Team nicknames?

[ZeekLTK]

Is there a webpage or something that has a list of all the international team nicknames? For example: Australia are the Socceroos, New Zealand are the All Whites, Mexico is El Tricolor, Costa Rica are the Ticos, etc etc. Is there a webpage that has a list of these somewhere for all the nations?

[sidspaceman]

Colombia-Cafeteros

Uruguay- Celeste

Venezuela-Vinotinto

Paraguay- Albirrojos

Argentina- Albiceleste

[IrishQuake]

Colombia-Cafeteros

Uruguay- Celeste

Venezuela-Vinotinto

Paraguay- Albirrojos

Argentina- Albiceleste


Rep of Ireland - The Boys in Green.

[CRO@T]

Croatia 1998- THE FIRE SQUAD
It will be hard to maintain that name, CHESSERS, SQUARE Squad, are some of other nicks.

[Nerazzurri]

USA???????? Do they have a nickname?

[Shaydee]

Grenada-Spice Boyz
Jamaica-Reggae Boyz

[Mackannovic]

Italy-The Azzuri
Scotland-The Tartan Army
England-5h1t

[musicl]

R.O. Ireland - Jealous boys (who speak funny)

[Mackannovic]

R.O. Ireland - Jealous boys (who speak funny)

Jealous of what exactly, having been put to shame by the French or having supporters arrested at every major tournament?

[Anthony]

Scotland-The Tartan Army


I thought the Tartan Army were the supporters and the team the "Bravehearts" (with royalties to Mel Gibson)

As for the US -- we really do not have a name. The press sometimes refers to them as "Team USA"

[vivaelbolivar]

Spain - furia roja

France- le blues

Germany- princes of perseverence

Italy- the azurri

England- the lions?

[DoyleG]

Canada is Les Rouges.

The media still calls them the 'Maple Leafs'.

[condor11]

some more

peru - incas
uruguay - charruas
chile - la roja(im not 100% sure)

[Andy TAUS]

Australia are the SocceroosZeekLTK,

This name is in sync with other Australian national football teams based one of the country's great iconic animals & one of the two Australian Fauna symbols (the other is the Emu) on the Australia Coat of Arms.

The national Rugby League team is called The Kangaroos.
The national Rugby Union team is called The Wallabies.
The national Female Football team is called The Matildas.
The national junior men's Football team is called The Joeys.

:rolleyes:

[musicl]

England - 3 lions

[DanRod78]

All the southamerican team have nicknames (we love nicknames)

Colombia-Cafeteros
Uruguay- Celeste
Paraguay- Albirrojos
Argentina- Albiceleste
Chile - La roja
Uruguay - Charruas
Peru - Incas
Brazil - Cariocas, Penta, verdeamarela
Venezuela - Vinotinto

The only one I don't know is Ecuador.

US - "Los gringos"

[ZeekLTK]

I thought the Tartan Army were the supporters and the team the "Bravehearts" (with royalties to Mel Gibson)

As for the US -- we really do not have a name. The press sometimes refers to them as "Team USA"

www.concacaf.com and www.fifa.com occassionally refer to the United States in italics (which is how they do other country's nicknames) as the "Stars & Stripes". But I don't know if that's our official nickname.

[ilv2]

www.concacaf.com and www.fifa.com occassionally refer to the United States in italics (which is how they do other country's nicknames) as the "Stars & Stripes". But I don't know if that's our official nickname.

man it better not be, that's freakin lame.

[La China Poblana]

I've heard Brazil called the Canarinhas somewhere.

[NickyViola]

Is there a webpage or something that has a list of all the international team nicknames? For example: Australia are the Socceroos, New Zealand are the All Whites, Mexico is El Tricolor, Costa Rica are the Ticos, etc etc. Is there a webpage that has a list of these somewhere for all the nations?

-----I know of no such web page, sorry. This page http://www.colours-of-football.com/ has most teams' uniforms, though. By the way, Ticos is slang for Costa Ricans in general. I'm not sure if their team has a more specific nickname but calling a Costa Rican footballer a "Tico" is comparable to calling an American footballer a "Yankee."

Nick