Nicknames of football clubs. Football team nicknames

“I’m proud to be a Patriot,” says a newly drafted NFL player. He is proud to be a "Patriot". A phrase that sounds good both with and without quotation marks. A few minutes later, another football player will come on stage and not say: “Proud to be a Brown.” Not because Cleveland is a much sadder team than New England. It just doesn't sound right.

When teams are given names, few people think through such things. Most NFL clubs were created in ancient times, when no one suspected that the league would turn into a giant business and the names would become international brands. The Green Bay team got its name at the insistence of a sponsor who provided them with uniforms in 1919. And since then the world has been filled with proud “packers”.

The creators of new teams around the world, including the CIS, also approach this issue lightly. If you live in a provincial town where no one knows what American football is, does it matter what the name of the team from your school friends is? Let it be like in a cool movie.

All this comes back to haunt us only years later, when teams participate in competitions, win tournaments and become known not only in their region. Maybe then the thought occurs to someone - damn it, I should have called myself differently.

After analyzing the names of all NFL teams and reading fan reviews from them, I formulated a few simple rules, which determine the success of the title. Here they are:

1. The name should be simple in meaning and sound.
2. The name must be tied to the region the team represents.
3. The name should make a person want to associate himself with it.

The second point is painful for the NFL, since teams can change locations. For college football or teams from other countries, this problem is not relevant.

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Wild West hero Bill from Buffalo. Photo: buffalobillfilm.com

5. Jaguars (Jacksonville)

Names in the style of predatory animals sound great and provide the basis for a colorful logo, but do not always correspond to reality. I'm sure there are dolphins in Miami. I think you can find a hawk in Atlanta. But there are definitely no jaguars in Jacksonville. So are the Panthers in both Carolinas.

4. Seahawks (Seattle)

Not everyone knows who a seahawk is, even in the USA. The fact is that “seahawk” is not a specific bird, but a nickname for several species of birds: skuas or ospreys. Skuas sound much better and are closer to the original name (sea = sea), but they are essentially gulls, so there are problems with predation. Ospreys, on the contrary, are falcon-like birds of prey, but an ordinary person who is not into ornithology is unlikely to tell you what an “osprey” is.

3. 49ers (San Francisco)

In 1849, the California Gold Rush was raging. Thousands of settlers flooded into the San Francisco area to profit from gold and get rich. The first wave of gold miners was nicknamed “49ers”, “forty-niners”. Without knowledge of the specifics of US history, the name is completely meaningless. Yes, and it sounds cumbersome.

2. Bills (Buffalo)

The team that was the predecessor to the modern Bills was originally called the Bisons. The club's logo, which depicts a stylized bison, matches the previous name. You might think that “Bills” is such a distorted name for “Bulls”, “Bulls” (at least they are somehow similar to bison). But no, the team is named after Bill Cody, aka "Buffalo Bill", who is known as a hunter... of buffalo. I mean, the Buffalo team logo features a victim of their name. Thanks for drafting me, I'm proud to be Bill... even though I'm LeSean, really.

1. Browns (Cleveland)

Another team that was named after a person. The first coach and general manager of the Cleveland football team was named Paul Brown. His surname is immortalized in the form of the team name. It’s the same as if the Moscow “Spartak” were called “Moscow Starostins”. There is no question, the person is iconic for the club, but how can one be associated with him? Hence one of the most faded logos in the league - an ordinary brown (which adds piquancy for fans who are not aware of Cleveland's history) helmet.

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5. Cowboys (Dallas)

An example of a wise decision regarding a name. The Dallas club was originally called "Steers". Steer is an ox, a castrated bull. The club's general manager, Texas Schramm, realized that fans of other teams should not just be given a reason for ridicule and changed the name to “Cowboys”. What's more Texan than a cowboy? Maybe a Texan (as they did in Houston), but that’s not that interesting.

4. Patriots (New England)

The first English-language school in America, the first college - Harvard, the Boston Tea Party, one of the centers of the War of Independence - the name of the Boston club breathes history and represents it in a successful personified form.

