 3 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Europa League Lineups | 2 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Americas | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| MLS Lineups | 2 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| USL Championship Lineups | 1 | No | — |
| Liga MX Lineups | 1 | No | — |
| Brasileirão Lineups | 2 | No | — |
| Argentine Primera Lineups | 2 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Asia-Pacific | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-League Lineups | 1 | No | — |
| International | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup Lineups | 5 | Yes | transfermarkt-datasets |
| Euro Lineups | 4 | Yes | transfermarkt-datasets |
| Copa América Lineups | 3 | Yes | transfermarkt-datasets |
| Women | Sources | Free | Best free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| NWSL Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| WSL Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Liga F Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Frauen-Bundesliga Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Liga MX Femenil Lineups | 1 | No | — |
| Women's World Cup Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
| Women's Euro Lineups | 1 | Yes | StatsBomb Open Data |
All sources with lineup data by league
| Source | Free somewhere? | Format | Leagues with Lineups | Notes | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sportmonks Football API | Paid · Freemium overall | API | Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Championship +14 more | — | 2026-10-19 |
| StatsBomb Open Data | Free | Dataset | Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Champions League +12 more | — | 2026-10-19 |
| football-data.org | Paid · Freemium overall | API | Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Championship +6 more | — | 2026-10-19 |
| transfermarkt-datasets | Free | Dataset | World Cup, Euro, Copa América | — | 2026-10-19 |
| openfootball worldcup.json | Free | Dataset | World Cup | — | 2026-10-19 |
Lineups without a per-league list
These sources offer lineup data but we could not confirm which competitions, so they are not counted in the league tables.
| Source | Access | Format | Notes | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API-Football | Freemium overall | API | Per-league availability of lineups, statistics and odds varies by season and is not shown in a readable form, so only fixtures are mapped per league. | 2026-10-19 |
| GOAL API | Freemium overall | API | Coverage page lists 1,019 leagues; we only mapped the ones we could read with their data. | 2026-10-19 |
| SportsDataIO Soccer API | Paid overall | API | Free trial only. | 2026-10-19 |
Open-source libraries for lineup data
- soccerdata: Python scrapers for Club Elo, ESPN, FBref, Football-Data.co.uk, Sofascore, SoFIFA, Understat and WhoScored returning pandas DataFrames.
FAQ
Where can I get free soccer lineup data?
StatsBomb Open Data (18 competitions), transfermarkt-datasets (3 competitions) and openfootball worldcup.json (1 competitions) have free lineup data.
Which leagues have no lineup data?
Every competition we track has a source, but Championship, Eredivisie, Primeira Liga, USL Championship, Liga MX, Brasileirão, A-League and Liga MX Femenil have paid sources only.
Coverage checked 2026-10-19.