83 squads

England

English pages mix the arguments everyone has (United 99, the Invincibles, Istanbul, Mourinho’s first Chelsea) with the ones people forget they want: Revie’s Leeds, Clough’s Forest, Keegan’s Newcastle. The 2025/26 season sits in the same historical list without pretending to be a live roster.

Spain

Spain here is mostly the clásico years people pause YouTube for — Guardiola’s Barça, Madrid’s European Cup sides, Simeone’s Atlético — plus Athletic, Sevilla and Valencia so it is not only two clubs shouting.

Italy

Italy is the Milan derby in several decades, Juve when they actually had a European night, Napoli with Maradona and with the 2023 title. Calcio as a mood, not a FIFA league select screen.

Germany

Bayern’s treble years, Klopp’s Dortmund, Gladbach when they were the thing, Leverkusen going unbeaten. German football in the catalogue is more than one red shirt.

France

PSG’s expensive decades, Marseille ’93, Lyon when they could not stop winning the league, Jardim’s Monaco with a teenager called Mbappé. France as clubs, not only the national team pages.

Portugal

Porto under Mourinho, Benfica with Eusébio, Sporting with a skinny winger who left for Manchester. Portuguese sides that changed European ties, not a complete Primeira Liga dump.

Netherlands

Ajax 95 is the one everyone books. Van Gaal’s children, plus PSV’s European Cup and Feyenoord’s earlier one, because Dutch football did not start and end in Amsterdam.

Scotland

Lisbon Lions. Nine-in-a-row Rangers. Two Glasgow clubs, two very different European stories, no filler from the rest of the SPFL.

Rest of Europe

The nights that still get put on grainy tape: Red Star in Bari, Steaua in Seville, Galatasaray in Copenhagen. Not a ‘rest of world’ junk drawer — three specific miracles.

South America

Santos with Pelé, Flamengo with Zico, Boca and River as club sides rather than just Argentina shirts. Libertadores memory, playable.