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 24 November 2015 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]
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]
Associação Botafogo FC	Botafogo FR	Almeidão	João Pessoa	Brazil	Creation of club	[8]
Atlético Torino	Torino FC	Estadio Campeonísimo	Talara, Piura	Peru	First name and first kit colour	[9]
Ballynahinch Rabbitohs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Ballymacaren Park	Ballynahinch, County Down	Ireland	iconographic design and first kit colour
FC Barcelona	FC Basel	Camp Nou	Barcelona	Spain	First kit colour	[10]
Barcelona SC	FC Barcelona	Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha	Guayaquil	Ecuador	Crest design	[11]
Bechem Chelsea	Chelsea FC	Coronation Park	Sunyani	Ghana	Creation of club	[12]
Belfast Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Celtic Park	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[13]
Berekum Arsenal	Arsenal FC	Berekum Sports Stadium	Berekum	Ghana	Creation of club	[14]
Bloemfontein Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Vodacom Park	Bloemfontein	South Africa	Change of first name in 1984	[15]
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	[16]
Botafogo FR	Juventus FC	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Change of first kit colour in 1906	[17]
SC Braga	Arsenal FC	Estádio AXA	Braga	Portugal	Change of first kit colour (1945-1947)	[18]
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[19]	[20]
Club Real Potosí	Real Madrid CF	Estadio Víctor Agustín Ugarte	Potosí	Bolivia	Change of crest design and first name in 1997	[21]
Colo-Colo FR	CSD Colo-Colo	Estádio Mário Pessoa	Ilhéus	Brazil	Creation of club	[22]
Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré	Botafogo FR	Estádio do Conilon	Jaguaré	Brazil	Creation of club	[23]
SC Corinthians Alagoano	SC Corinthians Paulista	Nelsão	Maceió	Brazil	Creation of club	[24]
SC Corinthians Paulista	Corinthian FC	Estádio do Pacaembu	São Paulo	Brazil	Creation of club	[25]
Crystal Palace FC	FC Barcelona and Levante UD	Selhurst Park	South Norwood, London	England	Change of first kit colour in 1974	[26]
Dallas Harlequins RFC	Harlequin FC	Glencoe Park	Dallas, Texas	United States	Creation of club	[27]
Dallas Tornado	Dundee United FC	Cotton Bowl	Dallas, Texas	United States	Creation of club	[28]
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 first kit with colours based on the Italian national team colours	[29]
Detroit Cougars	Glentoran FC	Tiger Stadium	Detroit	United States	Creation of club	[30]
Donegal Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Donegal Celtic Park	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[31]
Essendon Royals SC	US Triestina	Clifton Park	Essendon, Melbourne	Australia	Creation of club and first name until 1983[32]	[33]
Everton de Viña del Mar	Everton FC	Estadio Sausalito	Viña del Mar	Chile	Creation of club	[34]
Forest Green Rovers FC	FC Barcelona	The New Lawn	Nailsworth	England	Change of crest design (2009-2011)	[35]
Gungahlin United FC	Juventus FC	Gungahlin Enclosed Oval	Gungahlin	Australia	First name and first kit colour until 2005	[36]
Hobart Harlequins	Harlequin FC	Rugby Park	Cornelian Bay	Australia	Change of kit colour	[37]
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[38]
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	[39]
J. Malucelli Futebol	SC Corinthians Paulista	Eco-Estádio Janguito Malucell	Curitiba	Brazil	Change of crest design, first name and first kit colour (2009-2012)	[40]
AC Juventus	Juventus FC	Estádio José de Melo	Rio Branco, Acre	Brazil	Creation of club and first name	[41]
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	[42]
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)[43] Change of first kit colour in 1930 (Torino)[44]
CS Juventus Bucureşti	Juventus FC	Stadionul Juventus	Bucharest	Romania	Crest design	[45]
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	[46]
SS Juventus Roma	Juventus FC	Campo della Farnesina	Rome	Italy	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[47]
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	[48]
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)	[49]
Juventus Futebol Clube	Juventus FC	Estádio João Francisco dos Santos	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[50]
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	[51]
Juventus Orange Walk	Juventus FC	Orange Walk People's Stadium	Orange Walk	Belize	Creation of club, first name and first kit colour	[52]
Launceston City FC	Juventus FC	Mitsubishi Park	Tasmania	Australia	Change of first name (1958-1997) and first kit colour in 1958	[53]
Leeds United AFC	Real Madrid CF	Elland Road	Leeds	England	Change of first kit colour in 1960	[54]
Liverpool Fútbol Club	Liverpool FC	Estadio Belvedere	Montevideo	Uruguay	Creation of club	[55]
Lurgan Celtic FC	Celtic FC	Knockrammer Park	Lurgan	Northern Ireland	Creation of club	[56]
SSD Massese	Juventus FC	Stadio degli Oliveti	Massa	Italy	Change of crest design and first kit colour in 1944	[57]
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	[58]
Mighty Blackpool FC	Blackpool FC	National Stadium	Freetown	Sierra Leone	Change of name in 1954	[59]
Ocean City Nor'easters	Reading FC	Carey Stadium	Ocean City	United States	Change of first name, crest design and first kit colour (2008-2010)	[60]
Olympiakos Nicosia	Olympiakos FC	GSP Stadium	Nicosia	Cyprus	Creation of club	[61]
SE Palmeirinha	SE Palmeiras	Estádio Vila Formosa	Porto Ferreira	Brazil	Creation of club	[16]
FK Partizan	Juventus FC	Partizan Stadium	Belgrade	Serbia	Change of first kit colour in 1957	[62]
CA Peñarol de Mar del Plata	CA Peñarol	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas	Mar del Plata	Argentina	First name	[63]
Petare FC	Deportivo Italia	Estadio Olímpico de la UCV	Caracas	Venezuela	First kit colour until 2015
SE River Plate	CA River Plate	Estádio Idalito Oliveira	Carmópolis	Brazil	Crest and first kit colour	[64]
Real Madrid CF	Corinthian FC	Estadio Santiago Bernabéu	Madrid	Spain	First kit colour	[65]
Real Salt Lake	Real Madrid CF	Rio Tinto Stadium	Sandy, Utah	United States	First name. The club has a partnership with the Spanish team for the development of the youth academy[66]
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	[67]
Santos Football Club	Santos FC	Providence Stadium	Georgetown	Guyana	Crest design and first kit colour	[68]
Santos Futebol Clube	Santos FC	Estádio Municipal Glicério Marques	Macapá, Amapá	Brazil	Crest design and first kit colour	[69]
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	[70]
South Humber Rabbitohs	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Grimsby RUFC	Lincolnshire	England	iconographic design and first kit colour
St. Catharines Wolves	AS Roma	Club Roma Stadium	St. Catharines	Canada	Creation of club, crest design and first kit colour	[71]
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)	[72]
Tauro FC	Juventus FC	Estadio Rommel Fernández	Panama City	Panama	Creation of club and first kit colour	[73]
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[74]	[75]
AD Vasco da Gama	Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama	Estádio José de Melo	Rio Branco	Brazil	Creation of club	[76]
Wycombe Wanderers FC	Wanderers FC	Adams Park	High Wycombe	England	Creation of club	[77]

See also

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

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