Fantasy Premier League is back, with FPL managers across the land keeping a close eye on the transfer market, preseason and those fated price drops ahead of what promises to be another nail-biting season.
There are big changes to the game this year – but some things will never change. Principally, team names, which seem to get more creative each year.
Sorry, lads. ‘John's XI’ or ‘MY FPL BALLERS’ won't suffice.
Once you've decided if you're going to go for both Haaland and Salah, once you've decided the 4.0 goalkeeper who just might deputise in a crisis and once you've worked out if you're going to scrimp on one or two players or just forego an entire midfield just to fit in your favourites… we have the best team names for you to draw from, from all kinds of categories. Whether you're looking for something that sounds like an actual club name, a current star of your side, or you'd like a legend, we've got all kinds of options.
Some footballers still carry the stigma of being immortalised in unforgettable FPL team names (hello, Jeff Schlupp). There are some players, meanwhile, who just go too well in puns. Regardless of what you're looking for your FPL team name, we've got the ultimate list of what to go for this time around.
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Fantasy Premier League: 400 FPL names
The classics
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Because sometimes, you can't beat the oldies.
Here are some we suggest to you every year: the ones that your mates will scroll past in the league and tell you, “Yeah, that's a good'un.” They're not original.
You've heard them before. They're still solid.
- 3 Men and a Bebe
- 50ShadesOfAndyGray
- ABCDE FC
- Absolutely Fabregas
- Alisson Blunderland
- Backstreet Moyes
- Blink 1-Eto’o
- Boly Pocket
- Cesc and the City
- Ctrl + Alt + De Laet
- Delph & Safety
- Dzeko & the Bunnymen
- Fiddler on the Huth
- Flying Without Ings
- Game Of Throw-Ins
- Gangsters Allardyce
- Giroud Awakening
- HuttonDressedAsLahm
- Khedira Pin Drop
- Klopps and Robbos
- Krul and the Gang
- Le Saux Solid Crew
- Löw Island
- Luke Kyle Walker
- Men Behaving Chadli
- Michu at De Gea Ba
- MurderOnZidanesFloor
- Neville Wears Prada
- Norfolk n’ Good
- Obi 1 Kenobi 0
- Pjanic! At The Disco
- Smack My Bilic Up
- Sound of the Lloris
- TAA Very Much
- The Cesc Pistols
- The Martial Mata LP
- Tinchy Sneijder
- Who Ate All Depays?
FourFourTwo's favourites
Some puns are better than others. We all know that.
These are simply some of our faves. Some of them are so stupid they're good, while others combine two names; maybe we've just included a couple because they're references from cult films. Either way, here's are our gold standard.
- A Night In Lascelles
- Afternoon De Ligt
- Ange Management
- Areola Grande
- Bellerin Than Out
- Better Call Saúl
- De Jong Trousers
- Earth Wind & Maguire
- Elneny and the Jets
- Estupina Colada
- Groß Misconduct
- GuardianOfTheGulasci
- Gueye Pride
- Hotel? Thiago
- Howe Toon Is Now
- Isco Inferno
- Judy Haaland
- Just 1 Cornet 0
- Klich and Collect
- Kodja and Maja
- Krafth Beer
- MacAwoniyi Cheese
- Mbeumo No.5
- ModerOnTheDancefloor
- Muller Reus Corner
- NotMikeDeanForever
- Onana What’s My Name
- Rubber Digne Rapids
- Run The Kewells
- Sancho Unchained
- TeaForTheTielemans
- The 40-yr-old Virgil
Current PL stars
Some FPL players simply pick a pun around their favourite player. Well, here's a list of names based on the stars of the season in the Premier League.
- AbraDubravka
- Ait Nouri Geller
- Ake Breaky Heart
- Arteta-tete
- Ashley Old
- Ayew Being Served
- Back of the Neto
- Bacuna Mateta
- Bad to the Bowen
- Bangers and Rashford
- Ben Mee Shake Mee
- Berge King
- Bernard's Poch
- Blazinchenko Squad
- Born in a Barnes
- Botman and Robin
- Botman Begins
- Bowen 747
- Bowen Arrow
- Boys In Dahoud
- Brennan Jerry’s
- BrokebackMount10
- Bruno Dos Tres
- Carson Dioxide
- Castagne Me Now
- Castagne Supernova
- Cheesy Garnachos
- ChickenTikkaMoSalah
- Clyne of Duty
- Cobra Kai Havertz
- Come Digne With Mee
- Curious Jorginho
- Dango Unchained
- Diaz Nother Day
- Ederson Ake & Palmer
- Endo Story
- Exposed Areola
- Eze Come, Eze Go
- Garnacho Chips
- Gilmour Girls
- Guantana Maupay
- GvardiolsOfTheGalaxy
- Haaland Oates
- Haalandaise Sauce
- Hakuna Mateta
- Haven't Jota Clue
- Havertz Your Way
- Hellmans Mainoonaise
- Heung Like A Horse
- High Faivre
- HouseOfTheDragusin
- I Love Lamp(tey)
- I'm Yelling Timber
- Issa Ring Toss Game
- It'sOffToZirkzeeGo
- Just like Evans
- Keita Mooy Hart
- Kids See Groß
- Kinder Mbeumo
- KudusToYou
- Lil Eze Vert
- Los Porro Hermanos
- Losing My Reguilon
- LoveTheWaySzoboszlai
- Major League Saka
- Malo Gusto: Bad Fart
- Matty Cash Hoes
- MattyCashInTheAttic
- McGinn and Tonic
- McKenna Kick It?
