Fan-owned and identity save ideas
Fan-owned clubs, works teams, diaspora clubs and saves with a strong identity. 99 save ideas, difficulty from 3 to 10 out of 10. 55 are playable in the base game.
- Arab Contractors
Egyptian Premier LeagueArab Contractors are literally the club of Egypt's giant construction company, have won three African Cup Winners' Cups and gave Mohamed Salah his first senior football…
- Audax Italiano
Chilean Primera DivisiónAudax Italiano were founded by Santiago's Italian community and have won four Chilean titles, but the last came in 1957. Lean fully into the heritage, build a strong…
- Baník Ostrava
Czech First LeagueBaník are the great miners' club of Ostrava and won the Czech title as recently as 2004, breaking the Prague-centred order. They have not been champions since. Build…
- Bohemians 1905Czech First League
Bohemians got their kangaroo badge and nickname after a famous tour of Australia in 1927. Their greatest side then won the Czechoslovak league and reached a UEFA Cup…
- Cork City
League of Ireland Premier DivisionCork City went into liquidation in 2010 and supporters organised through FORAS to keep senior football alive in the city. The rebuilt club eventually became Irish…
- Everton de Viña del MarChilean Primera División
Everton were founded in Viña del Mar in 1909 and took a name inspired by the English game, eventually becoming four-time Chilean champions. The coastal resort city has…
- FC Nordsjælland
Danish SuperligaNordsjælland are built around one of world football's most aggressive youth-development models, linked to the Right to Dream academy in Ghana. Make that pipeline the…
- PalestinoChilean Primera División
Palestino were created by Chile's Palestinian community and remain one of world football's most distinctive identity clubs. Keep that identity at the heart of the save…
- San Diego FC
Major League SoccerSan Diego entered MLS with backing from the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation and links to the Right to Dream academy network. Build around young players developed…
- TS Galaxy
Betway PremiershipTS Galaxy won South Africa's FA Cup as a second-tier club in 2019, then reached the top flight after buying Highlands Park's league status in 2020. It is a gloriously…
- AS UAM
Niger Super LigueThis 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…
- Académica de Coimbra
Liga Portugal 2Académica are inseparable from the University of Coimbra and won the inaugural Taça de Portugal in 1939. After dropping into Liga 3 they finally earned promotion back to…
- Bohemian FCLeague of Ireland Premier Division
Bohemians have remained owned by their supporters since 1890 and haven't won the Irish league since 2009. Win it again without selling the club's identity: live within…
- Bucheon FC 1995
K League 1Bucheon FC 1995 were created by supporters after Bucheon SK was moved to Jeju in 2006. Nearly two decades later the fan-built replacement finally won promotion to K…
- CD Castellón
Segunda DivisiónCastellón's data-driven owners want to show that smart recruitment can beat richer clubs. They've spent years outside La Liga. Stick to the analytical approach, find…
- CD EldenseSegunda División
Lionel Messi has taken control of Eldense, a century-old club that has never played in La Liga. The job is to get his Spanish project into the top flight, preferably…
- Cardiff Met
Cymru PremierCardiff 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…
- Chacarita Juniors
Primera NacionalChacarita won the 1969 Metropolitano, one of the rare Argentine championships claimed by a club outside the country's permanent elite. They now sit in Primera Nacional…
- Chivas
Liga MXChivas are one of Mexico's biggest clubs but traditionally field only Mexican players. It is effectively the Mexican version of Athletic Club: your recruitment pool is…
- Cruz AzulLiga MX
Cruz Azul were founded by workers of the cement company that still defines the club's identity. They grew from an industrial works team into one of Mexico's biggest…
- Drogheda United FCLeague of Ireland Premier Division
Drogheda won the 2024 FAI Cup but lost their European place because their owners also controlled Denmark's Silkeborg. Qualify for Europe again, this time without the…
- Ethiopian Coffee
Ethiopian Premier LeagueEthiopian 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…
- FC AnyangK League 1
Anyang LG Cheetahs left the city for Seoul in 2004. Supporters spent years campaigning for a replacement before FC Anyang arrived in 2013 - and the club finally reached…
- FC Gagra
Erovnuli LigaGagra 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…
- FC MidtjyllandDanish Superliga
Midtjylland helped popularise football's modern 'Moneyball' approach in Europe, using analytics, set-piece specialists and undervalued recruitment to punch above their…
- FC St. Pauli
2. BundesligaFC St. Pauli are more than a football club — they represent Hamburg’s rebellious alternative culture, with a fiercely loyal fanbase, iconic brown-and-white colours and a…
- FC Winterthur
Swiss Challenge LeagueWinterthur finally returned to the Swiss top flight in 2022 after a 37-year absence, only to be relegated back to the Challenge League in 2026. The first miracle has…
- Ghazl El MahallaEgyptian Premier League
Ghazl El Mahalla are the football club of one of Egypt's great textile-industry cities and produced a remarkable league title in 1973. Outside Cairo's giants, national…
- Hapoel Jerusalem
Israeli Premier LeagueSupporters 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…
