diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/src/settings/components/teams/new/components/NameFormControl.jsx b/app/javascript/packs/src/settings/components/teams/new/components/NameFormControl.jsx
index 37c0541ad..4bfea4456 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/src/settings/components/teams/new/components/NameFormControl.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/src/settings/components/teams/new/components/NameFormControl.jsx
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
     placeholder: { id: "settings_page.new_team.name_placeholder" }
 });
 
-const NameFormControl = ({intl}) =>
+const NameFormControl = ({ intl, ...props }) =>
   <FormControl
     type="text"
     placeholder={intl.formatMessage(messages.placeholder)}
     autoFocus={true}
+    {...props}
   />;
 
 NameFormControl.PropTypes = {
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/config/api_endpoints.js b/app/javascript/src/config/api_endpoints.js
index b0837e8d6..6b243daef 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/config/api_endpoints.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/config/api_endpoints.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_ACCOUNT_PREFERENCES_PATH =
 
 // teams
 export const TEAMS_PATH = "/client_api/teams";
+export const TEAMS_NEW_PATH = "/client_api/teams/new";
 export const CHANGE_TEAM_PATH = "/client_api/teams/change_team";
 export const TEAM_DETAILS_PATH = "/client_api/teams/:team_id/details";
 export const TEAM_UPDATE_PATH = "/client_api/teams/update";
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/config/constants/numeric.js b/app/javascript/src/config/constants/numeric.js
index 1ed90ac4d..601d72a10 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/config/constants/numeric.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/config/constants/numeric.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export const ENTER_KEY_CODE = 13;
-export const TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 10000;
+export const NAME_MIN_LENGTH = 2;
 export const NAME_MAX_LENGTH = 255;
+export const TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 10000;
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/config/locales/messages.js b/app/javascript/src/config/locales/messages.js
index c17319fb7..798c7bebd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/config/locales/messages.js
+++ b/app/javascript/src/config/locales/messages.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export default {
       loading: "Loading ..."
     },
     error_messages: {
+      text_too_short: "is too short (minimum is {min_length} characters)",
       text_too_long: "is too long (maximum is {max_length} characters)"
     },
     navbar: {
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/scenes/SettingsPage/scenes/teams/new/index.jsx b/app/javascript/src/scenes/SettingsPage/scenes/teams/new/index.jsx
index 5b5e84f40..b4c4f64df 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/scenes/SettingsPage/scenes/teams/new/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/src/scenes/SettingsPage/scenes/teams/new/index.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { Component } from "react";
+import update from "immutability-helper";
 import styled from "styled-components";
+import axios from "../../../../../app/axios";
 import { Breadcrumb, FormGroup, FormControl, ControlLabel, HelpBlock, Button } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { LinkContainer } from "react-router-bootstrap";
 import { FormattedMessage } from "react-intl";
 import { SETTINGS_TEAMS_ROUTE } from "../../../../../config/routes";
+import { TEAMS_NEW_PATH } from "../../../../../config/api_endpoints";
+import {
+  NAME_MIN_LENGTH,
+  NAME_MAX_LENGTH,
+  TEXT_MAX_LENGTH
+} from "../../../../../config/constants/numeric";
 
 import { BORDER_LIGHT_COLOR } from "../../../../../config/constants/colors";
 
@@ -18,52 +26,167 @@ const Wrapper = styled.div`
   padding: 16px 15px 50px 15px;
 `;
 
-const SettingsNewTeam = () =>
-  <Wrapper>
-    <Breadcrumb>
-      <LinkContainer to={SETTINGS_TEAMS_ROUTE}>
-        <Breadcrumb.Item>
-          <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.all_teams" />
-        </Breadcrumb.Item>
-      </LinkContainer>
-      <Breadcrumb.Item active={true}>
-        <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.title" />
-      </Breadcrumb.Item>
-    </Breadcrumb>
+class SettingsNewTeam extends Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {
+      team: {
+        name: {
+          value: "",
+          errorMessage: "",
+        },
+        description: {
+          value: "",
+          errorMessage: "",
+        }
+      }
+    };
 
-    <form style={{ maxWidth: "500px" }}>
+    this.getValidationState = this.getValidationState.bind(this);
+    this.validateField = this.validateField.bind(this);
+    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
+    this.onSubmit = this.onSubmit.bind(this);
+  }
 
-      <FormGroup controlId="formBasicText">
-        <ControlLabel>
-          <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.name_label" />
-        </ControlLabel>
-        <NameFormControl />
-        <FormControl.Feedback />
-        <HelpBlock>
-          <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.name_sublabel" />
-        </HelpBlock>
-      </FormGroup>
+  getValidationState(attr) {
+    if (this.state.team[attr].errorMessage.length > 0) {
+      return "error";
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 
-      <FormGroup>
-        <ControlLabel>
-          <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.description_label" />
-        </ControlLabel>
-        <FormControl componentClass="textarea" />
-        <FormControl.Feedback />
-        <HelpBlock>
-          <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.description_sublabel" />
-        </HelpBlock>
-      </FormGroup>
+  validateField(key, value) {
+    let errorMessage;
+    if (key === "name") {
+      errorMessage = "";
 
