Deep cut save ideas

Properly obscure clubs most Football Manager players have never heard of. 367 save ideas, difficulty from 3 to 10 out of 10. 51 are playable in the base game.

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CD MaxaqueneMoçambola
The club where Eusébio began his career. Maxaquene later won five post-independence Mozambican championships but spent six years outside the top flight before returning…
3/10Custom DB likely
Chongqing TonglianglongChinese Super League
Chongqing's established top-flight club folded in 2022, leaving one of the world's largest municipalities without an elite side. Chongqing Tonglianglong rose from the…
3/10Base game
Platense FCLiga Nacional de Honduras
Platense were Honduras’ first professional league champions in 1965/66 and have only won it once more since. After years outside the top flight they returned for…
3/10Custom DB likely
AJEL de RufisqueSenegal Ligue 1
AJEL finished level on points with neighbours Teungueth in the 2025/26 Senegalese league but lost the title on a tiebreaker. Take the Rufisque club that came so close…
4/10Custom DB likely
APR FCRwanda Premier League
APR are the army club of Rwanda and the country's dominant modern force, with domestic titles arriving far more often than meaningful CAF runs. When winning at home is…
4/10Custom DB needed
AS AdemaPro League Madagascar
Four-time Malagasy champions and CAF Cup quarter-finalists, but forever associated with the infamous 149-0 match against SO l’Emyrne. Give AS Adema a footballing legacy…
4/10Custom DB likely
AS Arta/Solar7Djibouti Premier League
The club began life representing the historic Djibouti-Ethiopia railway before eventually becoming Arta/Solar7. More recently they made headlines by signing Alex Song…
4/10Custom DB likely
AS MagentaNew Caledonia Super Ligue
AS Magenta have been one of New Caledonia's dominant clubs and reached OFC Champions League finals in both 2005 and 2019. Two different generations got to the biggest…
4/10Custom DB needed
AS UAMNiger Super Ligue
This is literally the football club of Abdou Moumouni University. Keep the university identity, prioritise young players and attempt to win Niger with a side whose roots…
4/10Custom DB likely
Abahani Limited DhakaBangladesh Premier League
Abahani reached the AFC Cup Inter-Zone semi-finals in 2019, one of the best continental campaigns by a Bangladeshi club. Build another great side and see whether you can…
4/10Custom DB likely
Al Olympic AzzaweyaLibyan Premier League
In 2003/04, Olympic became the first Libyan champions from outside Tripoli or Benghazi. It remains their only league title. Recreate one of the country’s great outsider…
4/10Custom DB likely
Al-JahraKuwait Premier League
Al-Jahra’s 1989/90 championship remains their only league title and one of the great outsider wins in Kuwaiti football. More than three decades later, try to prove it…
4/10Custom DB likely
Al-Tilal AdenYemeni League
Al-Tilal trace their history back to 1905 in Aden, making them one of the oldest clubs in the Arabian Peninsula. They also won the first championship of unified Yemen in…
4/10Custom DB likely
Alga BishkekKyrgyz Premier League
Founded as Zenit Frunze in 1947, Alga came closer than any Kyrgyz club to reaching the Soviet top flight. They later won titles after independence, disappeared…
4/10Custom DB likely
Always ReadyBolivian Primera División
Always Ready play in El Alto at more than 4,000 metres above sea level, giving you one of football's most extreme home advantages. Turn altitude into a weapon, dominate…
4/10Custom DB needed
Asmara BreweryEritrean Premier League
A football club tied to one of Eritrea’s oldest breweries. The side dates back to the 1940s and won the Eritrean championship in 2008. There cannot be many better…
4/10Custom DB likely
Atlabara FCSouth Sudan Premier League
Atlabara won South Sudan’s old national championship in 2013, 2015 and 2019 and were among the country’s earliest CAF representatives. By 2025/26 they had slipped to…
4/10Custom DB likely
Avenir BeggenDivision of Honour
Avenir Beggen won six Luxembourg league titles and seven cups before slipping into the lower divisions. Their last title was in 1994. Take one of the country's forgotten…
4/10Custom DB likely
Avenues UnitedSVG Premier Division
Four-time champions who won three titles in succession before suffering a disastrous 2025/26 season: no wins in 18 matches and relegation with four points. The rebuild…
4/10Custom DB likely
B68 ToftirBetri deildin
B68 won three Faroese titles between 1984 and 1992 from the tiny village of Toftir. They've spent more recent years fighting for their top-flight place. Rebuild one of…
4/10Custom DB likely
BanabaKiribati National Championship
Banaba is a tiny and remote Pacific island with a remarkable history, and its football team reached Kiribati’s national final in 1996 without ever becoming champions…
4/10Custom DB needed
Black BrothersCustom / historical Nauru competition
Black Brothers represented the Solomon Islands community living and working on Nauru and became the island’s most successful recorded football club before organised…
4/10Custom DB needed
Blue EaglesSuper League of Malawi
Blue Eagles were founded by the Malawi Police Service and have won domestic cups without ever becoming league champions. After relegation in 2023 they immediately fought…
4/10Custom DB likely
Boca LagoonMarshall Islands national competition
Boca Lagoon were only founded in 2026 and immediately became champions of the new era of organised Marshallese club football. There is virtually no history behind them…
4/10Custom DB needed
Brunei DPMMSingapore Premier League
DPMM are a club from Brunei who compete in Singapore's league system, one of those cross-border setups that feels made for Football Manager. Dominate Singapore with a…
4/10Base game
Bula FCOFC Pro League
Bula FC were created as Fiji's new professional representative for the inaugural OFC Pro League - Oceania's first professional football league. There is almost no…
4/10Custom DB needed
CARA BrazzavilleCongo Ligue 1
CARA won the 1974 African Cup of Champions Clubs and remain the only club from the Republic of the Congo to have been champions of Africa. Half a century later, recreate…
4/10Custom DB likely
CS MindelenseCape Verdean Championship
Cape Verde’s record champions play in a system that begins with separate island competitions before the best clubs meet nationally. It effectively turns your domestic…
4/10Custom DB likely
Canon YaoundéElite One
Three-time African champions from Cameroon’s golden age of club football. Instead of simply winning another domestic title, restore Canon to the level that once made…
4/10Custom DB likely
Cappella SistinaVatican football championship / custom DB
Yes, the Sistine Chapel choir has a football team competing in Vatican football. For anyone willing to build the required custom database, winning with Cappella Sistina…
4/10Custom DB needed
Cardiff MetCymru Premier
Cardiff Met are literally a university football club competing in the Welsh top flight. In 2019 they became the first British men's university side to qualify for…
4/10Base game
CartaginésLiga FPD
Cartaginés became CONCACAF champions in 1994 despite spending much of their existence in the shadow of Saprissa and Alajuelense. Turn Costa Rica’s outsiders into its…
4/10Custom DB likely
Cavalier FCBFA Senior League
Cavalier won four Bahamian championships between 1997 and 2001. In 2025/26 they finished bottom with one victory and 99 goals conceded in 15 matches. You could hardly…
4/10Custom DB likely
Church Boys UnitedMartyr's Memorial A-Division League
Church Boys won Nepal’s C Division, B Division and A Division in consecutive seasons, becoming champions in their first top-flight campaign. That is already Football…
4/10Custom DB likely
College of Micronesia FCFSM football system
A football team representing the College of Micronesia-FSM in a country with very little established football infrastructure. Turn it into a university-focused youth…
4/10Custom DB needed
Dakar Sacré-CœurSenegal Ligue 1
Dakar Sacré-Cœur developed players including Iliman Ndiaye and spent years in partnership with Lyon. That relationship ended in 2025. Keep the academy producing talent…
4/10Custom DB likely
Defence ForceTT Premier Football League
Literally the football club of Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force, and also two-time CONCACAF champions. A strange identity with genuine continental pedigree is a…
4/10Custom DB likely
Deren FCMongolian Premier League
Deren began as a youth academy and only entered senior football to give its players a pathway towards the Mongolian national team. They remain heavily focused on…
4/10Custom DB likely
Diambars FCSenegal Ligue 1
Founded with the involvement of Patrick Vieira and Bernard Lama, Diambars combine football coaching with education. The academy has produced international players, but…
4/10Custom DB likely
Dinamo City TiranaKategoria Superiore
Dinamo won 18 Albanian championships during the communist era but later fell into the second tier. They returned to the top flight and won the 2026 cup. Turn the cup…
4/10Custom DB likely
Dinamo TbilisiErovnuli Liga
Dinamo won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1981, still the high point of Georgian club football. The domestic trophies are secondary. Make a Georgian club capable of…
4/10Custom DB likely
Dnepr MogilevBelarusian Highest League
Dnepr Mogilev were Belarusian champions in 1998, finishing above a newly promoted BATE side that would soon dominate the country. Dnepr never repeated the feat and only…
4/10Base game
Dordoi BishkekKyrgyz Premier League
Dordoi won back-to-back AFC President's Cups in 2006 and 2007 and have been one of Kyrgyzstan's dominant clubs for two decades. The regional competitions they conquered…
4/10Custom DB needed
Dragons de l’OuéméLigue 1 Benin
