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
It's years since his Sky heyday but Andy Gray is still ripe for a punning (Image credit: Alamy)
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.
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
A great pick in both player and team name (Image credit: Getty Images)
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
A Wenger's Endgame: a pun even the big man would appreciate (Image credit: PA Images)
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
'Mbappe Feet' conjures an image of him as a penguin, right? (Image credit: Getty Images)
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
Ajax Trees Down: an interesting take on a Greek legend (Image credit: Alamy)
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
Leave my… (Image credit: Getty Images)
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
Kantedisestablishmentarianism can't exactly be shortened (Image credit: Getty Images)
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.
Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.
