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List of national football (soccer) teams by nickname

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This is a list of nicknames of men's and women's national football teams.

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[edit] EUROPE

Nickname Translation[1] Team
Ararat [2] Armenia
Kuq e Zinjtë [3] Red and Blacks Albania
Selecção das Quinas [4] National team of the five Portugal
La Furia Roja [5] The Red Fury Spain
Beli orlovi [6] White Eagles Serbia
Wunderteam [7] Wonder Team Austria
Золотые матрёшки (2008) [8] Golden matrioshka Russia
Squadra Azzurra Blue Team Italy
Les Bleus The Blues France
The Boys in Green Republic of Ireland
Hrabri Sokoli The Brave Falcons Montenegro
Bojovni Jondovci The Fighting Jondas Slovakia
Danish Dynamite Denmark
Les Diables Rouges, Rode Duivels Red Devils (French and Dutch) Belgium
Лъвовете The lions Bulgaria
Huuhkajat Eagle Owls Finland
Lokomotiv [9] The Locomotive Czech Republic
Norn Iron [10] Northern Ireland
Oranje Orange, The Clockwork Orange Netherlands
Die Nationalelf The National Eleven Germany
Το Πειρατικό (To Piratiko) The Pirate Ship Greece
Portokaloi Cyprus
Sinivalkoiset Finland
The Three Lions England
Tricolorii [11] [12] The Tricolours Romania
Tricolors Andorra
Vatreni The Fiery Ones Croatia
Kockasti The Chequereds Croatia
Biało-czerwoni White and Reds Poland
Drillos Used during the leadership of Egil "Drillo" Olsen Norway Cilgin Turkler Crazy Turks Turkey

[edit] AFRICA

Nickname Translation[13] Team
Renards du Désert [14] Desert Foxes Algeria
Palancas Negras [15] Black Antelopes Angola
Les Eperviers [16] The Sparrowhawks Togo
Sokoor Al-Jediane [17] Sudan
The Lone Star [18] Liberia
Les Léopards [19] Democratic Republic of Congo
Les Ecureuils [20] Benin
Les Hirondelles [21] Swallows Burundi
Les Aigles [22] Eagles Mali
Syli Nationale [23] Elephant National Team Guinea
Black Stars [24] Ghana
Les Aigles de Carthage [25] Eagles of Carthage Tunisia
Bafana Bafana[26] The Boys South Africa
Banyana Banyana The Girls South Africa (women's)
Chipolopolo The Copper Bullets Zambia
Les Éléphants The Elephants Côte d'Ivoire
The Flames Malawi
Les Lions de l'Atlas[27] Lions of the Atlas (mountains) Morocco
Lions Indomptables[28] Indomitable Lions Cameroon
Les Lions de la Téranga[29] The Lions of Teranga Senegal
The Pharaohs Egypt
Super Eagles Nigeria
Super Falcons Nigeria (women's)

[edit] AMERICAS

Nickname Translation[30] Team
Les gars de Guadeloupe [31] Guys of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
La celeste [32] The "sky blue" Uruguay
La albiceleste [33] The "white and sky-Blue" Argentina
Auriverdes Gold and Green Brazil
Seleçao The Select Brazil
Canarinhos Little Canaries Brazil
La Roja [34] The Red Chile
Los Cafeteros The Coffee Growers Colombia
Los charrúas Uruguay
La Vinotinto [35] The Burgundy Venezuela
Guaraní [36] Paraguay
La mare rojo [37] The red tide Panama
The Reggae Boyz [38] Jamaica
The Reggae Girlz Jamaica (women's)
Los Ticos [39] Costa Rica
Vincy Heat [40] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Soca Warriors Triniad & Tobago
Spice Boyz [41] Grenada
Sugar Boys [42] Saint Kitts and Nevis
El Tri [43] The Tricolor Mexico
Amarillos Yellows Ecuador
The Red, White & Blue United States
Yanks United States

MIDDLE EAST

Nickname Translation[44] Team
AlSoqour Al kothor The Green Falcons [45] Saudi Arabia
Les cèdres du Liban [46] Cedars of Lebanon Lebanon
Team Melli (تیم ملی) [47] The Nationals Iran
Greenshirts Pakistan
Ay Yıldızlılar [48] Crescent-Stars Turkey