Benin’s record 12-time champions have not won the league since 2003. They also reached an African Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final in 1987. Restore the country’s biggest…
4/10Custom DB likely
Ethiopian CoffeeEthiopian Premier League
Ethiopian Coffee are one of Addis Ababa's biggest traditional clubs and carry an identity tied directly to the industry the country is famous for. They won the league in…
4/10Custom DB needed
Ezra FCLao League 1
Ezra began primarily as a youth academy providing football, accommodation and education to young Lao players. For years development mattered more than trophies, before…
4/10Custom DB likely
FC 105 LibrevilleGabon Championnat National D1
Founded as a club connected to Gabon’s armed forces and police, FC 105 have won 10 recognised national championships but none since 2007. They also have genuine…
4/10Custom DB likely
FC GagraErovnuli Liga
Gagra were founded by people displaced from Abkhazia and have never played a home match in the city they're named after. They've already won the Georgian Cup twice. Win…
4/10Custom DB needed
FC KuressaareMeistriliiga
Kuressaare represent Saaremaa, Estonia's largest island, so away trips mean crossing to the mainland. They've never won the league. Build around island-born players and…
4/10Custom DB likely
FC LidaBelarusian First League
Lida's Soviet-era predecessor Obuvshchik Lida won the Belarusian SSR championship four times in the 1980s, but the club has not played top-flight football in independent…
4/10Base game
Génération FootSenegal Ligue 1
This is basically an academy save in real life. Génération Foot’s development system and relationship with Metz have helped produce players including Sadio Mané, Ismaïla…
4/10Custom DB likely
HNK SegestaSuperSport Prva NL
Segesta were founded in 1906 and are widely recognised in Croatia as the country's oldest surviving football club. They spent five seasons in the top flight in the 1990s…
4/10Base game
Hafia FCLigue 1 Pro
Three African titles and five final appearances during the 1970s. Hafia were once one of the biggest clubs on the continent and are now barely mentioned outside Guinea…
4/10Custom DB likely
Hanoi FCV.League 1
Hanoi won the ASEAN section of the 2019 AFC Cup and made it all the way to the Inter-Zone Final. Recreate one of Vietnam’s best continental runs and see whether you can…
4/10Custom DB likely
Hapoel JerusalemIsraeli Premier League
Supporters unhappy with the way the old Hapoel Jerusalem was being run created the fan-owned Hapoel Katamon project in 2007. It eventually acquired the Hapoel Jerusalem…
4/10Custom DB likely
Harland & Wolff WeldersNIFL Championship
Founded by workers at Belfast's famous shipyard, the Welders began with a collection among employees and grew into a senior football club. Take a team tied to the yard…
4/10Base game
Hienghène SportNew Caledonia Super Ligue
Hienghène Sport became the first New Caledonian club to win the OFC Champions League in 2019, earning a place at the Club World Cup. They did it with a winning goal…
4/10Custom DB needed
Isla de la JuventudCampeonato Nacional de Fútbol
A club representing the Isle of Youth, itself separated from Cuba’s main island, that has never won the national championship. Win Cuba with a team from an island within…
4/10Custom DB likely
Jeenyo FCSomali First Division
Founded in 1948 as SC Genio Officina, Jeenyo went through several identities and won three consecutive Somali titles from 1969 to 1971. The club disappeared amid the…
4/10Custom DB likely
Kabwe WarriorsZambia Super League
Kabwe Warriors are inseparable from Godfrey Chitalu, the Zambian striker credited by the country's FA with scoring 107 goals in 1972 - one of football's most disputed…
4/10Custom DB needed
Kalinago Warriors FCDominica Premier League
Kalinago Warriors were created to represent and promote Dominica’s Kalinago community. The men’s side has been pushing towards the top tier. Take a club with a genuinely…
4/10Custom DB likely
KapazAzerbaijan Premier League
Kapaz won three Azerbaijani titles during the 1990s and draw support from Ganja, the country's second-largest city. They have not been champions since 1999 while Baku…
4/10Custom DB likely
Kiyovu SportsRwanda Premier League
Kiyovu were one of Rwanda’s major forces before APR’s rise and won multiple championships, including back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993. They have not been champions…
4/10Custom DB likely
LNZ CherkasyUkrainian Premier League
LNZ were playing in Ukraine's fourth tier in 2021. Five years later they finished second in the Ukrainian Premier League and qualified for Europe for the first time. The…
4/10Base game
Maccabi JaffaLiga Leumit
Maccabi Jaffa were founded by Bulgarian Jewish immigrants and spent decades in Israel's top flight before the original club dissolved in 2000. Supporters later revived…
4/10Base game
Mainstay Goldstar FCGFF Elite League
Mainstay became the first club from Guyana’s Essequibo region to reach the Elite League. Their first season was brutal: no wins, 10 goals scored and 205 conceded in 18…
4/10Custom DB likely
Majestic Sporting ClubBurkinabè Premier League
Founded by former Burkina Faso internationals Wilfried Sanou and Jonathan Pitroipa, Majestic have helped develop players including Dango Ouattara. They have finished…
4/10Custom DB likely
Medina United Football AcademyGFA League First Division
Medina’s rise has been extraordinary. They emerged from the local Lamin Nawettan scene, climbed into the national pyramid, won promotion in 2025 and then became Gambian…
4/10Custom DB likely
Mighty BlackpoolSierra Leone National Premier League
Founded in 1923, the club later adopted the Blackpool name during the Stanley Matthews era and became one of Sierra Leone’s dominant sides. Their last league title came…
4/10Custom DB likely
Moyola ParkNIFL Championship
Moyola Park won the first Irish Cup in 1881, beating Cliftonville in the final. They won promotion to the second tier for 2026/27 after years outside senior football…
4/10Base game
Mushuc RunaLigaPro Serie A
Mushuc Runa were created to represent Ecuador's indigenous communities and their academy rules have included minimum numbers of indigenous players. Turn that identity…
4/10Custom DB likely
NK Karlovac 1919SuperSport Prva NL
Karlovac climbed from the third tier to Croatia's top flight with back-to-back promotions and finished sixth in each of their first two seasons there, before financial…
4/10Base game
Narva TransMeistriliiga
Narva Trans come from Estonia's eastern border with Russia and have spent decades in the top flight without winning the league. Break Tallinn's grip on Estonian football…
4/10Custom DB likely
New RadiantDhivehi Premier League
New Radiant reached the AFC Cup semi-finals in 2005 and the quarter-finals again in 2013. Getting a Maldivian club anywhere near that level today would be a serious…
4/10Custom DB likely
Newtown UnitedSKNFA Premier League
Newtown have won a record 16 national championships but none since 2011/12. Restore the country’s most successful club and then try to make them relevant in Caribbean…
4/10Custom DB likely
Omonia 29MCypriot First Division
Omonia 29M were created by supporters in 2018 after Omonia Nicosia's football operation moved into private ownership. The fan-owned breakaway raced through the pyramid…
4/10Custom DB likely
Palm City FCUAE First Division
Founded only in 2023, Palm City raced through back-to-back promotions and won a league-and-cup double in 2025/26. Their squad makes the save even stranger, with…
4/10Custom DB likely
Queens Park Rangers SCGrenada Premier Division
Grenada’s QPR have seven known league championships but none since 2002. Restore the country’s record champions and then see how far you can take them in Caribbean…
4/10Custom DB likely
Racing BeirutLebanese Premier League
Three-time Lebanese champions whose last title came in 1970. Their 2025/26 season could hardly have been worse: no wins, one draw and 24 defeats. Start at absolute rock…
4/10Custom DB likely
Real SirețiMoldovan Super Liga
Real Sireți earned promotion in May 2026 and are playing in Moldova’s top division for the first time. There is no fallen history to restore and no old glory to…
4/10Custom DB likely
Renaissance FC N’DjamenaChad Premier League
Founded in 1954, before Chad gained independence, Renaissance are one of the country’s traditional powers. They have not been champions since 2007. Bring one of Chad’s…
4/10Custom DB likely
Rhyl 1879Cymru North
Rhyl FC were Welsh champions twice and played European football before being wound up in 2020. Supporters formed Rhyl 1879 immediately afterwards, and the new club has…
4/10Base game
Rodina MoscowRussian Premier League
Rodina started as a private youth academy and made it to the Russian Premier League just eleven years after being founded. Moscow already has plenty of famous clubs…
4/10Base game
SCAF de BouarNational Championship
The history of the Central African Republic’s championship is overwhelmingly dominated by clubs from Bangui. SCAF represent Bouar in the west of the country and finished…
4/10Custom DB likely
Saint Michel UnitedSeychelles Premier League
Saint Michel have 13 league titles and were a regular name in African qualifying during their dominant years. By 2025/26 they were fighting through a relegation…
4/10Custom DB likely
SeebOman Professional League
Seeb won the AFC Cup in 2022, one of the biggest achievements in Omani club football. Build on it and see whether an Omani side can compete consistently with Asia’s…
4/10Custom DB likely
Shaanxi UnionChina League One
Shaanxi football has cycled through clubs, relocations and collapses, leaving supporters repeatedly starting again. Shaanxi Union was built with a strong supporter…
4/10Base game
Shakhter KaragandyKazakhstan First League
