List of nicknames of national soccer teams

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The national soccer teams of the individual nations are known by their proper names and nicknames . The list gives an overview of the known nicknames.

National team Nickname
Egyptian national soccer team "Les Pharaons"
Albanian national soccer team "Kuq e zinjtë"
Algerian national football team "Les Fennecs"
Angolan national football team "Palancas Negras"
Argentine national soccer team "Albiceleste" or "Gauchos"
Australian national soccer team "Socceroos"
Bahraini national soccer team "Al-Ahmar"
Belgian national football team "Diables Rouges"
Benin national football team "Les Ecureuils"
Bolivian national soccer team "La Verde"
Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team "Zmajevi" or "Zlatni Ljiljani" ( Bosnian-Herzegovinian national football team )
Brazilian national soccer team "Seleção" or "Os Canarinhos"
Bulgarian national soccer team "Lawowete" ( Bulgarian national football team )
Burkinabe national soccer team "Les Etalons"
Chilean national soccer team "La Roja"
Chinese national soccer team "Lóng zhī duì" or "Team Dragon" ( China national football team )
Costa Rican national soccer team "Ticos"
Danish national football team "Danish Dynamite"
German national soccer team "The team"
Ecuadorian national soccer team "Los Tricolores"
English national football team "Three Lions"
Estonian national football team "Sinisärgid" ( Estonia national football team )
Faroese national football team "Landsliðið" ( Faroe Islands national football team )
Finnish national football team "Huuhkajat" ( Finnish national football team )
French national football team "Equipe Tricolore" or "Les Bleus"
Gabonese national football team "Les Panthères"
Ghanaian national soccer team "Black Stars"
Greek national football team "To Piratiko" or "Galanolefki"
Haitian national soccer team "Les Grenadiers" ( Haitian national football team )
Honduran national soccer team "Los Catrachos"
Indonesian national soccer team "Merah Putih" ( Indonesian national soccer team )
Iraqi national soccer team "Usud Al-Rafidain"
Iranian national soccer team "Team Melli"
Irish national football team "The Boys in Green"
Icelandic national soccer team "Strákarnir okkar" ( Iceland national football team )
Israeli national soccer team "Nivheret Hatchelet" or "The Blue and Whites" ( Israel national football team )
Italian national soccer team "Squadra Azzurra" or "Azzurri" or "Gli Azzurri" or "La Nazionale"
Ivorian national soccer team "Les Eléphants"
Jamaican national soccer team "The Reggae Boyz"
Japanese national soccer team "Samurai Blue"
Cameroon national football team "Les Lions Indomptables"
Canadian national soccer team "The Canucks"
Colombian national soccer team "Los Cafeteros"
National soccer team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "Les Léopards" (National Football Team of the Democratic Republic of the Congo )
National football team of the Republic of the Congo "Diables Rouges" ( national soccer team of the Republic of the Congo )
Croatian national football team "Vatreni" or "Kockasti" ( Croatian national football team )
Cuban national soccer team "Leones del Caribe" ( Cuban National Football Team )
Kuwaiti national soccer team "Al Azraq"
Latvian national football team "11 vilki" ( Latvia national football team )
Lithuanian national football team "Rinktine" ( Lithuania national football team )
Malagasy national football team "Barea"
Malawian national soccer team "The Flames"
Malian national football team "Les Aigles du Mali"
Moroccan national soccer team "Les Lions de l'Atlas"
Mexican national soccer team "El Tri" or "El Tricolor"
Montenegrin national football team "Sokoli"
New Zealand national soccer team "All Whites"
Dutch national football team "Oranje" or "Elftal"
Nigerian national soccer team "Super Eagles"
Northern Irish national football team "Green & White Army"
North Korean national soccer team "Chollima"
Norwegian national football team "Løvene" ( Norway national football team )
Austrian national soccer team "Das Team", "Burschen" or "Our Burschen" ( Austria national football team )
Panamanian national soccer team "La Marea Roja" or "Los Canaleros" ( Panamanian national football team )
Paraguayan national soccer team "Los Guaranies" or "La Albirroja"
Peruvian national soccer team "La Blanquirroja"
Polish national football team "Bialo-czerwoni"
Portuguese national soccer team "A Seleccao das Quinas" or "Seleção"
Romanian national football team "Tricolorii" ( Romanian national football team )
Russian national soccer team "Sbornaja"
Salvadoran national soccer team "Selección Cuscatleca", "Cuscatlecos" or "Guanacos"
Zambian national soccer team "Les Chipolopolos"
Saudi Arabian national soccer team "Suqūr al-ḫaḍrāʾ"
Scottish national football team "Bravehearts"
Swedish national football team "Tre Kronor"
Swiss national football team "Nati"
Senegalese national football team "Les Lions de la Teranga"
Serbian national soccer team "Plavi"
Slovak national football team "Repre"
Slovenian national football team "Zmajceki"
Spanish national soccer team "La Seleccion" or "La Furia Roja"
South African national soccer team "Bafana Bafana!"
South Korean national soccer team "Red Devils" or "Taeguk Warriors"
Togolese national football team "Les Eperviers"
Trinidadian-Tobacco national football team "The Soca Warriors" ( Trinidadian-Tobacco national football team )
Czech national soccer team "Reprezentace"
Tunisian national football team "Les Aigles de Carthage"
Turkish national soccer team "Ay-Yildizlilar"
Ukrainian national soccer team "Schowto-blakytni"
Hungarian national football team "Magyarok" or "Nemzeti Tizenegy" ( Hungary National football team )
Uruguayan national soccer team "La Celeste"
American national soccer team "Yanks", "Stars & Stripes" or "Soccer Boys" ( US national soccer team )
Venezuelan national football team "La Vinotinto"
United Arab Emirates national football team "Al Sukoor" ( United Arab Emirates National Football Team )
Welsh national football team "The Dragons"
Belarusian national football team "Biełyja kryły" ( Belarus national football team )

Individual evidence

  1. World Cup 2018: Nicknames of the 32 national soccer teams On: gruene-zitate.de
  2. Archived copy ( Memento from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Soccerteam Nicknames. Retrieved February 16, 2020 .