The following is a list of nicknames of non-FIFA and former national association football teams.

Nicknames

Non-FIFA teams

ConIFA teams

Team Nickname English translation Notes Ref.
 Abkhazia Горцы The Highlanders From the Greater Caucasus mountains in northwestern Georgia. [1][2]
Кавказцы Caucasians
 Artsakh Խաչակիրներ The Crusaders From the volunteer detachment of the Armenians from the diaspora who volunteered to fight in the Artsakh conflict. [3]
 Barawa مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة The Barawanis [4]
 Cascadia The Dougies The Doug, or Douglas fir, is one of the primary symbols of the Cascadia bioregion. [5]
 Chagos Islands [6]
 County of Nice La Selecioun The Selection [7]
 Darfur Darfur United [8]
 Ellan Vannin Ellan Vannin Isle of Man [9]
 Felvidék [10]
 Franconia Franken-Elf Franken Eleven [11]
 Greenland Polar-Bamserne The Polar Teddy Bears Referencing the polar bears that live within Greenland. [12]
 Kurdistan Region The Tricolour Team The Kurdistan region's flag is a tricolour of green, red and white. [13]
 Kabylie [14]
 Kárpátalja kaːrpaːtɒjjɒ [14]
 Kiribati [15][16]
 Lazistan [17]
 Matabeleland Ingqungqulu The Warrior Birds [18]
 Monaco [19]
 Northern Cyprus Kuzey Kıbrıs Millî Futbol Takımı [20]
 Occitania La Seleccion The Selection [21]
 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. [22]
 Panjab
 Quebec Les Québécois The Québécois [23]
 Raetia Die Bündner The Grisons [24]
 Romani people I Rom The Gypsies Romanis are referred to as "gypsies". [25]
 Sápmi Lapps Laplanders [26]
 Sardinia Sa Natzionale The National Team [27]
 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. [28]
 Transnistria
 Tuvalu
 United Koreans in Japan FC Korea [29]
 Western Armenia The Highlanders [30]
 Western Sahara Los Dromedarios The Dromedaries [31]
 Yorkshire 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 Zanzibar Heroes [31]
The Leopards [31]

Other non-FIFA teams

Team Nickname English translation Notes Ref.
 Basque Country Euskal Selekzioa The Basque Team [34]
 Bonaire
 Brittany The Black Devils
Les Diables Noirs
An Du Diaouloù
 Catalonia 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]
 French Guiana Les Yana Dòkòs The Yana Dòkòs [37]
 Micronesia The Four Stars In reference to the stars on the flag of the F.S. of Micronesia. [38]
 Great Britain Team GB [39]
 Guadeloupe Les Gars de Guadeloupe Guys of Guadeloupe [40]
Les Boug'Wada Gwada Boys [40]
 Martinique Les Matinino The Matatino Tribute to the history of the island. [41][42]
 Nauru
 Niue
 Northern Mariana Islands The Blue Ayuyus Ayuyu is the name given to the Coconut crab. [43]
 Palau
 Réunion Club R In reference to the initial for Réunion. [44]
 Republika Srpska Бијели орлови
Bijeli orlovi 		The White Eagles
 Saint Martin Saint Swallows [citation needed]
 Sint Maarten
 Vatican City

Former teams

Team Nickname English translation Notes Ref.
 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. [45][46]
 Ireland
 Mandatory Palestine Eretz Israel Land of Israel [47]
 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 [48]

See also

References

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