3. Ravens (Baltimore)

Baltimore was one of the main cities in the life of the American poet Edgar Allan Poe, and he was buried there. “Crows” received its name from the poem of the same name by the great poet, and with it came a beautiful, gloomy image and color scheme. Perhaps the most intelligent name in the entire league.

2. Vikings (Minnesota)

The Vikings not only have a fierce and powerful image, but are a perfect fit for a region with the coldest winter in the NFL. Moreover, if you believe the Scandinavian sagas, not too far from Minneapolis (at least, closer than from other NFL clubs) in the year 1000, the Vikings led by Leif Eriksson landed.

1. Steelers (Pittsburgh)

“The City of Steel” is what Pittsburgh is called in the USA. I've always liked sports names, glorifying the main essence of the city (“Miner”, “Metallurg”). “Steelworker” also sounds luxurious, like English language, and in Russian.

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Before criticizing, I want to make a small remark - I wish every team that exists in Russia or the CIS countries success with all my might. Regardless of the chosen name. The most important thing is that you and your fans like the name.

5. “Panthers” (Konakovo)

Firstly, the Jacksonville rule works - what other panthers are there in the Tver region? Secondly, the name is too predatory for a small team from a small town. The city’s coat of arms, if anything, depicts not a panther, but a hare. There is a very cool counterexample - a team from Bogorodsk took the name “Kozhevniki”, emphasizing one of the main directions of work in the city.

4. “Mighty Ducks” (Voronezh)

It is too clear that the name was borrowed - either from a movie with the same name, or from hockey clubs from Anaheim or Cincinnati. At one time I was very surprised why in the CIS there are at least five teams called “Titans”? Where does this passion for ancient Greek philosophy come from? Then I realized that the inspiration was most likely the football movie Remember the Titans. “We want to be like these guys from the screen” - so-so motivation. Be yourself.

3. "Rebels" (Yaroslavl)

One of the main sins Russian clubs– first come up with a name in English, and then in Russian (or not come up with a name in Russian at all). I can understand why clubs from Kaliningrad or Vladivostok need an English name - it is almost easier for them to play international matches than domestic Russian ones. But how strange it is to see a team’s application for the Russian Championship, where “Rebels” (Yaroslavl) is written in Russian. Thank God that Yaroslavl residents increasingly (it seemed to me) began to use the Russian-language version of “Rebels”. Even if it seems that the name sounds cooler in English.

2. United (Moscow)

United breaks all stereotypes. Firstly, the title is in English. Secondly, it is not made in the classical personified plural form. Thirdly, in Russian there is not even a direct analogue to the word “United”. Fourthly, you can barely find them in search engines, because they tell you to read about Manchester United.

1. Raiders 52/Broncos (Nizhny Novgorod)

Nizhny Novgorod is a champion city. Both top teams are simply named after NFL teams. The Broncos didn't bother using the Denver team's logo either.

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5. “Tavry” (Simferopol)

A mythical people from the ancient past, geographically tied to the Crimean peninsula. Sounds great to the ear. This name exudes mysticism and historical power. The name of the club from Donetsk – “Scythians” – was chosen based on the same principle.

4. “Aviators” (Saratov)

The emphasis on the military-industrial complex (here and in the next paragraph) is very good. Saratov Aviation Plant is a tribute to memory, everything is fine.

3. “Tanks” (Chelyabinsk)

In principle, the name of the city of Chelyabinsk alone has such a harsh image that nothing can be added to it, but “Tanks” manages to multiply the power of the name. At the same time, Chelyabinsk residents, explain what a camel does on your city coat of arms?!

2. “Mammoths” (Kogalym)

Unfortunately, the team has not shown any signs of activity for a long time, but this is not a reason to ignore the successful name. Again, the correct historical connection is that mammoth bones were found in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug ( hockey team in the MHL it is also called “Mammoths of Ugra”), and hence the competent, powerful image. “Mammoths” are obliged to play only takeaways!

