Your FPL ID (also written as your FPL team ID, manager ID or entry ID) is the number every FPL tool asks you for — and most guides to finding it walk you through opening a browser, logging in, clicking through to a specific tab, and reading a number out of the address bar. That method still works, and it's covered below for completeness — but it's not actually how you should be doing this in 2026. There's a much faster way, and it's the entire reason this guide exists: type your manager name into a search box, and your ID appears. No login, no URL, no hunting.
The Fastest Way: Just Type Your Name
FPL Oracle's free ID Finder tool does exactly one thing, and does it in about two seconds: you type your manager name, your real name, or your team name — whatever you actually remember, since you don't need to recall the exact spelling of anything — into a single search box. As you type, it searches the official FPL manager database live and shows you a list of matching teams to pick from. Find yours, click it, and your FPL ID is displayed immediately in large text with a one-click copy button next to it. That's the whole process. If you already happen to know your ID as a number, the same box accepts that directly too — you don't need to switch tools depending on what you remember.
This works because it's searching the same manager database the official FPL site itself uses for its own search — the tool isn't guessing or fuzzy-matching against a stale list, it's a live lookup. That's also why it's faster than the URL method for most people: you don't need to be logged into your FPL account at all, on any device, to find your own ID this way. If you've forgotten your FPL login but remember your team name, this is actually the only quick way to recover your ID without going through a password reset first.
What Is an FPL ID, Exactly?
Your FPL ID (also called your team ID, manager ID or entry ID) is a unique numerical identifier assigned to your team when you first register on fantasy.premierleague.com. It's how the official FPL system, and every third-party tool built on top of it, identifies your specific squad among the 11 million-plus teams in the game. It's easy to confuse with other identifiers: your team name (“Zlatan's XI”) is just a label anyone can duplicate, and your FPL username is a login credential. Your ID is the only one that's truly unique and the only one analysis tools actually need — though unlike your username, it isn't permanent for life. FPL assigns you a new one every season, which is exactly what trips up returning managers each year — covered in full further down.
How to Find Your FPL ID on Desktop
On a laptop or desktop, your FPL ID is sitting in the address bar the whole time you're logged in. Go to fantasy.premierleague.com, log in, and open the Points tab — or open Pick Team and click Gameweek History. The address bar will then read something like fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1234567/event/3. The number directly after /entry/ is your FPL ID, always 6 to 8 digits. It stays the same no matter which of your own team's pages you're viewing, so you only need to find it once.
How to Find Your FPL ID on the Mobile App (iPhone & Android)
This is where almost everyone gets stuck, and there's a simple reason for it: the official FPL app has no address bar, and it never displays your ID anywhere on screen. There is no "My ID" field to tap, no profile section that shows it. If you've been searching the app's menus and coming up empty, you haven't missed anything — it genuinely isn't there. Here are the three routes that do work, in order of how reliably they work.
1. Search Your Name — Works on Any Phone, No Login
Open the FPL ID Finder in your phone's browser and type your manager name, real name, or team name. Pick your team from the live results and your ID appears with a copy button next to it. This works identically on iPhone and Android, doesn't require the app at all, and doesn't require you to be logged in — which makes it the only method that still works if you've forgotten your FPL password or been locked out of your account.
2. Open FPL in Your Phone's Browser Instead of the App
If you'd rather find it yourself without typing your name anywhere, skip the app entirely and use your browser:
- Open Safari (iPhone) or Chrome (Android) — not the FPL app.
- Go to fantasy.premierleague.com and log in.
- Tap Points.
- Tap once on the address bar at the top of the screen to expand the full URL.
- Read the number after
/entry/— that's your FPL ID.
Step 4 is the one people miss. Mobile browsers shorten the displayed URL to just fantasy.premierleague.com until you tap it, which is why the number looks like it isn't there when it actually is.
3. The In-App Share Option
The app does include a share mechanism that exposes the URL, though its exact location has moved between app versions and platforms. From your Points screen, look for Gameweek history, or a share or three-dot (⋯) icon. Choose Share or Copy link and send the link to yourself — a note, a message to yourself, anywhere you can read it. The link takes the form fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1234567/… and the digits after /entry/ are your FPL ID. If the link opens in an in-app browser that hides the address bar, open it in Safari or Chrome instead and read the URL there.
There's No Share Button in My App — What Now?
You haven't missed it. The share option isn't in the same place across every app version, and on some it isn't present at all — and since the app never shows your ID directly, hunting further through the menus won't resolve it. This is by far the most common sticking point people hit, and it isn't something you're doing wrong. Use method 1 or method 2 above instead: both take about ten seconds, work the same on iPhone and Android, and don't depend on which version of the app you happen to be running.
