List of football club mergers

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This is a list of football clubs created by the merging of two or more clubs. Club mergers may be either true mergers, or amalgamations. In a true merger, club X joins club Y, transferring its members, assets, and liabilities to club Y; afterwards club X ceases to exist. In an amalgamation, club X and club Y transfer their members, assets, and liabilities to a newly formed club Z; afterwards club X and club Y both cease to exist. [1]

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Belgian clubs

Clubs currently in the Belgian First Division A or the Belgian First Division B:

Brazilian clubs

Bruneian clubs

Croatian clubs

Cypriot clubs

Dutch clubs

English clubs

Clubs currently in the Premier League, the Football League or the Football Conference:

Filipino clubs

French clubs

German clubs

Greek clubs

Indonesian clubs

Italian clubs

Japanese clubs

Kazakhstani clubs

Luxembourgish clubs

Portuguese clubs

Romanian clubs

Scottish clubs

Serbian clubs

Spanish clubs

  • Real Vigo Sporting Club itself was created by the merger of Vigo FC and Sporting Club in 1913.

Surinamese clubs

Welsh clubs

Proposed mergers

Dutch clubs

English clubs

German clubs

Indonesian clubs

Irish clubs

Italian clubs

Scottish clubs

Welsh clubs

See also

References

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