Everything about Forest Green Rovers says green, from its name to its jerseys to the rolling hills of the Cotswolds that surround the club’s home base in the Gloucestershire town of Nailsworth.

But for the last five years, the club’s mission has been to become the self-proclaimed greenest soccer team in the world, at least off the field. It is a vision pushed by the alternative energy entrepreneur who saved the club from financial ruin in 2010, and it is obvious in everything from the solar panels that power the stadium to the robot that mows its chemical-free grass.

Now the club’s mission, and its team, could be headed for a bigger stage. With four games remaining after a 3-1 loss to Aldershot on Friday, Forest Green Rovers is bidding for promotion into the professional ranks of English soccer, the Football League, for the first time in its 126-year history.

“The further up the league and in football, the more impact we are going to have with our message: being the greenest football club in the world,” said Dale Vince, the chairman of Forest Green. “I actually think we already are.”