The club was founded on 5 March 1891 as a private club.

Mretebi were founded as an openly professional club, the first Soviet club to do so.

James Stephens was founded in 1887 as a hurling club.

Bordeaux was founded in 1881 as a multi-sports club and is one of the most successful football clubs in France.

The club was founded in the 1890s as a club for hunting and fishing.

Founded in 1997 as a food-buying club, the co-op opened its doors in 2001.

It was initially founded in 1877 as a rugby club, but later switched codes to association football.

Founded in 1948 as a multi-sports club, the basketball section was created in 1964.

The Ottawa Senators were founded in 1883 as an amateur club.

Ed Bolden founded the team in 1910 as an amateur athletic club for local young men.