The Miners won back-to-back Kazakh titles in 2011 and 2012, then beat Celtic 2-0 in the first leg of a Champions League play-off in 2013 before becoming Kazakhstan’s…
4/10Custom DB likely
Sport Operário e BenficaSão Tomé and Príncipe Championship
Operários swept everything in 2025, winning the Príncipe championship, national championship, cup and super cup. The challenge is not rebuilding them. It is turning a…
4/10Custom DB likely
St. Mary’s SC JaffnaSri Lanka Super League / national system
Founded in 1936, St. Mary’s development was heavily disrupted during decades of conflict in Sri Lanka. They eventually reached the national second level and in 2026…
4/10Custom DB likely
Steal Nouvel FCComoros Premier League
Comoros runs island competitions before deciding an overall national champion. Steal Nouvel have repeatedly dominated Anjouan but have never won the overall Comoros…
4/10Custom DB likely
TB Tvøroyri1. deild
Founded in 1892, TB are the oldest club in the Faroes and have seven championships, but their last was in 1987. Relegated in 2025, they're now in the second division…
4/10Custom DB likely
Taraji Wadi Al-NesWest Bank Premier League
Wadi Al-Nes is a village south of Bethlehem with fewer than 1,000 residents. The club was founded by Yousef Abuhammad, whose 12 sons all played for the team, and somehow…
4/10Custom DB likely
Tartu JK TammekaMeistriliiga
Tammeka represent Tartu, Estonia's university city and second-largest urban centre. They've never won the league. Build a proper rival to Tallinn's big clubs and deliver…
4/10Custom DB likely
Team BangladeshPalau Soccer League / custom DB
Founded around Palau’s Bangladeshi community for the inaugural national league in 2004, Team Bangladesh became the competition’s most successful documented side with…
4/10Custom DB needed
Torpedo MoscowRussian First League
Torpedo won promotion in 2025 only to be removed from Russia's top division after a refereeing corruption case. They were three-time Soviet champions long before that…
4/10Base game
TorreenseLiga Portugal 2
Torreense won the Portuguese Cup while playing in the second tier and qualified for the 2026/27 Europa League league phase. You are balancing two completely different…
4/10Base game
TransvaalSuriname Major League
Transvaal are two-time CONCACAF champions, winning the region's biggest club competition in 1973 and 1981. No Surinamese club has managed anything comparable in the…
4/10Custom DB needed
Trefelin BGCCymru Premier
Trefelin reached the Cymru Premier for the first time in 2026/27. You are starting at the exact moment a small Welsh club hits its highest-ever level. Survive…
4/10Base game
Tuloy FCPhilippines Football League
Tuloy grew out of a foundation providing a residential community and support for disadvantaged and street-connected children. The football programme developed into a PFL…
4/10Custom DB likely
UMF Grindavík1. deild karla
Volcanic activity forced the evacuation of Grindavík in 2023 and left its football club playing away from home for months. The team eventually returned to its ground…
4/10Base game
US GoréeSenegal Ligue 1
US Gorée represent a tiny island off Dakar with enormous historical significance. They've won Senegalese league titles despite their limited home community. Build a new…
4/10Custom DB likely
Ugyen AcademyBhutan Premier League
A genuine academy save. Ugyen Academy became Bhutanese champions in 2013 and represented the country in the AFC President’s Cup, but by 2026 they were struggling at the…
4/10Custom DB likely
Universidad Central de VenezuelaVenezuelan Primera División
Universidad Central de Venezuela were founded by university students and have returned to continental football. Take an actual university club, break the traditional…
4/10Custom DB needed
Universidad O&MLiga Dominicana de Fútbol
An actual university football club that reached the 2025 Caribbean Cup final and qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Turning a university side into champions…
4/10Custom DB likely
Unión Coclé FCLiga Panameña de Fútbol
Unión Coclé earned promotion for 2026 and are playing their first season in Panama’s top division. Take over at the beginning and create the top-flight history of both…
4/10Custom DB likely
Vestri Ísafjörður1. deild karla
Vestri managed to win the Icelandic Cup and get relegated in the same season. They're based in the remote Westfjords, a long way from most of their opponents. Get them…
4/10Base game
Victor San MarinoItalian Serie D / Eccellenza pathway
A club representing San Marino but competing in the Italian pyramid. Take a team from a country of roughly 35,000 people and try to climb all the way to Serie A.
4/10Custom DB likely
Vieux Fort SouthSaint Lucia second tier
They won the second tier in 2024, immediately finished runners-up in the 2025 Premier League and were leading the top flight in September 2026. Take over in the middle…
4/10Custom DB likely
Violette ACLigue Haïtienne
Violette were CONCACAF champions in 1984, then resurfaced on the continental stage decades later by knocking MLS side Austin FC out of the 2023 Champions League. Build…
4/10Custom DB likely
Vital’O FCBurundi Ligue A
Vital’O are Burundi’s record champions, but their most interesting achievement came in 1992 when they reached the African Cup Winners’ Cup final. No Burundian club has…
4/10Custom DB likely
Vllaznia ShkodërKategoria Superiore
Albania’s oldest club were founded in 1919 and have nine league titles, but none since 2001. More than two decades without a championship gives you a proper fallen giant…
4/10Custom DB likely
Wellington PhoenixA-League Men
A New Zealand club playing in Australia’s league system. It is one of those footballing quirks that immediately makes for a different save. Become Australian champions…
4/10Custom DB likely
Wohaib FCPakistan Premier League / custom DB
Wohaib reached the Asian Club Championship group stage in 1992/93 and even drew with eventual champions PAS Tehran. No Pakistani club has repeated that run. Recreate it…
4/10Custom DB likely
Young AfricansTanzanian Premier League
Young Africans reached the 2023 CAF Confederation Cup final and came agonisingly close to giving Tanzania a major modern continental title. Build another run and finish…
4/10Custom DB likely
Young LionsSingapore Premier League
Young Lions effectively operate as a national development side built largely around young Singaporean players. Winning the league with a team whose primary purpose is…
4/10Custom DB likely
AS PiraeTahiti Ligue 1
AS Pirae reached the 2006 OFC Champions League final and later represented Oceania at the 2021 Club World Cup when Auckland City withdrew. They have experienced the…
5/10Custom DB needed
ASC JaraafSenegal Ligue 1
Jaraaf have won more Senegalese league titles than anyone else, including another in 2025, but have never lifted a major African trophy. Build a side worthy of Dakar's…
5/10Custom DB likely
Abu Muslim FarahAfghanistan Champions League / custom DB
No Afghan club has ever reached the group or league stage of an AFC competition. Abu Muslim Farah have twice fallen to Paro in AFC Challenge League qualifying, in 2025…
5/10Custom DB likely
African StarsNamibia Premiership
African Stars completed a fourth consecutive league title in 2025/26, so another domestic championship is hardly the interesting part. Your save starts with one…
5/10Custom DB likely
Al-JaishSyrian Premier League
Al-Jaish won the inaugural AFC Cup in 2004. That gives you one wonderfully simple target: take Asia’s original AFC Cup winners back to continental relevance.
5/10Custom DB likely
Al-KaramahSyrian Premier League
Al-Karamah produced one of Syrian club football's greatest runs when they reached the AFC Champions League final in 2006. They lost to Jeonbuk and later reached another…
5/10Custom DB needed
Al-WehdatJordanian Pro League
Al-Wehdat were founded in the Al-Wehdat refugee camp in Amman and have grown into one of Jordan’s biggest and most successful clubs. Take that remarkable history onto…
5/10Custom DB likely
Alianza FCPrimera División de El Salvador
Alianza won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1967, becoming the first Central American club to lift the competition. El Salvador has waited decades for another continental…
5/10Custom DB needed
Altyn AsyrÝokary Liga
Altyn Asyr reached the AFC Cup final in 2018, one of the biggest achievements in Turkmen club football. Build another run and try to become the country’s first…
5/10Custom DB likely
Amicale FCVanuatu Premier League
Amicale reached two OFC Champions League finals, in 2011 and 2014, and lost both to Auckland City. Vanuatu has never won the competition - turn the country's great…
5/10Custom DB needed
April 25 SCDPR Korea Premier Football League
The club has historic links to the Korean People’s Army and reached the 2019 AFC Cup final, becoming the first North Korean men’s side to reach an Asian club final. They…
5/10Custom DB likely
Ararat YerevanArmenian Premier League
One of the great forgotten clubs of Soviet football. Ararat won the Soviet league and cup double in 1973, then reached the European Cup quarter-finals in 1975 and even…
5/10Custom DB likely
Ararat-ArmeniaArmenian Premier League
Armenian football has never had a regular presence at this level, but Ararat-Armenia reached the 2026/27 Europa League league phase. Build on that breakthrough, raise…
5/10Custom DB likely
Austria KlagenfurtRegionalliga Mitte
Austria Klagenfurt went from Bundesliga football in 2024/25 to the third tier by 2026/27 as relegations and insolvency took their toll. Start with a former top-flight…
5/10Custom DB likely
Ba FCFiji Premier League
Ba reached the 2007 OFC Champions League final and actually won the first leg 2-1, only to lose the trophy on away goals after Auckland City won the return 1-0. Take one…
5/10Custom DB needed
Bahrain SCBahraini Second Division
