Rebuild save ideas
Clubs recovering from bankruptcy, relegation or collapse. Pick up the pieces and build something new. 346 save ideas, difficulty from 3 to 10 out of 10. 161 are playable in the base game.
- Bohemians 1905
Czech First LeagueBohemians 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…
- Chongqing Tonglianglong
Chinese Super LeagueChongqing'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…
- 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…
- Dalian YingboChinese Super League
Dalian Shide won eight Chinese championships before disappearing in 2012, leaving one of China's great football cities without its old dynasty. Dalian Yingbo are a…
- FC Argeș
SuperLigaFC Argeș won Romanian titles in 1972 and 1979, with Nicolae Dobrin becoming the defining player in the club's history. Pitești has never reached those heights again…
- Győr
Nemzeti Bajnokság IGyőr are four-time Hungarian champions and reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1965. The modern club endured bankruptcy and a restart in the lower leagues before…
- IFK Göteborg
AllsvenskanIFK Göteborg won the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987 and remain Sweden's only winners of a major UEFA competition. Their last league title came in 2007. Restore the club that…
- Iraklis
Super League GreeceFounded in 1908, Iraklis are one of Thessaloniki's great historic clubs and won the Greek Cup in 1976. Financial and licensing problems repeatedly destroyed their league…
- MTK BudapestNemzeti Bajnokság I
MTK have won more than 20 Hungarian league titles and reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final in 1964. Modern Hungarian football has been dominated elsewhere…
- OFK Beograd
Serbian SuperLigaOFK's predecessor BSK was one of Yugoslavia's great pre-war clubs, while OFK later reached a European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final in 1963. After years outside the elite…
- Persebaya Surabaya
Liga 1Persebaya are one of Indonesia's great supporter clubs, backed by the enormous Bonek fanbase and representing one of the country's biggest cities. Years of league…
- Puebla
Liga MXPuebla were Mexican champions, cup winners and CONCACAF champions around their late-1980s and early-1990s peak. They have spent decades nowhere near that level - restore…
- Santos
Campeonato Brasileiro Série ASantos are back among Brazil's elite but still carry major financial pressure after transfer restrictions and aggressive short-term squad building. The challenge is not…
- Servette
Swiss Super LeagueServette have won 17 Swiss championships, but bankruptcy in 2005 sent one of the country's biggest clubs tumbling into the third tier. The comeback eventually returned…
- Slavia Sofia
Bulgarian First LeagueSlavia Sofia have seven Bulgarian championships and became the first Bulgarian club to reach a major European semi-final in 1967, but their last league title came in…
- Standard Liège
Belgian Pro LeagueStandard won ten Belgian titles and lost the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup final to Barcelona. Their last championship came in 2009, with financial trouble following in recent…
- Tokyo Verdy
J1 LeagueVerdy were the dominant club at the birth of the J.League, winning the first two championships and carrying the legacy of Asian champions Yomiuri. Then they spent 15…
- Toronto FC
Major League Soccer (USA/Canada)Toronto won the MLS Cup, Supporters' Shield and Canadian Championship in 2017, then lost the 2018 CONCACAF final on penalties to Guadalajara. Recreate the great…
- Zbrojovka BrnoCzech First League
Brno are from Czechia's second-largest city and won the Czechoslovak league in 1978, yet have spent much of the modern era outside the top flight. They are back in the…
- 12 de Octubre (Itauguá)
División Intermedia (2027 promoted)12 de Octubre won the 2002 Clausura, then lost the overall Paraguayan championship final to Libertad. After dropping into the third tier, they earned promotion to the…
- Accra Great Olympics
Division One LeagueGreat Olympics won the Ghanaian league in 1970 and 1974, but decades of relegations have left them behind Accra rivals Hearts of Oak. Bring one of the city's historic…
- Admira Wacker
Austrian 2. LigaAdmira have nine Austrian titles but haven't won the league since 1966. Mergers, relocations and relegations have left the former Vienna power in the second tier. Put…
- Aduana StarsGhana Premier League
Aduana Stars won Ghana's 2009/10 league in their debut top-flight season while scoring just 19 goals in 30 matches. They've since won another championship. Recreate the…
- Africa Sports d'Abidjan
Ligue 2 Côte d'IvoireAfrica Sports are one of Ivory Coast's great historic clubs and two-time African Cup Winners' Cup champions, yet by 2025/26 they were playing in Ligue 2 while rivals…
- Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
Iraq Stars LeagueIraq’s Air Force club won three consecutive AFC Cups between 2016 and 2018. Rebuild that continental machine and aim for success at the highest level of Asian football.