- Kabwe Warriors
Zambia Super LeagueKabwe 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…
- Lierse
Challenger Pro LeagueThe original Lierse won four Belgian titles and played Champions League football before going bankrupt in 2018. The name survives in the professional game through the…
- 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…
- Mushuc Runa
LigaPro Serie AMushuc Runa were created to represent Ecuador's indigenous communities and their academy rules have included minimum numbers of indigenous players. Turn that identity…
- Omonia 29M
Cypriot First DivisionOmonia 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…
- Shaanxi Union
China League OneShaanxi football has cycled through clubs, relocations and collapses, leaving supporters repeatedly starting again. Shaanxi Union was built with a strong supporter…
- Tusker
Kenyan Premier LeagueTusker are a brewery-owned club named after one of East Africa's best-known beer brands and have won the Kenyan league repeatedly. That is already an excellent FM…
- UMF Grindavík
1. deild karlaVolcanic 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…
- Universidad Central de Venezuela
Venezuelan Primera DivisiónUniversidad Central de Venezuela were founded by university students and have returned to continental football. Take an actual university club, break the traditional…
- Universidad O&M
Liga Dominicana de FútbolAn 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…
- Čelik Zenica
Premier League of Bosnia and HerzegovinaČelik won the first three championships of independent Bosnia but financial problems eventually sent one of the country's best-supported clubs into the lower leagues…
- ASEC Mimosas
Ligue 1 Côte d'IvoireASEC Mimosas are famous for producing elite Ivorian talent and remain one of Africa's great academy clubs. Make the youth system the entire save: develop, sell and…
- Akademisk BoldklubDanish 1st Division
Akademisk Boldklub literally began as a club for university students and went on to win nine Danish championships. They return to Denmark's second tier for 2026/27 after…
- Amedspor
Superlig**Why Amedspor is a great FM27 save** Based in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır, Amedspor is a symbol of Kurdish pride. That identity has brought racist abuse, away-fan…
- Austria Salzburg
Austrian 2. LigaWhen Red Bull took over Austria Salzburg in 2005 and transformed the club’s identity, a group of supporters started their own Austria Salzburg. They worked their way…
- 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…
- Cape Town SpursMotsepe Foundation Championship
Cape Town Spurs spent two decades as Ajax Cape Town before Ajax ended the partnership and the club reclaimed its old identity. Build an independent Cape Town giant…
- Detroit City FCUSL Championship
Detroit City were founded by supporters who wanted something different from American franchise football. They've built a serious following and are planning a new…
- El NacionalLigaPro Serie A
El Nacional built its identity around fielding Ecuadorian players and became one of the country's most successful clubs with 13 league titles. Keeping that philosophy in…
- FC Ryukyu
J3Based in Okinawa, the Southern-most area of Japan, separated by 400 miles of ocean to the mainland, these tropical islands are home to a distinct culture and history…
- FC Südtirol
Serie BSüdtirol are an Italian club with a German name in a mostly German-speaking Alpine province. They've never reached Serie A. Build a side around South Tyrol and…
- FF Jaro
VeikkausliigaFF Jaro are a proud club from the small coastal town of Jakobstad, with a strong local identity and a history of competing in Finland’s top flight. After years of ups…
- KCCA
Uganda Premier LeagueKCCA 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…
- Leones Negros UdeGLiga de Expansión MX
Leones Negros are the football club of the University of Guadalajara and finished runners-up in Mexico's top flight three times during their 1970s peak. They are now in…
- Mangasport
Gabon National Foot 1Mangasport 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…
- Marconi Stallions
NPL New South WalesMarconi were founded by Sydney's Italian community and won four National Soccer League championships before the A-League era left them in the state system. They remain…
- Melbourne KnightsNPL Victoria
Melbourne Knights were built by Melbourne's Croatian community, won back-to-back national championships in the 1990s and helped launch Mark Viduka's career. They now…
- NAC Breda
Eerste DivisieNAC won their only Dutch championship in 1921 and are known for the atmosphere of an 'Avondje NAC'. They're back in the second division. Give Breda a title-winning side…
- Panionios
Super League Greece 2Panionios trace their roots to Smyrna before the population exchange brought the club to Athens. They won two Greek Cups but financial collapse forced them into the…
- Phoenix Rising FCUSL Championship
Didier Drogba finished his playing career as Phoenix Rising's player-co-owner, and the club later won 20 straight matches in 2019. They've since won the USL…
- Politehnica Timișoara
Liga 2Timișoara has one of Romania's biggest football followings but its club identity has been dragged through relocations, ownership disputes and repeated restarts. The…
- Regar-TadAZ
Tajikistan Higher LeagueRegar-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…
- Tampere UnitedYkkönen
Tampere United are three-time Finnish champions who were relegated to the lowest tier of Finnish football in 2011. After a long journey back, the club are now on the…
