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The new Premier League season is just around the corner and with it comes the return of fantasy football.
Arsenal’s clash with Crystal Palace on August 5 marks the start of the campaign and means millions of fans across the globe will be worried about their hand-picked line-ups once again.
But it is not just selecting 11 players that causes fantasy footballers lovers headaches — coming up with the best team name for the season is equally important.
What is fantasy football?
Fantasy football gives fans across the globe the chance to put their knowledge to the test and try to assemble the best side possible.
With most versions of the game, once you have set up a profile, you are handed a set budget and have to select a squad of 15 players to score points for you.
Each player in the Premier League is given a value based on how many points they are likely to score, with each team requiring a set number in each area of the pitch.
Players score points for goals, assists, clean sheets and man-of-the-match performances and you can set up leagues to compete against your friends.
On top of the regular points, there are many different boosts available throughout the season to try and maximise the number of points you score.
And with transfers allowed every week and the ever-changing values of players, it is a challenging way to get even more involved in your favourite sport.
When does the fantasy season kick off?
The fantasy season kicks off at the same time as the Premier League campaign — when Crystal Palace host Arsenal at 8pm on Friday, August 5.
In this instance, you will have until 6.30pm that evening to pick your side for the opening gameweek.
Where do I go to set up my team?
There are many fantasy football offerings in the United Kingdom but the most popular is the Premier League’s official competition.
You can get started on your Fantasy Premier League team right here as you choose your 15 players, design your kit and decide what your side will be called.
What does the overall winner get?
The 2021-22 Fantasy Premier League season saw Jamie Pigott crowned the best in the world.
His Futbol Is Life 🙂 team won a grand total of 2,844 points — a record-breaking sum that saw him beat nine million other players.
Pigott’s prize was a seven-night break in the UK, including VIP hospitality at two 2022-23 Premier League matches, travel and accommodation, a Hublot connected watch, a copy of FIFA 22 and a games console, a Nike jacket and an FPL goodie bag.
Top 100 Fantasy Premier League names
The classics
ABCDE FC
Occasionally United
Hardly Athletic
Victorious Secret
Game of Throw-Ins
Goals Aloud
Why So Serie A?
Goals ‘R’ Us
Goal of Duty
Club Tropicana Drinks FC
Team-based names
Arse ‘n’ all
Whateverton
Kings of Lyon
If it ain’t Stoke, don’t fix it
Borussia Teeth
Not so Hotspur
West Ham Sandwich
Brian Munich
Ivory Toast
Farcelona
Bilbao Baggins
Pathetico Madrid
Bolton Squanderers
Paris Im-your-man
Leeds by example
AC a little silhouetto Milan
Expected Toulouse
Is Your Motherwell?
Chelsea You Later
Manager team names
Top of the Klopps
Two’s Kompany
Thomas the Frank Engine
Let’s Have a Potter About
Tuchel for School
Sarri, Not Sarri
Conte Me In
The Moyes Are Back In Town
Eleven Hags
Make Mine a Lage
Team names based on current players
Boom Xhakalaka
Fred Up Already
Netflix and Chilwell
No Kane, No Gain
Egg Fried Declan Rice
My Raya Sunshine
Come Digne With Me
Lloris the Hounds
Obi-Wan Iwobi
Lingardium Leviosa
Back of the Neto
50 Shades of Gray
Stranger Mings
You Kane Be Serious
Chicken Tikka Mo Salah
Eze Does It
Bowen 747
Mason Mount Everest
The Vardy Boys
Tierney Henry
Drop it like Diop
Alisson Wonderland
Smith Rowe Your Boat
Two and a Half Mendy
Earth, Wind and Maguire
Red Bull gives you Ings
Areola Grande
The House of Prowse
AbraDubravka
Pain in the Dias
Lallanas in Pyjamas
Game of Stones
Hotel? Thiago
Haven’t Jota Clue
Sterling Silva
Hakuna Mateta
The Moura The Merrier
Botman and Robin
Hanging By a Fred
Uptown Dunk
Luke Kyle Walker
Haalandaise Sauce
Yes Ndidi
On your Ederson
Targett Practice
Snog, Mari, Avoid
Flying Without Mings
Back of the Neto
Heung like a Horse
All the Smallings
Team names based on ex-players and managers
Baked Baines
Crouch Potato
Reality Cech
Making Emile of it
The Neville Wears Prada
50 Shades O’Shea
Keane Learners
Purple Reina
The Wenger Boys
Victory is Beckham-ing
On the Wayne Rooney