- Alga Bishkek
Kyrgyz Premier LeagueFounded 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…
- Anorthosis Famagusta
Cypriot First DivisionAnorthosis have been unable to play in their home city of Famagusta since 1974 and are based in Larnaca instead. In 2008 they became the first Cypriot club to reach the…
- Ards
NIFL ChampionshipArds won the Irish League in 1958 and beat Standard Liège in Europe in 1973. They've spent decades without a permanent home in their own town after losing Castlereagh…
- Avenir Beggen
Division of HonourAvenir 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…
- Avenues United
SVG Premier DivisionFour-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…
- Blue Eagles
Super League of MalawiBlue 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…
- 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…
- Bunyodkor
Uzbekistan Super LeagueBunyodkor were the ultimate boom-era project: Rivaldo played there, Zico and Luiz Felipe Scolari managed them and they reached the AFC Champions League semi-finals. The…
- Bursaspor
TFF 1. LigBursaspor broke the Istanbul monopoly to become Turkish champions in 2010, then financial collapse sent them crashing all the way to the fourth tier. Their huge support…
- CSM ReșițaLiga 2
Reșița won the Romanian league in 1931 and took the cup in 1954 while playing in the second division. They have spent decades outside the top flight. Rebuild the…
- Carrick RangersNIFL Premiership
Carrick Rangers beat Linfield to win the 1976 Irish Cup while outside the top division, then faced Southampton in Europe. Recreate that famous cup run and go further…
- Cavalier FC
BFA Senior LeagueCavalier 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…
- Central Coast Mariners
A-League MenCentral Coast Mariners entered a major ownership and financial crisis in 2026, with the league stepping in while the club's future was stabilised. Rebuild one of…
- Chabab Mohammédia
Botola 2Chabab Mohammédia won the Moroccan championship in 1980. In 2024/25 they finished bottom with just four points and not a single win in 30 matches. Take a former champion…
- ChapecoenseCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
Chapecoense's run to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final ended in tragedy and they were awarded the trophy. Back in Série A, the save is to build a new era strong enough to…
- Chornomorets Odesa
Ukrainian Premier LeagueChornomorets reached the 2014 Europa League knockouts before losing narrowly to Lyon. Relegated in 2025, they won promotion back to Ukraine's top flight for 2026/27…
- Colón de Santa Fe
Primera NacionalColón waited 116 years to win a major trophy, then lifted the 2021 Copa de la Liga. Two years later they were relegated. Get Santa Fe's fallen cup winners back into the…
- CorinthiansCampeonato Brasileiro Série A
Corinthians are one of Brazil's biggest clubs, but the save begins with serious financial pressure: major debt, stadium obligations and repeated cash-flow problems. Win…
- CrusadersNIFL Premiership
Crusaders won three titles between 2015 and 2018, but only survived the 2025/26 relegation play-off on penalties against Annagh United. Take the Belfast club from the…
- Deportivo Alavés
La LigaAlavés scored four goals against Liverpool in the 2001 UEFA Cup final and still lost 5-4 to a golden-goal own goal. They've never won a major European trophy. Build…
- Deportivo Cali
Categoría Primera ADeportivo Cali entered a ten-year restructuring agreement covering more than 106 billion Colombian pesos of liabilities. Forget wonderkids at first - your opening trophy…
- Deportivo CapiatáDivisión Intermedia
Deportivo Capiatá shocked Boca Juniors 1-0 at La Bombonera in the 2014 Sudamericana before going out on penalties. They're now in Paraguay's second division. Bring…
- Emirates Club
UAE First DivisionEmirates Club brought Andrés Iniesta to Ras Al Khaimah in 2023, only to be relegated the following year. They're now in the second division. Build a team that can win…
- Enyimba
Nigeria Premier Football LeagueEnyimba won back-to-back CAF Champions Leagues in 2003 and 2004 and remain the only Nigerian club ever to win Africa's top competition. Restore the People's Elephant to…
- FC Bihor OradeaLiga 2
The old FC Bihor collapsed in 2016. Their replacement made it back to Romania's second tier and reached the 2026 promotion play-offs, but a licensing problem blocked the…
- FC Blau-Weiß LinzAustrian 2. Liga
Blau-Weiß Linz were formed by supporters after FC Linz's identity disappeared in a merger with LASK in 1997. They made it to the Bundesliga before relegation in 2026…
- FC Lida
Belarusian First LeagueLida'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…
- FC Supra du QuébecCanadian Premier League
The Montréal Supra name disappeared from Canadian professional football in 1992. A new Quebec-based club revived its spirit for the 2026 CPL season and immediately made…
- FC WinterthurSwiss Challenge League
Winterthur 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…
- FK TransINVEST
A LygaFounded in 2021, TransINVEST won the 2023 Lithuanian Cup while in the second division and qualified for Europe. Promotion, relegation and another comeback followed. Turn…
- First Vienna FCAustrian 2. Liga
Founded in 1894, First Vienna are Austria's oldest club, have six league titles and wear a badge inspired by the Isle of Man. Their last championship came in 1955. Get…
- Floridsdorfer ACAustrian 2. Liga
Floridsdorfer AC won Austria's league in 1918 and also won a cup final that was never officially recognised. They're now in the second division. Take the forgotten…