- Men with Van De Ven
- Mings of Power
- Mitomavirus
- More Tea Vicario?
- Mudryk To Life
- Name's Not Andre M8
- Netflix and Chilwell
- Nkunku Clock
- Not Isakly Sure
- Now I'm a Baleba
- Øde Toilette
- Odegaarden Partey
- Okoli Dokily
- Old Havertz Kai Hard
- OnanaMataPlea
- Paqueta Crisps
- PARTEYNEXTDOOR
- Pinky and De Bruyne
- Pomegranate Malacia
- Quansah & Konsa
- Raya Sunshine
- Reece's Set Pieces
- Rice Rice Bebe
- Rodri, You Plonker
- Saka Potatoes
- Saka White Rice
- Schär & Schär Alike
- Shaw Thing
- She Sells Lascelles
- Shiver Me Timbers
- Slot Machine
- Smith Rowe Vs Wade
- Smith Rowe Your Boat
- Solanke-panky
- Son hits the sky
- Song of Rice Of Dier
- Sons Of Angearchy
- Sorry Nic Jackson
- Soucek Mate
- Sterling Silver
- Stranger Ings
- Szobosslads
- Targett Practice
- Tarkowsky and Hutch
- The Konate Kid
- ThomasTheFrankEngine
- Tielemans Square
- TierneyOfEverything
- Tomiyasu,ICanBoogie
- TonaliAddictedtoBass
- Tuchel For School
- Two Become Son
- Udogie Style
- Under My Cucurella
- Uptown Dunk
- WeDontTalkAboutBruno
- WindBeneathMyMings
- Yoro Wizard Harry
- Ederson Volleys
- Morning Traore
- Sonny and Schar
Former faces, legends and cult heroes of the Premier League
Retro never goes out of fashion – whether that's a 90s football top or a reference to Nicolas Anelka in FPL.
- A Wenger's Endgame
- Air Forss One
- AlbrightonTheNight
- Amartey McFly
- Anelka Skelter
- Angus Gunns & Roses
- ASMR Begovic
- BashamTheBishop
- Benrahmarama
- BentekeFriedChicken
- Boom Xhaka Laca
- Cahills Have Eyes
- Cancelo Culture
- Cesc Pistols
- Champs Olise
- Cheesy Iheanachos
- Childish Firmino
- Crouch Potatoes
- Death cab for Guti
- Death Cab for Kuqi
- Dendonkin’ Donuts
- DontLookBackTanganga
- Drinkwater Not Koke
- Dukes of Hazard
- Dyer Straits
- Emile Burlesquey
- Enter Shaqiri
- Fat Pascal
- Fer Fuchs Ake
- For Fuchs Sake
- Fornals Attire
- Fred Again..
- Fred Dead Redemption
- Gayle Force Win
- Gelhardt or Go Home
- Hanging By A Fred
- Hawk Tuanzebe
- Hepatitus Bramble
- I kissed Keith Curl
- I Kvist a girl
- I’m Eric Laporte FC
- Ibe Did It Mooy Way
- Ice Ice Beagrie
- IfTomoriNeverComes
- ImLovinEngelsInstead
- It’s Britney, Klich
- It'sAllGoneShaneLong
- Jose's A...what?
- Jurgen-a Love It
- Kabak to the Future
- Kanu Kick It?