1. “St. John’s worts” (Ozersk)

Ozersk should be named the cradle of football in Russia and host the first game of the season thanks to its glorious history, dating back to the Soviet Union. The modern team does not lower the bar in terms of approach to names. The Russian language is rich and diverse, you can find beautiful and true words in it. So instead of the banal “Hunters”, the poetic “St. John’s Worts” are born.

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Not everyone can be called Real Madrid or United, right? There are a lot of clubs in the world that have names that are funny enough for our perception, and it’s about cool team names in football that we’ll talk about today.

We simply went to one of the results sites and started looking through all the club names in alphabetical order. And there were a lot of cool names! And for the residents of the countries that these teams represent, these names are not something out of the ordinary; we find them quite funny. Let's go through the list!

The second division of the Argentine championship is played by a legendary team that we have heard a lot about in our area - “Gimnasia de Jujuy”, and although some experts claim that it is correct to say “Jujuy”, we do not believe them. This is how the legend spoils.

The Belize Championship gives us a team with the wonderful name “Police United”. We bet there are fewer violations in the match with these guys than in other fights. Otherwise, the Police players immediately throw the offender to the ground and read him his rights. By the way, as it turned out later, there are enough teams with this name in other countries - not only in Belize. Are they intimidating opponents?

Let's move to Benin, there is a team whose name sounds cool in any language in the world - “Beke Bembereke”. Some kind of solid “meme”, not a name!

And in the Bermuda Championship the club was named “Robin Hood”. Apparently, in this club they take points from the rich and distribute them to the poor, rolling out “negotiations”. The joke about the “negotiations”, of course. Bermuda football is the fairest football in the world. Just like their triangle.

In the championship of the British Virgin Islands there is a team not so much with a funny, but with a cute and “cute” name - “One Love United”. "One Love United"! Oh!

A team called Bankuy Sports plays in Burkina Faso. Mikhail Krug would appreciate...

A club called Roma United plays in the Cayman Islands. Hey guys, you've already decided - either Roma or United. Have you watched TV?

And in Colombia they play Atlético Huila. They are most likely called “Uila”, but with “X” everything is more fun at first, right?

Speaking about cool team names in football, it was impossible to ignore Costa Rica and one of the leaders of this championship, Alajuelense. Something like that, in general.

And in the lower division of the Czech Republic the football club Pisek plays. I don’t mean “Who? What?", but simply "FC Pisek." It’s hard for them there... but not as hard as the other two Czech clubs in the morning! The football clubs “Milevsko” and “Susice” play in the 4th league there, and how symbolic it is!

It’s already a sin to even laugh at all sorts of “Nasrs” and “Al-Nasrs” - Samir Nasri helped develop immunity to such names. But it’s just right to laugh at the Finnish team “PoPa”. Unfortunately, fans of this club are not laughing now - in 2005, its name “came” along with bankruptcy. It's a pity. They could play in the Finnish third division called Kakkonen.

Macedonia is famous for its Rabotnicki, and Greece has Larissa. It's a shame they play in different leagues. After work, go to Larisa!

The luxurious name of the Haitian championship team is “PNH FC”. Here's the answer to all your questions!

Is anyone else laughing at the Italian Sassuolo? We don't. And many Italian grandees whose points these guys “bite off” too. So, for the sake of order, let’s mention it. Like the Spanish “Osasuna” with “Extremadura” and “Huesca”.

The Nakuru AllStars team plays in the Kenyan Championship. Damn, it’s a shame that the last letter doesn’t soften and turn into “yu”. The All Stars would be happier and more cheerful after this.

In Madagascar, not only does the championship proudly call itself the Champions League, but the Fifafifi team also plays there. In short, it’s a slap at both Platini and Blatter. What about them, the Madagascars?

The team in Samoa had a cool name – “ADIDAS”. Not advertising at all!

And in the Solomon Islands there is a command “Hana”. Let's imagine a typical draw involving these guys. When an opponent asks: “Who did we get?”, and they answer him: “You are “Hana”.