- Girona FCSegunda División
Girona went from a first-ever Champions League campaign in 2024 to relegation two years later. Their links to City Football Group make this an unusual rebuild. Get back…
- GlenavonNIFL Championship
Glenavon became the first Irish League champions from outside Belfast in 1952. In 2025/26 they lost their opening 11 games and were relegated after 21 years in the…
- Godoy CruzPrimera Nacional
Seventeen straight seasons in Argentina's top flight ended with relegation in 2025. Godoy Cruz are back in Primera Nacional after years as an established Primera…
- Gorica
2. SNLGorica won three consecutive Slovenian titles from 2004 to 2006 and four overall, making them the clearest old rival to the country's modern giants. They are now in 2…
- Grazer AKAustrian Bundesliga
Grazer AK won the Austrian double in 2004 before collapsing financially and restarting in the eighth tier in 2013. Six promotions took them back to the Bundesliga by…
- HNK Segesta
SuperSport Prva NLSegesta 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…
- 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…
- Hapoel Petah TikvaIsraeli Premier League
Hapoel Petah Tikva won five consecutive Israeli championships from 1959 to 1963, still one of the country's great dynasties. They have spent much of the modern era…
- 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…
- Hearts of OakGhana Premier League
Hearts of Oak won the CAF Champions League in 2000 and were one of Africa's strongest sides around that period. Restore Accra's giants, dominate Ghana again and build a…
- Helsingborgs IFSuperettan
Helsingborg were Swedish champions in 2011 and were still playing Champions League qualifiers the following year. They have since bounced between divisions and are back…
- HonvédNemzeti Bajnokság II
Honvéd were the club of Puskás, Bozsik and the great Mighty Magyars generation, winning five Hungarian titles during the 1950s. The modern club was relegated in 2023 and…
- Inter Bratislava
2. LigaInter Bratislava won back-to-back Slovak championships in 2000 and 2001 before the original senior side effectively disappeared and the club had to be rebuilt. They are…
- Irtysh Pavlodar
Kazakhstan Premier LeagueIrtysh won five Kazakh championships and even reached the Asian Club Championship semi-finals in 2001 before financial problems forced them to withdraw from the league…
- JEF United ChibaJ1 League
JEF were founder members of the J.League and had never been relegated until 2009. What followed was an extraordinary stay in J2 lasting more than 15 seasons before they…
- KV MechelenBelgian Pro League
Mechelen beat Ajax to win the 1988 Cup Winners' Cup and then defeated PSV in the Super Cup. No Belgian club has won a major European trophy since. After years of…
- Karpaty LvivUkrainian Premier League
Karpaty won the Soviet Cup in 1969 while playing outside the top division and became one of western Ukraine's great football institutions. The original club collapsed in…
- Kénitra ACBotola 2
Kénitra won four Moroccan championships, including consecutive titles in 1981 and 1982. They haven't been champions since and have slipped into the second division. Take…
- Le Mans FC
Ligue 1Le Mans were a Ligue 1 club in 2010 before financial collapse sent them as low as the sixth tier. After years rebuilding, back-to-back promotions have returned them to…
- LierseChallenger Pro League
The 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…
- Lokeren-TemseChallenger Pro League
Sporting Lokeren won the Belgian Cup in 2012 and 2014 before bankruptcy ended the club in 2020. Lokeren-Temse became the vehicle for the city's football identity and has…
- Lyn
1. divisjonLyn are two-time Norwegian champions and one of Oslo's oldest clubs, but bankruptcy in 2010 forced them to restart in the sixth tier. The climb has taken them all 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…
- Magallanes
Primera B de ChileMagallanes won the first three professional Chilean championships from 1933 to 1935, making them the original dynasty of the league era. They later spent 36 years…
- Mainstay Goldstar FC
GFF Elite LeagueMainstay 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…
- Mouloudia OujdaBotola 2
Mouloudia Oujda won four of the first six Moroccan Throne Cups and added a league title in 1975. They now play in the second tier. Restore one of the country's original…
- 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…
- Muangthong United
Thai League 2Muangthong won four Thai league titles and went unbeaten through their 2012 championship campaign. Relegation in 2026 ended 17 consecutive seasons in the top flight. Get…
- 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…
- Neuchâtel XamaxSwiss Challenge League
Back-to-back Swiss champions in the 1980s, UEFA Cup quarter-finalists twice and capable of beating Real Madrid and Bayern Munich at home. Bankruptcy in 2012 forced the…
- Newry City AFCNIFL Championship
Newry City's original club was wound up in 2012. Supporters started again and climbed from local football to the Premiership in five seasons, before further relegations…
- Oțelul GalațiSuperLiga
Oțelul were Romanian champions in 2011 and faced Manchester United in the Champions League that autumn. They went bankrupt five years later, and supporters had to start…
- PSIS SemarangChampionship (Liga 2)
PSIS won national titles in 1987 and 1999, but were relegated straight after the second triumph. Another relegation arrived in 2025. Get Semarang back up, build a side…
- Palermo F.C.