Five-time Bahraini champions whose last title came in 1989. They were relegated again in 2025/26, so you begin in the second tier trying to resurrect one of the…
5/10Custom DB likely
Bangor 1876Cymru North
Bangor 1876 were created by supporters in 2019 as turmoil engulfed historic Bangor City. They won the Ardal North West in 2025/26 and have reached Cymru North. Rebuild…
5/10Base game
Belshina BobruiskBelarusian Highest League
Belshina won the Belarusian title in 2001 and three national cups, but the years since have included repeated drops out of the top flight. They returned to the Highest…
5/10Base game
Cardiff Met FC / Cardiff Met LadiesWelsh Premier League
Build a nation, but once you've completed the mens build a nation, switch over to the women's leagues or vice versa. Done using both mens and womens databases. Likely…
5/10Custom DB likely
Cobh Ramblers FCLeague of Ireland First Division
Roy Keane got his start at Cobh Ramblers, and future Westlife singer Nicky Byrne later kept goal for them. The club has never been Irish champions. Find the next young…
5/10Base game
Deportivo BinacionalLiga 2 / reinstatement pending
Binacional won their first Peruvian title in 2019, becoming the first champions from the Puno region, but legal and administrative chaos later engulfed the club. With a…
5/10Custom DB likely
Diamond Harbour FCExcluded from ISL - status to confirm
Diamond Harbour have risen through the Indian leagues at remarkable speed, only to be denied a top-flight place over a participation-fee dispute. Get their momentum…
5/10Custom DB likely
DiriangénLiga Primera
Diriangén were founded in 1917, are Nicaragua's oldest major club and have collected more domestic titles than anyone else in the country. Local dominance is not the…
5/10Custom DB needed
DjolibaMalian Première Division
Djoliba are one of Mali's biggest clubs and reached the CAF Confederation Cup final in 2012, only to lose both legs to AC Léopards. Mali has never produced a CAF…
5/10Custom DB needed
Dynamos HarareZimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Dynamos reached the 1998 African Champions League final, but Zimbabwe has still never produced a winner of Africa's biggest club trophy. Take the country's most famous…
5/10Custom DB needed
Ellas SyrouSuper League 2
A club from the small Aegean island of Syros reached Greece's second division for the first time in 2025. Build a competitive side despite the island's size and travel…
5/10Base game
Empire ClubBarbados Premier League
Founded in 1914 and once champions of Barbados, Empire are now outside the top flight. Their last championship came in 1952. Take one of the country’s oldest clubs back…
5/10Custom DB likely
F91 DudelangeBGL Ligue
Dudelange became the first Luxembourg club to reach a UEFA group stage in 2018 and beat APOEL 4-3 away in the following season's Europa League. Build on those…
5/10Custom DB likely
FASPrimera División de El Salvador
FAS are one of El Salvador's most successful clubs and won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1979. No Salvadoran side has lifted the region's biggest prize since. Restore…
5/10Custom DB needed
FC Atert BissenBGL Ligue
Atert Bissen were in Luxembourg's third tier in 2024, reached the top flight and won the league in their first season in 2025/26. They sealed the title by beating…
5/10Custom DB likely
FC DritaFootball Superleague of Kosovo
Drita reached a UEFA league phase for the first time in 2025, giving Kosovo another major continental landmark. The country itself is not in FM's standard playable…
5/10Custom DB likely
FC EindhovenEerste Divisie
FC Eindhoven won the last Dutch championship before professional football began in 1954. Their neighbours PSV have rather dominated the city's football story since. Get…
5/10Base game
FC NouadhibouSuper D1
Nouadhibou became the first Mauritanian club to reach the CAF Champions League group stage in 2023. Use the country’s leading club as the base for a proper…
5/10Custom DB likely
FC PetržalkaSlovak 2. Liga
As Artmedia, they beat Celtic 5-0, eliminated Partizan and came from 2-0 down to beat reigning European champions Porto away during their extraordinary 2005/06 Champions…
5/10Custom DB likely
FK EkranasI Lyga
Seven post-independence league titles, including five in succession, before financial problems destroyed the original club. The name was revived in 2020 and they are now…
5/10Custom DB likely
FK LiepājaVirslīga
Liepājas Metalurgs were Latvian champions before collapsing financially. FK Liepāja was created in 2014 and won the league almost immediately, but the bigger challenge…
5/10Base game
FK Mornar BarMontenegrin First League
Mornar made their best European run in 2024, knocking out Dinamo Tbilisi and Radnički Kragujevac. Two years later they finished three points short of Montenegro's title…
5/10Custom DB likely
FK ZetaMontenegrin Second League
Zeta became the first champions of independent Montenegro in 2006/07 after a remarkable rise through the Yugoslav system. They are now back in the second tier. Restore…
5/10Custom DB likely
Flamurtari VlorëKategoria e Parë
Flamurtari beat Barcelona 1-0 at home in the 1987 UEFA Cup before going out on away goals. Albania's 1991 champions have since endured relegations and financial…
5/10Custom DB likely
Gor MahiaKenyan Premier League
Gor Mahia won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1987 and remain the first and only Kenyan club to win a major CAF club trophy. Rebuild Kenya's biggest continental legacy…
5/10Custom DB needed
Guangdong GZ-PowerChina League One
Guangzhou Evergrande won eight Chinese titles and two Asian Champions Leagues before financial collapse erased the club from professional football in 2025. Guangdong…
5/10Base game
HB TórshavnBetri deildin
HB have won more Faroese league titles than anyone else, but none since 2020. KÍ Klaksvík have taken over and reached a European group stage. Put the capital's historic…
5/10Custom DB likely
Hamrun SpartansMaltese Premier League
Hamrun Spartans became the first Maltese club to reach a senior men's UEFA league/group phase in 2025. Malta has never had a sustained European presence, so the…
5/10Custom DB likely
HataysporTFF 2. Lig
The 2023 earthquakes devastated Hatay and killed members of the club, including Christian Atsu and sporting director Taner Savut. Hatayspor subsequently suffered two…
5/10Custom DB likely
Heartland FCNigeria National League
Heartland have won five Nigerian titles but lost African Champions League finals in both 1988 and 2009. They're now in the second division. Win promotion, reclaim the…
5/10Custom DB likely
Inter Club d'EscaldesPrimera Divisió
Andorra finally has a club in a UEFA league phase. Inter became the first Andorran side ever to reach one in 2026/27. The save is about turning a one-off national…
5/10Custom DB likely
Inverness Caledonian ThistleScottish Championship
Inverness won the Scottish Cup in 2015 and entered administration less than a decade later. They're trying to recover after dropping down the leagues. Get a Highland…
5/10Base game
Invincible ElevenLiberian Second Division
Liberia’s oldest club are joint-record 13-time champions and count George Weah among their former players. He scored 24 times in 23 games during their 1987 title season…
5/10Custom DB likely
Isloch Minsk RaionBelarusian Highest League
Isloch were founded in 2007 as an amateur club, entered the national league system in the 2010s and reached the Belarusian top flight by 2016. They are now established…
5/10Base game
IstiqlolTajikistan Higher League
Istiqlol were founded only in 2007, rapidly became Tajikistan's dominant club and reached the AFC Cup final twice. Domestic domination is the easy part - the real save…
5/10Custom DB needed
Jeunesse EschBGL Ligue
Jeunesse Esch have won a record 28 Luxembourg league titles, but none since 2010. They even held Liverpool to a goalless European Cup draw in 1973. Restore the country's…
5/10Custom DB likely
Jwaneng GalaxyBotswana Premier League
Founded only in 2014, Jwaneng Galaxy have already reached the CAF Champions League group stage and even went to Casablanca and beat three-time African champions Wydad…
5/10Custom DB likely
KCCAUganda Premier League
KCCA are owned by the Kampala Capital City Authority and have become one of Uganda's most successful modern clubs. A municipal authority winning domestic trophies is…
5/10Custom DB needed
KF TiranaKategoria Superiore
KF Tirana have more Albanian titles than anyone else, but their last came in 2022. The historic giants have lost ground to Egnatia and their city rivals. Restore Tirana…
5/10Custom DB likely
KRL FCPakistan domestic league system
Khan Research Laboratories became Pakistan's dominant club in the professional-league era and reached the AFC President's Cup final in 2013, one of the country's best…
5/10Custom DB needed
Kerry FCLeague of Ireland First Division
County Kerry is Gaelic football country, and it didn't even have a League of Ireland club until 2023. Kerry FC won once in their debut season but have already reached an…
5/10Base game
KitcheeHong Kong Premier League
Kitchee became the first Hong Kong club to reach the AFC Champions League knockout rounds in 2022. Use them as the foundation for a save aimed at pushing Hong Kong…
5/10Custom DB likely
Kossa FCSolomon Islands S-League
Kossa reached the 2008 OFC Champions League final and lost to Waitakere United, one of the closest Solomon Islands club football has come to continental glory. Nearly…
5/10Custom DB needed
Köpetdag AşgabatÝokary Liga
Köpetdag won six of Turkmenistan's first seven league championships after independence, then disappeared from the title picture for decades. Rebuild the club that…
5/10Custom DB needed
Liaoning TierenChinese Super League
The old Liaoning FC became the first Chinese club to win Asia's top continental competition in 1990, then eventually disappeared. Liaoning Tieren are a separate modern…
