Clubs

Manchester United: Real-World Legacy & FM Context Historic stature: United are one of the most successful and iconic clubs in football history—20 league titles, 12 FA Cups, 3 European Cups/UCLs, and a global following. Recent years IRL & FM: In both the real world and Football Manager, United have often struggled to match their historic dominance. In our save, they’ve only won a handful of trophies (Carabao Cup, Europa League, European/South American Challenge Cup) under Valverde, and haven’t broken through to reclaim league or sustained continental dominance. ...

Napoli is one of Italy’s most storied clubs, combining southern passion, legendary players, and recent top-level success: Historical Highlights Founded: 1926 (roots go back to 1905) Location: Naples, Campania Home Ground: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (previously San Paolo) Major Honours: Serie A titles: 4 (1987, 1990, 2023, 2025) Coppa Italia: 6 (1962, 1976, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2020) Supercoppa Italiana: 2 (1990, 2014) UEFA Cup (Europa League): 1 (1989) Maradona Era and Iconic Status Maradona’s Arrival (1984–1991): Launched Napoli to unprecedented heights, winning their first league titles (1987, 1990) and the UEFA Cup in 1989. ...

I never expected these lot to ever be in this situation but here we are. I always thought Greek football meant these guys that’s how dominant they usually seemed to be. And even now seeing them only having Conference League football just feels sad. What I was able to gather was this: Olympiacos F.C. is the undisputed giant of Greek football, founded in 1925 and based in Piraeus, Athens. Over nearly a century, the club built up a record-breaking legacy with: ...

This club surprised me. I always thought Besiktas, Galatasaray and those clubs were the head honchos of the Turkish league but these guys aren’t meant to be slouches either. What I found was as follows: Trabzonspor is among Turkey’s most historic clubs, holding a unique spot as the first champion outside Istanbul and regularly competing for honors in the Süper Lig. The club enjoyed a golden era in the 1970s and early 1980s, winning six of their seven league titles in that period, and finally broke a 38-year drought by claiming the 2021–22 Süper Lig championship under coach Abdullah Avcı. ...

This isn’t quite Dinamo Zagreb or Hajduk Split who are the top dogs in the HNL but they are a constant team that is around Europe most times from what I see. And the Belupo is a name for their title sponsor. There aren’t any trophies to really write home about in real life but they have won one in this save game which was the Croatian Cup in 2028. ...

I have no experience on any of the clubs in Saudi barring Al-Nassr and that is flimsy as it is because of Cristiano Ronaldo. So looking around for this club was actually fairly enlightening. Have a look: Al-Fayha FC: History & Context Founded: 1953, in Al Majma’ah, Saudi Arabia. One of the oldest clubs in the region and the oldest in its city. Formed from a merger between two local teams (Minikh and Al-Fayha) to represent Al Majma’ah. ...

So I am learning about this club for the first myself as well so let’s go on a journey together to understand what this club is about and why are they in a slump. A quick glance of this club I managed to fetch from the internet was this: Founded: 1984; based in Aizawl, Mizoram; home ground Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (≈20,000). Breakthrough: Promoted to the I‑League in 2015–16 after winning the 2nd Division in 2015(Remember that this was before the ISL was recognized as India’s top division) ...