Serie BPalermo are a club steeped in Sicilian identity, based on an island with a unique and almost mythical atmosphere. With a rich Serie A history, legendary players and…
- ParmaSerie A
Parma went bankrupt in 2015, restarted in Serie D and became the first Italian club to earn three consecutive promotions back toward the top. They are now established in…
- Persiraja Banda AcehChampionship (Liga 2)
Persiraja beat Persipura to win the Indonesian championship in 1980. They haven't come close to repeating it and now play in the second division. Build around players…
- Persis SoloChampionship (Liga 2)
Persis helped found Indonesian football's governing association and won seven early national championships. They've fallen into the second division again after…
- Polonia Bytom
I ligaPolonia Bytom were Polish champions in 1954 and 1962 and once regularly represented the country in Europe. Decades of decline eventually dumped them into the regional…
- PortadownNIFL Premiership
Portadown won four Irish League titles between 1990 and 2002, including a double in 1991. Relegations and off-field trouble have since interrupted that success. Rebuild…
- Progreso
Uruguayan Primera DivisiónProgreso's only league title came in 1989 when their president was Tabaré Vázquez, who later became president of Uruguay. They finished above both Nacional and Peñarol…
- Queen's Park
Scottish ChampionshipQueen's Park were founded in 1867, are Scotland's oldest football club and remained amateur for 152 years before turning professional in 2019. That change creates a…
- QuilmesPrimera Nacional
Founded in 1887, Quilmes are one of Argentina's oldest clubs and have national titles from 1912 and 1978. They are now back in Primera Nacional, living in the shadow of…
- Quảng Ninh FC
V.League 2 - verifyThan Quảng Ninh won Vietnam's cup in 2016 before unpaid wages brought the original professional team to an end in 2021. A new Quảng Ninh project reached the second…
- Rhyl 1879
Cymru NorthRhyl 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…
- Roda JC Kerkrade
Eerste DivisieRoda's fans invaded the pitch in 2024 thinking they'd won promotion, thanks to a stadium announcement about a goal that never happened. They're still in the Eerste…
- Saint Michel United
Seychelles Premier LeagueSaint 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…
- San LorenzoArgentine Primera División
San Lorenzo won the Libertadores in 2014, but by 2026 they were dealing with huge debts, dozens of legal cases and unpaid wages. Fix the finances without gutting the…
- Saprissa
Liga FPDSaprissa are three-time CONCACAF champions and finished third at the 2005 Club World Championship, beating Sydney FC before losing to Liverpool and then winning the…
- Schwarz-Weiß BregenzAustrian 2. Liga
The original Schwarz-Weiß Bregenz collapsed in 2005 after playing Bundesliga football. A successor reclaimed the historic name and is now in Austria's second division…
- Sfax Railway Sport
Ligue Professionnelle 2Founded by railway workers, Sfax Railway Sport shocked Tunisia by winning the 1968 league title and nearly completed the double. They're now in the second tier, while CS…
- 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…
- 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…
- SivassporTFF 1. Lig
Sivasspor came close to winning the Turkish title in 2009 and finally lifted their first major cup in 2022. Relegation followed in 2025. Return to the Süper Lig and…
- Sol de AméricaDivisión Intermedia
Sol de América broke Paraguay's established order with league titles in 1986 and 1991. They're now back in the second tier after relegation in 2024. Restore one of the…
- Sport Operário e Benfica
São Tomé and Príncipe ChampionshipOperários swept everything in 2025, winning the Príncipe championship, national championship, cup and super cup. The challenge is not rebuilding them. It is turning a…
- TB Tvøroyri
1. deildFounded 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…
- Team Bangladesh
Palau Soccer League / custom DBFounded around Palau’s Bangladeshi community for the inaugural national league in 2004, Team Bangladesh became the competition’s most successful documented side with…
- TigreArgentine Primera División
In 2019 Tigre were relegated from Primera División and then beat Boca Juniors to win the Copa de la Superliga, qualifying for the Libertadores as a second-tier club…
- Torpedo Moscow
Russian First LeagueTorpedo 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…
- Transvaal
Suriname Major LeagueTransvaal 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…
- 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…
- Unión MagdalenaCategoría Primera B
Unión Magdalena became Colombian champions in 1968 and remain the only club from the Caribbean city of Santa Marta to win the national title. Carlos Valderrama also…
- Unión Minas
Liga 2Unión Minas played top-flight football almost 4,300 metres above sea level in Cerro de Pasco. The miners disappeared from the professional game before winning the 2025…
- Vancouver Whitecaps FCMajor League Soccer (USA/Canada)
