1. FC Union Berlin
Bundesliga11 last season
An east Berlin club whose supporters literally rebuilt the stadium with their own labour, and who reached the Champions League in 2023 with one of the smallest budgets in the division.
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Arsenal
Premier League1 last seasonA north London club with a long history of stylish football, a young squad, and one of the strongest women’s teams in England.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Bundesliga6 last seasonA works club founded by employees of the Bayer pharmaceutical company, long mocked for finishing second before finally winning the league unbeaten in 2024.
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga1 last seasonGermany’s dominant club and one of the most successful in Europe, majority-owned by its own members despite its size, with a women’s team that competes at the same level.
Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga2 last seasonHome of the Yellow Wall, the largest standing terrace in European football, and a club known for developing young players, including several Americans, before selling them on.
Brentford
Premier League9 last seasonA small west London club that reached the Premier League through analytics and set-piece specialism, playing in one of the league’s smallest stadiums.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League8 last seasonA seaside club that went from near-bankruptcy to the Premier League by recruiting undervalued players with data, and has become a favourite of neutrals.
Crystal Palace
Premier League15 last seasonA south London club with one of the loudest home atmospheres in England, a strong academy, and a habit of developing players other clubs want.
Everton
Premier League13 last seasonOne of English football’s founding clubs, with a deeply working-class Liverpool identity and a recent history of struggle that its supporters have absorbed without leaving.
A Hamburg club with an openly left-wing, anti-fascist supporter culture that has made it a global cult side, with a following far larger than its results would suggest.
Liverpool
Premier League5 last seasonOne of the most decorated clubs in European history, with a fiercely local supporter culture and one of the most recognizable atmospheres in the sport.
Manchester City
Premier League2 last seasonThe dominant English club of the past decade, built on heavy investment from Abu Dhabi ownership and a possession-based style that many coaches now copy.
Nottingham Forest
Premier League16 last seasonA club that won back-to-back European Cups in 1979 and 1980 under Brian Clough, one of the most improbable achievements in the sport, then spent decades outside the top flight before returning.
RB Leipzig
Bundesliga3 last seasonFounded in 2009 and backed by Red Bull, Leipzig rose from the fifth tier to the Champions League in seven years by recruiting young players and pressing aggressively.
SC Freiburg
Bundesliga7 last seasonA small club in Germany’s south-west that consistently outperforms its budget through patient coaching, an outstanding academy, and unusual stability, one manager stayed for 14 years.
Sunderland
Premier League7 last seasonA north-east club with one of the largest and most loyal supports in England, who fell all the way to the third tier and came back. Tens of thousands kept turning up throughout, which is the whole story of the club.
SV Werder Bremen
Bundesliga15 last seasonA northern club with four league titles and a reputation for attacking football in the 1990s and 2000s, now operating in the middle of the division with a strong local identity.
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