List of sports clubs inspired by others

This is a list of sports clubs that were created or altered out of inspiration from a visiting team or from a member of the club requesting a change of first name or strip because they were inspired by another club through their performances or conduct.

As of 8 June 2017 in alphabetical order.

Team	Inspiration Team	Stadium	City	Country	Result of inspiration	Notes
ADAP/Galo Maringá FC	Juventus FC	Estádio Willie Davids	Maringá	Brazil	Crest design and first kit colour, which were used by the former sporting club, Galo Maringá Futebol Clube, prior its fusion with Associação Desportiva Atlética do Paraná (ADAP) in 2006	[1]
Adelaide City FC	Juventus FC	Adelaide City Park	Adelaide	Australia	Creation of club, first name until 1977, iconographic design and first kit colour since 1949[2]	[3]
Alianza FC	Alianza Lima	Estadio Cuscatlan	San Salvador	El Salvador	First name	[4]
Altona East Phoenix SC	PAOK FC	Paisley Park Soccer Complex	Altona North, Melbourne	Australia	Founded in 1979 by Greek immigrants as East Altona PAOK SC, taking nickname and black and white stripes from Greek team. Renamed Altona East 'Phoenix' in 1990s, in accordance to new laws prohibiting ethnic names in soccer clubs.
Altona Magic SC	FK Vardar	Paisley Park Soccer Complex	Altona North, Melbourne	Australia	Founded in 1967 by a group of Macedonian immigrants passionate about football initiated a meeting in Yarraville with the idea of forming a football team and by 1968 the team was registered as the Kingsville Soccer Club. In 1979, Renamed Altona Gate Soccer Club and taking the club colours of red and black signify the famous Macedonian Football Club, FK Vardar Skopje.
América FC	America do Rio	Estádio Presidente Vargas	Fortaleza	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América de Manaus	America do Rio	Estádio Roberto Simonsen	Manaus	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América de Natal	America do Rio	Machadão	Natal	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América de Rio Preto	America do Rio	Teixeirão	São José do Rio Preto	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América do Sergipe	America do Rio	Estádio José Neto	Propriá	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América de Teófilo Otoni	America do Rio	Estádio Nassri Mattar	Teófilo Otoni	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
América de Três Rios	America do Rio	Tievão	Três Rios	Brazil	Creation of club	[5]
Arsenal FC	Nottingham Forest FC	Emirates Stadium	London	England	First kit colour	[6]
Arsenal Fútbol Club	Arsenal FC, CA Independiente and Racing Club	Estadio Julio H. Grondona	Avellaneda	Argentina	First name (Arsenal)[7] First kit colours (Independiente and Racing)[7]
Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Arsenal FC	Trudovi Reservy Stadium	Bila Tserkva	Ukraine	First name and first kit colour	[8][9]
Arsenal Kharkiv	Arsenal FC	Arsenal-Spartak Stadium	Kharkiv	Ukraine	First name and first kit colour	[8][9]
Associação Botafogo FC	Botafogo FR	Almeidão	João Pessoa	Brazil	Creation of club	[10]
Atlético Torino	Torino FC	Estadio Campeonísimo	Talara, Piura	Peru	First name and first kit colour	[11]
Ayaks Shakhtarsk	AFC Ajax	Shakhtar Stadium	Shakhtarsk	Ukraine	New name and crest	[8]
Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Ballymacaren Park	Ballynahinch, County Down	Northern Ireland	iconographic design and first kit colour
FC Barcelona	FC Basel	Camp Nou	Barcelona	Spain	First kit colour	[12]
Barcelona SC	FC Barcelona	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Crest design	[13]
Barsa Sumy	FC Barcelona	Barsa Football Center	Sumy	Ukraine	Creation of club and first name	[14]
Bechem Chelsea	Chelsea FC	Coronation Park	Sunyani	Ghana	Creation of club	[15]
Belfast Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Celtic Park	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[16]
Berekum Arsenal	Arsenal FC	Berekum Sports Stadium	Berekum	Ghana	Creation of club	[17]
Blackpool Sea Eagles	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	Vodacom Park	Blackpool	England	iconographic design and first kit colour
