List of national association football teams by nickname
This is a list of nicknames of national association football teams.
AFC (Asian Football Confederation)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Afghanistan | شیران خراسان | The Lions of Khorasan |
Australia | Socceroos[1] | "Soccer kangaroos" |
Australia (Women's) | Matildas | |
Bahrain | الأحمر (’Al-’Ahmar) | The Red |
Bangladesh | Bengal Tigers[2] | |
Bhutan | Dragon Boys[3] | |
Brunei | Tebuan | The Wasp |
Cambodia | The Royal Khmers, The Angkor Warriors | |
China PR | 龙之队(lóng zhī duì);国足(guó zú) | The Dragons,The National Team |
China PR (Women's) | 铿锵玫瑰 | The Forceful Roses |
Guam | Matao[4] | |
India | The Blue Tigers | |
Indonesia | Merah Putih | The Reds and Whites |
Garuda | ||
Indonesia (Women's) | Putri Merah Putih | The Reds and Whites Ladies |
Putri Garuda | Garuda Ladies | |
Iran | تیم ملی Team Melli[1] | The National Team |
شاهزادگان پارسی Shahzadegan-e Parsi | Princes of Persia[5] | |
Iraq | اسود الرافدين (Usood Al-Rafidain) | Lions of Mesopotamia[6] |
Japan | サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) | Blue Samurai[7][8] |
Japan (Women's) | なでしこジャパン (Nadeshiko Japan) | Large Pink[8] |
Jordan | النشامى (An-Nashama) | The Brave Gentlemen |
Kuwait | الأزرق (Al-Azraq) | The Blue |
Lebanon | Les cèdres du Liban[9] | Cedars of Lebanon |
Malaysia | Harimau Malaysia[10] | Malaysian tiger[10] |
Maldives | Red Snappers[11] | |
Mongolia | Xөx чононууд | Blue Wolves |
Myanmar | Golden Tiger | |
The White Angels | ||
Nepal | The Gorkhali | Gurkha (Bravery Nepalese warriors) |
North Korea | 천리마 (Chollima)[7] | Thousand-mile Horse |
Oman | Red Warriors | |
Palestine | فرسان | The Knights |
Pakistan | Greenshirts | |
Philippines | Azkals[12] | The Street Dogs[12] |
Philippines (Women's) | Malditas[13] | Feisty Ladies[14] |
Qatar | المارون | The Maroon (Al-Marrun) |
Saudi Arabia | الأخضر (’Al ’Akhdar)[1] | The Green |
الصقور الخضر | The Green Falcons[15] | |
Singapore | The Lions | |
South Korea | 붉은 악마 | Red Devils[1] |
태극전사 | Taegeuk Warriors[7] | |
Syria | نسور قاسيون | Qasioun Eagles |
Chinese Taipei | 福爾摩沙 (fu2 er3 mo2 sha1) | Formosa |
Tajikistan | Тоҷ | The Crown |
Thailand | ช้างน้อย (Changsuk)[16] | War Elephants |
Thailand (Women's) | ชบาแก้ว (Chaba Kaew) | Glass Hibiscus |
Timor-Leste | O Sol Nascente | The Rising Sun |
Turkmenistan | Green Man | |
United Arab Emirates | عيال زايد | Zayed's sons[17] |
Uzbekistan | Оқ Бўрилар | White Wolves[18] |
Vietnam | Ngôi sao Vàng | The Golden Star[19] |
CAF (Confederation of African Football)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Algeria | الفنك Ar Les Fennecs Fr[7] |
Fennec foxes |
محاربي الصحراء Ar Les Guerriers du Désert Fr[20][21] |
The Desert Warriors | |
Angola | Palancas Negras[1] | Sable antelopes |
Benin | Les Écureuils[22] | The Squirrels |
Botswana | Zebras[23] | |
Burkina Faso | Les Étalons[24] | The Stallions |
Burundi | Les Hirondelles[25] | Swallows |
Cameroon | Lions Indomptables[7] | Indomitable Lions |
Cape Verde | Tubarões Azuis[26][27][28] | Blue Sharks |
Central African Republic | Les Fauves | The Wild Beasts |
Chad | Les Sao | After the Sao civilisation |
Comoros | Les Coelecantes[29] | The Coelacanths (A type of fish) |
Congo | Diables Rouges[30] | Red Devils |
DR Congo | Les Léopards[31] | The Leopards |
Ivory Coast | Les Éléphants[1] | The Elephants |
Djibouti | Riverains de la Mer Rouge | Shoremen of the Red Sea |
Egypt | الفراعنة | The Pharaohs |
Equatorial Guinea | Nzalang Nacional | The Nation's Light |
Eritrea | The Red Sea Boys | |
Ethiopia | Walyas | Walia ibexes |
Gabon | Les Panthères | The Panthers |
Gambia | Scorpions[32] | |
Ghana | Black Stars[1] | |
Guinea | Syli National[33] | Elephant National Team |
Guinea-Bissau | Djurtus | The Djurtus (a species of fox) |
Kenya | Harambee Stars[34] | |
Lesotho | Likuena[35] | Crocodiles |
Liberia | Lone Stars[36] | |
Libya | فرسان المتوسط | The Mediterranean Knights |
Madagascar | Barea[37] | A species of zebu |
Malawi | Flames[38] | |
