Introduction
Welcome the to FM26 team guides hub! Football Manager 26 gives us as players so much more in terms of squad management and tactics.
Whatever club you opt to manage will be unique, they will bring their strengths, weaknesses as well as opportunities and threats. Each one has a story for you to create whether that be a rebuild, a youth project or an underdog miracle.
Whether you’re looking for the best Football Manager 26 team to manage or need in-depth team guides, this page will help you plan your next save.
What Are FM26 Team Guides?
So FM26 team guides are detailed guides based on an individual team. These guides will take you through the board and supporter expectations, the squad ability and suggested tactics using the information gathered about the club.
Our guides are designed to help players choose their ideal save, or to help you get started with a club. The ideas shared will be backed by the data and linked together to help you in the future.
Every guide will link the expectations of the club, the squad ability to the strategy that is employed. This will be a good launchpad for any club you start with.
Types of FM26 Teams You Can Manage
There are a number of broad categories that teams fall under. It’s important to recognise where your club is now when you plan for where you want to get to.
Think of the Southampton five year plan for example, they knew where they were and they knew where they wanted to get to. You can’t just say you want to win the Premier League when you are in league one, you need to build to it.
The bottom line is that each team takes a different approach to the last and that’s how we base our FM26 team guides.
Elite Powerhouses
These FM26 team guides are about your title challengers, the teams who dominate the league. This includes clubs like Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Barcelona.
These teams are what they call Super Clubs. They have plenty of history in the big competitions and have the biggest fan bases in the world, well may be not City.
Rebuilds
One of my personal favourites, the Football Manager rebuild challenges. Man United has been a firm favourite for a lot of people over the years. Chelsea, Palermo, St Etienne and Schalke among other teams which have fallen from grace over recent times.
Fallen Giants
Another one of my favourite FM26 team guides are the Fallen Giant guides. These are slightly different to the rebuild challenges as they may be teams that used to feature in the top league, but aren’t there now. This would include teams like Norwich, Barnsley, Swindon and Oldham Athletic.
Can you take them back to the Premier League? Enjoy the journey!
Underdog Projects
In essence these are small clubs that have potential to be great. You could even say they are teams that want to go from being good to being great. This is the biggest step for any team to take like Brighton, Girona, Nottingham Forest or Lille.
These clubs have no desire to compete in the same way the elite clubs do, they want to offer something different. Look at the recruitment of Brighton and Brentford for example, Girona taking it to the Spanish giants or Forest with their style of play.
What You’ll Learn in Each FM26 Team Guide
With each guides we hope that you take something away with you, whether that be a recruitment style, the way we build tactics or even how you set up your squad.
What we will cover with each guide is:
- Club Overview – using the history, finances, facilities, reputation and expectations to formulate a strategy.
- Squad Analysis – key players, wonderkids, squad players and weak spots.
- Tactical Recommendations – formations that suit the squad using the best positions.
- Recruitment Strategy – who to buy, sell, and build around.
- Long-Term Vision – how to create a dynasty within 3–5 seasons
Our FM26 Team Guides go beyond surface-level advice — they blend data-driven scouting, tactical DNA, and Football Manager 26 expertise to help you master every save.
How to Use These Team Guides
So there is a number of ways to use our FM26 team guides, but they are multi purpose. You can use them in their entirety or you can use part of the guide to help you build a FM26 tactic or even for recruitment.
- Before starting a save → pick your team based on challenge type.
- During your save → use recruitment and tactical advice.
- Long-term → use youth development & tactical evolution insights.
So as you can see there are a number of ways that our guides can be used to support you in your journey to build a dynasty.
FM26 Team Guides Library
Here you will find our ever expanding library of FM26 team guides.
| Team | League | Challenge | Link |
| Chelsea | Premier League | Rebuild | Coming Soon |
| Liverpool | Ligue Un | Elite | Explore |
| Man United | Premier League | Rebuild | Explore |
| Arsenal | Premier League | Elite | Explore |
As new FM26 Team Guides release weekly, bookmark this page to stay updated with every tactical breakdown and recruitment plan.
Final Thoughts – Mastering FM26 One Club at a Time
Whatever club you choose to manage their is a story to be told. Whether you want to create youth factory, become a waking giant or a rebuild as a single nationality club our FM26 guides will help you acheive that.
We will be creating even more supporting blogs to help you create the club you envision such as player guides, recruitment guides and even strategy building blogs.
Ready to start your next save? Explore our full library of FM26 Team Guides and turn your club into a dynasty.
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