Bloemfontein Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Vodacom Park	Bloemfontein	South Africa	Change of first name in 1984	[18]
Boca Juniors de Cali	Boca Juniors	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero	Cali	Colombia	Creation of club and first kit colour
Botafogo FC	Botafogo FR	Estádio 5 de Julho	Ilha do Fogo	Cape Verde	Creation of club and first kit colour
Botafogo FC	Botafogo FR	Almeidão	João Pessoa	Brazil	Creation of club and first kit colour	[19]
Botafogo FR	Juventus FC	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Change of first kit colour in 1906	[20]
A.F.C. Bournemouth	AC Milan	Dean Court	Bournemouth	England	Change of first kit colour in 1971
SC Braga	Arsenal FC	Estádio AXA	Braga	Portugal	Change of first kit colour (1945–1947)	[21]
Brisbane City FC	Italy	Spencer Park	Newmarket, Brisbane	Australia	Crest design
Brunswick Zebras FC	Juventus FC	Sumner Park	Brunswick, Melbourne	Australia	Creation of club, first name until 1993 and first kit colour[22]	[23]
Club Real Potosí	Real Madrid CF	Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Potosí	Bolivia	Change of crest design and first name in 1997	[24]
Colo-Colo FR	CSD Colo-Colo	Estádio Mário Pessoa	Ilhéus	Brazil	Creation of club	[25]
Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré	Botafogo FR	Estádio do Conilon	Jaguaré	Brazil	Creation of club	[26]
FC Chambly	FC Internazionale	Stade des Marais	Chambly	France	Crest and first kit colour	[27]
SC Corinthians Alagoano	SC Corinthians Paulista	Nelsão	Maceió	Brazil	Creation of club	[28]
SC Corinthians Paulista	Corinthian FC	Neo Química Arena	São Paulo	Brazil	Name of club	[29]
Croydon City Arrows FC	AC Milan	Dorset Recreational Reserve	Melbourne	Australia	Creation of club	[30]
Crystal Palace FC	FC Barcelona and Levante UD	Selhurst Park	Selhurst, London	England	Change of first kit colour in 1974	[31]
Dallas Harlequins RFC	Harlequin FC	Glencoe Park	Dallas, Texas	United States	Creation of club	[32]
Dallas Tornado	Dundee United FC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Texas	United States	Creation of club	[33]
Dandenong City SC	HNK Hajduk Split	Frank Holohan Soccer Complex	Endeavour Hills, Melbourne	Australia	Founded in 1981 as Parkmore Hajduk by Croatian immigrants, after Croatian team Hajduk Split. Renamed Chelsea Hajduk, but merged with Dandenong City in 2008, keeping the latter's name.
Deportivo Italia	Italy	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV	Caracas	Venezuela	First kit colour as the Italian community's football team in the country
Deportivo Táchira FC	Juventus FC and Italy	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo	San Cristobal	Venezuela	Rebirth of San Cristobal's Juventus, founded by initiative of Deportivo Tachira's establisher and first president Gaetano Greco in 1970 and initially composed by former Juventus footballers. Named "Juventus" after the Italian club prior its debut in Venezuelan football's top flight in 1974. Its first season was held with mostly former Juventus players wearing a debut kit based on the Italy national team colours	[34]
Detroit Cougars	Glentoran FC	Tiger Stadium	Detroit	United States	Creation of club	[35]
Donegal Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Donegal Celtic Park	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[36]
Essendon Royals SC	US Triestina	Clifton Park	Essendon, Melbourne	Australia	Creation of club and first name until 1983[37]	[38]
Everton de Viña del Mar	Everton FC	Estadio Sausalito	Viña del Mar	Chile	Creation of club	[39]
Foggia Calcio	AC Milan	Stadio Pino Zaccheria	Foggia	Italy	First kit colour
Forest Green Rovers FC	FC Barcelona	The New Lawn	Nailsworth	England	Change of crest design (2009–2011)	[40]
Gungahlin United FC	Juventus FC	Gungahlin Enclosed Oval	Gungahlin	Australia	First name and first kit colour until 2005	[41]
Hobart Harlequins	Harlequin FC	Rugby Park	Cornelian Bay	Australia	Change of kit colour	[42]
Hobart Zebras FC	Juventus FC	KGV Park	Tasmania	Australia	Creation of club, first name until 1997 and first kit colour. Since 1997 the club change the name by Australian Football League (AFC) decision, being knowns since then as "Zebras" after the Italian club's iconographic symbol[43]