5/10Base game
Lijabatho FCLesotho Premier League
Lijabatho won the first league title in their history in 2026 and immediately qualified for their first CAF Champions League. Take over at the exact moment the club…
5/10Custom DB likely
Lobi Stars FCNigeria National League
Lobi Stars were Nigerian champions in 2018 and playing in the CAF Champions League the following season. Now they're back in the second tier. Bring one of Benue State's…
5/10Custom DB likely
Lupe Ole SoagaSamoa National League
Lupe Ole Soaga became the first Samoan club to win an OFC Champions League group-stage match when they beat Ba 4-3 in 2020. Turn that isolated breakthrough into…
5/10Custom DB likely
MangasportGabon National Foot 1
Mangasport are the club of the COMILOG manganese-mining company and the company town of Moanda. They won their 11th Gabonese championship in 2026. Domestic success is…
5/10Custom DB needed
Marek DupnitsaBulgarian Second League
Marek Dupnitsa beat Bayern Munich 2-0 in the 1977/78 UEFA Cup, with Gerd Müller, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Sepp Maier and Uli Hoeneß in the Bayern squad. Marek now play in…
5/10Base game
Mbabane SwallowsPremier League of Eswatini
Swallows became the first Eswatini club to reach the CAF Confederation Cup group stage in 2017 and the first to reach the CAF Champions League group stage a year later…
5/10Custom DB likely
Mount Pleasant FAJamaica Premier League
Mount Pleasant won their first Caribbean Cup in 2025 and qualified for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. Jamaican football has a new force. See whether you can turn one…
5/10Custom DB likely
MunicipalLiga Nacional de Guatemala
Municipal became the first Guatemalan club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1974. Guatemala has not produced a winner since 1978 - restore one of Central America's…
5/10Custom DB needed
NejmehLebanese Premier League
Nejmeh are one of Lebanon's biggest and best-supported clubs and reached the AFC Cup final in 2005, losing to Al-Faisaly. They have never won a major continental trophy…
5/10Custom DB needed
Nukuhetulu FCTonga Major League
Nukuhetulu only made their senior debut in 2020. Five years later they had won their first major cup and league championship before qualifying for the OFC Champions…
5/10Custom DB likely
PNG Hekari FCOFC Pro League
PNG Hekari FC were created as Papua New Guinea's first fully professional football team for the OFC Pro League. This is as close as FM gets to building a professional…
5/10Custom DB needed
PS Sakiet EddaïerLigue Professionnelle 1
PS Sakiet Eddaïer reached Tunisia's top flight for the first time in 2026, only two seasons after arriving in the second division. There's almost no elite-level history…
5/10Custom DB likely
Paide LinnameeskondMeistriliiga
Paide represent a town of fewer than 10,000 people, yet have won the Estonian Cup and reached the final round of Conference League qualifying. Beat Tallinn's giants to a…
5/10Custom DB likely
PakhtakorUzbekistan Super League
One of Central Asia’s great historic clubs had to rebuild after the 1979 air disaster that killed much of their first-team squad. Pakhtakor subsequently became a major…
5/10Custom DB likely
Partizani TiranaKategoria Superiore
Partizani began as Albania's army-backed club and built a decorated domestic history, including a 1970 Balkans Cup win. Rebuild the old military powerhouse, get ahead in…
5/10Custom DB likely
Persipura JayapuraLiga 2
Four-time Indonesian champions and the first Indonesian club to reach an AFC Cup semi-final, famously beating holders Kuwait SC 6-1 along the way in 2014. By 2026/27…
5/10Custom DB likely
Petro de LuandaGirabola
Petro have dominated Angola and reached 20 league titles by 2026, including five in a row. The strange gap on their CV is continental success. They have come close…
5/10Custom DB likely
Power DynamosZambia Super League
Power Dynamos became Zambia’s first continental trophy winners in 1991 and remain the only Zambian club to have achieved it. More than three decades later, build the…
5/10Custom DB likely
Preah Khan Reach Svay RiengCambodian Premier League
Svay Rieng reached the AFC Challenge League final in 2025 and lost. They returned in 2026, went 2-0 up in another final and somehow lost 4-3 after extra time. At this…
5/10Custom DB likely
Progrès NiederkornLuxembourg National Division
Niederkorn produced one of European qualifying’s great shocks when they eliminated Rangers in 2017. Turn one famous night into something much bigger and get a…
5/10Custom DB likely
RWDM BrusselsNational Division 1
Molenbeek's football name has endured bankruptcies, rebrands and disputes. The latest RWDM project reached Belgium's top flight before licensing problems sent it down to…
5/10Custom DB likely
Real EstelíLiga Primera
Real Estelí reached each of the first two Central American Cup finals and lost both to Alajuelense. They have also proved capable of beating Mexican opposition. Turn…
5/10Custom DB likely
Real KashmirI-League
Real Kashmir became the first club from Kashmir to reach India's national top-level league structure. Build a club from one of football's most politically and…
5/10Base game
Real de BanjulGFF First Division League
Real de Banjul are one of Gambia's most decorated clubs and represent the country's capital, but Gambian teams rarely make any noise in CAF competition. Dominate at…
5/10Custom DB needed
Regar-TadAZTajikistan Higher League
Regar-TadAZ are literally the club of Tajikistan's giant aluminium plant in Tursunzoda and won the AFC President's Cup three times. That combination of factory-team…
5/10Custom DB needed
Rovaniemen PalloseuraYkkönen
RoPS offer a unique Football Manager challenge: a club based in Rovaniemi, right on the Arctic Circle, with a proud history in Finnish football, European competition…
5/10Base game
SC VillaUganda Premier League
Uganda’s record champions also reached an African final in 1991, but the country is still waiting for its first continental club champion. End that wait with its biggest…
5/10Custom DB likely
SV RobinhoodSuriname Major League
SV Robinhood reached five CONCACAF finals across the old Champions' Cup era and lost every one. Suriname has never had a continental champion - end one of CONCACAF's…
5/10Custom DB needed
Sabah FCAzerbaijan Premier League
Sabah reached the Champions League league phase for the first time in 2026/27. Their manager Valdas Dambrauskas famously used quiz-show winnings from Who Wants to Be a…
5/10Custom DB likely
Saint George SCEthiopian Premier League
Saint George are Ethiopia’s record champions, yet no Ethiopian club has ever won a CAF competition. When you already have more than 30 domestic titles, there is only one…
5/10Custom DB likely
Santa Cruz FCTimor-Leste second tier
Promoted from the second tier in 2025, Santa Cruz immediately finished second in the 2026 top flight without losing a match. They were only two points short of the…
5/10Custom DB likely
ShirakArmenian Premier League
Shirak represent Gyumri and won four Armenian league titles, making them one of the few clubs to break Yerevan's hold on the country's football. Their last championship…
5/10Custom DB likely
Shooting StarsNigeria Premier Football League
Shooting Stars reached the final of Africa's top club competition in 1984 and 1996 and lost both. Nigeria waited until Enyimba in 2003 for a winner - take one of the…
5/10Custom DB needed
Skënderbeu KorçëKategoria Superiore
Skënderbeu won six consecutive Albanian titles and became the country's first Europa League group-stage club. A long UEFA ban over match-fixing allegations was followed…
5/10Custom DB likely
Slavia MozyrBelarusian Highest League
Slavia Mozyr won the Belarusian title in 1996 and 2000 and reached Champions League qualifying, but their second championship remains their last. More than a quarter of…
5/10Base game
Solomon Kings FCOFC Pro League
Solomon Kings were created for the new OFC Pro League, so there is barely any history to inherit - you get to write almost all of it. Build the Solomon Islands'…
5/10Custom DB needed
Sony de Elá NguemaEquatorial Guinea second tier
Sony are comfortably Equatorial Guinea’s most successful league club, with 16 championships, including eight in a row from 1984 to 1991. They were relegated in 2025/26…
5/10Custom DB likely
Sporting Clube de BafatáGuinea-Bissau second tier
Bafatá were one of the first clubs to seriously disrupt the dominance of teams from Bissau, winning national titles in 1987 and 2008. They were relegated in 2024 and…
5/10Custom DB likely
Stade MalienMalian Première Division
Stade Malien remain the only Malian club to win the CAF Confederation Cup, overturning a first-leg deficit to beat ES Sétif on penalties in the 2009 final. Build another…
5/10Custom DB likely
Stade d'AbidjanLigue 1 Côte d'Ivoire
Stade d'Abidjan won Africa's premier club competition in 1965, only the second edition of the tournament. Restore one of the continent's original champions and drag a…
5/10Custom DB needed
Tafea FCVanuatu Premier League
Tafea won 15 consecutive Vanuatu top-flight championships between 1994 and 2008/09, a recognised world record. Domestic dominance on that scale is almost impossible to…
5/10Custom DB needed
Tahiti UnitedOFC Pro League
Tahiti United are the first professional football club created to represent Tahiti/French Polynesia in the OFC Pro League. Start with virtually no club history, build a…
5/10Custom DB needed
Taiwan Power CompanyTaiwan Football Premier League
Literally the football team associated with Taiwan’s state electricity company, Taipower. They also won the AFC President’s Cup in 2011. Company team to Asian force is a…
5/10Custom DB likely
TamanukuTuvalu A-Division
Tamanuku have old cup pedigree but have never won Tuvalu’s A-Division. They finished third in 2026. Take Nukufetau its first league title.