Find Another Manager's FPL Team by Name
The same search works for anyone, not just you. If you want a rival's team ID to compare squads, a friend's ID to check what they've transferred in, or a well-known content creator's ID to see what they actually own rather than what they said on a podcast, type their manager name or team name into the ID Finder and pick them from the results. Nothing here is private — every FPL team is publicly viewable by ID, which is exactly how rival-comparison and mini-league scanning tools work at all. If you're trying to win your mini-league specifically, our guide to beating rivals with their own squad data covers what to actually do with those IDs once you have them.
Why Did My FPL ID Change for 2026/27?
FPL 2026/27 is now live, and if you're a returning manager, your team ID this season is not the same number you had in 2025/26. Every new FPL season opens registration fresh: managers set up their squad for the new campaign, and IDs are handed out in the order people register and pick their team — starting low and counting up from there. That's exactly why there's a well-known yearly scramble for a low ID the moment the game goes live, with two- and three-digit numbers usually gone within the first minute. Your 2025/26 ID isn't lost or deleted — it simply belongs to last season and won't point to your current squad anymore.
Picture it concretely: say you had your team bookmarked at fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1553825/ last season. Load that exact link again now that 2026/27 is live, and it either shows you nothing, or shows you a completely different manager's team — because that number now belongs to whoever registered for the new season before you did. Your actual 2026/27 team lives at a brand new URL, with a brand new ID, and every tool you use this season — including FPL Oracle — needs that new number, not last year's.
If you haven't set up your squad for 2026/27 yet, head to fantasy.premierleague.com to enrol and pick your team — your new ID is generated the moment you do. Once you have it, the fastest way to actually find the number is still the ID Finder above — just search your manager or team name for this season and it'll surface your current ID, not an old one.
This is one of several genuine changes for the new season — see our full roundup of what's new in FPL for 2026/27, including the position changes affecting 11 players and our plain-English breakdown of the 2026/27 scoring rule changes.
FPL League ID vs FPL Team ID — Not the Same Thing
Your team ID identifies your squad. Your FPL league ID is a different number entirely — it identifies a specific mini-league you're in, and it's what a rival-scanning tool needs to pull standings and rival squads for that league specifically. You'll find it the same manual way: open your mini-league standings page on fantasy.premierleague.com and read the number in the URL after /leagues/. On mobile, the same browser trick applies — tap the address bar to expand the full URL. Don't confuse the two when a tool asks for one or the other — using your team ID where a league ID is needed, or vice versa, will simply return no results, with no error to tell you why. Our full guide to finding your FPL mini-league ID covers the desktop and mobile routes, and why you can't search for a league by its name.
What to Do Once You Have Your ID
Your team ID is the entry point to almost every serious piece of FPL strategy content on this site. Once you have it, compare your squad directly against the top 1k or top 10k template — see our breakdown of what the top 1,000 managers' squads actually look like for what that comparison typically reveals. Feed it into a rank impact scanner to see which of your current players are quietly costing you rank right now — covered in our guide to the players protecting or wrecking your rank. And if you play in a mini-league, the same ID powers a rival scanner that shows exactly how your rivals' squads differ from yours — the full process is in our guide to winning your mini-league using rival data.
You don't need a URL, a login, or two minutes of digging to find your FPL ID anymore — you need your own name and about two seconds. Every guide that still makes this sound complicated is describing the slow way.
If you are still building the squad itself, start with the cheap slots — our budget enablers guide for 26/27 covers which low-priced players will actually start, and which five popular picks will not.
If you're here before a deadline, the next question is usually who to bring in. Our GW6–GW10 transfer targets rank every club's upcoming fixtures and pick out the under-owned players worth getting in early — then plug your ID into the free tools to see how your own squad compares.
The Oracle Takeaway
Finding your FPL ID no longer requires opening your own account, logging in, or reading a URL — typing your manager or team name into a search box gets you there in seconds. If you're on the mobile app and can't see your ID anywhere, that's expected: the app never shows it, so use the finder or your phone's browser rather than hunting through menus.
Three actions to take right now: open the ID Finder and type your name to get your ID in one click, copy it somewhere you'll find quickly, and use it immediately to run a real comparison against elite squads rather than guessing where you stand.
Once FPL Oracle has your ID, it can answer specific questions about your actual squad — captaincy, transfers, chip timing — rather than generic advice. Find your ID and start chatting with FPL Oracle about your real team in under a minute.
Did you know you could just type your name instead of hunting through a URL — or is this the first time you're finding out? 👇