Animal nicknames for clubs

[Yañez]

Universidad de Chile are known as "Los Chunchos". Which is an owl.

[ChelseaForTheCup(s)]

Feyenoord are the cockroaches

Is this for real?

[Bergen]

Greetings from Norwegian clubs:

Kråkene (Moss) - Crows, the symbol of the city.
Sildemåkene (The fans of Haugesund) - The Seagulls, coastal location.
Kanarifuglene (Lillestrøm) - The canaries, because of their yellow jerseys.
Festløvene (The fans of Løv-Ham) - Party lions, because of the lion on their badge.

Extras:
Troillungang (Rosenborg) - Trollkids, lordn knows why :S

[Matt12]

Rosenborg had a very young team during the first time they made an impact on Norwegian soccer and at the time someone gave the team a Troll figure.

That become the Troll mom and the players became the Troll kids.

[DaveyGorgeous]

Juventus = Zebras

[proud smurf]

From El Salvador...
FAS ... Tigres (tigers)
Aguila..Eagles
Alianza.... White Elephants
Luis Angel Firpo...Toros (bulls)


Mexico

Actually Chivas (goats), is not the official name of the team.
It's official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Chivas is the nickname.

The name Chivas was given when the team just got to the "primera liga"
from an under league (promotion/ relegation).In that time, every new team to the league, it will be call chivas,as a way to put down the team...but Club Deportivo Guadalajara got stuck with the nickname, now they are very proud to be call Chivas.

[Naui_Ocelotl]

Mexico

Actually Chivas (goats), is not the official name of the team.
It's official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Chivas is the nickname.

The name Chivas was given when the team just got to the "primera liga"
from an under league (promotion/ relegation).In that time, every new team to the league, it will be call chivas,as a way to put down the team...but Club Deportivo Guadalajara got stuck with the nickname, now they are very proud to be call Chivas.

Actually Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club América are the only two clubs to have always been in the premier division of Mexican football. The origin of "Chivas" derives from a match with city rival Atlas. During the match, Atlas fans were insulting Guadalajara players by calling them "chivas brinconas", ever since then they have been popularly known as las Chivas.

Newspaper article in which "Chivas" is used for the first time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Origen_del_mote_chivas.png/180px-Origen_del_mote_chivas.png

Other Mexican clubs animal nicknames include:
América - "Aguilas" (Eagles)
"Pumas" de la U.N.A.M.
Pachuca - "Tuzos" (Gophers)
"Tigres" de la U.A.N.L.
Atlas - "Zorros" (Foxes)
Morelia - "Monarcas" (Monarch Butterflys)
Atlante - "Potros de Hierro" (Iron Colts)
"Jaguares" de Chiapas - (Jaguars)
"Tecos" de la U.A.G. - (Owls)
Veracruz - "Tiburones Rojos" (Red Sharks)
Querétaro - "Gallos Blancos" (White Roosters)
"Dorados" de Sinaloa - (Dorado, a type of fish found off the Sinaloan coast)
"Correcaminos" de la U.A.T. - (Roadrunners)

[glennaldo_sf]

Chievo Verona - Flying Donkeys

That's actually kind of a cool one with some recent history... it was said that donkeys would fly before Chievo made it to the Serie A... so I guess that's where the name came from and has stuck.

[mattteo]

Giuventus: Zebre (Zebras)
Genoa: Grifone (Griffin)
Lazio: Aquile (Eagles)
Roma: Lupa (Female wolf)
Napoli: Ciuccio (Donkey)
Inter: Biscione (Snake...sort of)
Torino: Toro (Bull)
Brescia: Rondinelle (Barn swallows)
Bari: Galletti (Roosters)

[proud smurf]

Actually Club Deportivo Guadalajara and Club América are the only two clubs to have always been in the premier division of Mexican football. The origin of "Chivas" derives from a match with city rival Atlas. During the match, Atlas fans were insulting Guadalajara players by calling them "chivas brinconas", ever since then they have been popularly known as las Chivas.


Thank you for clearing that one up ! :o

Now we know !

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll252/cartoonfullmoon/MoreYouKnow.jpg

[JackBastard]

Since when have QPR been the spiders? I've never heard that one before.

Also:

Crystal Palace - The Eagles (totally arbitrary)
Brighton - The Seagulls (seaside location)

Nope. Can't remember which came first, but one is definitely a piss-take of the other.

Also, Cardiff are the Bluebirds, not blue birds.

Plenty of the West Country teams are Robins too, for some reason.