The Whitecaps knocked Messi's Inter Miami out of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup before losing the final 5-0 to Cruz Azul. The run proved they can reach the biggest…
- Vllaznia Shkodër
Kategoria SuperioreAlbania’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…
- Widzew ŁódźEkstraklasa
Widzew won four Polish titles and reached the European Cup semi-finals in 1983 before bankruptcy forced a complete restart in 2015. The new club climbed from the fifth…
- Étoile du SahelLigue Professionnelle 1
Étoile du Sahel won the 2007 African Champions League in Cairo and finished fourth at that year's Club World Cup. Financial trouble has since made life harder. Restore…
- Östersunds FKSuperettan
Östersunds FK went from Sweden’s lower leagues to the Europa League knockout stages under Graham Potter, famously beating Galatasaray and Arsenal along the way. Now back…
- 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…
- İstanbulsporTFF 1. Lig
İstanbulspor were founded by pupils and teachers at Istanbul High School, with colours tied to the school's First World War history. They have spent years overshadowed…
- AFC Wimbledon
League OneAFC Wimbledon were created by supporters in 2002 after Wimbledon FC was moved to Milton Keynes. They climbed from the ninth tier back into the EFL and returned to Plough…
- AS Vita Club
Linafoot Ligue 1Vita Club were African champions in 1973 but have never repeated the feat. Restore one of DR Congo's traditional giants and end a wait of more than half a century for…
- Aizawl FC
Indian Football LeagueAizawl were relegated in 2016, reinstated and then became Indian champions the very next season. It was Indian football's answer to Leicester. They're back in the second…
- Akademisk Boldklub
Danish 1st DivisionAkademisk 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…
- Al-Merrikh
Sudanese top flightAl-Merrikh won the African Cup Winners' Cup in 1989, still Sudanese club football's only major continental trophy. Their rivalry with Al Hilal dominates the domestic…
- Albion FCUruguayan Primera División
Founded in 1891, Albion are Uruguay's oldest football club and helped establish the national association. They returned to the top flight for 2026 after more than a…
- Alianza FC
Primera División de El SalvadorAlianza 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…
- April 25 SC
DPR Korea Premier Football LeagueThe 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…
- Asante KotokoGhana Premier League
Asante Kotoko are two-time African champions and one of the continent's biggest historic clubs, but they have not won Africa's top competition since 1983. Restore…
- Atlético MoreliaLiga de Expansión MX
Morelia effectively lost its Liga MX club when Monarcas were moved hundreds of miles away and became Mazatlán in 2020. Atlético Morelia revived the identity in the…
- 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…
- Austria SalzburgAustrian 2. Liga
When 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…
- BATE BorisovBelarusian Premier League
Fifteen league titles, including 13 in a row between 2006 and 2018, and five appearances in the Champions League group stage. BATE’s empire has since collapsed. Restore…
- Bahrain SC
Bahraini Second DivisionFive-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…
- Barry Town UnitedCymru Premier
Barry dominated Wales in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning seven league titles and even beating Porto 3-1 at Jenner Park in 2001. Financial collapse then nearly wiped…
- BeerschotChallenger Pro League
The Beerschot name has been through mergers, bankruptcies, rebirths and multiple journeys through the Belgian pyramid. The current club still plays at the historic…
- 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…
- Cape Town Spurs
Motsepe Foundation ChampionshipCape 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…
- CataniaSerie C
Catania spent much of the late 2000s in Serie A before debt and bankruptcy eventually killed the old company in 2022. A new Catania started again in Serie D and…
- Central EspañolUruguayan Primera División
Central Español were promoted in 1983 and won the Uruguayan league in 1984, an extraordinary first season back. They returned to Primera División for 2026 after 12 years…
- 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…
- Dynamo Dresden
2. BundesligaDynamo Dresden won eight East German league titles and remain one of the former DDR's biggest clubs. They are in 2. Bundesliga, but reunified Germany has never seen them…
- Dynamo KyivUkrainian Premier League
Dynamo won European Cup Winners' Cups under Valeriy Lobanovskyi in 1975 and 1986, then reached the 1999 Champions League semi-finals. Recreate the attacking football of…
- Energie Cottbus2. Bundesliga
Energie Cottbus spent six seasons in the Bundesliga despite coming from a relatively small city in the former East Germany, then fell all the way into the regional…
- FC NantesLigue 2
Nantes have eight league titles and a famous tradition of attacking football, but haven't been champions since 2001. They're now in Ligue 2. Bring back the academy-led…
- 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…