Mali | Les Aigles[39] | Eagles |
Mauritius | Club M | |
Morocco | أسود الأطلس (’Esoud ’Al-’Atlas) Ar Les Lions de l'Atlas Fr[20] |
Lions of the Atlas (mountains) |
Mozambique | Os Mambas | The Mambas |
Namibia | Brave Warriors[32] | |
Niger | Mena[40] | A species of antelope. |
Nigeria | Super Eagles[7] | |
Nigeria (Women's) | Super Falcons | |
Rwanda | Amavubi[41] | The Wasps |
São Tomé and Príncipe | Seleção dos Falcões e Papagaios | The Falcons and Parrots Team |
Senegal | Les Lions de la Téranga[42] | The Lions of Teranga |
Seychelles | The Pirates | |
Sierra Leone | The Leone Stars | |
Somalia | Ocean Stars[43] | |
South Africa | Bafana Bafana[7] | Boys Boys |
South Africa (Women's) | Banyana Banyana[44] | Girls Girls |
South Sudan | Bright Star | |
Sudan | صقور الجديان (Sokoor ’Al-Jediane)[30] | Falcons of Jediane |
Nile Crocodiles[45] | ||
Swaziland | Sihalngu Semnikati[46] | King's Shield |
Tanzania | Kilimanjaro Stars[47] | |
Taifa Stars[48] | ||
Togo | Les Éperviers[1] | The Sparrowhawks |
Tunisia | نسور قرطاج Ar Les Aigles de Carthage Fr[1] |
Eagles of Carthage |
Uganda | Cranes[49] | |
Zimbabwe | The Warriors[32] | |
Zambia | Chipolopolo[50] | The Copper Bullets |
CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Bahamas | Rake & Scrape Boys[51] | |
Barbados | Bajan Pride | |
Belize | Beliceños | Belizeans |
Jaguars | ||
Bermuda | Gombey Warriors[52] | |
British Virgin Islands | Nature Boyz[53] | |
Canada | Canucks | |
Les Rouges | The Reds | |
The Flying Moose | ||
Costa Rica | Los Ticos | The Costa Ricans |
La Sele | Shortening of "The Selection" (In Spanish) | |
Los Matacampeones | The Champion Killers | |
Cuba | Los Leones del Caribe | The Caribbean Lions |
Dominican Republic | Los Quisqueyanos | The Dominicans |
El Salvador | La Selecta | The Selected |
Los Cuscatlecos[54] | ||
Grenada | Spice Boyz[55] | |
Guadeloupe | Les Gars de Guadeloupe[56] | Guys of Guadeloupe |
Gwada Boys[56] | ||
Les Boug'Wada[56] | Creole version of "Gwada Boys"[56] | |
Guatemala | Los Chapines | The Guatemalans |
La Azul y Blanco | The Blue & White | |
Guyana | Golden Jaguars | |
Haiti | Les Grenadiers | The Soldiers |
Le Rouge et Bleu[54] | The Red & Blue | |
Honduras | Los Catrachos | The Hondurans |
La Bicolor | The Bi-color | |
La H | The Letter H (The initial for Honduras) | |
Jamaica | Reggae Boyz | |
Jamaica (Women's) | Reggae Girlz[57] | |
Mexico | El Tri | from "Tricolor" |
Los Manitos | The Manitos | |
Nicaragua | Los Albiazules | The Whites & Blues |
Los Pinoleros | Pinole makers | |
La Azul y Blanco | The Blue & White | |
Panama | La Marea Roja | The Red Tide |
Puerto Rico | El Huracán Azul | The Blue Hurricane |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Sugar Boys[58] | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Vincy Heat[59] | |
Suriname | De Natio | Shortening of "National Selection" (In Dutch) |
Suriboys | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | Soca Warriors[1] | |
United States | Stars & Stripes[60] | |
The Yanks[61] | ||
The Outlaws |
CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Argentina | La Albiceleste[62] | The White and Sky-Blue |
Los Gauchos | The Cowboys | |
Bolivia | La Verde | The Green |
Brazil | Canarinho | Little Canary (reference to yellow shirt) |
Seleção[63] | The Selected (as in a player draft) | |
Verde-Amarela | The Green and Yellow | |
Chile | La Roja[64] | The Red One |
Colombia | Los Cafeteros | The Coffee Growers |
La Fiebre Amarilla | The Yellow Fever | |
La Tricolor Colombiana | The Colombian Tricolour | |
Colombia (Women's) | Las Chicas Superpoderosas[65] | The Powerpuff Girls |
Ecuador | Amarillos | Yellows |
La Tri[1] | The Tricolour | |
Paraguay | La Albirroja[1] | The White-Red |
Los Guaraníes[1] | The Guaranies | |
Peru | La Blanquirroja | The White-Red |
Los Incas | The Incas | |
Uruguay | La Celeste[66] | The Sky Blue |
Los Charrúas | The Charrúas | |
La Garra Celeste | The Sky Blue Claw | |
Venezuela | La Vinotinto[67] | The Burgundy |
El Equipo Patriota | Patriot Team |
