This is the complete list of all active sugar daddy clubs in Football Manager 2023.
Sugar Daddy refers to the club's chairperson. Clubs with such rich chairpersons (formerly 'chairmen') at the helm stand a much better chance of receiving budget injections from time to time, depending on the occasion.
Date of first publication: 5 November 2022
A Sugar Daddy chairperson doesn't guarantee that you'll always have ridiculous amounts of money to spend on transfers. You might as well manage a sugar daddy club and get close to zero transfer budget. However, they will supply more money than the average chairperson if needed or to reward your good performance.
Club reputation gets a boost as well, so you might find less players wanting to leave for a bigger club. However, this has a bigger effect when smaller teams get tycoon takeovers in-game so they can attract the players to spend their money on.
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Sugar Daddy Types
There are 4 types of sugar daddy chairpersons, as explained below.
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Foreground - Will throw money at the club to spend until he leaves. Background - Will spend enough to make them a force in their current league but if they go up a level or two it would no longer apply. Underwriter - Won't give you any extra transfer budget but come the end of the season they will always cover any loss the club is making and not expect the money back. Underwriter (Expects Returns) - Similar to "Underwriter" but expects the money back. |
For example, if you spent the entire transfer budget at R. Madrid (no sugar daddy) you'd have to re-earn it, but if you do the same at PSG (foreground sugar daddy) the chairman will just pump more money into the club.
Bankruptcy for sugar daddy clubs is highly unlikely. But don't go overboard with your expenses. Bad financial management can lead to severe debt situation for your club, which could result in going into administration. And there's always the possibility for the sugar daddy chairman leaving the club.
FM 2023 Foreground Sugar Daddy Clubs
| Name | Nat |
|---|---|
| Man City |  |
| Newcastle | |
| AS Monaco |  |
| Paris SG | |
| Al-Shabab (KSA) |  |
| Almería |  |
| Lugano |  |
| Grasshoppers | |
| Shakhtar |  |
| LA Galaxy |  |
| Hertha BSC |  |
| Alverca |  |
| Lusitânia Lourosa | |
| Al-Ahli (KSA) | |
| Al-Hilal (KSA) | |
| Al-Sadd |  |
| Al-Arabi | |
| Al-Nassr (KSA) | |
| Al-Ittihad | |
| Ulsan |  |
| Jeonbuk | |
| Al-Wahda (UAE) |  |
| Al-Jazira (UAE) | |
| Al-Ain | |
| Al-Gharafa | |
| Al-Jaish (QAT) | - |
| Johor DT |  |
| SH Port |  |
| Al-Duhail | |
| Shabab Al-Ahli | |
| Toronto FC | |
| Atlanta United | |
| LAFC | |
| Wieczysta Kraków |  |
| Estrela da Amadora SAD | |
FM23 Background Sugar Daddy Clubs
| Name | Nat |
|---|---|
| O'Higgins |  |
| Universidad de Chile | |
| Beijing | |
| Shelbourne |  |
| Sunderland | |
| Wolves | |
| Wrexham | |
| AEK |  |
| Olympiacos | |
| PAOK | |
| Xanthi | |
| FC Utrecht |  |
| Osaka AC |  |
| Okayama FC | |
| Saitama UTD | |
| Giurare Yokohama | |
| Belenenses | |
| Salgueiros | |
| Queen's Park |  |