5/10Custom DB likely
Township RollersBotswana Premier League
Township Rollers are Botswana's most successful club and have dominated domestic football in multiple eras. The missing piece is Africa: Botswana has never had a CAF…
5/10Custom DB needed
Union DoualaElite One
Union Douala were African champions in 1979 and won the Cup Winners' Cup two years later. Cameroon has produced much bigger modern names since, while Union's continental…
5/10Custom DB needed
University of PretoriaMotsepe Foundation Championship
University of Pretoria are literally a university football club competing in South Africa's professional pyramid. Lean fully into it: build around young players, impose…
5/10Base game
VarzimLiga 3
Varzim have spent more than 20 seasons in Portugal's top flight but have not been there since the early 2000s. The Póvoa de Varzim club now sit in Liga 3, squeezed…
5/10Base game
Verdes FCPremier League of Belize
Verdes became the first Belizean club to win a CONCACAF League knockout tie in 2022 and have since represented the country in the Central American Cup. Take the next…
5/10Custom DB likely
Yadanarbon FCMyanmar National League
Yadanarbon won four of the first eight Myanmar National League titles and lifted the 2010 AFC President’s Cup. They have not been champions since 2016. Restore…
5/10Custom DB likely
Étoile Filante de LoméTogolese Championnat National
Étoile reached the African Cup of Champions Clubs final in 1968 and have seven post-independence Togolese league titles. Their last championship came in 1992. Restore…
5/10Custom DB likely
ÍF FuglafjørðurFaroese divisions - verify
ÍF won the Faroese championship in 1979, their first and only title. Years of relegation battles followed. Restore the little fishing-town club and see whether…
5/10Custom DB needed
AE MykonosGamma Ethniki
Mykonos is famous for beach clubs, not football clubs. Its team is in Greece's third tier. Take a side from the holiday island into the Super League, and for an extra…
6/10Custom DB needed
Adana DemirsporTFF 2. Lig
Balotelli was playing European qualifiers with Adana Demirspor in 2023. By 2026, financial trouble, points deductions and relegation had sent the club into the third…
6/10Custom DB likely
Alania VladikavkazRussian Second League Division A
Alania broke Moscow's grip on Russian football by winning the 1995 league title, then lost 10-3 on aggregate to Rangers in the Champions League qualifiers. They're now…
6/10Custom DB needed
Amkar PermRussian Second League Division A
Amkar spent fourteen seasons in Russia's Premier League before going bust in 2018. The club was revived with regional backing and is climbing again. Finish the recovery…
6/10Custom DB needed
AshantiGold SCGhanaian regional league / status to verify
Four-time champions AshantiGold fell out of Ghana's top flight after sanctions linked to the notorious 7-0 match against Inter Allies. Rebuild the reputation of Obuasi's…
6/10Custom DB needed
Atlético ColegialesPrimera División B / Primera B Nacional
Founded by a family of bookshop owners, Atlético Colegiales went from employees playing football to a 1995 Copa CONMEBOL semi-final. They're now in Paraguay's third…
6/10Custom DB likely
Atlético TorinoCopa Perú / amateur regional
Atlético Torino have won the Copa Perú five times, more than anyone else, yet haven't played in the top flight since 1997. Take Peru's promotion specialists back to…
6/10Custom DB likely
B.93Danish 2nd Division
B.93 have nine Danish championships, a total that sounds absurd for a club now playing in the third tier. Most of that glory belongs to another footballing age. Take one…
6/10Base game
Bella VistaAmateur / lower division (verify)
Bella Vista shocked Uruguay by winning the league in 1990, finishing seven points above Nacional. They've since tumbled into amateur football. Start in the lower…
6/10Custom DB likely
CD ExtremaduraPrimera Federación
Extremadura football has had more than its share of bankruptcies and restarts. The current club has climbed rapidly after beginning again in the lower leagues. Get the…
6/10Base game
CS Saint-LaurentLigue1 Québec (no automatic CPL promotion)
Saint-Laurent knocked Halifax Wanderers out of the Canadian Championship in 2024 and beat another professional side in 2026. The Montréal amateurs keep embarrassing…
6/10Custom DB needed
CeljeSlovenian PrvaLiga
Celje became the first Slovenian club to reach the quarter-finals of a major UEFA competition in 2025. They were suddenly one tie away from a European semi-final. Take…
6/10Custom DB likely
Chattanooga FCMLS NEXT Pro
Chattanooga sold shares to thousands of supporters and built a strong following outside MLS. Now in MLS NEXT Pro, they're still an unusual community-owned project in…
6/10Custom DB likely
Curepipe Starlight SCMauritian third tier
Four-time Mauritian champions who later collapsed all the way to the third tier. Take a club that won three consecutive championships from 2007 to 2009 back through the…
6/10Custom DB likely
Deportivo ArmenioPrimera B Metropolitana
Deportivo Armenio were founded to represent Argentina's Armenian community and still lean fully into that identity. Build a proper diaspora save around…
6/10Custom DB likely
Deportivo EspañolPrimera C
Founded by Spanish immigrants, Deportivo Español spent 15 seasons in Argentina's top flight before sliding into Primera C. Bring the Buenos Aires club back from the…
6/10Custom DB likely
Deportivo QuitoSegunda Categoría / Ascenso Nacional
Five-time Ecuadorian champions Deportivo Quito are now fighting through the regional Segunda Categoría while carrying serious financial problems. This is a proper…
6/10Custom DB needed
Doxa DramaGamma Ethniki
Doxa Drama reached three Greek Cup finals in the 1950s and somehow lost all three to Olympiacos. They're now in the third division. Get back into the top flight and…
6/10Custom DB needed
Dynamo MoscowRussian Premier League
Dynamo were the first Soviet champions, have 11 league titles and were Lev Yashin’s only club. Yet their last national championship came in 1976, meaning they have never…
6/10Custom DB likely
Ethnikos PiraeusGamma Ethniki
Ethnikos were challenging for the Greek title in 1957 when a row over attempts to sign Hungarian internationals ended in their exclusion from the competition. Neighbours…
6/10Custom DB needed
FC TyumenRussian Second League Division A
Tyumen finished the 1998 Russian top-flight season with eight points, two wins and 89 goals conceded. They're in the third tier again. Return them to the Premier League…
6/10Custom DB needed
FK KukësiKategoria e Parë
Kukësi reached the Europa League play-offs in 2013 and won Albania's title in 2017. Years of decline later sent them to the second tier. Restore the northern club that…
6/10Custom DB likely
FK Pobeda PrilepMacedonian Third League
The historic Pobeda won Macedonian league titles in 2004 and 2007. The current Prilep side has fallen all the way to the regional third level. Few former champions in…
6/10Custom DB likely
Fehérvár FCNemzeti Bajnokság II
As Videoton, they reached the 1985 UEFA Cup final against Real Madrid and even won the second leg at the Bernabéu. Now they are in Hungary’s second tier. Promotion is…
6/10Custom DB likely
Gimnàstic de TarragonaPrimera Federación
Nàstic have suffered consecutive promotion play-off final defeats, including one that went wrong in extra time. Get them back into Spain's second tier and eventually La…
6/10Base game
JK Tallinna KalevMeistriliiga
Founded in 1911, Kalev won Estonian titles before the Second World War and even competed in the Soviet Top League in 1960 and 1961. They have never won the championship…
6/10Custom DB likely
Kastoria 1980 FCGamma Ethniki
Kastoria became the first provincial club to win the Greek Cup in 1980, then eventually went out of business. A revived club has worked its way back to the national…
6/10Custom DB needed
Killarney CelticFAI National League
Killarney Celtic won seven straight Kerry league titles before entering the new national third tier. Start at the bottom of the Irish pyramid, overtake nearby Kerry FC…
6/10Custom DB needed
Koninklijke HFCTweede Divisie
The Netherlands' oldest surviving football club dates back to 1879 and has never played in the modern Eredivisie. Take the Haarlem amateurs into professional football…
6/10Custom DB needed
Kári Akranes2. deild karla
Kári began in 1922 when a group of children in Akranes scraped together enough money to buy a football. They helped lay the foundations for the town's much bigger club…
6/10Custom DB needed
Lisburn DistilleryPremier Intermediate League
Six-time Irish League champions Distillery drew 3-3 with Benfica in the 1963 European Cup and later faced Barcelona. Financial problems sent them into Northern Ireland's…
6/10Custom DB likely
MKE AnkaragücüTFF 2. Lig
Ankaragücü won the Turkish Cup in 1981 while in the second division, but financial trouble and relegations have sent them to the third tier again. Restore one of…
6/10Custom DB likely
Mattersburger SV 2020Regionalliga Ost
SV Mattersburg collapsed in 2020 after a banking scandal. Supporters formed Mattersburger SV 2020 and have climbed back to the third tier. Take the phoenix side from the…
6/10Custom DB likely
NK VarteksSuperSport Druga NL
Supporters founded NK Varteks in 2011 after becoming disillusioned with the direction, identity and finances of Varaždin's established club. Built around a one-member…
6/10Custom DB needed
Neftochimic BurgasBulgarian Third League - South-East
Neftochimic grew out of Burgas's oil-refinery workforce, surged into the top flight in the 1990s and finished runners-up in 1996/97. The club now plays in the South-East…
6/10Custom DB needed
Nuova Ternana 1925Serie D
Ternana reached the Serie C promotion play-off final in 2025, then collapsed the following year. A new club has restarted in Serie D. Bring professional football back to…
6/10Custom DB needed
Olympic CharleroiNational Division 1
Olympic Charleroi finished runners-up in Belgium in 1947. They returned to the professional divisions in 2025, only to be relegated straight away. Take Charleroi's other…
6/10Custom DB likely
OstiamareSerie C
Daniele De Rossi bought his boyhood club in Ostia and helped take them back into professional football. They're still a long way from Roma. Make De Rossi's childhood…
6/10Base game
Perloas NegrasCampeonato Carioca Série A2
Founded as a non-profit, the Black Pearls was born in the slums of Haiti, grew in Brazil, and established a base for Syrian refugees fleeing war. The academy offers far…
6/10Custom DB needed
Presidente HayesParaguayan third tier - verify
Presidente Hayes won Paraguay's league in 1952. More than 70 years later they're in the third division, facing the threat of another drop. Take a former national…
6/10Custom DB likely
Raja Beni MellalMoroccan third tier
Raja Beni Mellal upset Morocco's giants to win the league in 1974. More than 50 years later they're down in the third tier. Start from the lower leagues and see whether…
6/10Custom DB likely
Rampla JuniorsPrimera División Amateur