ASIA

Nickname Translation[49] Team
All Whites [50] New Zealand
Blue Samurai Japan
Changsuk The War Elephants Thailand
Football Ferns[51] New Zealand (women's)
Harimau Bintang The Leopards Brunei Darussalam
Les Cagous The Kagus New Caledonia
Matildas Australia (women's)
Merah Putih The Red and Whites Indonesia
Socceroos Australia
Taeguk Warriors South Korea
The Lions Singapore
Yoddha-E-Hind Warriors of Hind India
铿锵玫瑰 The Steel Roses China (women's)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ All nicknames taken from What's in a name? Part II unless otherwise indicated
  2. ^ subject to dispute. FC Ararat is one of several clubs in the Armenian Premier League
  3. ^ "Albania Share The Points In Slovenia," 13 October 2007, http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=445653|Red and Blacks
  4. ^ "Portugal's 'Miracle of Stuttgart'," 23 October 2008, www.fifa.com/classicfootball/news/newsid=922941.html
  5. ^ www.furiaroja.org; also known simply as "La Roja"
  6. ^ disputed; Serbian White Eagles is a club team in Canadian Soccer League
  7. ^ disputed; nickname for teams of 1934 and 1938
  8. ^ disputed, not confirmed by www.russiateam.ru
  9. ^ not confirmed
  10. ^ "News in Brief", 13 October 2008, www.guardian.co.uk
  11. ^ "Tricolorii- echipa nationala a Romaniei", www.tricolori.ro
  12. ^ "Tricolorii squad named," romania.worldcupblog.org, Oct. 6, 2008
  13. ^ All nicknames taken from What's in a name? Part II unless otherwise indicated
  14. ^ "Le Maroc en demi-finales del la Can," 8 February 2004, www.afrik.com/article7035.html
  15. ^ "Manucho called into Angola squad," 6 October 2008, news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7655198.stm
  16. ^ "Les Eperviers face au Cameroun, au Gabon et au Maroc," 22 October 2008, www.republicoftogo.com/central
  17. ^ "Sudan defeat proves costly," www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/news/newsid=922931.html
  18. ^ "Liberia's Soccer Lords Search for Peace in Zurich," 22 October 2008, www.theliberianjournal.com
  19. ^ "CAN-Mondial 2010: Les Léopards de la RDC quittent Kinshasa ce vendredi pour Blantyre au Malawi," 10 October 2008, www.radiookapi.net
  20. ^ "From Squirrels to Panthers," 8 October 2008, news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/7659802.stm|Squirrels
  21. ^ "Le Burkina Faso bat le Burundi," 12 October 2008, www.afrriquenligne.fr
  22. ^ "Mobilisation autour des Aigles," 3 November 2008, www.maliweb.net
  23. ^ "Warriors' Destiny Out of Their Hands," 9 October 2008, www.thezimbabweindependent.com
  24. ^ "Ticket racketeering must be tamed," 30 October 2008, dailynews.habarileo.co.tz
  25. ^ "L'affaire de la 'Marseillaise' sifflee vue d'Afrique," Le Monde, 16 October 2008, www.lemonde.fr/sports/article/2008/10/16/
  26. ^ Mbeki sparks Bafana debate
  27. ^ "Le Maroc en demi-finales del la Can," 8 February 2004, www.afrik.com/article7035.html
  28. ^ "Les Lions Indomptales ecrascent l'Ile Maurice (5-0)," 12 October 2008, www.cameroon-info.net
  29. ^ "Insults Awaiting Senegal's Lions," 1 February 2008, www.africanews.com
  30. ^ All nicknames taken from What's in a name? Part II unless otherwise indicated
  31. ^ "Football: la Guadeloupe eliminee en demi-finale de la Gold Cup," 22 June 2007, www.lemaroc.org/sport/article_7259_Football
  32. ^ "Futbol, habilidad, goles," 22 October 2008, www.elpais.com.uy
  33. ^ "La trama secreta de la designacion de Maradona," La Gaceta, 29 October 2008, www.lagaceta.com.ar
  34. ^ "Fecha Redonda Para La Roja," 16 October 2008, noticias.123.cl
  35. ^ "La Vinotinto buscara oxigeno ante su similar de Ecuador," El Nacional, 14 October 2008, http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/detalle_noticia.php?q=nodo/49309
  36. ^ disputed
  37. ^ disputed
  38. ^ "Barnes happy with winning debut as Reggae Boyz coach," Jamaica Observer, 6 November 2008, www.jamaicaobserver.com
  39. ^ "Ticos celebran su clasificacion," 13 October 2008, www.laprensagrafica.com/accion/1156888.asp
  40. ^ "A win over Bahamas sends Vincy Heat through to Trinidad," 25 November 2006, www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000044/004421.htm
  41. ^ "Spice Boyz Hold Martinique to 2-All Draw," Grenada Broadcasting Network, 13 October 2008, www.klassicgrenada.com/index.pl/article?id=8091366
  42. ^ "Sugar Boys draw with Guyana in DCC Round 2," 6 November 2008, www.sknvibes.com/Sports/NewsDetails.cfm/1547
  43. ^ "Are You Ready For Some Futbol?", 2 April 2008, sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/mark_bechtel/04/01/preview0407/index.html
  44. ^ All nicknames taken from What's in a name? Part II unless otherwise indicated
  45. ^ "Qahtani looks to 'do a Zaki'," Emirates Business 24/7, October 25, 2008, http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2008/10/pages/10252008_75330bb4acd14e9eb0c0344a742851e9.aspx
  46. ^ not confirmed
  47. ^ www.teammelli.com
  48. ^ "Turkey National football team (soccer) profile," www.footballdatabase.com
  49. ^ All nicknames taken from What's in a name? Part II unless otherwise indicated
  50. ^ "History of the All Whites". NZ Football. Retrieved on 2008-11-01.
  51. ^ Formerly known as the SWANZ.

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