| F.C. Andorra | |
| Sion | |
| Zürich | |
| Lausanne | |
| Neuchâtel Xamax | |
| Samsunspor |  |
| Famalicão | |
| PTM | |
| Atlante |  |
| Esteghlal |  |
| Persepolis | |
| South China |  |
| Yverdon | |
| Selangor | |
| Suwon | |
| Pohang | |
| Eyüpspor | |
| Pendikspor | |
| Busan | |
| Zhejiang | |
| Eastern | |
| Kitchee | |
| Kuwait SC |  |
| Qadsia | |
| Kazma | |
| Kedah | |
| Kelantan | |
| Pahang | |
| Al-Ettifaq | |
| Al-Wasl | |
| Al-Nasr (UAE) | |
| Stade Lausanne-Ouchy | |
| Stade Nyonnais | |
| Schaffhausen | |
| YF Juventus | |
| Rapperswil | |
| Adana D.S. | |
| Al-Qadsiah | |
| Panachaiki | |
| Al-Rayyan | |
| Ibiza | |
| Salford | |
| TP Mazembe |  |
| Sepahan | |
| DPMM |  |
| Binh Duong |  |
| Suphanburi |  |
| Chonburi | |
| Dorados | |
| Baniyas | |
| Al-Taawoun | |
| Al-Fateh | |
| Al-Faisaly (KSA) | |
| Fylde | |
| Pyramids |  |
| Felda Utd | |
| Bangkok Utd | |
| Muangthong Utd | |
| Yangon Utd |  |
| Buriram Utd | |
| CD Rongcheng | |
| Kunshan | |
| LC Sailors | |
| Bodrumspor | |
| Manisa FK | |
| Bunyodkor |  |
| Berco SC | |
| Black Stars | |
| Cancún | |
| Länk FC Vilaverdense | |
FM 23 Underwriter Sugar Daddy Clubs
| Name | Nat |
|---|---|
| ATM |  |
| BOT | |
| BRA | |
| CEC | |
| Colo Colo | |
| SH Shenhua | |
| Derry City | |
| Dundalk | |
| Bournemouth | |
| Aston Villa | |
| Blackburn | |
| Brentford | |
| Bristol City | |
| Cardiff | |
| Charlton | |
| Chelsea | |
| Chorley | |
| Crawley | |
| Dag & Red | |
| Derby | |
| Everton | |
| Fulham | |
| Gloucester | |
| Huddersfield | |
| Leicester | |
| Middlesbrough | |
| Millwall | |
| Plymouth | |
| Portsmouth | |
| Preston | |
| QPR | |
| Reading | |
| Rotherham | |
| Sheff Utd | |
| Sheff Wed | |
| Southampton | |
| Stoke | |
| Watford | |
| West Brom | |
| West Ham | |
| York | |
| HJK |  |
| KuPS | |
| OGC Nice | |
| Rennes | |
| Aris | |
| Kavala | |
| Levadeiakos | |
| OFI | |
| Vitesse | |
| Maccabi Tel-Aviv |  |
| Sakai FC | |
| Hamamatsu Rafale | |
| Funabashi Bandits | |
| Nagoya Stolz | |
| Kyoto Mantis | |
| FC Hiroshima | |
| Ballena Shizuoka | |
| Monterrey | |
| León | |
| Lame |  |
| Dinamo Moscow |  |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | |
| Spartak Moscow | |
| Alloa | |
| Queen of Sth | |
| Ross County | |
| Home Utd | - |
| Sembawang | |
| Tampines | |
| Woodlands | |
| Young Boys | |
| Luzern | |
| Servette | |
| Beşiktaş | |
| Fenerbahçe | |
| Galatasaray | |
| Trabzonspor | |
| Toluca | |
| Tigres | |
| Atlas | |
| Santos Laguna | |
| Sabah | |
| Jurong | |
| Gombak Utd | |
| Al-Wehda | |
| Gimcheon | |
| Jeonnam | |
| Jeju | |
| Kobe Leone | |
| Niigata Unicorn | |
| Sendai Lumiere FC | |
| Higashiosaka Rosa | |
| Kitakyusyu Blanco | |
| Hachioji Tigre | |
| Haverfordwest |  |
| Pachuca | |
| Tanjong Pagar | |
| IFK Mariehamn | |
| Kallithea | |
| Atromitos | |
| Başakşehir FK | |
| Kasımpaşa | |
| Torpedo Moscow | |
| Daejeon | |
| Seoul | |
| August First | |
| HKFC | |
| Osotspa | - |
| Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya |  |
| Al-Zawra'a | |
| Al-Faisaly |  |
| Wehdat | |
| Eroil | |
| Al-Suwaig |  |
| Dhofar | |