- 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…
- FK Liepāja
VirslīgaLiepājas Metalurgs were Latvian champions before collapsing financially. FK Liepāja was created in 2014 and won the league almost immediately, but the bigger challenge…
- 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…
- Gloria BistrițaLiga 2
Gloria spent 21 consecutive seasons in Romania's top flight and won the 1994 cup before the original club collapsed. A rebuilt football project reached Liga 2 in 2025…
- 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…
- 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…
- IndependienteArgentine Primera División
Seven Libertadores titles, more than anyone else, but not one since 1984. Financial instability has left Independiente a long way from the side that once ruled South…
- 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…
- JS Kabylie
Algerian Ligue 1JS Kabylie are one of Algeria's great clubs: multiple African trophies, 14 league titles and three straight CAF Cup wins from 2000 to 2002. Restore a giant that has…
- Jorge Wilstermann
Copa Simón Bolívar / regional qualifyingWilstermann beat River Plate 3-0 in a 2017 Libertadores quarter-final before losing the return 8-0. Four recent Bolivian titles were followed by financial trouble and…
- Kossa FC
Solomon Islands S-LeagueKossa 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Marconi StallionsNPL New South Wales
Marconi 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…
- Matsumoto YamagaJ3 League
Matsumoto climbed from regional football to J1 in barely a decade, powered by crowds far bigger than their level suggested. They then fell just as dramatically and ended…
- MálagaLa Liga
Málaga reached the Champions League quarter-finals in 2013 and were seconds from eliminating Dortmund, then financial decline eventually carried them into Spain's third…
- Ogre UnitedLatvian Virslīga
Ogre United won the 2025 Latvian second division on a dramatic final day to reach the top flight for the first time. There's no established elite history to lean on…
- 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…
- 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…
- PanioniosSuper League Greece 2
Panionios 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…
- PatronatoPrimera Nacional
Patronato won the 2022 Copa Argentina in the same season they were relegated, which meant playing Copa Libertadores football as a second-tier club. Get them back to the…
- 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…
- Politehnica TimișoaraLiga 2
Timișoara has one of Romania's biggest football followings but its club identity has been dragged through relocations, ownership disputes and repeated restarts. The…
- Polonia WarsawI liga
Polonia were Polish champions in 2000 and regular European qualifiers before financial disaster in 2013 dumped them from the top flight to the fifth tier. They have…
- Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng
Cambodian Premier LeagueSvay 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…
- 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…
- Rapid BucureștiSuperLiga
Rapid's railway workers won three Romanian titles and reached the UEFA Cup quarter-finals in 2006. Bankruptcy forced a restart in the lower leagues in 2016, but they're…
- Real Estelí
Liga PrimeraReal 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…
- Real ZaragozaPrimera Federación
Six-time Copa del Rey winners and 1995 European Cup Winners' Cup champions, Zaragoza have now fallen into Primera Federación after years outside La Liga. One of Spain's…
- 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…
- Santa CruzCampeonato Brasileiro Série C
Santa Cruz have one of Brazil's biggest lower-league fanbases, yet financial collapse took them out of the national divisions completely in 2024. The recovery has become…
- Santiago WanderersPrimera B de Chile
Founded in 1892, Santiago Wanderers are widely regarded as Chile's oldest football club and represent the port city of Valparaíso rather than Santiago. They have three…
- Seongnam FCK League 2
Seongnam have seven Korean league titles and two Asian championships, a trophy cabinet that should make them one of the continent's elite clubs. Instead they are in K…
- 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…
- SochauxLigue 2
Sochaux are one of France's great industrial clubs, created around Peugeot and twice crowned French champions. Financial problems nearly destroyed the professional club…
- Sony de Elá Nguema
Equatorial Guinea second tierSony 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…
- Sporting Clube de Bafatá
Guinea-Bissau second tierBafatá 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…
- 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…
- Suwon Samsung BluewingsK League 2
Suwon won four Korean titles and back-to-back Asian club championships in 2001 and 2002. In 2023 they were relegated for the first time in club history and have remained…
- Tamanuku
Tuvalu A-DivisionTamanuku have old cup pedigree but have never won Tuvalu’s A-Division. They finished third in 2026. Take Nukufetau its first league title.
