10 Oldest Football Clubs In The World

10. Wrexham FC (wales) (Established : 1864) 

Wrexham Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales that plays in the English football league system. Based on the club's recorded formation date of 1864, they are the oldest club in Wales and the tenth oldest professional football team in the world. Since August 2011 Wrexham have been a supporter-owned football club.

9. Civil Service FC (England) (Established : 1863 )Civil Service Football Club is an English football club based in the city of London. The club originally played both association football and rugby football and the Civil Service, is one of the two clubs that can claim to be a founder member of both The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union. 

8. Royal Engineers Association FC (england) (Established : 1863)

The Royal Engineers Association Football Club is an association football team representing the Corps of Royal Engineers, the "Sappers", of the British Army.The club was founded in 1863, under the leadership of Major Francis Marindin.  In the 1870s it was one of the strongest sides in English football, winning the FA Cup in 1875 and being Cup Finalists in four of the first eight seasons of the competition, including three of the first four. 

7. Stoke City FC (England) (Established : 1863 )Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863 the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. They are one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888.

6. Notts County (England) (Established : 1862)

Notts County Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an association football team from Nottingham. Founded in 1862, they are the oldest professional association football club in the world. Notts County were one of twelve founder members of The Football League in 1888. The club are known informally as Notts and their nickname is often shortened to the Pies. ved to Meadow Lane in 1910 and have remained there since. They traditionally play in black and white striped shirts which were later adopted by Juventus of Italy in 1903. 

5. Hallam FC (England) (Established : 1860)Hallam Football Club is an English football club based in Crosspool, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. It was founded in 1860. They have played at their Sandygate Road home in the Sheffield suburb of Crosspool since formation, with the ground being officially recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as "The Oldest Football Ground in the World". In 1867 the club made history by winning the world's first ever football tournament, the Youdan Cup.

4. Cray Wanderers – 1860 

Cray Wanderers Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Bromley, Greater London. Based on later reports, the club has a claim to have been established some time in 1860 in the twin villages of St. Mary Cray and St Paul's Cray, near Orpington.Such a date would make it one of the oldest football clubs in the world.

3. Lima CFC (Peru) (Established : 1859)Lima Cricket & Football Club is a Peruvian sports club based in the country's capital city of Lima. It was founded by English immigrants as the Lima Cricket Club in 1859. It claims to be both the oldest cricket club in South America, and the oldest football-practising club in Peru and the Americas.

2. Cambridge University AFC (england) (Established : 1857)Cambridge University Association Football Club is an English football club representing the University of Cambridge. It was formed in 1857 and is one of the oldest club now playing football.

1. Sheffield FC (England) (established : 1857)

Sheffield Football Club is an English football club from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, although now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire. Founded in 1857, the club is officially recognised as the oldest existing club now playing association football in the world.