-      <LinkContainer to={SETTINGS_TEAMS_ROUTE}>
-        <Button>
-          <FormattedMessage id="general.cancel" />
-        </Button>
-      </LinkContainer>
-      <Button type="submit" className="btn-primary">
-        <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.create" />
-      </Button>
-    </form>
-  </Wrapper>;
+      if (value.length < NAME_MIN_LENGTH) {
+        errorMessage = <FormattedMessage id="error_messages.text_too_short" values={{ min_length: NAME_MIN_LENGTH }} />;
+      } else if (value.length > NAME_MAX_LENGTH) {
+        errorMessage = <FormattedMessage id="error_messages.text_too_long" values={{ max_length: NAME_MAX_LENGTH }} />;
+      }
+
+      this.newState = update(
+        this.newState,
+        { team: { name: { errorMessage: { $set: errorMessage } } } }
+      );
+    } else if (key === "description") {
+      errorMessage = "";
+
+      if (value.length > TEXT_MAX_LENGTH) {
+        errorMessage = <FormattedMessage id="error_messages.text_too_long" values={{ max_length: TEXT_MAX_LENGTH }} />;
+      }
+
+      this.newState = update(
+        this.newState,
+        { team: { description: { errorMessage: { $set: errorMessage } } } }
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleChange(e) {
+    const key = e.target.name;
+    const value = e.target.value;
+
+    this.newState = { ...this.state };
+
+    // Update value in the state
+    this.newState = update(
+      this.newState,
+      { team: { [key]: { value: { $set: value } } } }
+    );
+
+    // Validate the input
+    this.validateField(key, value);
+
+    // Refresh state
+    this.setState(this.newState);
+  }
+
+  onSubmit() {
+    axios({
+      method: "post",
+      url: TEAMS_NEW_PATH,
+      withCredentials: true,
+      data: { team: this.state.team }
+    })
+      .then(response => {
+        // TODO: Redirect to team page
+      })
+      .catch(error => this.setState({ errorMessage: error.message }));
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Wrapper>
+        <Breadcrumb>
+          <LinkContainer to={SETTINGS_TEAMS_ROUTE}>
+            <Breadcrumb.Item>
+              <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.all_teams" />
+            </Breadcrumb.Item>
+          </LinkContainer>
+          <Breadcrumb.Item active={true}>
+            <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.title" />
+          </Breadcrumb.Item>
+        </Breadcrumb>
+
+        <form onSubmit={this.onSubmit} style={{ maxWidth: "500px" }}>
+
+          <FormGroup
+            controlId="formTeamName"
+            validationState={this.getValidationState("name")}
+          >
+            <ControlLabel>
+              <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.name_label" />
+            </ControlLabel>
+            <NameFormControl
+              value={this.state.team.name.value}
+              onChange={this.handleChange}
+              name="name"
+            />
+            <FormControl.Feedback />
+            <HelpBlock>{this.state.team.name.errorMessage}</HelpBlock>
+          </FormGroup>
+          <small>
+            <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.name_sublabel" />
+          </small>
+          <br />
+          <br />
+
+          <FormGroup
+            controlId="formTeamDescription"
+            validationState={this.getValidationState("description")}
+          >
+            <ControlLabel>
+              <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.description_label" />
+            </ControlLabel>
+            <FormControl
+              componentClass="textarea"
+              value={this.state.team.description.value}
+              onChange={this.handleChange}
+              name="description"
+            />
+            <FormControl.Feedback />
+            <HelpBlock>{this.state.team.description.errorMessage}</HelpBlock>
+          </FormGroup>
+          <small>
+            <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.description_sublabel" />
+          </small>
+          <br />
+          <br />
+
+          <LinkContainer to={SETTINGS_TEAMS_ROUTE}>
+            <Button>
+              <FormattedMessage id="general.cancel" />
+            </Button>
+          </LinkContainer>
+          <Button type="submit" className="btn-primary">
+            <FormattedMessage id="settings_page.new_team.create" />
+          </Button>
+        </form>
+      </Wrapper>
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 export default SettingsNewTeam;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ad2c953f7..0371cd7c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
     "file-loader": "^0.11.2",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
+    "immutability-helper": "^2.3.0",
     "js-yaml": "^3.9.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "moment": "^2.18.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9e8f9b798..c0ce92ca1 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2756,6 +2756,12 @@ ignore@^3.2.0:
   version "3.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ignore/-/ignore-3.3.3.tgz#432352e57accd87ab3110e82d3fea0e47812156d"
 
+immutability-helper@^2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/immutability-helper/-/immutability-helper-2.3.1.tgz#8ccfce92157208c120b2afad7ed05c11114c086e"
+  dependencies:
+    invariant "^2.2.0"
+
 imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"
@@ -2845,7 +2851,7 @@ intl-relativeformat@^1.3.0:
   dependencies:
     intl-messageformat "1.3.0"
 
-invariant@^2.0.0, invariant@^2.1.0, invariant@^2.1.1, invariant@^2.2.1, invariant@^2.2.2:
+invariant@^2.0.0, invariant@^2.1.0, invariant@^2.1.1, invariant@^2.2.0, invariant@^2.2.1, invariant@^2.2.2:
   version "2.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/invariant/-/invariant-2.2.2.tgz#9e1f56ac0acdb6bf303306f338be3b204ae60360"
   dependencies: