User:Grover cleveland/List of football clubs in non-Anglophone countries with English names

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{{original research|date=July 2014}} Many association football clubs were founded by British expatriates in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Such clubs were sometimes given names containing English elements. This started a tradition, in some countries, of using English words in club names; such traditions became especially common in Romance-speaking south-west Europe and Latin America.[1] Football clubs whose English names reflect their English founders include A. C. Milan (1899) and Genoa C.F.C. (1892) in Italy,[2], First Vienna FC in Austria,[3] Grasshopper Club Zürich in Switzerland[3] and River Plate in Argentina[4]. Other clubs, although not founded by English expatriates, nevertheless adopted English names: these include Racing Club de France (1882),[5] and FC Barcelona (1899).[6]

For example, many clubs in Portugal have names that include the English words "sport" or "sporting".

The dictatorships of Benito Mussolini in Italy and Francisco Franco in Spain banned English names in football clubs, with the result that many clubs were renamed during these regimes:[7] most teams reverted to their English names after the bans were lifted.

Clubs with unusual or unique English names[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
All Boys  Argentina 1913 Spanish would be Todos Muchachos.
Chaco For Ever  Argentina 1913 Spanish would be Chaco Para Siempre
Newell's Old Boys  Argentina 1905 Named by ex-pupils of the English High School of Rosario in homage to its director and football coach, English immigrant Isaac Newell. Spanish would be Exalumnos de Newell.
River Plate  Argentina 1901 Spanish would be Río de la Plata
First Vienna FC 1894  Austria 1894 German would be 1. Wiener FC 1894
KV Mechelen  Belgium 1904 Full name: "Yellow Red Koninklijke Voetbalclub Mechelen". "Yellow Red" was added in 2002, from the colours on the team's strip. In Dutch, this would be Geel Rood.
The Strongest  Bolivia 1908 Spanish would be El Más Fuerte
Club Blooming  Bolivia 1946 Inspired by the flourishing young people of the club's home city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Spanish would be Club Floreciente.
Sport Boys Warnes  Bolivia 1957 Full name: "Club Sport Boys Warnes". Spanish would be Muchachos del Deporte Warnes.
Olimpic Sarajevo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1993 The club was founded in 1993 as Olimpik Sarajevo.
FC Santa Claus AC  Finland 1993 Full name: "FC Santa Claus Arctic Circle". From the city of Rovaniemi at the Arctic Circle, with its Santa Claus Village. FC stands only for FC. Finnish would be Joulupukki Napapiiri.
Red Star F.C.  France 1993 The club was founded in 1897 and named after the red star of Buffalo Bill or possibly in reference to Miss Jenny, a British governess who was adopted as the godmother of the club, who recommended the club be named after the historic shipping line, the Red Star Line.[8]
Genoa C.F.C.  Italy 1893 Founded as "Genoa Cricket and Athletic Club" with membership originally limited to British citizens. Football section added in 1897, open to Italian. The name was changed to the current "Genoa Cricket and Football Club" in 1898, although it was renamed to "Genova 1893" during Mussolini's regime.
A.C. Milan  Italy 1899 Uses English "Milan" rather than Italian Milano. The latter was used during Mussolini's regime. The Italian pronunciation stresses the first syllable of "Milan".
Windsor Arch Ka I  Macau
Sheriff Tiraspol  Moldova 1997
Go Ahead Eagles  Netherlands 1902 The club was founded in 1902 as Be Quick, although the name was soon changed to Go Ahead at the request of the Dutch Football Association. The suffix Eagles was added in 1971, following a suggestion from the then coach, Barry Hughes. The eagle is the charge in the coat of arms of the city of Deventer.
Sport Boys  Peru 1927 Full name: "Club Sport Boys Association". Spanish would be Muchachos del Deporte.
Old Boys Basel   Switzerland 1894 German would be alte Jungs.
Young Boys Bern   Switzerland 1898 German would be junge Jungs.
Grasshopper-Club Zürich   Switzerland 1886 Founded by a group of expatriate English students. German would be Grashüpfer.
Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo)  Uruguay 1932 Named after the Argentinian club of the same name

Clubs named after Anglophone-based teams or cities[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
Arsenal de Sarandí  Argentina 1957 Named after the English club Arsenal F.C.. For the collection of armaments, the Spanish would also be Arsenal.
Arsenal Futebol Clube  Brazil 1991 Named after the English club, Arsenal F.C.
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista  Brazil 1910 Named after the English club Corinthian F.C. Portuguese would be Coríntios.
Everton de Viña del Mar  Chile 1909 Named after the English club Everton F.C.
C.S.D. Rangers  Chile 1902 Founded by a Scottish emigrant. Named after Rangers F.C. of Glasgow.
Santiago Wanderers  Chile 1892 The name was inspired by the now extinct Valparaíso Wanderers F.C., which was itself likely named after Wanderers F.C.. The Spanish would be Vagabundos.
Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo)  Uruguay 1915 Named after the city of Liverpool (not its eponymous football club), because of the port's trade links with Uruguay.
Montevideo Wanderers F.C.  Uruguay 1902 Named after Wolverhampton Wanderers

Clubs containing the word "Athletic"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
Alumni Athletic  Argentina 1898 Spanish would be Alumni Atlético Club.
Athletic Bilbao  Spain 1898 Official name "Athletic Club". Renamed "Atlético Bilbao" under the Franco regime.
AC Ajaccio  France 1910 Full name "Athletic Club Ajaccio". French would be Club athlétique.
A.C. Barnechea  Chile 1929 Full name "Athletic Club Barnechea. Spanish would be "Club Atlético".

