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= FC Supermega (German Football Club) = Fußball-Club Supermega is a German professional football club founded in 2022 by owner, chairman, and former coach of 8 years Matt Magee. They currently play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system, following promotion through the 3. Liga and 2. Bundesliga in their 2nd and 3rd seasons of professional football respectively. Since promotion to the Bundesliga, they have consistently sat near the top of the table, never finishing lower than 7th. Added as an expansion team to the 2022/23 3. Liga season, Supermega have experienced a meteoric rise to success, winning all 3 tiers of UEFA European continental competitions in just 4 years of their initial qualification, reaching respective finals in every single year participating. They were also crowned Bundesliga champions in the 2029/30 season, just their 8th season in existence.

Origins
Complications within the lower German football leagues led to several clubs entering administration, leading to an open slot for a team to enter into the Bundesliga ahead of the 2022/23 season. While usually the process of adding a team into the football pyramid is a lengthy process, it was forced to be conducted quickly to ensure that the season had enough teams in order to function. The German Football Association (DFB) considered many options, including several established non-professional German clubs, however it became clear that they lacked the financial backing to sustain themselves even in the bottom rung.

This led to the DFB approaching alternate sources to aid them, one of which included Australian literary author, public speaker, business consultant, sports store owner, and ex-NBA star Matt Magee to entertain an idea. Magee proposed the creation of a brand new team, focusing on his sustained branding of Supermega. Initially rejected, the idea was reluctantly agreed when other deals fell through and the deadlines were fast approaching. Newly appointed president of the German Football Federation, Bernd Neuendorf was keen to resolve this conflict as quickly as possible to best preserve his reputation. Neundorf reported that the entire debacle was “a bad look on German football as a whole”.

Establishment
The club was officially unveiled on 1 June 2022, taking the final slot in the 3. Liga season. The rapid nature of the establishment led to an inability to secure a professional manager, and as such, chairman and owner Matt Magee announced himself as the inaugural manager for the opening season.

While Magee repeated that FC Supermega was aiming to be a sustained club in the wider German football sphere, Neundorf maintained that the club was a temporary solution to a short-term problem. The team was mostly made up of youth talent from lower leagues in Germany, with several older players signing short contracts. Following the leasing of the stadium and appropriate facilities, the club was only left with €1,000,000 total transfer budget going into the 2022/23 season, a substantial amount of which was funneled into the creation of the youth academy and scouting networks across Germany and Austria.

Later Success
On 1 June 2030, the club defeated English champions FC Chelsea 4-3 on penalties after a 3-3 draw to win the 2030 Champions League. The game was not without its drama, with Chelsea winger Thomas Lemar equalising late twice, in the 85th and 119th minute, sending the game to a penalty shootout. The shootout featured 8 missed penalties in a row across both teams, following 6 successful shots. Sir Max Baumgartner saved 5 penalties in a row, with Yeremy Pino's missed penalty awarding them the win, due to vice captain Leandro Morgalla's converted spot kick. This set of consecutive saves was deemed as "one of the greatest big game performances in football history", with statisticians repprting a 0.00248832% chance of 5 saves in a row, given the stakes. This earned him with the colloquial terms of "Saint Max Baumgartner" and "Sir Max Baumgartner", with the latter being enacted officially by FC Supermega.

This win marked FC Supermega as the first team to win all 3 tiers of European competition, the Conference League, Europa League, and Champions League.

Following the Champions League final win, Matt Magee announced he would be stepping away from the role of manager. In an interview he was stated saying he "has achieved everything he aimed to with this team, and wanted to end his chapter on a high." He noted that he would remain the chairman and owner, and would only be stepping down from his managerial role.

Colours and Crest
Owner Magee made it apparent he wanted the team to maintain the yellow colour scheme of the supermega brand, with the red and blue providing compliments. This can be reflected in the home kit and the stadium wide tifo of yellow and blue held up by the fans at every home walkout. Notably, this tifo does not contain any red, despite it featuring prominently on their logo. Magee was quoted as saying he “forgot to order red colour squares” for their opening season, and just decided to stick with it since then.

Stadium
Following its inception, the club began playing its game out of the 12,000 capacity local ground, nicknamed The Haunted Candleshop. Up until 1886 the site contained a divine candle shop, however in August of that year it mysteriously caught fire, and the townsfolk suspected it was the work of spiritual demons. As a result, the large plot of land remained untouched, and blossomed into a thriving football site for amateur players across Germany. In an attempt to capitalise on this growing football interest, the field was transformed into a regulation pitch, with several stands erected in 1952. However complications with finding suitable teams due to remaining superstitions left it empty for most of its lifespan. Despite an official naming of Oktigann Park, the colloquial term became The Haunted Candleshop, and the former term was rarely ever used.

