List of non-FIFA and former national association football teams by nickname
The following is a list of nicknames of non-FIFA and former national association football teams.
Nicknames
Non-FIFA teams
ConIFA teams
- Nicknames in italics are commonly used in English.
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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![]() | Горцы | The Highlanders | From the Greater Caucasus mountains in northwestern Georgia. | [1][2] |
Кавказцы | Caucasians | |||
![]() | Խաչակիրներ | The Crusaders | From the volunteer detachment of the Armenians from the diaspora who volunteered to fight in the Artsakh conflict. | [3] |
![]() | مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة | The Barawanis | [4] | |
![]() | The Dougies | The Doug, or Douglas fir, is one of the primary symbols of the Cascadia bioregion. | [5] | |
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![]() | La Selecioun | The Selection | [7] | |
![]() | دارفور المتحدة Darfur United | [8] | ||
![]() | Ellan Vannin | Isle of Man | [9] | |
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![]() | Franken-Elf | Franken Eleven | [11] | |
![]() | Polar-Bamserne | The Polar Teddy Bears | Referencing the polar bears that live within Greenland. | [12] |
![]() | The Tricolour Team | The Kurdistan region's flag is a tricolour of green, red and white. | [13] | |
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![]() | kaːrpaːtɒjjɒ | [14] | ||
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![]() | Ingqungqulu | The Warrior Birds | [18] | |
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![]() | Kuzey Kıbrıs Millî Futbol Takımı | [20] | ||
![]() | La Seleccion | The Selection | [21] | |
![]() | I Rossocrociati | The Red Crosses | The Saint George's cross has been used extensively as a symbol of Northern Italy. It was also included in the previous version of the flag of Padania. | [22] |
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![]() | Les Québécois | The Québécois | [23] | |
![]() | Die Bündner | The Grisons | [24] | |
![]() | I Rom | The Gypsies | Romanis are referred to as "gypsies". | [25] |
![]() | Lapps | Laplanders | [26] | |
![]() | Sa Natzionale | The National Team | [27] | |
![]() | Skånelandene | The Scanians | ||
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![]() | Tamil Tigers | Possibly a reference to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who fought for the region's independence from Sri Lanka. | ||
![]() | 禁断の集団 | The Forbiddens | Named after the Danish documentary on the team, called The Forbidden Team. | [28] |
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![]() | FC Korea | [29] | ||
![]() | The Highlanders | [30] | ||
![]() | الإبل Los Dromedarios | The Dromedaries | [31] | |
![]() | The Vikings | The Vikings are major historical influencers of Yorkshire culture including dialect words and aspects of pronunciation derive from old Norse. | [32][33] | |
![]() | Zanzibar Heroes | [31] | ||
The Leopards | [31] |
Other non-FIFA teams
- Nicknames in italics are commonly used in English.
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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![]() | Euskal Selekzioa | The Basque Team | [34] | |
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![]() | The Black Devils | |||
Les Diables Noirs | ||||
An Du Diaouloù | ||||
![]() | La Selecció | The Selection | [35] | |
La Quatribarrada | The Quadruple | In reference to the four orange horizontal bands on the flag of Catalonia. | [35] | |
La Segadora | The Reapers | Els Segadors is the official anthem of Catalonia. | [35] | |
La Senacaf | The Senacaf | [35][36] | ||
![]() | Les Yana Dòkòs | The Yana Dòkòs | [37] | |
![]() | The Four Stars | In reference to the stars on the flag of the F.S. of Micronesia. | [38] | |
![]() | Team GB | [39] | ||
![]() | Les Gars de Guadeloupe | Guys of Guadeloupe | [40] | |
Les Boug'Wada | Gwada Boys | [40] | ||
![]() | Les Matinino | The Matatino | Tribute to the history of the island. | [41][42] |
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![]() | The Blue Ayuyus | Ayuyu is the name given to the Coconut crab. | [43] | |
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![]() | Club R | In reference to the initial for Réunion. | [44] | |
![]() | Бијели орлови Bijeli orlovi | The White Eagles | ||
![]() | Saint Swallows | [citation needed] | ||
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Former teams
- Translations in italics indicate nicknames also used in English.
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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![]() | Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele | World Champion of Friendlies | Dubbed by Fritz Wutke, recalling the 3–3 draw in a friendly match against Brazil in the Maracanã Stadium coming from a three-goal deficit. | [45][46] |
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![]() | Eretz Israel | Land of Israel | [47] | |
![]() | De Antilopen | The Antelopes | [citation needed] | |
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![]() | Plavi Плави | The Blues | [citation needed] | |
![]() | Rồng Vàng | Golden Dragons | [citation needed] | |
![]() | صقور الجنوب | Falcons of the South | [citation needed] | |
![]() | Красная Армия | Red Army | [citation needed] | |
![]() | Plavi | The Blues | [citation needed] | |
![]() | Les Léopards | The Leopards | [48] |
See also
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