| Al-Orouba | |
| Khaan Khuns Erchim | |
| New Radiant |  |
| Kuala Lumpur | |
| Melaka | |
| N. Sembilan | |
| Perlis | |
| Terengganu | |
| Perak | |
| Al-Wakrah | |
| Al-Shamal | |
| Al-Riyadh | |
| Al-Raed | |
| Al-Shorta (SYR) |  |
| Al-Muhafaza | |
| Al-Karamah | |
| Al-Jaish (SYR) | |
| Tijuana | |
| Asan FC | |
| Abahani KC (D) |  |
| MK Dons | |
| Seongnam | |
| Asteras Tripolis | |
| Yamaga | |
| Hoffenheim | |
| Niigata Unicorn (Singapore) | |
| Al-Sailiya | |
| Paya Lebar | - |
| Al-Kharitiyath | |
| Al-Diriyah | |
| Umm-Salal | |
| Al-Markhiya | |
| Al-Mesaimeer | |
| Al-Shahaniya | |
| Muaither | |
| Kanbawza | - |
| Sarawak | |
| Penang | |
| Winterthur | |
| FC Inter | |
| Veroia | |
| Kalamata | |
| Zenit | |
| Buxton | |
| Harrogate | |
| Brackley | |
| Ebbsfleet | |
| Fleetwood | |
| Tatung |  |
| Taipower | |
| Geylang Int. | |
| Al-Shoulla | |
| Muktijoddha SKC | |
| Abahani KC (CTG) | |
| Mohun Bagan | - |
| Tractor | |
| April 25 |  |
| Lucky Mile | |
| Qatar SC | |
| Guam Shipyard |  |
| Al-Diwaniya | |
| Maziya SRC | |
| Al-Khor | |
| Kaya |  |
| Daegu | |
| Suwon FC | |
| Incheon | |
| Gyeongnam | |
| Balestier | |
| Young Lions | |
| Hapoel Ramat-Gan | |
| Kiryat-Shmona | |
| Al-Khaleej (KSA) | |
| Hajer | |
| Al-Nahda | |
| Ohod | |
| Al-Hazem | |
| Al-Orobah | |
| Najran | |
| Al-Fayha | |
| Al-Batin | |
| Damac | |
| South Shields | |
| Altınordu | |
| Sporting Afrique | - |
| Al-Mujazzal | |
| Al-Nojoom | |
| Al-Jeel | |
| BJ IT | |
| PBDKT | - |
| Super Reds | - |
| Naft Tehran | |
| Bangkok Glass | - |
| Yadanarbon | |
| Zeyar Shwe Myay | |
| Chao Pak Kei |  |
| Hougang Utd | |
| HeB Zhuoao | - |
| Global | |
| Sheikh Jamal | |
| Stallion | |
| NAPA Rovers FC | |
| PKNP | - |
| Warriors FC | |
| Ceres (PHÍ) | - |
| Chanthabouly |  |
| KCC | |
| Al-Ain FC | |
| Benfica Laulara |  |
| NTUS | |
| Police Tero | |
| Meralco | - |
| Saif SC | |
| QHD BSU | |
| China Football College | |
| BJ BSU | |
| Spennymoor | |
| SJK | |
| DL Pro | |
| Alebrijes | |
| FC Juárez | |
| Waterford | |
| Lysekloster |  |
| Krasnodar | |
| Sochi | |
| Gangwon | |
| Bucheon 1995 | |
| Gwangju | |
| Anyang | |
| Seoul E-Land | |
| Ansan | |
| Intercity | |
| Seattle | |
| NYCFC | |
| RB Leipzig | |
| Mazatlán | |
| Krybas | |
| 2001 China NYT | - |
| CD Tanghu | |
FM 2023 Underwriter (Expects Return) Sugar Daddy Clubs
| Name | Nat |
|---|---|
| Guangzhou | |
| Tianjin | |
| Morelia | |
| Chongqing | - |
| Shenzhen | |
| Shandong | |
| BJ San'gao | |
| Changchun | |
| Xinjiang | - |
| Henan | |
| Locomotive (CHN) | |
| JX Beidamen | |
| HB Youth | |
| BJ Baxy | |
| BJ Youth | |
| Meizhou | |
| LN SY Urban | |
| ShaanX Chang'an | |
| SQL Football School | |
| HuB Istar | |
| SC Jiuniu | |
| WH Three Towns | |
| BJ Dongcheng | |
| Mineros | |
| GZ City | |
| CZ Mighty Lions | |
| HLJ Ice City | |
| YB Sport School | |
| ZH Qin'ao | |
| SC Tianfu | |
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Discussion: Football Manager 2023 Sugar Daddy Clubs
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I had a 3 year save with them already, it was a real struggle financially...