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The following is a list of nicknames of non-FIFA and former national association football teams.
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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Abkhazia | Горцы | The Highlanders | From the Greater Caucasus mountains in northwestern Georgia. | |
Кавказцы | Caucasians | |||
Artsakh | Խաչակիրներ | The Crusaders | From the volunteer detachment of the Armenians from the diaspora who volunteered to fight in the Artsakh conflict. | |
Barawa | مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة | The Barawanis | ||
Cascadia | The Dougies | The Doug, or Douglas fir, is one of the primary symbols of the Cascadia bioregion. | ||
Chagos Islands | ||||
County of Nice | La Selecioun | The Selection | ||
Darfur | Darfur United | |||
Ellan Vannin | Ellan Vannin | Isle of Man | ||
Felvidék | ||||
Franconia | Franken-Elf | Franken Eleven | ||
Greenland | Polar-Bamserne | The Polar Teddy Bears | Referencing the polar bears that live within Greenland. | |
Kurdistan Region | The Tricolour Team | The Kurdistan region's flag is a tricolour of green, red and white. | ||
Kabylie | ||||
Kárpátalja | kaːrpaːtɒjjɒ | |||
Kiribati | ||||
Lazistan | ||||
Matabeleland | Ingqungqulu | The Warrior Birds | ||
Monaco | ||||
Northern Cyprus | Kuzey Kıbrıs Millî Futbol Takımı | |||
Occitania | La Seleccion | The Selection | ||
Padania | 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. | |
Panjab | ||||
Quebec | Les Québécois | The Québécois | ||
Raetia | Die Bündner | The Grisons | ||
Romani people | I Rom | The Gypsies | Romanis are referred to as "gypsies". | |
Sápmi | Lapps | Laplanders | ||
Sardinia | Sa Natzionale | The National Team | ||
Skåneland | Skånelandene | The Scanians | ||
Somaliland | ||||
South Ossetia | ||||
Székely Land | ||||
Tamil Eelam | Tamil Tigers | Possibly a reference to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, who fought for the region's independence from Sri Lanka. | ||
Tibet | 禁断の集団 | The Forbiddens | Named after the Danish documentary on the team, called The Forbidden Team. | |
Transnistria | ||||
Tuvalu | ||||
United Koreans in Japan | FC Korea | |||
Western Armenia | The Highlanders | |||
Western Sahara | Los Dromedarios | The Dromedaries | ||
Yorkshire | The Vikings | The Vikings are major historical influencers of Yorkshire culture including dialect words and aspects of pronunciation derive from old Norse. | ||
Zanzibar | Zanzibar Heroes | |||
The Leopards |
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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Basque Country | Euskal Selekzioa | The Basque Team | ||
Bonaire | ||||
Brittany | The Black Devils | |||
Les Diables Noirs | ||||
An Du Diaouloù | ||||
Catalonia | La Selecció | The Selection | ||
La Quatribarrada | The Quadruple | In reference to the four orange horizontal bands on the flag of Catalonia. | ||
La Segadora | The Reapers | Els Segadors is the official anthem of Catalonia. | ||
La Senacaf | The Senacaf | |||
French Guiana | Les Yana Dòkòs | The Yana Dòkòs | ||
Micronesia | The Four Stars | In reference to the stars on the flag of the F.S. of Micronesia. | ||
Great Britain | Team GB | |||
Guadeloupe | Les Gars de Guadeloupe | Guys of Guadeloupe | ||
Les Boug'Wada | Gwada Boys | |||
Martinique | Les Matinino | The Matatino | Tribute to the history of the island. | |
Nauru | ||||
Niue | ||||
Northern Mariana Islands | The Blue Ayuyus | Ayuyu is the name given to the Coconut crab. | ||
Palau | ||||
Réunion | Club R | In reference to the initial for Réunion. | ||
Republika Srpska | Бијели орлови Bijeli orlovi |
The White Eagles | ||
Saint Martin | Saint Swallows | [citation needed] | ||
Sint Maarten | ||||
Vatican City |
Team | Nickname | English translation | Notes | Ref. |
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CIS | ||||
Czechoslovakia | ||||
East Germany | 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. | |
Ireland | ||||
Mandatory Palestine | Eretz Israel | Land of Israel | ||
Netherlands Antilles | De Antilopen | The Antelopes | [citation needed] | |
Saar | ||||
Serbia and Montenegro | Plavi
Плави |
The Blues | [citation needed] | |
South Vietnam | Rồng Vàng | Golden Dragons | [citation needed] | |
South Yemen | صقور الجنوب | Falcons of the South | [citation needed] | |
Soviet Union | Красная Армия | Red Army | [citation needed] | |
Yugoslavia | Plavi | The Blues | [citation needed] | |
Zaire | Les Léopards | The Leopards |
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