Clubs containing the word "Racing"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
Racing Club de Avellaneda  Argentina 1903 Named after Racing Club de France
K.R.C. Genk  Belgium 1988 Full name: "Koninklijke Racing Club Genk"
Racing Club de France Colombes 92  France 1882 Founded, as Racing Club de France, by a group of running enthusiasts. Also formerly known as Racing Club Paris for many years.
RC Lens  France 1906 Full name Racing Club de Lens, formed by locals who admired Racing Club de France (see above).
RC Strasbourg  France 1906 Full name "Racing Club de Strasbourg". Adopted current name in 1919
Racing de Santander  Spain 1913 Renamed "Real Santander" under the Franco regime.
Racing de Ferrol  Spain 1919
Racing Club de Montevideo  Uruguay 1919

The French equivalent could be Course. The Spanish equivalent could be Carrera.

Clubs containing the word "Sporting"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
R.S.C. Anderlecht  Belgium 1908 Full name "Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht"
R. Charleroi S.C.  Belgium 1904 Full name "Royal Charleroi Sporting Club"
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen  Belgium 1923 Founded as "Racing Club Lokeren". Adopted current name in 2003.
Ceará  Brazil 1914 Full name "Ceará Sporting Club"
Barcelona Sporting Club  Ecuador 1925
Sporting Kristina  Finland 1994
SC Bastia  France 1905 Full name "Sporting Club de Bastia"
Lille OSC  France 1944 Full name "Lille Olympique Sporting Club"
Sporting Cristal  Peru 1955
S.C. Olhanense  Portugal 1912 Full name "Sporting Clube Olhanense"


Portimonense S.C.  Portugal 1914 Full name "Portimonense Sporting Clube"
Sporting Clube de Portugal  Portugal 1906 Widely referred to in English as "Sporting Lisbon". Adopted current name in 1906
S.C. Braga  Portugal 1915 Full name "Sporting Clube de Braga". Named after Sporting Clube de Portugal
FC Vaslui  Romania 2002 Full name "SC Sporting Club SA Vaslui".[9] Most known as FC Vaslui
Sporting de Gijón  Spain 1905 Founded as "Sporting Gijonés". Renamed "Real Gijón" under the Franco regime
Defensor Sporting  Uruguay 1913

The French equivalent would be Sportif or Sportive. The Spanish equivalent would be Deportivo or Deportiva. The Portuguese equivalent would be Esportivo/Esportiva or Desportivo/Desportiva.

Clubs containing the word "Sport"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes


Botafogo-BA  Brazil 1908 Full name "Botafogo Sport Club"
Central  Brazil 1909 Full name "Central Sport Club"
Internacional  Brazil 1909 Full name "Sport Club Internacional"
Paysandu  Brazil 1914 Full name "Paysandu Sport Club"
Rio Grande  Brazil 1900 Full name "Sport Club Rio Grande"
São Paulo-RS  Brazil 1908 Full name "Sport Club São Paulo".
Sport  Brazil 1905 Full name "Sport Club do Recife"
Club Sport Emelec  Ecuador 1929
Sport Boys  Peru 1927 Full name: "Club Sport Boys Association".
Sport Huancayo  Peru 2007
S.C. Beira-Mar  Portugal 1922 Full name "Sport Clube Beira-Mar"
S.L. Benfica  Portugal 1904 Full name "Sport Lisboa e Benfica". Founded in 1904 as "Grupo Sport Lisboa". Adopted current name in 1908.
C.S. Marítimo  Portugal 1910 Full name "Club Sport Marítimo".
Vitória S.C.  Portugal 1922 Full name "Vitória Sport Club". Often known as "Vitória de Guimarães" in order to distinguish from Vitória F.C., also known as "Vitória de Setúbal".
Deportivo Anzoátegui  Venezuela 2002 Full name "Deportivo Anzoátegui Sport Club"
Monagas Sport Club  Venezuela 1987

The Spanish equivalent would be Deporte. The Portuguese equivalent would be Desporto. Sport is the standard word in many languages such as French, German, Danish, Dutch, and Italian, so clubs speaking those languages are not included in this section.

