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List of non-FIFA and former national association football teams by nickname

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The following is a list of [[Nickname|nicknames]] of [[Non-FIFA international football|non-FIFA]] and former national [[association football]] teams.

== Nicknames ==

=== Non-FIFA teams ===

==== ConIFA teams ====

* Nicknames in ''italics'' are commonly used in English.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Nickname
!English translation
!Notes
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|Абхазы
|Abkhasians
|From the Legendary Longevity of Abkhazians people.
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|Горцы
|Highlanders
| rowspan="2" |From the [[Greater Caucasus]] mountains in northwestern [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].
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|Кавказцы
|Caucasians
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|Arameans
|For Syriacs (Arameans) worldwide
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|Խաչակիրներ
|The Crusaders
|From the volunteer detachment of the Armenians from the diaspora who volunteered to go and fight in the Artsakh conflict.
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|مدينة ﺑﺮﺍﻭة‎
|Barawani
|The Bravanese people, also known as the Barawani
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| colspan="2" |Dougies
|[[Doug flag|The Doug]], or [[Douglas fir]], is one of the primary symbols of the [[Cascadia (bioregion)|Cascadia bioregion]].
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| colspan="2" |Chagossians
|The Chagos Islands team plays for the Chagossian people exiled from their homeland by a US military base.
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|La Selecioun
|The Selection
|The County of Nice National Football Team is a football team that represents the County of Nice France. The name refers to the chosen or selected.
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| colspan="2" |Darfur United
|The Darfur representative football team, also called Darfur United, is a team representing Darfur, a region in western Sudan. Their players all live in refugee camps in neighboring Chad.
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|Ellan Vannin
|Isle of Man
|The Ellan Vannin Football Team is a football team that represents the Isle of Man
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|The Felvidék football team represents the Hungarian minority in Upper Hungary, now part of the Slovak Republic
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|Franken-Elf
|Franken Eleven
|The team representing the people of [[Franconia]], located in south-central [[Germany]]
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|Polar-Bamserne
|''The Polar Teddybears''
|The team represents [[Greenland]] in international [[Association football|football]].
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|The [[Flag of Kurdistan|Tricolour]]
|The team is the national team of the Kurdistan Region, its flag has the tricolor of green red and white.
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|The Kabylie
|The Kabylia football team is the team representing the Kabylie people, who live in northern Algeria.
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|This is the team representing the Hungarian minority which lives in Carpathian Ruthenia, Ukraine
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|Kiribati
|Kiribis
|The football team representing Kiribati's 34 beautiful atolls, reefs, and islands.
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|Lazistani
|Lazistan represents the multiethnic peoples of the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey.
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|Ingqungqulu
|''The Warrior Birds''
|The Matabeleland football team is the team representing Matabeleland, the western part of Zimbabwe.
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|Monegasque
|National Team
|The Monaco national football team is a national side that represents Monaco in association football.
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|Kuzey Kıbrıs Millî Futbol Takımı
|Northern Cyprus National team
|The Northern Cyprus national football team represents Northern Cyprus, a de facto country.
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|La Seleccion
|The Selection
|the team is the football team of Occitania, which is the name given to areas of southern France, westernmost Italy and a small valley in northern Spain where the Occitan language is spoken
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|I Rossocrociati
|The Red-Crossed
|[[Saint George's Cross|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.
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|Les [[French Canadian|Québécois]]
|The Québécois
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|Die Bündner
|''[[Canton of Grisons|The Grisons]]''
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|I Rom
|The Gypsies
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|Sa Natzionale
|The National Team
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|禁断の集団
|''The Forbiddens''
|Named after the Danish documentary on the team, called [[The Forbidden Team]].
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| colspan="2" |FC Korea
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|''The Highlanders''
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|Los Dromedarios
|''The Dromedaries''
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| colspan="2" |The Vikings
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| colspan="2" |Zanzibar Heroes
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| colspan="2" |The Leopards
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==== Other non-FIFA teams ====

* Nicknames in ''italics'' are commonly used in English.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Nickname
!English translation
!Notes
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|[[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Euskal]] Selekzioa
|The Basque Team
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|La Selecció
|The Selection
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|<ref name=":2">Selecció Nacional Catalana de Futbol</ref>
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|La Quatribarrada
|The Quadruple
|In reference to the four orange horizontal bands on the [[Senyera|flag of Catalonia]].
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|La Segadora
|The Reapers
|[[Els Segadors]] is the official anthem of Catalonia.
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|La Senacaf
|The Senacaf
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|Les Yana Dòkòs
|The Yana Dòkòs
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| colspan="2" |The Four Stars
|In reference to the stars on the [[Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia|flag of the F.S. of Micronesia]].
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| colspan="2" |Team GB
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|Les Gars de Guadeloupe
|Guys of Guadeloupe
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|Les Boug'Wada
|''Gwada Boys''
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|Les Matinino
|The Matatino
|Tribute to the [[History of Martinique|history of the island]].
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| colspan="2" |The Blue Ayuyus
|Ayuyu is the name given to the [[Coconut crab|Cocount crab]].
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| colspan="2" |Club R
|In reference to the initial for Réunion.
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| colspan="2" |Saint Swallows
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=== Former teams ===

* Translations in ''italics'' indicate nicknames also used in English.

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!English translation
!Notes
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|Weltmeister der Freundschaftsspiele
|World Champion of Friendlies
|Dubbed by Fritz Wutke, recalling the 3–3 draw against Brazil in the [[Maracanã Stadium]] coming from a three-goal deficit.
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|Eretz Israel
|Land of Israel
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|De Antilopen
|The Antelopes
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|Plavi
Плави
|The Blues
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|صقور الجنوب
|South Falcons
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|Красная Армия
|The Red Army
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|Plavi
|The Blues
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|Les Léopards
|''The Leopards''
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== See also ==

* [[List of national association football teams by nickname]]

== References ==





[[Category:Lists of association football national teams|Nickname non-FIFA and former]]
[[Category:Nicknamed groups of association football players|National non-FIFA and former]]


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