Nickname for a team during a time-frame

[Excape Goat]

For example, the Busby Babes, Quinta del Buitre....

what other existed?

[Doc_Aeppler]

Die Fohlen - 70s Mönchengladbach

[TheHun]

a few nicknames come to mind:

"Wembley Wizards" - Scottish side that went to Wembley and defeated England in 1928.

The "Magical Magyars" - undefeated Hungarian team of the 1950's (1952 Gold Medal winners; 1954 World Cup runners up)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/7053/1954bluebandenglandhungcj1.png (http://imageshack.us)

and the "Wunderteam" - Austria's side of the 1930 with a winning streak and lopsided victories.

[Excape Goat]

So far I got:

La Máquina: River Plate of the 1940's. The team consisted of Juan Carlos Muñoz, José Manuel Moreno, Adolfo Pedernera, Angel Labruna and Felix Loustau.

Clockwork Orange: the great dutch national team of the 1970's.

Ye-Ye team: Real Madrid of the 1960's named after the Beatles' song "She loves you".

[Mexican_Texan]

Los Galacticos

[Seaside Mafia]

For example, the Busby Babes, Quinta del Buitre....

what other existed?

"The Useless Bunch of Tossers" - the Blackpool team of 3 years ago.

[brassmonkey]

Lisbon Lions for Celtic in 67

[Cassano]

I Meravigliosi (The Amazing's) - Milan 2002-2005

[Excape Goat]

Two more Italian teams

La Grande Inter: Inter Milan that won two European Cups in the 1960's.

II Grande Torino: The dominating Italian side of the 1940's that were killed in a plane crash at Superga.

[UEFA]

Clockwork Orange-1974 holland team
the invinciblesdes invincibles)-ajax 95
the invincibles(di invinicbli in italian)-ac milan 92
the invincibles-arsenal 2004

[zenden]

Chivas' "Campeonisimo" team. Won 7 league titles in 12 years('58-'70).

[Excape Goat]

Blue Ballet: the name of Millonarios in Colombia that inlcuded Di Stefano, Rial, Pedernera. They won 4 out of 5 Colombian titles during the breakway era.

[unclesox]

FC Barcelona


http://www.elperiodico.com/comunes/liga/images/31951.jpg
"El Barça de les Cinco Copas"
Swept all trophies on offer during the 1951-52 season.
In total the team won 10 trophies during the three-season span of 50/51-52/53.
Primera División - 1952, 1953
Copa Generalísimo - 1951, 1952, 1953
Copa Latina - 1952
Copa Eva Duarte - 1952, 1953
Copa Martini Rossi - 1952, 1953


http://www.mundosoccer.com/imagenes/barcelona92.JPG
"Dream Team"
Cruyff-managed team that won 11 trophies between 1989-1994.
Primera División: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
Copa del Rey: 1990
Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994
European Champions' Cup: 1992
European Cup Winners' Cup: 1989
European Super Cup: 1992
-- Nickname taken from U.S. basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

[Catel]

The OM of Papin-Waddle-Mozer called themselves the "Panasonic" due to their sponsor.

http://virginielaurens.club.fr/saisons/omplus.jpg

[dor02]

"Das Wunderteam" was the nickname of the Austrian NT in the 1930s.

[United Pumps]

The "Magical Magyars" - undefeated Hungarian team of the 1950's (1952 Gold Medal winners; 1954 World Cup runners up)
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The Arsenal invincibles for their undefeated Premiership season.

[sidis]

Brazil:

Expresso da vitória (Victory Express) - Vasco 1940's - Have that name for not loose 30+ international games in a row, as a away team.

Máquina Tricolor (Three Color Machine) - Fluminense 1976-77 - A team with incredible stars, like Rivelino, Paulo César Caju and Pintinho.

Democracia Corinthiana (Corinthian Democracy) - Corinthians early 80's - A team who players have much command in the admnistration and strategy of team.

A academia I e II (The academy, I and II) - Palmeiras 60's and 70's respectively, the unique team who have more than 10 games against Santos of pelé and have a better retrospect.

Os Meninos da Vila (The Village Kids) - Santos 2002-04 - Reference to the team formed by youngster from youth division of santos (Robinho, Diego, Elano, Deivid, Alex...)

Tico-tico no Fubá (A song name, the concept is hard to translate) - América-RJ 40's - A team that pass the ball very fast and try to keep the ball possesion, the music have a very fast rhythm.