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This is a list of nicknames of national association football teams.

Europe

Nickname Translation[1] Team
Ararat [2] Armenia
[3]

Kuqezinjtë

Red and Blacks Albania
Selecção das Quinas [4] National team of the five Portugal
La Furia Roja ,La Roja[5] The Red Fury,The Red Spain
Орлови (Orlovi) Eagles Serbia
Wunderteam [6] Wonder Team Austria
Сборная (2008) [7] Sbornaja 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 [8] The Locomotive Czech Republic
Norn Iron [9] Northern Ireland
Oranje, het nederlands elftal Orange, The Clockwork Orange, the dutch eleven Netherlands
Die Nationalelf The National Eleven Germany
Το Πειρατικό (To Piratiko) The Pirate Ship Greece
Portokaloi Cyprus
Sinivalkoiset The Blue and White Finland
The Three Lions England
Tricolorii [10] [11] 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

Africa

Nickname Translation[12] Team
Renards du Désert [13] Desert Foxes Algeria
Palancas Negras [14] Black Antelopes Angola
Les Eperviers [15] The Sparrowhawks Togo
Sokoor Al-Jediane [16] Sudan
The Lone Star [17] Liberia
Les Léopards [18] Democratic Republic of Congo
Les Ecureuils [19] Benin
Les Hirondelles [20] Swallows Burundi
Les Aigles [21] Eagles Mali
Syli Nationale [22] Elephant National Team Guinea
Black Stars [23] Ghana
Les Aigles de Carthage [24] Eagles of Carthage Tunisia
Bafana Bafana[25] 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[26] Lions of the Atlas (mountains) Morocco
Lions Indomptables[27] Indomitable Lions Cameroon
Les Lions de la Téranga[28] The Lions of Teranga Senegal
The Pharaohs Egypt
Super Eagles Nigeria
Super Falcons Nigeria (women's)

Americas

Nickname Translation[29] Team
Les gars de Guadeloupe [30] Guys of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
La celeste [31] The "sky blue" Uruguay
La albiceleste [32] The "white and sky-Blue" Argentina
Auriverdes Gold and Green Brazil
Seleçao The Select Brazil
Canarinhos Little Canaries Brazil
Canarinhas Little Female Canaries Brazil (women's)
La Roja [33] The Red Chile
Los Cafeteros The Coffee Growers Colombia
Los charrúas Uruguay
La Vinotinto [34] The Burgundy Venezuela
Guaraní [35] Paraguay
La mare rojo [36] The red tide Panama
The Reggae Boyz [37] Jamaica
The Reggae Girlz Jamaica (women's)
Los Ticos [38] Costa Rica
Vincy Heat [39] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Soca Warriors Trinidad & Tobago
Spice Boyz [40] Grenada
Sugar Boys [41] Saint Kitts and Nevis
El Tri [42] The Tricolor Mexico
Amarillos Yellows Ecuador
Los Catrachos Honduras
La Bicolor Honduras
The Red, White & Blue United States
Yanks United States

Middle East

Nickname Translation[43] Team
AlSoqour Al kothor The Green Falcons [44]  Saudi Arabia
Les cèdres du Liban [45] Cedars of Lebanon  Lebanon
Team Melli (تیم ملی) [46] The Nationals  Iran
الفرسان The Knights  Palestine
Ay Yıldızlılar [47] Crescent-Stars  Turkey

Asia

Nickname Translation[48] Team
All Whites [49] New Zealand
Blue Samurai Japan
Changsuk The War Elephants Thailand
Football Ferns[50] 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
Greenshirts Pakistan
铿锵玫瑰 The Steel Roses China (women's)

Notes

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

See also

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