Sports clubs can be dedicated to a single sport.
 The teams and athletes belonging to a sports club may compete in several different leagues, championships and tournaments wearing the same club colors and using the same club name, sharing also the same club fan base, supporters and facilities
Many clubs internationally describe themselves as football clubs ("FC", "Football Club" in British English and "Fuball-Club" in German; "CF", Clube de Futebol in Portuguese and Club de Ftbol in Spanish)