Rampla won the Uruguayan championship in 1927, but fell to the third tier in 2025 amid serious financial problems. Restore one of Montevideo's old champions, get the…
6/10Custom DB likely
Real JaénPrimera Federación
Jaén spent years stuck in Spain's fifth tier before consecutive promotions revived the club. They haven't played in La Liga since the 1950s. Complete the comeback and…
6/10Base game
Rocha FCPrimera División Amateur (check placement)
Rocha won the 2005 Apertura to become the first club from outside Montevideo to win a Uruguayan top-flight tournament. They lost the championship final and later dropped…
6/10Custom DB likely
SK Vorwärts SteyrRegionalliga
Vorwärts Steyr spent eight straight seasons in Austria's top flight before bankruptcy in 1999. Another slide has taken them back into the third tier. Rebuild the…
6/10Custom DB likely
SR BrașovRomanian regional leagues - verify
After FC Brașov disappeared in 2017, supporters formed SR Brașov to keep the city's colours and Steagul Roșu identity alive. Start in the lower leagues with the…
6/10Custom DB needed
SV SpakenburgTweede Divisie
Spakenburg and IJsselmeervogels share a sports complex in a fishing village and absolutely cannot stand each other. Spakenburg also reached the Dutch Cup semi-finals in…
6/10Custom DB needed
Sporting Clube de GoaI-League 2
India's own Sporting CP were deliberately modelled on the Portuguese club but have never won the national league. Get them out of the third tier, build a Portuguese…
6/10Custom DB needed
Sriwijaya FCLiga Nusantara (Liga 3)
Sriwijaya won the Indonesian league-and-cup double in 2007/08 and another title in 2012. A long decline has sent them to Liga Nusantara, the third tier. Restore the…
6/10Custom DB likely
TSS Rovers FCLeague1 BC (no automatic CPL promotion)
TSS Rovers became the first semi-professional League1 Canada side to beat a CPL opponent in the Canadian Championship, eliminating Valour 3-1 in 2023. Keep upsetting…
6/10Custom DB needed
TecosLiga Premier de México
Tecos are a university club that somehow became Mexican champions in 1994. They now sit far below the top flight, so the challenge is to rebuild from the lower leagues…
6/10Custom DB likely
Trapani 1905Serie D
Trapani made the Serie B promotion play-off final in 2016, one game from reaching Serie A for the first time. Financial trouble has left them back in Serie D. Get a club…
6/10Custom DB needed
Unión HuaralLiga 3
Unión Huaral became Peru's first provincial champions in 1976 and won a second league title in 1989. They later lost their second-division licence and fell into Liga 3…
6/10Custom DB likely
Vado FCSerie C
Vado won the very first Coppa Italia in 1922 but have never played in Serie A. More than a century later they're back in the professional leagues. Get them into the top…
6/10Base game
Viktoria BerlinRegionalliga Nordost
Viktoria Berlin were German champions in 1908 and 1911, long before the Bundesliga existed. More than a century later they are buried in the Regionalliga. Take one of…
6/10Custom DB likely
Víkingur Ólafsvík2. deild karla
A fishing village of roughly 1,000 people made it into Iceland's top division, with several players also taking the club into European futsal. They're back in the lower…
6/10Custom DB needed
WeymouthSouthern League South Division
Just over 4 years ago they were playing the likes of Wrexham and Notts County in the National League. Now after 3 relegations in 5 seasons, the 'Terras' have fallen to…
6/10Custom DB needed
AltınorduTFF 2. Lig
Altınordu produced Çağlar Söyüncü and Cengiz Ünder through an academy built around Turkish players. For years they refused to use foreign players at all. Commit to that…
7/10Custom DB likely
Berchem SportNational Division 2
Berchem Sport finished second in Belgium three seasons running from 1949 to 1951, losing out to Anderlecht every time. They have never won the league and are now in the…
7/10Custom DB likely
CD BadajozTercera Federación
The original Badajoz went bust after more than a century and supporters had to start again. The revived club is back in the fifth tier. Take Extremadura's border-city…
7/10Custom DB needed
Club Atlético AtlasPrimera C
Atlas became a cult favourite through the documentary series Atlas, la otra pasión, which followed players balancing football with ordinary jobs. After decades at the…
7/10Custom DB likely
Coronel BolognesiCopa Perú / district leagues
Coronel Bolognesi won the 2007 Clausura and played Libertadores football from the border city of Tacna. Financial problems later drove them into the local amateur…
7/10Custom DB likely
DSV LeobenLandesliga Steiermark
DSV Leoben reached the 2024 Austrian Cup semi-finals as a second-tier side. Financial problems then sent them into the Styrian regional leagues. Sort out the finances…
7/10Custom DB likely
Deportivo MunicipalCopa Perú / amateur regional
Four-time Peruvian champions Deportivo Municipal haven't won the league since 1950. Years of financial trouble took them out of professional football, with exclusion…
7/10Custom DB likely
Eendracht Aalst LedeNational Division 2
Aalst knocked Levski Sofia out of the 1995 UEFA Cup before facing Roma. After the old club collapsed, a new project with Lede kept the football identity going. Rebuild…
7/10Custom DB likely
El-Kanemi WarriorsNigeria National League
El-Kanemi Warriors were relegated from Nigeria's top flight and then won the national cup in the same summer, earning a place in African competition. Try to win a…
7/10Custom DB likely
FCU 1948 CraiovaLiga 4 (county)
FCU Craiova played in the Romanian top flight in 2024 but financial and licensing problems have sent them down to Liga 4. Their dispute with Universitatea Craiova makes…
7/10Custom DB likely
Honda FCJapan Football League
Honda's works team have been strong enough for professional football but historically chose not to join the J.League because doing so would change what the club is. A…
7/10Custom DB likely
Jeanne d'Arc de DakarLower Senegalese division - verify
Jeanne d'Arc won ten Senegalese championships and reached the 2004 African Champions League semi-finals. They have since dropped away from the country's top level…
7/10Custom DB needed
Juan AurichLiga 3
Juan Aurich beat Alianza Lima on penalties to win the Peruvian championship in 2011. Financial and licensing problems later sent the Chiclayo club down the divisions…
7/10Custom DB likely
KDV TomskRussian Second League Division B
A company better known for crisps, chocolate and biscuits has launched a football club in Tomsk after the city's old professional side disappeared. They've already…
7/10Custom DB needed
KF Fjallabyggð3. deild karla
Leiftur, the predecessor to KF Fjallabyggð, played Hamburger SV and Anderlecht in Europe during the 1990s. The modern merged club represents two small fishing towns and…
7/10Custom DB needed
KSK BeverenBelgian provincial leagues - verify
KSK Beveren won Belgian titles in 1979 and 1984, but the historic club eventually disappeared from senior football. Supporters preserved the old registration and brought…
7/10Custom DB needed
KV Diksmuide-OostendeNational Division 2
KV Oostende played in Europe in 2017 before going bankrupt in 2024. A club from Diksmuide moved to Ostend and adopted a new identity to keep senior football alive in the…
7/10Custom DB likely
Karabük İdman YurduTFF 3. Lig
The old Karabükspor faced Saint-Étienne in Europe in 2014 before financial collapse ended the club in 2023. Karabük İdman Yurdu now carry the city's hopes in the lower…
7/10Custom DB likely
Mayo FCFAI National League
Mayo only played their first senior national-league match in 2026. County football is still dominated by the Gaelic game, so there's almost no senior football history to…
7/10Custom DB needed
Panachaiki FCGamma Ethniki
Panachaiki were the first Greek club from outside the main football centres to qualify for Europe, back in 1973. Patras has never had a league champion. Get the city…
7/10Custom DB needed
Remo Stars FCNigeria National League
Remo Stars won their first Nigerian league title in 2025 and were relegated the following season. Their academy has helped build the club, but now the first job is…
7/10Custom DB likely
SS TarantoEccellenza
Taranto is one of the biggest Italian cities never to have seen its team in Serie A. Another financial collapse has left the city's successor club in the fifth tier. End…
7/10Custom DB needed
SalgueirosCampeonato de Portugal
Salgueiros finished sixth in Portugal in 1990/91 and played in the UEFA Cup the following season, giving Porto a third top-flight club alongside FC Porto and Boavista…
7/10Base game
Sportivo ItalianoPrimera B Metropolitana
Sportivo Italiano were founded by post-war Italian immigrants in Argentina and still wear that identity openly. Make it a full role-play save: only sign Argentine and…
7/10Custom DB likely
TP-47Kakkonen
TP-47 come from Tornio on Finland's Swedish border, close to the Arctic Circle. They are playing in Kakkonen, outside FM's standard Finnish playable levels. Load a…
7/10Custom DB needed
Tasmania BerlinRegionalliga Nordost
The Tasmania name is inseparable from the infamous 1965/66 Bundesliga side that won twice, conceded 108 goals and became shorthand for a disastrous top-flight season…
7/10Custom DB needed
Thai Farmers BankDefunct / custom database
One for a custom database. Thai Farmers Bank won back-to-back Asian Club Championships in 1994 and 1995 and then ceased to exist. Bring one of Asia’s strangest lost…
7/10Custom DB needed
US Thionville LusitanosLigue 3
Thionville Lusitanos have climbed four divisions in five years and their Portuguese roots make for a decent squad-building rule. Keep the rise going, try recruiting only…
7/10Base game
USV HerculesDerde Divisie
Fourth-tier amateurs Hercules knocked Ajax out of the Dutch Cup with a 93rd-minute winner in 2023. They've never reached professional football. Turn their one famous…
7/10Custom DB needed
Valour FCOperations suspended / recreation
Winnipeg's Valour FC were a founding Canadian Premier League club but never reached the play-offs and suspended operations in 2025. Bring the club back in a custom…
7/10Custom DB likely
Vorskla PoltavaProfessional licence withdrawn / setup needed
Vorskla beat Shakhtar to win Ukraine's cup in 2009 and later played Europa League group football. Financial problems and licensing issues followed relegation in 2025…
7/10Custom DB likely
Wiener Sport-ClubRegionalliga Ost
Wiener Sport-Club were Austrian champions in 1958 and 1959 and once beat Juventus 7-0 in the European Cup. They now play in the third-tier Regionalliga Ost. Take a club…
7/10Custom DB likely
WorthingNational League
Former player George Dowell bought Worthing in 2015 using compensation from the accident that left him paralysed. He paid off debts, improved the club's facilities and…
7/10Base game
Akhisarspor / Akhisar 1970 Spor KulübüAkhisar 1970 / local amateur football
Akhisarspor beat Fenerbahçe in the 2018 Turkish Cup final and Galatasaray in the Super Cup, then played in Europe. Financial collapse followed, and a separate Akhisar…
