The 100 Most Famous Soccer Teams of All Time

Ranked by Wikipedia link data — the closer to #1, the more famous.

FC Barcelona and Real Madrid were always going to fight for the top spots, with Manchester United, Juventus and Chelsea leading the rest — the badges recognised on every continent. Ranked by Wikipedia link data, glory counts, but so does global reach. Scroll the hundred, then check how many you would have named before extra time.

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  1. FC BarcelonaFutbol Club Barcelona, commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça, is a professional football club based in…
  2. Real MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid.
  3. Manchester UnitedManchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in…
  4. JuventusJuventus Football Club, commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve, is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
  5. Chelsea
  6. Coritiba F.C.Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as the Coxa, is a Brazilian football club from…
  7. Inter MilanFootball Club Internazionale Milano, widely referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, and commonly known as Inter Milan in…
  8. Manchester CityManchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City or simply City, is a professional football club based in…
  9. Ajax
  10. Palermo F.C.Palermo Football Club is an Italian professional football club based in Palermo, Sicily, that currently plays in Serie B, the…
  11. Everton
  12. Tottenham Hotspur
  13. Roma
  14. Corinthians
  15. Aston VillaAston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England.
  16. Paris Saint-Germain
  17. Borussia Dortmund
  18. Newcastle United
  19. Leicester City
  20. FiorentinaAssociazione Calcio Firenze Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina, is an Italian professional football club based in…
  21. BenficaSport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal, that competes in…
  22. Colo-ColoColo-Colo, officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago.
  23. Bayer Leverkusen
  24. Persepolis F.C.
  25. Schalke 04
  26. Athletic Bilbao
  27. Beşiktaş
  28. Stuttgart
  29. Borussia Mönchengladbach
  30. Leeds United
  31. Marseille
  32. Feyenoord
  33. Dynamo Kyiv
  34. Fulham
  35. West Ham United
  36. Wolverhampton Wanderers
  37. PSV
  38. SampdoriaUnione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria, is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria.
  39. Southampton
  40. Werder Bremen
  41. West Bromwich Albion
  42. Crystal Palace
  43. Zenit
  44. Wolfsburg
  45. Villarreal
  46. Celtic
  47. Sporting CP
  48. Real Sociedad
  49. Boca Juniors
  50. Swansea City
  51. Parma
  52. Lyon
  53. Blackburn Rovers
  54. Burnley
  55. Nottingham Forest
  56. UdineseUdinese Calcio is a professional football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy.
  57. Bournemouth
  58. Real Betis
  59. River Plate
  60. Cagliari
  61. Rangers
  62. 1. FC Köln
  63. CSKA Moscow
  64. PalmeirasThe Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of…
  65. Augsburg
  66. Stoke City
  67. Nacional
  68. Santos
  69. Hertha Berlin
  70. Birmingham City
  71. Hoffenheim
  72. Watford
  73. Brighton & Hove Albion
  74. RB Leipzig
  75. Celta Vigo
  76. Shakhtar Donetsk
  77. Red Star Belgrade
  78. Spartak Moscow
  79. FluminenseFluminense Football Club is a Brazilian football club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the…
  80. Rubin Kazan
  81. FCSBFotbal Club FCSB, sometimes still referred to as the former name FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional football club…
  82. Gimnasia La Plata
  83. Cardiff City
  84. Norwich City
  85. Bolton Wanderers
  86. Lokomotiv Moscow
  87. Rayo Vallecano
  88. Dinamo Zagreb
  89. Queens Park Rangers
  90. Wigan Athletic
  91. Anderlecht
  92. Hull City
  93. Olympiacos
  94. Hannover 96
  95. Al Nassr
  96. Deportivo La Coruña
  97. Levante
  98. Mallorca
  99. OsasunaClub Atlético Osasuna, or simply Osasuna or CAO, is a Spanish professional football club based in Pamplona, Navarre.
  100. Dynamo Moscow

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