In the good old days any self respecting toy shop or department would have had loads of teams to choose from.
1971...1st Subbuteo set, you always got a red & white, + blue & white team in the basic set which I added to with a Brazil & Villa team. Got the self adhesive numbers applied to the teams , scratched the hair off our number 9 & we were good to go. Always found that a decent bit of hardboard beneath the pitch worked wonders for long range shots.
There was only one table top football game worth it's salt when I was a kid and that was Tomy Super Cup Football.