8/10Custom DB needed
Ars et Labor Ferrara (SPAL successor)Eccellenza
SPAL played in Serie A as recently as 2020 before collapsing financially and being replaced by a new club in Ferrara. That successor is stuck in Eccellenza. Five…
8/10Custom DB needed
Borussia NeunkirchenOberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar
Borussia Neunkirchen played Bundesliga football in the 1960s and were one of Saarland's major clubs before the region vanished from Germany's elite. They now play in the…
8/10Custom DB needed
Brora RangersHighland League
Brora, from a Highland village of around 1,000 people, knocked Hearts out of the Scottish Cup in 2021. They've come close to breaking into the SPFL too. Complete the…
8/10Custom DB needed
Buckie ThistleHighland League
Stephen King took an interest in Buckie Thistle and even included the club in one of his books. The Highland League side have a rather more ordinary football record…
8/10Custom DB needed
Caledonian BravesLowland League West
Caledonian Braves have attracted thousands of small investors from around the world despite starting in Scotland's fifth tier. See if a supporter-backed project with no…
8/10Custom DB needed
CasaleEccellenza Piemonte-Valle d'Aosta
Casale won the Italian championship in 1914, making a small Piedmont town one of the most unlikely champions in Serie A history. More than a century later they are…
8/10Custom DB needed
Cray WanderersIsthmian League Premier Division
Founded in 1860 by railway workers, Cray Wanderers are London's oldest surviving football club. They've never played in the Football League, and only recently ended…
8/10Custom DB needed
DenizlisporTurkish amateur / regional leagues
Denizlispor knocked Lyon out of the 2002/03 UEFA Cup before losing to José Mourinho's Porto. They've since fallen out of Turkish professional football. Start in the…
8/10Custom DB needed
FBK KaunasDefunct / club recreation
FBK Kaunas won eight Lithuanian titles and knocked Rangers out of Champions League qualifying in 2008. Financial collapse later ended the club. Recreate the former…
8/10Custom DB likely
FC Chertanovo MoscowRussian Second League Division B
Chertanovo got within one place of Russia's top flight while using players developed in their own academy. They're now down in the fourth tier. Keep the academy-only…
8/10Custom DB needed
FC DniproDefunct / club recreation
Dnipro reached the 2015 Europa League final after knocking out Napoli, Ajax and Club Brugge. Financial problems later destroyed the club. Recreate the historic side from…
8/10Custom DB likely
FC MulhouseRégional 1 Grand Est
Mulhouse were founded in 1893 when Alsace was part of the German Empire, making them one of the strangest old clubs in French football. They were also members of the…
8/10Custom DB needed
FC ZestafoniRegionuli Liga
Zestafoni won back-to-back Georgian championships in 2011 and 2012 before collapsing down into regional football. A fifth-tier club with two recent national titles makes…
8/10Custom DB needed
FK Atlantas KlaipėdaInactive / club recreation
Atlantas won two Lithuanian Cups and played in Europe before financial problems and match-fixing allegations brought their professional era to an end. Restore Klaipėda's…
8/10Custom DB likely
FK Mogren BudvaDefunct / club recreation
Mogren won Montenegrin titles in 2009 and 2011 before financial collapse destroyed the club. Recreate the old Budva champions in a custom database and take the resort…
8/10Custom DB likely
FK VentspilsInactive / club recreation
Ventspils won six Latvian titles and became the country's first Europa League group-stage club in 2009. Financial problems ended their professional era in 2021. Recreate…
8/10Custom DB likely
GNK Šibenik1. ŽNL Šibensko-kninska
HNK Šibenik were a Croatian top-flight club in 2024/25, then relegation, debt and licensing failure pushed the old entity out of the national pyramid. A new legal…
8/10Custom DB needed
MarineNational League North
In January 2021, eighth-tier Marine hosted José Mourinho's Tottenham in the FA Cup at their tiny Rossett Park ground. Fans couldn't attend because of Covid restrictions…
8/10Base game
Nankatsu SCJapanese regional / lower league
Nankatsu is the fictional club from Captain Tsubasa made real, with creator Yoichi Takahashi involved in the project. Take one of football's strangest real-life…
8/10Custom DB needed
Puerto Rico IslandersDefunct - custom setup
Puerto Rico Islanders reached the semi-finals of the 2008/09 CONCACAF Champions League and even beat Cruz Azul 2-0 in the first leg before losing on penalties. The club…
8/10Custom DB needed
SC Dnipro-1Defunct / club recreation
Dnipro-1 were founded in 2017, finished Ukrainian league runners-up in 2022/23 and disappeared from professional competition in 2024. It's a meteoric rise and fall…
8/10Custom DB likely
SedanRégional 1 Grand Est
Sedan won two French Cups and were still a Ligue 1 club in the 2000s, but liquidation in 2023 forced them into regional football. They are now in Régional 1, miles from…
8/10Custom DB needed
Serbian White EaglesCanadian regional / amateur league - verify
Toronto's Serbian White Eagles played in the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1975, where a tie against Monterrey ended amid disorder. Recreate a Serbian-Canadian side capable…
8/10Custom DB needed
Skonto FCDefunct / club recreation
Skonto won 14 straight Latvian titles from 1991 to 2004 before the club collapsed financially and disappeared. Recreate one of Europe's most relentless domestic…
8/10Custom DB likely
Toronto CroatiaCanadian regional / amateur league - verify
Toronto Croatia's immigrant community helped turn Metros-Croatia into NASL champions in 1976, with Eusébio leading the attack. Rebuild a Croatian-Canadian football…
8/10Custom DB needed
Truro CityNational League South
No Cornish club has ever played in the Football League. Truro became the first from the county to reach the National League in 2025, but were relegated after just one…
8/10Base game
Wattenscheid 09Oberliga Westfalen
Wattenscheid spent four straight seasons in the Bundesliga from 1990 to 1994 and developed players including the Altıntop brothers before financial collapse pushed the…
8/10Custom DB needed
Wick AcademyHighland League
Wick Academy are based near the northern tip of mainland Scotland, so even ordinary away trips are a serious undertaking. Take Britain's northernmost senior club out of…
8/10Custom DB needed
Znamya Truda Orekhovo-ZuyevoMoscow Oblast regional amateur league
Russia's oldest surviving football club was founded by English textile workers and reached the Soviet Cup final in 1962. It's now in regional amateur football. Take a…
8/10Custom DB needed
Antigua Barracuda FCDefunct / custom database
One for the custom-database crowd. Barracuda were Antigua and Barbuda’s first full-time professional club and competed in the American third tier. Their final season in…
9/10Custom DB needed
Astra GiurgiuInactive / reconstruction required
Astra won Romania's title in 2016 and knocked West Ham out of Europe twice, but financial collapse ended their time at the top. Recreate the club in a custom database…
9/10Custom DB likely
Be Quick 1887Eerste Klasse
Be Quick were Dutch champions in 1920, when they scored 101 goals in just 16 regional league matches. They're now playing sixth-tier amateur football. Rebuild a…
9/10Custom DB needed
Belfast CelticNorthern Irish regional amateur leagues - verify
Belfast Celtic won 14 titles before leaving the Irish League in 1949 after violence at a match against Linfield. A separate modern club now carries the name in…
9/10Custom DB needed
Bishop AucklandNorthern League Division One
Bishop Auckland won the FA Amateur Cup a record ten times, including three in a row between 1955 and 1957, but have never played in the Football League. Now back in the…
9/10Custom DB needed
Farnham TownNational League South
Three promotions in three seasons have carried Farnham Town into National League South. The EFL is now only two promotions away. Continue a real-life rocket through…
9/10Base game
Fort WilliamNorth Caledonian League
Fort William once went 73 matches without a win and conceded 245 goals in a single Highland League season. Their ground sits below Ben Nevis, which is probably the best…
9/10Custom DB needed
KM Reykjavík5. deild karla
A Spanish student founded the club that became KM Reykjavík because he couldn't find a team to join after moving to Iceland. The club now helps bring different…
9/10Custom DB needed
Merthyr TownNational League North
Merthyr are a Welsh, fan-owned club that deliberately chose the English pyramid over a route into the Cymru Premier because the dream is the EFL. They are now in…
9/10Base game
Orkney FCNorth Caledonian League
Orkney compete from an archipelago off Scotland's north coast, with every away game involving far more effort than most clubs would tolerate. Build an island football…
9/10Custom DB needed
RNK Split2. ŽNL NSŽSD
RNK Split reached the Europa League play-off and Croatian Cup final in 2014/15. The fall since has been brutal: a winless 2025/26 league season relegated them again, and…
9/10Custom DB needed
Scarborough AthleticNational League North
The original Scarborough became the first club promoted automatically into the Football League in 1987, but disappeared in 2007. Scarborough Athletic was created by…
9/10Base game
Sporting Club SétoisRégional 1
Sète became the first French side to complete a league and cup double in 1934, then the original club went bust in 2023. Their successor is down in regional football…
9/10Custom DB needed
Walton & HershamNational League South
Seven 19-year-old students bought Walton & Hersham in 2019 using their student loans. The club has since climbed repeatedly and reached National League South for…
9/10Base game
AFC Rushden & DiamondsNorthern Premier League Division One Midlands
Rushden & Diamonds raced from non-league into the EFL before collapsing completely in 2011. Supporters created AFC Rushden & Diamonds in response. Start deep in the…
10/10Custom DB needed
Arranmore UnitedDonegal Junior League - Old Orchard Saturday Division 2
Arranmore United play on a tiny island off Donegal where away trips begin with getting off the island. They compete in regional amateur football, making this less a…
10/10Custom DB needed
East Sheen FCMiddlesex County League Division One West
One of English football's oldest names has effectively been brought back from the dead. East Sheen were founded in 1873, disappeared for more than a century and were…
10/10Custom DB needed
Guernsey FCSouthern Combination Premier Division
Guernsey represent the Channel Islands inside the English pyramid, so every promotion creates bigger football and bigger travel problems. Starting in the ninth tier…
10/10Custom DB needed
Hallam FCNorthern Premier League Division One East
Founded in 1860, Hallam are widely recognised as the world's second-oldest football club. Their Sandygate ground is recognised as the oldest football ground in the…
10/10Custom DB needed