- 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…
- Velež MostarPremier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Velež won two Yugoslav Cups and became one of the most distinctive clubs in the old league before war transformed both Mostar and the club's home. They rebuilt at a new…
- Viktoria ŽižkovCzech National Football League
Viktoria Žižkov were Czechoslovak champions in 1928 and won the Czech Cup as recently as 2001, all while living in the shadow of Prague's much bigger clubs. They now…
- ŽeljezničarPremier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Željezničar were founded by railway workers, won the Yugoslav league in 1972 and came within one tie of the 1985 UEFA Cup final. Sarajevo's working-class giant has never…
- Athletic ClubLa Liga
Athletic have never been relegated from La Liga while maintaining one of football's most famous recruitment policies: first-team players must have a Basque connection…
- 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…
- 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…
- FC AndorraSegunda División
Gerard Piqué's club represents an independent country but plays in Spain's league system. Take FC Andorra to La Liga, then try to win the Spanish title with a club that…
- NK Varteks
SuperSport Druga NLSupporters founded NK Varteks in 2011 after becoming disillusioned with the direction, identity and finances of Varaždin's established club. Built around a one-member…
- Neftochimic Burgas
Bulgarian Third League - South-EastNeftochimic 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…
- PAS GianninaGamma Ethniki
Nicknamed the 'Ajax of Epirus' for their South American-influenced football in the 1970s, PAS Giannina have fallen to Greece's third tier. Rebuild around creative…
- Perloas Negras
Campeonato Carioca Série A2Founded 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…
- Pescara CalcioSerie C
Zdeněk Zeman's Pescara scored 90 league goals in 2011/12 with Immobile, Insigne and Verratti in the side. They're back in Serie C. Build another daftly attacking 4-3-3…
- RBC RoosendaalDerde Divisie
RBC were in the Eredivisie in the 2000s, went bankrupt in 2011 and restarted in amateur football. Supporters have gradually dragged them back to the fourth tier. Finish…
- SSC BariSerie C
Bari were seconds from Serie A in the 2023 promotion play-off final before Cagliari scored late. They ended up in Serie C instead, with supporters also frustrated by the…
- SambenedetteseSerie C
Sambenedettese have spent more than 20 seasons in Serie B without ever reaching Serie A, despite support that regularly looks too big for the divisions they inhabit…
- 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…
- Unionistas de SalamancaPrimera Federación
When historic UD Salamanca disappeared in 2013, supporters created Unionistas as a fan-owned successor. They have climbed into Spain's third tier but have never reached…
- University College Dublin AFCLeague of Ireland First Division
UCD's students drew 0-0 with Everton in 1984, then lost narrowly at Goodison Park to a side that went on to win the Cup Winners' Cup. Take the university club to the…
- 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…
- 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…
- Metalist Kharkiv
Ukrainian First LeagueThe old Metalist reached the Europa League quarter-finals in 2012 and finished second in Ukraine a year later before financial collapse ended the club in 2016. The…
- PiacenzaSerie D
Piacenza spent much of the 1990s in Serie A while famously leaning heavily on Italian players rather than importing stars. They are now in Serie D. Make the identity the…
- 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…
- Xerez Deportivo FCTercera Federación
Xerez Deportivo were created by supporters in 2013 as Xerez CD unravelled financially after having reached La Liga only four years earlier. The fan-built club has spent…
- Chester FC
National League NorthChester City was wound up in 2010 and supporters immediately created Chester FC in its place. The club play in the English pyramid despite their stadium sitting just…
- Clydebank FC
Lowland League WestThe old Clydebank lost its senior-league identity in 2002 when its registration was used to create Airdrie United. Supporters formed a new Clydebank and started again in…
- DarlingtonNational League North
Darlington spent generations in the Football League before financial collapse forced a supporter-led rebuild far down the pyramid. The club is now fan-owned, with the…
- 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…
- Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo
Moscow Oblast regional amateur leagueRussia'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…
- Enfield TownIsthmian League Premier Division
Supporters founded Enfield Town in 2001 after falling out with the ownership of Enfield FC, creating England's first fully supporter-owned senior football club. They've…
- FC United of ManchesterNorthern Premier League Premier Division
FC United were founded in 2005 by Manchester United supporters opposed to the Glazer takeover and remain member-owned. They already built their own ground at Broadhurst…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- AFC Croydon AthleticIsthmian League South East Division
AFC Croydon Athletic were formed by supporters in 2012 after the previous club folded. In 2023, Stormzy and Wilfried Zaha joined a consortium to take over their hometown…
- 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…