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

Europe

Nickname Translation[1] Team
Հավաքական (Havaqakan) The Selection  Armenia
Odlar Yurdu The Land of Fire  Azerbaijan
Kuqezinjtë[2] Red and Blacks, Eagles  Albania
Selecção das Quinas[3] National Team of the Shields  Portugal
La Furia Roja, La Roja, La Furia[4][5] The Red Fury, The Red, The Fury  Spain
Zmajevi, Ljljani, Zlatni Ljiljani Dragons, Lilies, Golden Lilies  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Бели Орлови (Beli Orlovi) White Eagles  Serbia
Wunderteam [6] Wonder Team  Austria
Squadra Azzurra; Azzurri Blue Team; The Blues  Italy
Les Bleus[3] The Blues  France
Il-Kavallieri The Knights (of Malta)  Malta
Die Mannschaft; Nationalelf; La Aplanadora(In Hispanic Countries); The Team; The Steamroller;  Germany
The Boys in Green  Republic of Ireland
Hrabri Sokoli The Brave Falcons  Montenegro
Repre / Naši Short for Národná reprezentácia (National Team) / Ours  Slovakia
Danish Dynamite  Denmark
Les Diables Rouges, Rode Duivels Red Devils (French and Dutch)  Belgium
Лъвовете The Lions  Bulgaria
Huuhkajat Eagle Owls  Finland
Nároďák [3] The National Team  Czech Republic
Norn Iron [7]  Northern Ireland
Oranje[3] Orange, Clockwork Orange, The Flying Dutchmen  Netherlands
ჯვაროსნები (Jvarosnebi) Crusaders  Georgia
Το Πειρατικό (To Piratiko) The Pirate Ship  Greece
Team GB  Great Britain
The Three Lions[3]  England
The Tartan Terriers  Scotland
Tricolorii [8][9] The Tricolours  Romania
Tricolors  Andorra
Vatreni[3], Kockasti The Fiery Ones; The Chequered Ones  Croatia
Biało-czerwoni[3] White and Reds  Poland
Sbornaya[3] National team  Russia
Drillos Used during the leadership of Egil "Drillo" Olsen  Norway
Blågult Blue-Yellow  Sweden
Nati short for Nationalmannschaft (National Team)   Switzerland
Ay Yıldızlılar Crescent-Stars, Comeback Kings  Turkey
Жовто-Блакитні (Zhovto-Blakytni), Збірна (Zbirna)[3] Yellow-Blue, Selection  Ukraine
Sinisärgid[10] Blueshirts  Estonia
Y Dreigiau The Dragons  Wales
Izlase The National Team (In Latvian) [11]  Latvia
La Serenissima The Most Serenity  San Marino

Africa

Team Nickname Translation
 Algeria ثعالب الصحراء Les Fennecs[5] Desert Foxes
محاربين الصحراء

== Les Guerriers du Désert [12][13]

The Desert Warriors
 Angola Palancas Negras[3] Black Antelopes
 Benin Les Écureuils[14] The Squirrels
 Botswana Zebras[15]
 Burkina Faso Les Étalons[16] The Stallions
 Burundi Les Hirondelles [17] Swallows
 Cameroon Lions Indomptables[5] Indomitable Lions
 Cape Verde Tubarões Azuis[18][19][20] Blue Sharks
 Comoros Les Coelecantes[21] The Coelacanths (A type of fish)
 Congo Diables Rouges[22] Red Devils
 DR Congo Les Léopards[23] The Leopards
 Ivory Coast Les Éléphants[3] The Elephants
 Djibouti Riverains de la Mer Rouge Shoremen of the Red Sea
 Egypt الفراعنة (Al-Fara'enah) The Pharaohs
 Gambia Scorpions[24]
 Ghana Black Stars[3]
 Guinea Syli National[25] Elephant National Team
 Guinea-Bissau Djurtus A species of fox
 Kenya Harambee Stars[26]
 Lesotho Likuena[27] Crocodiles
 Liberia Lone Star[28]
 Libya Greens[24]
 Madagascar Barea[29]
 Malawi Flames[30]
 Mali Les Aigles[31] Eagles
 Morocco Les Lions de l'Atlas (Al Esoud Al-Atlasiyah)[12] Lions of the Atlas (mountains)
 Namibia Brave Warriors[24]
 Niger Mena[32] A species of antelope.
 Nigeria Super Eagles[5]
 Nigeria (Women's) Super Falcons
 Rwanda Amavubi[33] The Wasps
 Senegal Les Lions de la Téranga[34] The Lions of Teranga
 Somalia Ocean Stars[35]
 South Africa Bafana Bafana[5] Boys Boys
 South Africa (Women's) Banyana Banyana[36] Girls Girls
 Sudan صقور الجديان Sokoor Al-Jediane[22] Falcons of Jediane
Nile Crocodiles[37]
 Swaziland Sihalngu Semnikati[38] King's Shield
 Tanzania Kilimanjaro Stars[39]
Taifa Stars[40]
 Togo Les Éperviers[3] The Sparrowhawks
 Tunisia Les Aigles de Carthage[3] Eagles of Carthage
 Uganda Cranes[41]
 Zimbabwe The Warriors[24]
 Zambia Chipolopolo[42] The Copper Bullets