- US MonastirLigue Professionnelle 1
US Monastir finished runners-up in the Tunisian league three times between 2022 and 2025. They won their first cup in 2020 but still haven't been league champions. Take…
- Union Douala
Elite OneUnion 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…
- União de Leiria
Liga Portugal 2José Mourinho managed União de Leiria before Porto, and the club was a regular top-flight and European name during the early 2000s. Financial collapse eventually sent…
- Vardar
Macedonian First Football LeagueVardar are North Macedonia's record champions and became the country's first club to reach a major UEFA group stage in 2017. Financial problems later sent them out of…
- 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…
- VitesseEerste Divisie
Years of financial and ownership problems pushed Vitesse to the brink of disappearing from professional football. After fighting to retain their licence, they are…
- Wacker InnsbruckAustrian 2. Liga
Financial collapse forced Wacker Innsbruck to restart in the fifth tier in 2022. Three straight promotions have brought them back to Austria's second division, with LAFC…
- Çorum FKSüper Lig
Çorum only entered the professional leagues in 2018 but won the 2026 promotion play-off to reach the Süper Lig for the first time. Keep them there, compete with Turkey's…
- 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…
- Östers IFSuperettan
Öster won four Swedish championships between 1968 and 1981, an extraordinary haul for a club from Växjö. Their return to Allsvenskan in 2025 lasted only one season, so…
- AO XanthiGamma Ethniki
Xanthi spent 31 straight seasons in Greece's top flight before the professional club disappeared and the amateur side had to start again locally. They're fighting back…
- 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…
- 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…
- Arenas Club de GetxoPrimera Federación
Arenas were one of the ten founding members of La Liga and won the Copa del Rey in 1919. In 2026/27 they are playing in the third-tier Primera Federación. Take a club…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- BK Frem3. division
Frem are six-time Danish champions and one of Copenhagen's great old football names, but their last title came before the modern European era and they now play in…
- 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…
- Beroe Stara ZagoraBulgarian Second League
Beroe are 1985/86 Bulgarian champions, four-time Balkans Cup winners and once beat Juventus 1-0 in European competition. In 2026 they were relegated to the second tier…
- 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…
- 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…
- CannesLigue 3
Cannes gave Zinedine Zidane and Patrick Vieira their first senior football and were playing in Europe during the 1990s. Financial collapse later sent the club into the…
- CobreloaPrimera B de Chile
Cobreloa reached back-to-back Copa Libertadores finals in 1981 and 1982 and lost both. They are now in Chile's second tier, so the route back starts with promotion…
- Curepipe Starlight SC
Mauritian third tierFour-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…
- Dempo SCIndian Football League
Dempo won five Indian league titles between 2005 and 2012 and made the AFC Cup semi-finals, then dropped out of the national spotlight. Bring Goa's old dominant force…
- 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…
- Deportivo Quito
Segunda Categoría / Ascenso NacionalFive-time Ecuadorian champions Deportivo Quito are now fighting through the regional Segunda Categoría while carrying serious financial problems. This is a proper…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Hamilton AcademicalScottish League Two
Hamilton have endured points deductions, transfer restrictions and a frightening financial collapse. The job here is straightforward, even if the save won't be: keep the…
- Huddersfield TownLeague One
Huddersfield became the first English club to win three consecutive top-flight titles, doing so from 1924 to 1926. Almost a century later they spent two seasons in the…
- JK Tallinna Kalev
MeistriliigaFounded 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…
- Jomo CosmosABC Motsepe League
Jomo Sono built Jomo Cosmos into one of South Africa's most famous development clubs, producing and polishing generations of players before the team fell out of the…
- 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…
- 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…
- LivornoSerie C
Livorno were playing Serie A and UEFA Cup football in the 2000s before financial collapse ended the old club in 2021. The reborn US Livorno climbed back into Serie C and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- New York Cosmos
USL League OnePelé. Beckenbauer. One of the biggest names in American football history. After years away, the Cosmos returned to professional competition in 2026 in USL League One…
- NovaraSerie C
Novara returned to Serie A in 2011 after 55 years away, then a decade later financial problems saw the old company excluded from professional football. The club was…
- 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…
- Oldham AthleticLeague Two
Oldham became the first former Premier League club to fall out of the EFL when they were relegated to non-league in 2022. They finally won their Football League place…
- 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…
- Pirin BlagoevgradBulgarian Second League
Pirin's academy helped produce Dimitar Berbatov and a long list of Bulgarian internationals, yet the first team sits in the second tier and has endured a dreadful start…
- 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…
- Pro VercelliSerie C
Pro Vercelli won seven Italian championships before modern Serie A even existed, but have not played top-flight football since the 1930s. They now sit in Serie C. This…
- 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…
- RCD MallorcaSegunda División
Mallorca knocked Chelsea out on the way to the last Cup Winners' Cup final in 1999, then lost to Lazio. They later won the Copa del Rey but never La Liga. Win the…
- 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…
- 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…
- ReadingLeague One
Reading set a Championship record with 106 points in 2005/06, then finished eighth in their first Premier League season. Financial problems, transfer embargoes and…
- Recreativo de HuelvaSegunda Federación
Founded in 1889, Recreativo are generally recognised as Spain's oldest football club. They now sit in the fourth tier, miles from the La Liga stage they once knew. Take…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Salamanca UDSSegunda Federación
UD Salamanca spent 12 seasons in La Liga before disappearing in 2013. Salamanca CF UDS emerged in the aftermath and now play at the old club's Estadio Helmántico, with…
- Sheffield WednesdayLeague One
Four-time English champions who entered administration in October 2025 and finished the 2025/26 Championship season on zero points after an 18-point deduction. New…
- Skeid2. divisjon
Skeid won the Norwegian league in 1966 and have lifted the Norwegian Cup eight times, but modern football has left the Oslo club far behind. They are now in the third…