- Keane As Mustard
- Keita The Door
- Kloppenheimer
- Klopps and Szobosz
- Knockaert Blow
- Koch Au Van
- Koeman Eileen
- Krul Intentions
- Lads on Toure
- Lady Yaya
- Lallana Del Rey
- Lallanas in Pyjamas
- Land Down Undav
- Let’s Go Fosu-Mensah
- Lingardium Leviosa
- Love & Cesc & Matic
- MandalorIan Wright
- Mané's Not Hot
- Mee, My Delph & Ibe
- Minority Laporte
- Mint Bailly’s
- MirrorSignalMalouda
- Molly's Arch
- Moura The Explorer
- Moves Like Xhaka
- NevesGunoGibbsYouUp
- No Weimann No Cry
- Of Mice and Mendy
- On Me Gedson
- One Size Fitz Hall
- Out On Bale
- PickPochettino
- Purple Reina
- Rock the Gaspar
- Rodallega Bombs
- Romeu & Houllier
- Saint-Maximin Points
- Salt & Pepe
- Sancho Paunchez
- Santi Vaxxers
- Sarri Not Sarri
- Schmeichel Jackson
- Show Me The Mane
- Singing In Va Rane
- Sissoko Ono
- Slumdog Mignolet
- Sol Calibre
- Sonic Huth
- Soumare Lovin'
- Stanislas-t resort
- Sympathy 4 G Neville
- Taking Le Tiss
- The Wenger Boys
- Three's Kompany
- Tortoise and De Gea
- Turf, Blind and Dier
- Up The Duffy
- Victor Moses Lawn
- Werner Brothers
- What Samatta With U
- WhatScamaccaWithYou?
- WhenDierStartsToBurn
- Willian Dollar Baby
- Yes Ndidi
Overseas stars
It's not all about the Premier League. Here some great ideas including stars whose best was seen abroad.
- Baby Reijnders
- CommethTheAouar
- Daylight Ribery
- DiMarco Polo
- Dunk Your Busquets
- Inglorious Bas Dost
- Itsy Bitsy Chiellini
- Kroos Control
- Lemon and Laimer
- Mbappe Feet
- Orban Legend
- PassionOfTheCruyff
- Pedri Dish
- Pique Blinders
- PutJohansUp4DeCruyff
- Savic Garden
- Schick’s Creek
- Taribo Westlife
- Under My Barella
- Where'sTheLahmSauce
Proper club names
We have team puns as well as players, too. Just in case you want to take on an entire establishment for your FPL name and not just an individual.
- AC/DC United
- Ajax Trees Down
- Anderlecht my balls
- Aston Village People
- Bayer Neverlosin'
- Bayern Bru
- Bilbao Baggins
- Borussia Teeth
- Cameroon Diaz
- ChampagneSuperRovers
- Cry Me A River Plate
- Expected Toulouse
- Fiorentina Turner
- good kid mAAn city
- Imaginary Madrid
- Inter Yermam
- Pathetico Madrid
- Pfizer Chiefs
- Real SoSoBad
- Sexandthe City
- Spartak Costco
- Sub-standard Liege
- The Molde Peaches
- Vladimir Luton
The ruder ones
There's always one. The FPL app has been clamping down on offensive teamnames in recent years so just be aware that these probably won't get through approval. Same goes for anything that references a murderer or a tragedy. Understandable, really.
- Dijk in Diaz
- Exeter Gently
- Fill Her Wycombe
- Get Your Koch Out
- Kante Fit My Willian
- Leavemyarselona
- Mount Mee Koch
- The VARginas
- WetAssPukki
- Your Mum’s Zohore
Those that are too long
The FPL has a team name character limit of 20.
In the bulk of this article, we've abbreviated, cut spaces and helped you to circumvent the rules but here are ones that just look rubbish unless they're written out properly.
Take them for rival games, five-a-sides or the back of your mind on the possibility that the character limit is relaxed in future versions of the game.
- AC a little silhouetto of Milan
- ArtetaTheNevilleYouJo
- Best of Times Wirtz of Times
- Costa Livramento Crisis
- Courtois You Being Served?
- Death On The Maitland Niles
- DoDoDo Come On And Do Lokonga
- Fake Tales of Emile Smith Rowe
- Fluorescent Dave Beasant
- Frenkie Goes To Hollywood
- Haaland Globetrotters
- Jhon, I'm Only Durancing
- Joelinton Travel Tavern
- Kantedisestablishmentarianism
- Knowing Me, Knowing You Zaha
- Like Gabriel Jesus To A Child
- Like Jesus to A.Chiles
- Martin Tyler, the Creator
- Ndlovu For The City Streets
- No Time To Divan Toney
- Olise Like a Sunday Morning
- One Flew Over Lukaku’s Nest
- Some People Think Dendonckers
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Skrtels
- TenHager, Better, Faster Stronger
- The Keownstown Massacre
- They're Taking The Hobbits To Odegaard
- Tonee Robinson's Time Team
- What's Love Gotze Do With It?
- Why’d You Only Call Ben Mee When You’re High?
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