Americas

Team Nickname Translation
 Argentina La Albiceleste [43] The White and Sky-Blue
 Bahamas Rake n' Scrape Boys[44]
 Barbados The Bajan Pride
 Bermuda Gombey Warriors[45]
 British Virgin Islands Nature Boyz[46]
 Bolivia La Verde The Green
 Brazil Auriverdes Gold and Green
Canarinhos Little Canaries
Seleção Selection
Samba Kings
 Brazil (Women's) Canarinhas Little Female Canaries
 Canada Maple Leafs
Canucks
Les Rouges The Reds
 Chile La Roja [47] The Red
 Colombia Los Cafeteros The Coffee Growers
 Costa Rica La Sele The "Sel" (from "Selection")
Los Ticos [48]
 Cuba Los Leones del Caribe The Caribbean Lions
 Dominican Republic Los Quisqueyanos
 Ecuador Amarillos Yellows
La Tri [3] The Tricolour
 El Salvador La Selecta The Selected
Los Cuscatlecos [49]
 Grenada Spice Boyz [50]
 Guadeloupe Les Gars de Guadeloupe[51] Guys of Guadeloupe
Gwada Boys[51]
Les Boug'Wada[51] Creole version of "Gwada Boys"[51]
 Guatemala Los Chapines
La Azul y Blanco The Blue and White
 Haiti Les Grenadiers
Le Rouge et Bleu [49] The Red and Blue
 Honduras Los Catrachos
La Bicolor The Bi-color
La H The Letter H (The initial for Honduras)
 Jamaica The Reggae Boyz[1]
 Jamaica (Women's) The Reggae Girlz[52]
 Mexico El Tri[3] The Tricolor
 Nicaragua Los Albiazules The Whites and Blues
Los Pinoleros Pinol (drink) Makers
La Azul y Blanco The Blue and White
 Paraguay La Albirroja[3] The White-Red
 Peru La Blanquirroja The White and Red
 Puerto Rico El Huracán Azul The Blue Hurricane
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Sugar Boys[53]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Vincy Heat[54]
 Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors[3]
 United States Stars and Stripes
 Uruguay La Celeste [55] The Sky Blue
Los Charrúas
 Venezuela La Vinotinto [56] The Burgundy

Middle East

Nickname Translation[1] Team
Team-e Melli/تیم ملی The National Team  Afghanistan
Les cèdres du Liban [57] Cedars of Lebanon  Lebanon
Al-Azreg The Blue  Kuwait
نسور الشام, نسور قاسيون Damascus' Eagles, Qasyoun's (mountain) Eagles  Syria
تیم ملی‌، شاهزاده‌های پارسی‌[3] The National Team, Princes of Persia  Iran
Ay Yıldızlılar [58] Crescent-Stars  Turkey
Ha Nivheret, Ha Khoolim Levanim,[59] The National Team, The Blues-And-Whites  Israel

Asia

Team Nickname Translation
 Australia Socceroos[3]
 Australia (Women's) Matildas
 Bahrain (al Ahmar)آل الأحمر The Red
 China 万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng) The Great Wall
 India Blue Tigers[60]
 Indonesia Merah Putih The Reds and Whites
Garuda
 Iran تیم ملی Team Melli[3] The National Team
Princes of Persia[61]
 Iraq اسود الرافدين Lions of Mesopotamia[62]
 Japan サムライ・ブルー Blue Samurai[5][63]
 Japan (Women's) ナデシコ (Nadeshiko) Large Pink[63]
 Jordan النشامى (Al Nashama) The Braves
 Kuwait القاعدة الأزرق The Blue
 Malaysia Harimau Malaya Malayan Tigers
 Maldives Red Snappers[64]
 Mongolia Xөx чононууд Blue Wolves
 Myanmar Golden Tiger
White Angels
 North Korea Chollima[5] Thousand-mile Horse
 Oman Red Warriors
 Palestine فرسان The Knights
 Qatar انها المارون The Maroon
 Saudi Arabia Al Akhdar[3] The Green
The Green Falcons[65]
 Singapore The Lions
 South Korea Reds[3]
태극전사 Taeguk Warriors[5]
 Tajikistan تاج The Crown
 Thailand ช้างศึก (Changsuk)[66] War Elephants
 Turkmenistan Green Man
 United Arab Emirates الصقور The Falcons[67]
 Uzbekistan White Wolves[68]

Asia and Pacific Region

Nickname Translation[1] Team
Gorkhali Gurkha    Nepal
All Whites, the Kiwis [69]  New Zealand
なでしこジャパン Nadeshiko Japan  Japan (women's)
Football Ferns[70]  New Zealand (women's)
Tebuan The Wasp  Brunei
Les Cagous The Kagus  New Caledonia
Những chiến binh Đỏ/ Ngôi sao vàng The Red warriors/ The Golden Star  Vietnam
Yoddha-E-Hind Warriors of Hind,Blue tigers  India
The Dragons  China
Greenshirts  Pakistan
铿锵玫瑰 The Steel Roses  China (women's)
Kapuls[71] Tok Pisin for Cuscus  Papua New Guinea
O Sol Nascente The Rising Sun  East Timor

See also

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