OFC (Oceania Football Confederation)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
F.S. Micronesia | The Four Stars[68] | |
New Caledonia | Les Cagous | The Kagus |
New Zealand | All Whites, the Kiwis [69] | |
New Zealand (women's) | Football Ferns[70] | |
Papua New Guinea | Kapuls[71] | Tok Pisin for Cuscus |
UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Albania | Kuqezinjtë,[72] Shqiponjat (Shqipet) | The Red and Blacks, The Eagles |
Andorra | Tricolors | |
Armenia | Հավաքական (Havak'akan) | The Collective (team) |
Austria | Wunderteam[73] | |
Azerbaijan | Milli | The National Team |
Belarus | Nacionalnaya Sbornaya | The National Team (In Belorussian)[74] |
Belgium | Les Diables Rouges, De Rode Duivels, Die Roten Teufel | The Red Devils (French, Dutch and German) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Zmajevi, Ljljani, Zlatni Ljiljani | The Dragons, (Golden) Lilies |
Bulgaria | Лъвовете (Lavovete) | The Lions |
Croatia | Vatreni,[1] Kockasti | The Fiery Ones; The Chequered Ones |
Cyprus | I Galanolefki | "the White and Blues" in Greek[74] |
Czech Republic | Nároďák[1] | The National Team |
Denmark | The Danish Dynamite | |
England | The Three Lions[1] | |
Estonia | Sinisärgid[75] | The Blueshirts |
Faroe Islands | Landslidid | "the National Team"(In Faroese)[74] |
Finland | Huuhkajat | The Eagle Owls |
France | Les Bleus[1] | The Blues |
Georgia | ჯვაროსნები (Jvarosnebi) | The Crusaders |
Germany | Die Mannschaft, Schwarz und Weiss, die Nationalelf | The Team, Black and White, The National Eleven[76] |
Greece | Το Πειρατικό (To Piratiko); Η Εθνική (I Ethniki) | The Pirate Ship; The National Team |
Hungary | Nemzeti Tizenegy, Aranycsapat | The National Eleven, The Golden Team |
Iceland | Strákarnir Okkar | "Our Boys" in Icelandic[74] |
Israel | Ha Nivheret, Ha Khoolim Levanim, Ha Melah[77] | The National Team, The Blues-And-Whites, The Salt |
Italy | Azzurri | The Blues |
Kazakhstan | Kazakhstanskie barsy | "the Snow Leopards" in Russian |
Kosovo | Dardanët | Dardanians |
Latvia | Izlase | The National Team (In Latvian)[74] |
Liechtenstein | Nati | short for "Nationalmannschaft"[74] |
Lithuania | Rinktine | The National Team (In Lithuanian)[74] |
Luxembourg | D’Leiwen | "the Lions" in Luxembourgish[74] |
Macedonia | Црвени Рисови / Crveni Risovi | The Red Lynx" |
Malta | Il-Kavallieri | The Knights (of Malta) |
Moldova | Selectionata | "the Selection" in Moldovan |
Montenegro | Hrabri Sokoli | The Brave Falcons |
Netherlands | Oranje[1] | Orange |
Northern Ireland | Norn Iron[78] | |
Norway | Drillos | Used during the leadership of Egil "Drillo" Olsen |
Poland | Biało-czerwoni / Orły[1] | The White and Reds / The Eagles |
Portugal | Selecção das Quinas[1] | National Team of the "Quinas" |
Republic of Ireland | The Boys in Green / Na Buachaillí i nGlas (in Irish) | |
Romania | Tricolorii[79][80] | The Tricolours |
Russia | Sbornaya[1] | The National team |
San Marino | La Serenissima | The Most Serene |
Scotland | The Tartan Terriers | |
Serbia | Orlovi | The Eagles |
Slovakia | Repre / Naši | Short for Národná reprezentácia (The National Team) / The Ours |
Spain | La Furia Roja, La Roja, La Furia[7][81] | The Red Fury, The Red, The Fury |
Sweden | Blågult | The Blue-Yellow |
Switzerland | Nati | Short for Nationalmannschaft (The National Team) |
Turkey | Ay Yıldızlılar | The Crescent-Stars, The Comeback Kings |
Ukraine | Синьо-жовті[1] | The Blue and Yellows |
Wales | Y Dreigiau | The Dragons |
Former teams
Team | Nickname | Translation |
---|---|---|
Yugoslavia | Plavi | The Blues |
Soviet Union | Красная Армия (Krasnaya Armya) | The Red Army |
East Germany | Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele[82][83] | World champion of friendly games |
South Yemen | South Falcons |
See also
- Glossary of association football terms
- Lists of nicknames in association football
- List of men's national association football teams
- List of women's national association football teams
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