Hong Kong Rangers FC	Rangers FC	Kowloon Bay Park	Kowloon	Hong Kong	Creation of club
CA Independiente	Nottingham Forest FC	Estadio Libertadores de América	Avellaneda, Buenos Aires	Argentina	Change of first kit colour (presumably)	[44]
C.S.D. Independiente del Valle	FC Internazionale	Estadio Rumiñahui	Sangolquí	Ecuador	Crest and first kit colour
Inter Club d'Escaldes	FC Internazionale	Centre d'Entrenament de la FAF	Escaldes-Engordany	Andorra	First name and first kit colour
FC Inter Turku	FC Internazionale	Veritas Stadion	Turku	Finland	First name and first kit colour
G.D. Interclube	FC Internazionale	Estádio 22 de Junho	Luanda	Angola	First name and first kit colour
J. Malucelli Futebol	SC Corinthians Paulista	Eco-Estádio Janguito Malucell	Curitiba	Brazil	Change of crest design, first name and first kit colour (2009–2012)	[45]
AC Juventus	Juventus FC	Estádio José de Melo	Rio Branco, Acre	Brazil	Creation of club and first name	[46]
AS Juventus de Saint-Martin	Juventus FC	Stade Alberic Richards	Sandy Ground, Saint Martin	Saint Martin	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[47]
ASG Juventus de Sainte-Anne	Juventus FC	Stade Rivière des Pères	Sainte-Anne	Guadeloupe	Creation of club
CA Juventus	Juventus FC and Torino FC	Estádio Rua Javari	São Paulo	Brazil	Original name used again since 1930 (Juventus)[48] Change of first kit colour in 1930 (Torino)[49]
CS Juventus București	Juventus FC	Stadionul Juventus	Bucharest	Romania	Crest design	[50]
CSD Juventus	Juventus FC	Folke Anderson	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	Creation of club and first kit colour
Sociedade Educação Física Juventus	Juventus FC	Estádio Capitão Manoel Aranha	Curitiba	Brazil	Change of first name and first kit in 1935	[51]
SS Juventus Roma	Juventus FC	Campo della Farnesina	Rome	Italy	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[52]
Sport Vereniging Juventus	Juventus FC	Municipal Stadium	Antriòl, Kralendijk on Bonaire	Netherlands Antilles	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour
Juventus-Firenze FBC	Juventus FC	Campo della Farnesina	Florence	Italy	Creation of club and first name	[53]
Juventus FC	Notts County FC	Juventus Stadium	Turin	Italy	Change of first kit colour in 1903 according with former president Enrico Canfari's memoir (1915)	[54]
Juventus Futebol Clube	Juventus FC	Estádio João Francisco dos Santos	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[55]
Juventus Idrottsförening	Juventus FC	Råby IP	Västerås	Sweden	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour. Initially was a Torinese team's fan club founded in 1948 by Italians to have immigrated to Sweden	[56]
Juventus Orange Walk	Juventus FC	Orange Walk People's Stadium	Orange Walk	Belize	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[57]
Launceston City FC	Juventus FC	Mitsubishi Park	Tasmania	Australia	Change of first name (1958–1997) and first kit colour in 1958	[58]
Leeds United AFC	Real Madrid CF	Elland Road	Leeds	England	Change of first kit colour in 1960	[59]
Lincoln Red Imps F.C.	Lincoln City F.C.	Victoria Stadium	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Creation of club, first name and colours	[60]
Liverpool Fútbol Club	Liverpool FC	Estadio Belvedere	Montevideo	Uruguay	Creation of club	[61]
Lurgan Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Knockrammer Park	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[62]
FC Martigues	FC Internazionale	Stade Francis Turcan	Martigues	France	Change of crest design in 2017	[63]
Manchester 62 F.C.	Manchester United F.C.	Victoria Stadium	Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Creation of club, first name and colours	[64]
SSD Massese	Juventus FC	Stadio degli Oliveti	Massa	Italy	Change of crest design and first kit colour in 1944	[65]
Moreland Zebras FC	Juventus FC	CB Smith Reserve	Moreland, Victoria	Australia	Creation of club, crest design, first name until 1996, iconographic design and first kit colour	[66]