The plot was leased by Magee in 2022 following his creation of FC Supermega, wanting to eventually ensure a permanent home for his club through maintained fan engagement. Doing so, the ground's name was officially changed to The Haunted Candleshop. Due to the limited budget of the club at the time, very little was changed from the stadium to become the home of the club, keeping most of the same facilities and capacity.

Following the success of the 2024/25 season, Magee made an offer to purchase the land on the basis of expanding growth. The club was granted permission to expand their stadium in order to meet minimum stadium requirements for the Bundesliga. Despite the initial stands remaining untouched, the mayor deemed FC Supermega’s historic rise as “the best thing to happen to the area.” and strongly advised towards the expansion of the ground to accommodate for this development. Despite this, a fan poll was delivered to provide an ultimate determination, with overwhelming support falling towards the expansion of the ground.

The new and improved stadium was completed before the commencement of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, increasing capacity to 19,086. Magee regarded that this increase was enough to keep them at a sustainable level in the league, and it would be a great deal of time before it would be relocated or renovated again. The fan poll also surveyed a name change, but the fanbase almost unanimously agreed to keep the name as The Haunted Candleshop, and so despite the upgrade it kept the same name.

Despite prolonged success, with FC Supermega playing in European competition for 4 consecutive seasons, no plans to further upgrade the stadium have been put in place.

Supporters
The supporters of FC Supermega are commonly referred to as Megheads, although the name is also given to the active support deliberating behind the northern end of The Haunted Candleshop. The reach of the club lies far beyond just domestic borders, with FC Supermega containing a strong fanbase in Australia, on account of Matt Magee being the first Australian manager to manage in the Bundesliga. This fact combined with Magee’s frequent use of Australian-born players such as Mohammed Toure, Tommy Middleton, and both Kuol brothers, has resulted in the club being one of the most heavily supported in Australia.

Rivalry
Upon formation, an unofficial rivalry was set between FC Supermega and Dynamo Dresden, however some have argued that this was purely performative and many fans do not regard this as a lasting derby between the two.

An unofficial rivalry formed between the club and Bundesliga giant RB Leipzig, following the club being knocked out of the DFB Pokal by the Bundesliga side twice in their first two seasons. From this point, it became a desire for FC Supermega to overcome the large difference and come away with a result. This gap between teams remained too large, as Supermega failed to win a single game against Leipzig in the first 12 meetings between the sides. (3D, 9L). This only fueled the hatred between the two sides, with manager Matt Magee frequently conveying his distaste for the club on the sideline.

In their 8th season, the curse was broken in shocking circumstances, with Supermega breaking a 12 game winless streak with a 7-0 win away from home against Leipzig. This win was followed up with a 2-0 win in the reverse fixture at home, with the visitors giving a guard of honour to Supermega, as the home side lifted the Bundesliga trophy following the win.

Kit and sponsors
In order to increase brand awareness and fanbase relation, FC Supermega has not changed their kit designs since their inaugural season, maintaining the exact same design and colours across all 8 seasons. Their home kit consists of a blue and red stripe on a bright yellow shirt, emblematic of the Supermega branding as a whole. The away kit features yellow highlights on an all purple kit, and has become synonymous with big games, featuring in all 3 of their European competition wins, as well as their further loss in the Europa League Final.

A third kit featuring a black base with red highlights was also provided for the first season, and has remained as a frequently used kit in away matches. Owner Matt Magee has also maintained not a single sponsor on any of the aforementioned kits, under the premise of maintaining aesthetic quality over additional funding.

Many viewers have noticed and criticised Supermega very eagerly alternating kits, regardless of whether the location is home or away, being no strangers to playing at The Haunted Candleshop in their purple or black strips. Matt Magee has come on record as saying that his colourblindness has often led to a difficulty in differentiating the yellow Supermega kit with some lighter opposition strips, and so frequently puts in special exemption orders to accommodate for these changes.

Notable Players

 * Charlie McNeill
 * Marco Reus
 * Mats Hummels
 * Emmanuel Iyoha
 * Lennart Schmitz
 * Adam Hartmann
 * Kornel Elek
 * Leandro Morgalla
 * Sir Max Baumgartner

Youth Academy
FC Supermega is widely regarded as a team favouring young talent, with youth academies being set up long term across Germany and Australia, with smaller short term development centres being established across the likes of Austria, Japan, and New Zealand. The academy has produced many successful players, both long and short term, including Elek, Baumgartner, Schmitz, and Hartmann.

Retired Shirt Numbers
While nothing has been officially announced by the club, the shirt number held by ex-top scorer Kornel Elek, 33, has not been used since his departure in the 3rd season.

Honours
Domestic

Continental
 * 2029/30 Bundesliga Champions
 * 2026/27 UEFA Europa Conference League Winners
 * 2028/29 UEFA Europa League Winners
 * 2029 UEFA Super Cup Winners
 * 2029/30 UEFA Champions League Winners