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updatedAt: 2025-12-10T20:54:01.000Z
agentTools:
  siteIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/llms.txt
  projectIndex: https://developer.sportradar.com/rugby/llms.txt
---

# Season Competitors

Provides a list of teams participating for a given season.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  300s Time To Live / Cache
</Callout>

***

## Data Points

<Accordion title="Competitor" icon="fa-light fa-rugby-ball">
  | Attribute      | Parent Element | Type   | Description                                                                  |
  | -------------- | -------------- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `abbreviation` | `competitor`   | String | Abbreviation for a competitor name<br /><br />ex. `NZL` (New Zealand)        |
  | `id`           | `competitor`   | String | Unique ID for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `sr:competitor:4227` (New Zealand) |
  | `name`         | `competitor`   | String | Name for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `Brisbane Lions`                        |
  | `short_name`   | `competitor`   | String | Short name for a competitor<br /><br />ex. `New Zealand`                     |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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  "info": {
    "title": "sportradar-api",
    "version": "3"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.sportradar.com/"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
    "securitySchemes": {
      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/rugby-{package}/{access_level}/v3/{language_code}/seasons/{season_id}/competitors.{format}": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Season Competitors",
        "description": "Provides a list of teams participating for a given season.",
        "operationId": "rugby-season-competitors",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "package",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Type of rugby package<br><br>`league` (Rugby League), `union` (Rugby Union), `sevens` (Rugby Sevens)",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "league",
                "sevens",
                "union"
              ],
              "default": "league"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "access_level",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "The access level of your API key<br><br>`trial`, `production`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "trial",
                "production"
              ],
              "default": "trial"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "language_code",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "2-letter code for supported languages<br><br>`en` (English)<br><br>English is the only fully supported language for this API. Click <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">[here](https://api-docs.sportradar.us/misc/Sportradar_API_Languages.xlsx)</span> for valid language codes and a tabular list of available languages per competition.",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "en"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "season_id",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Unique Id of a season, found in the <span style=\"text-decoration:underline\">[Seasons](https://developer.sportradar.com/rugby/reference/rugby-seasons)</span> endpoint<br><br>**Note:** The API provides a maximum of 3 seasons per competition — 2 previous seasons and 1 current season.<br><br>**Example:** `sr:season:112664`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "default": "sr:season:125541"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "format",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Format returned<br><br>`json`, `xml`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "json",
                "xml"
              ],
              "default": "json"
            },
            "required": true
          },
          {
            "name": "start",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "The number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.<br>Default: `0`<br><br>Example: `start=1000` to receive a 2nd page of results (if necessary)<br><br><i>Note: You may alternatively use `offset`</i>",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "limit",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "The number of items to return.<br>Maximum: `1000`<br>Default value: `1000`<br><br>Example: `limit=5`",
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{\n  \"generated_at\": \"2023-05-04T14:08:35.531Z\",\n  \"season_competitors\": [\n    {\n      \"abbreviation\": \"string\",\n      \"id\": \"string\",\n      \"name\": \"string\",\n      \"short_name\": \"string\",\n      \"virtual\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
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                      "type": "string",
                      "example": "2023-05-04T14:08:35.531Z"
                    },
                    "season_competitors": {
                      "type": "array",
                      "items": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                          "abbreviation": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          },
                          "id": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          },
                          "name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          },
                          "short_name": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "string"
                          },
                          "virtual": {
                            "type": "boolean",
                            "example": true,
                            "default": true
                          }
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": true,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```