Mighty Blackpool FC	Blackpool FC	National Stadium	Freetown	Sierra Leone	Change of name in 1954	[67]
Moneni Pirates FC	Orlando Pirates FC	Mavuso Stadium	Manzini	Eswatini	Change of name on 16 September 1967
Ocean City Nor'easters	Reading FC	Carey Stadium	Ocean City	United States	Change of first name, crest design and first kit colour (2008–2010)	[68]
Olympiakos Nicosia	Olympiakos FC	GSP Stadium	Nicosia	Cyprus	Creation of club	[69]
Orlando Pirates SC	Orlando Pirates FC	Sam Nujoma Stadium	Windhoek	Namibia	Use of name since its inception
SE Palmeirinha	SE Palmeiras	Estádio Vila Formosa	Porto Ferreira	Brazil	Creation of club	[19]
FK Partizan	Juventus FC	Partizan Stadium	Belgrade	Serbia	Change of first kit colour in 1957	[70]
CA Peñarol de Mar del Plata	CA Peñarol	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas	Mar del Plata	Argentina	First name	[71]
Petare FC	Deportivo Italia	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV	Caracas	Venezuela	First kit colour until 2015
A.C. Pisa 1909	FC Internazionale	Arena Garibaldi	Pisa	Italy	First kit colour since 1910
SE River Plate	CA River Plate	Estádio Idalito Oliveira	Carmópolis	Brazil	Crest and first kit colour	[72]
Real Madrid CF	Corinthian FC	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid	Spain	First kit colour	[73]
Real Odesa	Real Madrid CF	SKA Stadium	Odesa	Ukraine	Creation of club, first name, crest design and first kit colour: an Odesa fan club of Real Madrid turned into a professional football club	[8][9]
Real Salt Lake	Real Madrid CF	America First Field	Sandy, Utah	United States	First name. The club has a partnership with the Spanish team for the development of the youth academy[74]
A.C. Renate	FC Internazionale	Stadio Città di Meda	Renate	Italy	Crest and first kit colour	[75]
Salford City Roosters	Sydney Roosters	Moat Hall Sports Centre	City of Salford	England	Crest design, first name and first kit colour
SV River Plate Aruba	CA River Plate	Guiilermo P. Trinidad Stadium	Oranjestad, Aruba	Aruba	Crest design, first name and first kit colour
FC Santos Tartu	Santos FC	Tamme Stadium	Tartu	Estonia	Creation of club	[76]
Santos Football Club	Santos FC	Providence Stadium	Georgetown	Guyana	Crest design and first kit colour	[77]
Santos Futebol Clube	Santos FC	Estádio Municipal Glicério Marques	Macapá, Amapá	Brazil	Crest design and first kit colour	[78]
Santos Futebol Clube de Angola	Santos FC	Estádio dos Coqueiros	Viana, Luanda	Angola	Crest design and first kit colour
Santos de Guápiles FC	Santos FC	Estadio Ebal Rodríguez	Guápiles	Costa Rica	First name
AC Sparta Prague	Woolwich Arsenal FC	Generali Arena	Prague	Czech Republic	Change of first kit colour in 1906	[79]
South Humber Rabbitohs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Grimsby RUFC	Lincolnshire	England	iconographic design and first kit colour
St. Albans Saints	Dinamo Zagreb	Churchill Reserve	St. Albans	Australia	Original name in 1954 and current kit and crest design	[80]
St. Catharines Wolves	AS Roma	Club Roma Stadium	St. Catharines	Canada	Creation of club, crest design and first kit colour	[81]
União Flamengo Santos FC	CR Flamengo, Santos FC and Argentina	UB Stadium	Gaborone	Botswana	Creation of club and first name (Flamengo and Santos) First kit colour (Argentina national team)	[82]
Tauro FC	Juventus FC	Estadio Rommel Fernández	Panama City	Panama	Creation of club and first kit colour	[83]
Unión Española SADP	Spain	Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK	Independencia, Santiago de Chile	Chile	First kit colour as the Spanish community's football team in the country[84]	[85]
AD Vasco da Gama	Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama	Estádio José de Melo	Rio Branco	Brazil	Creation of club	[86]
Perth Bears	North Sydney Bears	Perth Rectangular Stadium	Perth	Australia	Creation of club
Wycombe Wanderers FC	Wanderers FC	Adams Park	High Wycombe	England	Creation of club	[87]

See also

Generic

• Phoenix club (sports)
• Relocation of professional sports teams

Specific

• List of Croatian soccer clubs in Australia
• List of Greek Soccer clubs in Australia
• List of Italian Soccer clubs in Australia
• List of Serbian soccer clubs in Australia