diff --git a/cypress/e2e/download.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/download.cy.js
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+describe("Download Bundesliga data as JSON and CSV", () => {
+  const LEAGUE = "Bundesliga";
+
+  const EXPECTED_JSON_FIELDS = [
+    "uid",
+    "name",
+    "nameAscii",
+    "club",
+    "pictureUrl",
+    "value",
+    "sale_price",
+    "position",
+    "forecast",
+    "total_points",
+    "average_points",
+    "last_match",
+    "exists",
+    "league",
+  ];
+
+  const EXPECTED_CSV_HEADERS = [
+    "Playeruid",
+    "Name",
+    "Ascii Name",
+    "Club",
+    "Picture Url",
+    "Value",
+    "Sale Price",
+    "Position",
+    "Forecast",
+    "Total Points",
+    "Average Points",
+    "Last Match Points",
+    "Exists",
+    "League",
+  ];
+
+  before(() => {
+    cy.exec(
+      "export APP_ENV=test; ts-node --project=./tsconfig2.json cypress/e2e/download1.ts",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("downloads JSON and verifies format", () => {
+    cy.visit("http://localhost:3000");
+    cy.request({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: `/api/download`,
+      qs: { type: "json", league: LEAGUE },
+      failOnStatusCode: false,
+    }).then((response) => {
+      expect(response.status).to.eq(200);
+      expect(response.headers["content-type"]).to.include("application/json");
+      expect(response.headers["content-disposition"]).to.include(
+        "filename=players.json",
+      );
+
+      const data = response.body;
+      expect(data).to.be.an("array");
+      expect(data.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+
+      data.forEach((player, index) => {
+        expect(player, `Player at index ${index}`).to.be.an("object");
+        EXPECTED_JSON_FIELDS.forEach((field) => {
+          expect(
+            player,
+            `Player at index ${index} should have field '${field}'`,
+          ).to.have.property(field);
+        });
+        expect(player.league).to.eq(LEAGUE);
+        expect(player.uid).to.be.a("string");
+        expect(player.name).to.be.a("string");
+        expect(player.club).to.be.a("string");
+        expect(player.value).to.be.a("number");
+        expect(player.total_points).to.be.a("number");
+        expect(player.average_points).to.be.a("number");
+        expect(player.pictureUrl).to.include(
+          encodeURIComponent("/api/picture/"),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("downloads CSV and verifies format", () => {
+    cy.visit("http://localhost:3000");
+    cy.request({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: `/api/download`,
+      qs: { type: "csv", league: LEAGUE },
+      failOnStatusCode: false,
+    }).then((response) => {
+      expect(response.status).to.eq(200);
+      expect(response.headers["content-type"]).to.include("application/csv");
+      expect(response.headers["content-disposition"]).to.include(".csv");
+
+      const csvText = response.body;
+      expect(csvText).to.be.a("string");
+      expect(csvText.length).to.be.greaterThan(0);
+
+      const lines = csvText.trim().split("\n");
+      expect(lines.length).to.be.greaterThan(
+        1,
+        "CSV should have header + data",
+      );
+
+      const headerLine = lines[0];
+      const headers = parseCSVLine(headerLine);
+
+      EXPECTED_CSV_HEADERS.forEach((expectedHeader) => {
+        expect(
+          headers,
+          `CSV should contain header '${expectedHeader}'`,
+        ).to.include(expectedHeader);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("verifies JSON and CSV contain consistent data", () => {
+    cy.request({
+      method: "GET",
+      url: `/api/download`,
+      qs: { type: "json", league: LEAGUE },
+    }).then((jsonResponse) => {
+      cy.request({
+        method: "GET",
+        url: `/api/download`,
+        qs: { type: "csv", league: LEAGUE },
+      }).then((csvResponse) => {
+        const jsonData = jsonResponse.body;
+        const csvLines = csvResponse.body.trim().split("\n");
+        const csvHeaders = parseCSVLine(csvLines[0]);
+        const csvRows = csvLines.slice(1).map((line) => parseCSVLine(line));
+
+        expect(jsonData.length).to.eq(
+          csvRows.length,
+          "JSON and CSV should have same number of players",
+        );
+
+        const uidIndex = csvHeaders.indexOf("Playeruid");
+        const nameIndex = csvHeaders.indexOf("Name");
+        expect(uidIndex).to.be.greaterThan(-1);
+        expect(nameIndex).to.be.greaterThan(-1);
+
+        jsonData.forEach((player, index) => {
+          const csvRow = csvRows[index];
+          expect(csvRow[uidIndex]).to.eq(player.uid);
+          expect(csvRow[nameIndex]).to.eq(player.name);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function parseCSVLine(line) {
+  const result = [];
+  let current = "";
+  let inQuotes = false;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < line.length; i++) {
+    const char = line[i];
+    if (char === '"') {
+      inQuotes = !inQuotes;
+    } else if ((char === "," && !inQuotes) || char === "\r") {
+      result.push(current.trim());
+      current = "";
+    } else {
+      current += char;
+    }
+  }
+  result.push(current.trim());
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/download1.ts b/cypress/e2e/download1.ts
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+import db from "#database";
+import { updateData } from "#scripts/update";
+
+run();
+// Seeds Bundesliga data for the download test
+async function run() {
+  await db.deleteFrom("data").where("value1", "like", "locked%").execute();
+  await updateData("", "./sample/data1.json");
+}