The new Premier League season is just around the corner and with it comes the return of fantasy football.

Arsenal's clash with Crystal Palace on August 5 marks the start of the new campaign and means millions of fans across the globe will be worried about their hand-picked line-ups once again.

But it is not just selecting 11 players that causes fantasy footballers lovers headaches — coming up with the best team name for the season is equally important.

What is fantasy football?

Fantasy football gives fans across the globe the chance to put their knowledge to the test and try to assemble the best side possible.

With most versions of the game, once you have set up a profile, you are handed a set budget and have to select a squad of 15 players to score points for you.

Each player in the Premier League is given a value based on how many points they are likely to score, with each team requiring a set number in each area of the pitch.

Players score points for goals, assists, clean sheets and man-of-the-match performances and you can set up leagues to compete against your friends.

On top of the regular points, there are many different boosts available throughout the season to try and maximise the number of points you score.

And with transfers allowed every week and the ever-changing values of players, it is a challenging way to get even more involved in your favourite sport. 

When does the fantasy season kick off?

The fantasy season kicks off at the same time as the Premier League campaign — when Crystal Palace host Arsenal at 8pm on Friday, August 5. 

In this instance, you will have until 6.30pm that evening to pick your side for the opening gameweek.

Where do I go to set up my team?

There are many fantasy football offerings in the United Kingdom but the most popular is the Premier League’s official competition. 

You can get started on your Fantasy Premier League team right here as you choose your 15 players, design your kit and decide what your side will be called.

What does the overall winner get?

The 2021-22 Fantasy Premier League season saw ​​Jamie Pigott crowned the best in the world. 

His 'Futbol Is Life :)' team won a grand total of 2,844 points — a record-breaking sum that saw him beat 9million other players. 

Pigott's prize was a seven-night break in the UK, including VIP hospitality at two 2022-23 Premier League matches, travel and accommodation, a Hublot connected watch, a copy of FIFA 22 and a games console, a Nike jacket and an FPL goodie bag. 

Top 100 Fantasy Premier League names

The classics

ABCDE FC

Occasionally United

Hardly Athletic

Victorious Secret

Game of Throw-Ins

Goals Aloud

Why So Serie A?

Goals 'R’ Us

Goal of Duty

Club Tropicana Drinks FC

Team-based names

Arse ‘n’ all

Whateverton

Man Titty 

Kings of Lyon

If it ain’t Stoke, don’t fix it 

Borussia Teeth

Not so Hotspur 

West Ham Sandwich

Brian Munich

Ivory Toast

Farcelona

Bilbao Baggins

Pathetico Madrid

Bolton Squanderers

Paris im-your-man

Leeds by example

AC a little silhouetto of Milan

Expected Toulouse

Is Your Motherwell?

Chelsea You Later

Manager team names

Top of the Klopps

Two's Kompany

Thomas The Frank Engine

Let’s Have a Potter About

Tuchel for School

Sarri, Not Sarri

Conte Me In

The Moyes Are Back In Town

Eleven Hags

Make Mine a Lage

Team names based on Premier League players

Boom Xhakalaka

Fred Up Already

Netflix & Chilwell

No Kain, No Gain

Egg Fried Declan Rice

My Raya Sunshine

Come Digne With Me

Baked Baines

Run of the Milner

Obi-Wan Iwobi

Back of the Neto

50 Shades of Gray

Stranger Mings

You Kante Be Serious

Chicken Tikka Mo Salah

Eze Does It

Bowen 747

Mason Mt. Everest

The Vardy Boys

Tierney Henry

Drop it like Diop

Alisson Wonderland

Smith Rowe Your Boat

Two and a Half Mendy

Earth, Wind & Maguire

Werner's Originals

Red Bull gives you Ings

Areola Grande

The House of Prowse

AbraDubravka

Pain in Dias

Lallanas in Pyjamas

Game of Stones

Hotel? Thiago

Haven't Jota Clue

Sterling Silva

Hakuna Mateta

The Moura The Merrier

Botman and Robin

Hanging By a Fred

Uptown Dunk

Luke Kyle Walker

Haalandaise Sauce

Yes Ndidi

On your Ederson

Targett Practice

Snog, Mari, Avoid

Flying Without Mings

Back of the Neto

Heung like a Horse

All the Smallings

Team names based on ex-players and managers

Crouch Potato

Reality Cech

The Neville Wears Prada

50 Shades O’Shea

Keane learners

Purple Reina

The Wenger Boys

Victory is Beckham-ing

On the Wayne Rooney