- 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…
- Sydney OlympicFootball NSW League One (2027)
Sydney Olympic were founded by Sydney's Greek community and won two National Soccer League championships. In 2026 the former national champions were relegated from NPL…
- TSC Bačka TopolaSerbian First League
TSC finished second in Serbia in 2022/23 and were playing West Ham, Freiburg and Olympiacos in Europe months later. By 2026/27 they had fallen into the second tier. Get…
- 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…
- 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…
- TriestinaSerie D - Girone C
Triestina once finished runners-up in Serie A but have spent more than 60 years outside Italy's top flight and are now in Serie D. Restore a historic border-city club…
- Union BresciaSerie C
Brescia's old club, once home to Baggio, Pirlo and Guardiola, went bankrupt after more than a century. Union Brescia have taken over the city's football future. Build…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- AC ChievoVeronaSerie D
Chievo went from a neighbourhood club to Champions League qualifying before going bust. Former captain Sergio Pellissier helped bring the name and badge back into…
- AltayTFF 3. Lig
Altay are one of İzmir's historic giants, have won the Turkish Cup twice and spent decades in the top flight. A five-year transfer ban and financial crisis helped send…
- BanguCampeonato Carioca Série A
Bangu were a penalty shootout away from winning the 1985 Brasileirão, then spent the following decades drifting out of the national elite. In 2026 they played only the…
- 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…
- 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…
- Carlisle UnitedNational League
Carlisle were top of the English First Division in August 1974 after winning their opening three games. They finished bottom that same season and have never returned to…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- EskişehirsporTFF 3. Lig
Eskişehirspor were the first great Anatolian challengers to Istanbul's clubs, finishing Turkish league runners-up three times around the turn of the 1970s. Decades later…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Metalist KharkivUkrainian First League
The 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…
- 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…
- Paraná ClubeCampeonato Paranaense 1st Division (2027)
Paraná were only formed in 1989 but quickly became one of southern Brazil's biggest success stories, reaching Série A and the Copa Libertadores. The collapse was just as…
- 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…
- Reggina 1914Serie D
Reggina were in Serie B in 2023 before financial trouble put them back in the fourth tier. They once spent nine seasons in Serie A. Get them there again, bring back the…
- 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…
- SC BastiaLigue 3
Bastia reached the 1978 UEFA Cup final before decades of financial trouble sent them down the leagues. They're back in France's third tier. Put Corsica back on the…
- 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…
- Scunthorpe UnitedNational League
Scunthorpe were playing in the Championship in 2011, but ownership problems and repeated relegations sent them into the National League North by 2023. They finally won…
- Southend UnitedNational League
Southend came frighteningly close to disappearing before a new ownership group finally completed its takeover in 2024. They then lost the 2025 National League play-off…
- 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…
- 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…
- Vitória de SetúbalCampeonato de Portugal
Vitória have played more than 70 seasons in Portugal's top flight and won three Portuguese Cups, but financial problems eventually cost them their national-league place…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- BordeauxRégional 1
Six-time French champions Bordeaux have fallen from Ligue 1 into Régional 1 after a financial crisis and exclusion from the national divisions. This is a genuine giant…
- 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…
- Chester FCNational League North
Chester 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 FCLowland League West
The 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- FC Halifax TownNational League
Halifax Town went bust in 2008 and the successor club rebuilt from three divisions lower. They have already made it back to the National League; only one promotion now…
- 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…
- FC Zestafoni
Regionuli LigaZestafoni 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…
- 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…
- FK Mogren Budva
Defunct / club recreationMogren 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Gretna 2008Lowland League West
The original Gretna went from English non-league to the Scottish Premiership, a Scottish Cup final and Europe at absurd speed - then collapsed. Gretna 2008 is the…
- HerefordNational League North
Hereford United was wound up in 2014 and its supporter-backed successor had to restart near the bottom of non-league. The club has already fought back to National League…
- JoinvilleCampeonato Catarinense Série B
Joinville won Série C in 2011, Série B in 2014 and were in Brazil's Série A in 2015. Eleven years later, their 50th-anniversary season ended with relegation to the…
- MacclesfieldNational League North
The old Macclesfield Town collapsed in 2020; the phoenix club has flown through the pyramid and in 2026 became the first sixth-tier side ever to knock the reigning FA…
- Puerto Rico Islanders
Defunct - custom setupPuerto 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- TP MazembeLinafoot Ligue 1
In 2010, Mazembe became the first club from outside Europe or South America to reach the Club World Cup final. They lost to Inter Milan. There is really only one…
- 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…
- 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…
- AC AjaccioRégional 1
Ajaccio were in Ligue 1 in 2023 and ended up in regional football after a financial collapse. Rebuild them from the sixth tier, get the Corsican derby back on the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- BuryNorthern Premier League Premier Division
Bury were expelled from the EFL in 2019 and the town had to rebuild from the wreckage. They are back at Gigg Lane and climbing again after another title-winning season…
- 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…
- Guangzhou FCOutside professional pyramid / phoenix setup
Guangzhou won eight Chinese league titles and two AFC Champions Leagues before debt problems saw them denied entry to professional football for 2025. Recreate one of…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Corinthian-CasualsCombined Counties League Premier Division South
The original Corinthian FC were once one of football's most influential clubs, inspired the creation of Corinthians Paulista and handed Manchester United an 11-3 defeat…
- 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…