Clubs containing the word "United"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes


Lommel United  Belgium 2010
Incheon United FC  South Korea 2003
Jeju United FC  South Korea 1982

Clubs containing the word "Football"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
América Football Club  Brazil 1904
Coritiba Foot Ball Club  Brazil 1909
Fluminense Football Club  Brazil 1902
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense  Brazil 1903
FC København  Denmark 1992 Full name: "Football Club København".
FC Midtjylland  Denmark 1999 Full name: "Football Club Midtjylland".
FC Nordsjælland  Denmark 1991 Full name: "Football Club Nordsjælland". Founded in 1991 as Farum Boldklub, renamed to FC Nordsjælland in 2003.
FC Vestsjælland  Denmark 2008 Full name: "Football Club Vestsjælland".
Randers FC  Denmark 2003 Full name: "Randers Football Club".
Atlantis FC  Finland 1995 Full name: "Atlantis Football Club".
FC Honka  Finland 1975 Full name: "Football Club Honka".
FC Inter Turku  Finland 1990 Full name: "Football Club International Turku".
Paris FC  France 1969 Full name: "Paris Football Club". In an effort to re-launch professional football in the city of Paris, Paris Football Club was founded on 1 August 1969.
Bologna F.C. 1909  Italy 1909 Full name: "Bologna Football Club 1909 "
Juventus F.C.  Italy 1897 Full name "Juventus Football Club". Founded as "Sport Club Juventus". Renamed "Foot-Ball Club Juventus" in 1899.
Torino F.C.  Italy 1906 Full name "Torino Football Club". The club was known as Associazione Calcio Torino until 1970 and as Torino Calcio from 1970 to 2005.
F.C. Internazionale Milano  Italy 1908 Full name "Football Club Internazionale Milano". From 1929 to 1945, known as "AS Ambrosiana"
Parma F.C.  Italy 1913 Full name "Parma Football Club". Known as "Associazione Sportiva Parma" during the Mussolini years.
AFC Ajax  Netherlands 1900 Full name "Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax".
FC Eindhoven  Netherlands 1909 Full name "Football Club Eindhoven".
FC Groningen  Netherlands 1971 Full name "Football Club Groningen".
FC Twente  Netherlands 1965 Full name "Football Club Twente".
FC Utrecht  Netherlands 1970 Full name "Football Club Utrecht".
Independiente F.B.C.  Paraguay 1925 Full name: "Independiente Foot-Ball Club"
Tacuary  Paraguay 1923 Full name: "Tacuary Foot-Ball Club"
José Gálvez FBC  Peru 1951 Full name: "José Gálvez Foot Ball Club"
FBC Melgar  Peru 1915 Full name: "Foot Ball Club Melgar"
CFR Cluj  Romania 1907 Full name: "Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj"
Syrianska FC  Sweden 1977 Full name "Syrianska Football Club"
Club Nacional de Football  Uruguay 1899

The Portuguese equivalent would be Futebol. The Italian equivalent would be Calcio. The Dutch equivalent would be Voetbal. The Swedish equivalent would be Fotboll. The Spanish equivalent would be either Fútbol or Balompié. The standard French word is also Football, so French clubs are not included in this section. Quite a few Danish teams have taken the prefix F.C., although the Danish word for "Club" is "Klub". This is usually done to signify a club formed as a fusion of two or more smaller clubs.

Clubs containing the word "Kickers"[edit]

Team Country Founded Notes
Kickers Emden  Germany 1946
Kickers Offenbach  Germany 1901
Stuttgarter Kickers  Germany 1899
Würzburger Kickers  Germany 1907

In the German language the anglicism "Kicker" is used as synonym for "Fußballspieler" (football player), but with the German plural form "Kicker". "Kickers" is only used as club name. Since there does not seem to be a model for that in Britain, "Kickers" is a pseudo-anglicism.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Seddon, Peter (2004). Football Talk: The Language and Folklore of the World's Greatest Game. Robson. p. 177. ISBN 1861056834. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  2. ^ Clark, Martin (2014). Modern Italy, 1871 to the Present. London: Routledge. p. 201. ISBN 1317866037.
  3. ^ a b Kassimeris, Christos (2008). European Football in Black and White: Tackling Racism in Football. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 9. ISBN 0739119605.
  4. ^ DaCosta, Lamartine (2014). Sport in Latin American Society: Past and Present. London: Routledge. p. 95. ISBN 1135310106. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Guttmann, Allen (2013). From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 61.
  6. ^ Taylor, Matthew (2013). The Association Game: A History of British Football. Harlow: Routledge. p. 162. ISBN 1317870085.
  7. ^ Kassimeris, Christos (2008). European football in black and white: tackling racism in football. Lexington Books. pp. 20–22. ISBN 0739119605.
  8. ^ Collectif, Red Star histoire d'un siècle, Red Star, Paris, 1999, p.12. ISBN 2-95125620-5
  9. ^ (in Romanian) Romanian Football Federation - SC Sporting Club SA Vaslui


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