Lists of nicknames in football (soccer)

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This is a list of lists of the use of nicknames in football.

Club nicknames

National team nicknames

Main article: List of national association football teams by nickname

Squad nicknames

The Invincibles. The Arsenal team of the 2003-04 season
The Untouchables. Arsenal team who went 49 consecutive games unbeaten during the 2002-03 to the 2004-05 seasons
The Busby Babes, a group of home-grown Manchester United players trained by Sir Matt Busby and co during the 1950s
The Crazy Gang, Wimbledon F.C. in the 1980s/90s
"the Entertainers", the Newcastle United team under the first spell of management by Kevin Keegan
The Famous Five, Hibernian's forward line of Smith, Johnstone, Reilly, Turnbull and Ormond
Fergie's Fledglings, a generation of home-grown Manchester United players led by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, who won multiple junior trophies before winning between six and ten Premier League titles each, as well as the UEFA Champions League in 1999.
Golden Generation, the group of Portuguese footballers, Luís Figo and co, that won several Football World Youth Championships in 1989 and 1991. Several also led Portugal to their best performance at a European Championship - runners-up at Euro 2004.
Iron Curtain, Rangers' defensive line in the 1940s and early 1950s
The Golden Team, the legendary Hungary national football team of the 1950s
The Magic Magyars, the legendary Hungary national football team of the 1950s (also known as the Mighty Magyars)
La Grande Inter (The Great Inter), Inter Milan team that won back-to-back European Cup wins in 1964 and 1965
Craiova Maxima Universitatea Craiova of the late 1970s and early 1980s
Campioana unei mari iubiri (The Champions of a great love) Universitatea Craiova of the late 1970s and early 1980s
Viteziştii (The Speeders) Steaua of the 1980s
Gaşca nebună (The Crazy Gang) Sportul Studenţesc of the 1980s and early 2000s
Spartanii (The Spartans) The Dinamo team, that dominated Divizia A in 2007
La Máquina (The Machine) the River Plate team in the early 1940's.
Lisbon Lions, Celtic's home-grown European Cup winning team of 1967
La Quinta del Buitre (Vulture's Cohort), the generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s
"Rolo Compressor" (steamroller), Sport Club Internacional's team in the 40's
The Total Footballers, any team coached by Rinus Michels and involving Johan Cruijff and Johan Neeskens.
"A Academia" (The Academy), Palmeiras's team in the seventies
Wunderteam (Wonder Team), the Austria national football team that had an unbeaten streak of 14 games between April 1931 and December 1932
Ye-yé, the generation of all-Spanish Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1960s
Os Magriços, the Portugal national football team which reached 3rd place in the 1966 World Cup in England
Wembley Wizards the Scottish national team which defeated England at Wembley Stadium in 1928
The Dream Team, name was given for FC Barcelona's team that, led by Johan Cruijff, won the European Cup in 1992 and 4 consecutive La Liga titles (1990-1994).
Trifillara, For A.C. OMONIA NICOSIA and for Panathinaikos because of their logo which is a shamrock. (trifylli in greek means shamorock)
The Tractors, are the name affectionately given to the Cherrybrook F.C. squad in homage to the local area's cherry farming history.

Fan body nicknames

Club

Ultras, various supporter groups
CVUCS, supporters of FC Timişoara
The Toon Army, supporters of Newcastle United
The Tractor Boys, supporters of Ipswich Town
Wednesdayites, the supporters of Sheffield Wednesday
The Cider Army, supporters of Bristol City
The Lardy Army, supporters of Horsham F.C.
The Falcons, supporters of Spartak Varna
Red Patch Boys, supporters of Toronto FC
The Gooners, supporters of Arsenal
The Yid Army, supporters of Tottenham Hotspur
The Saints, supporters of Southampton

National team

The Tartan Army, travelling supporters of the Scotland national football team
Sam's Army, supporters of the USA national football team
Red Devil, supporters of the South Korea national football team
Green and Gold Army, supporters of Australia national football team
The Voyageurs, supporters of the Canada men's and women's national football teams
Roligans, supporters of the Denmark national football team