The Cities With the Most Football Teams
The best cities in the world are the ones where you're never too far from a football pitch.
You know there's that urban myth about London (and most other super-cities) about never being more than six feet away from a rat? Yeah? If you swapped out the rat part and replaced it with football pitches, that'd be an even better urban myth.
Anyway, more people in big places usually equals more teams, so here are a 10 cities who claim more than their fair share of football clubs.
10. Mexico City
America and Cruz Azul both play at the iconic Azteca, while Pumas UNAM (glorious kit featured in the above pic) make up the big three in Mexico City's football scene.
9. Cairo
With a population pushing 10 million, Egypt's capital needs a few clubs.
Al Ahly are continental powerhouses, while fierce rivals Zamalek have won the Egyptian Premier League 12 times.
Wadi Degla and Al Mokawloon are the city's two other top-flight teams.
8. Prague
The Czech Republic capital isn't just a good place for beer and a stag do - oi oi, lads. There are also plenty of top division sides to choose from.
Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague are the two big hitters - Sparta being the country's most successful club - but Bohemians and Dukla Prague are also knocking about.
7. Rio de Janeiro
Isn't it great when a city has a stadium as glorious as the Maracana, and that stadium hosts two bitter rivals on the same turf?
Yeah, it's brilliant. As it turns out, Flamengo and Fluminense share that place in Rio.
Top clubs Vasco da Gama and Botafogo also play in Brazil's second biggest city, as well as a whole host of lower league sides.
6. Madrid
Spain's capital also has a shout at being Europe's capital of football.
They have some of the biggest clubs in the world. 13-time European champions Real Madrid play at the Bernabeu of course, while Atletico Madrid are the other giant of the city.
On top of that you have Getafe, Rayo Vallecano, Leganes and more all in the wider metropolitan area.
5. Moscow
Spartak, CSKA, Dynamo, Torpedo, Lokomotiv - yep, there's enough of Moscow to go around for these five Russian Premier League outfits.
Spartak have won the most top flight titles with 22, though CSKA (13) and Dynamo (11) have racked up a fair few themselves.
4. Buenos Aires
One-upping Moscow, Buenos Aires has a massive six top-flight teams: Boca Juniors, River Pate, San Lorenzo de Almagro, Huracan, Velez Sarsfield and Argentinos Juniors.
The rivalry between River and Boca is perhaps club football's most passionate and iconic, while the clubs' two stadiums La Bombonera and El Monumental are equally famous.
3. Doha
The Qatar Stars League is pretty unique in that the majority of its teams are from Doha.
Of the 12 top tier teams for the 2020/21 season, seven are based in Doha - including Al Sadd (made famous by Barcelona legend Xavi).
The remaining five clubs, due to Qatar's size, are all within a short drive from the capital.
2. Istanbul
Over in Turkey you've got the 'big three' teams, namely Besiktas, Fenerbahce and Galatasaray, all clogging up Istanbul.
In total, there are more than a dozen sides in one of Turkey's most vibrant and exciting cities, including Basaksehir, the Super Lig's most recent winners.
1. London
London loves its football. Their are currently six teams from England's capital in the Premier League, three in the Championship, two in League One, one in League Two and many more in non-league.
Among the heavy-hitters are Chelsea and Arsenal - both previously Premier League winners - Tottenham and West Ham.
