GET /football/matches/{match_id}/referee - The Stats API

Return the referee assigned to a match, including summary career card counts when available. referee is null when no referee is assigned.

Endpoint

GET https://api.thestatsapi.com/api/football/matches/{match_id}/referee

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`match_id`	string	Yes	Match ID. Example: `mt_838955483`

Response

{
  "data": {
    "match_id": "mt_838955483",
    "referee": {
      "id": "ref_7264609",
      "name": "Michael Oliver",
      "slug": "michael-oliver",
      "country": "England",
      "country_code": "GB",
      "country_slug": "england",
      "career": {
        "games": 412,
        "yellow_cards": 1396,
        "red_cards": 42,
        "yellow_red_cards": 20
      }
    }
  }
}

No assigned referee

{
  "data": {
    "match_id": "mt_838955483",
    "referee": null
  }
}