Salzburg

Why Salzburg

Here is the argument for Salzburg: Austria, Austria Bundesliga, and a ground called Max Aicher Stadion. A second team should give you something your first one cannot, and this is a different country's whole weather system.

• Old enough to matter

  1933 is the founding date, old enough that the club has survived a war, a rebuild and at least one financial scare, young enough that the good years are still in living memory.

• Loaded cabinet

  10 distinct honours on record, including Regionalliga West. Adopt them and you inherit expectation, which is more fun than it sounds when the trophies keep coming.

• Close to the pitch

  Max Aicher Stadion holds about 1,566. You can hear the defenders shouting at each other, which is the single best argument for lower-capacity football.

• You get a nickname

  Known as {{Plainlist| *Violette (Violet-Whites) *Die Mozartstädter (The People of Mozart'. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.