The Ravshan team plays in Tajikistan. The “Jumshut” team is not visible.

Well, let's finish the conversation about cool team names in football with Vietnam. There are many groups there that have double names. For example, “Ha Noi”, or “Fu Yen”. But there is a team there called “Hue”, and it really lacks the second part of “Vo” to describe how this team, and all Vietnamese people in general, play football.

This is how the list turned out. We are sure that it is far from complete and you can leave your valuable additions in the comments to this article, friends.

In this article, we will give you a step-by-step plan for choosing a team name. We will consider such questions as how to name a football team or what names can be given to teams, ranging from corporate to hockey. All suggestions for choosing a name are relevant for any type.

Factors influencing the choice of team name

Get the whole team involved. It is necessary to listen to the opinions of all members about their preferences for the name of the team. This choice is called collective brainstorming.

If a name is chosen without everyone's agreement, you may have some disgruntled team members who weren't invited to the event, which means there will be disagreements early in the team's formation, which is not a good thing.

In a brainstorming session, no matter what name you choose, there will be some participants who will oppose the idea. Rarely will you have a case where everyone completely agrees with the proposed names. This is due to the fact that most people are wary of new things and names in particular.

At the same time, the main and important thing should be the desire to find teams. A good name is your team's identity and will be associated with it as long as it exists. You should not choose a name that does not reflect the character of the team. Remember the phrase from the famous cartoon

Whatever you call the boat, that’s how it will float!

Three points to choose

Your team name is your identity. A name is a powerful thing. It doesn't just tell you what you do. It represents who you are. This is of great importance, the name should tell every person about who you are and, preferably, what you do.

Surely you have heard of rhetoric: “Who am I?” This is the deepest question of any person's personality. The fate of a person also follows from the personality of the name. When a person does not know who he is, he does not know what he should do in his life and what to do.

It’s the same for the team: rhetoric, as the team can be called, is very important for the future. It is from the name that the personality comes, and from the collective identifier comes the common mission and goal. Without a strong team identity, there is often no success.

Associate your team with images of famous objects or animals. The name associates the collective with the values ​​and characteristics of the selected object.

For example, if you use the team name "Lions". What immediately comes to mind? Words such as noble, terrible, fair - which are associated with the image of a lion.

When people hear you repeat your team's name, they will think of all these meanings or characteristics associated with a lion.

And if you choose something like "Snake". What comes to mind? Probably words like cunning, shrewd or deadly.

So the question is, what characteristics do you want your team to be associated with? Are there any objects, animals or people that reflect these words or characteristics? Think about it.

Brainstorm with your team and find a suitable image that can represent everything your team is striving for. You can limit the capabilities of this thinking system and choose those boundaries that you should not go beyond.

To make your name unique, add a location or description of your team. Because if you choose an animal name like "Lions", "Cobras", "Wolves", "Panthers" or others, know that someone, somewhere in the world will use the same one. And to give this name personality, so that when you pronounce it, it immediately becomes clear who you are talking about, you can add context to it.

To do this, you can additionally use a country, city, region, or even a street name to determine where you are. Additionally, you can add an adjective to describe your team:

• "Shining Lions";
• "Golden Lions";
• "Dazzling Lions" and so on.

All these descriptions make your team unique and different from others that have a similar name. And you can be sure that your fans will not confuse you with another team.

Create an abbreviation

When brainstorming, you may come up with a lot of desired names that will mean or mean something to the team. Perhaps you need to think about not offending anyone and making a name that would combine all the invented names.

This can be done in the following way: connect a word from the first letters, an invented name, and each team member. Create an abbreviation, when deciphered, all the invented names will appear.

Based on culture

Think about what your team is most passionate about, what culture they love, or what movie or music they like. Think about how you can change the title of any movie for a name.

For example, for your team you can use the names of films such as:

• “Chariots of Fire” is a beautiful and quite bewitching title;
• "No Limits" is also a pretty interesting title;
• use the nirvana song Smells Like Team Spirit - “The Smell of Team Spirit.”

Use decorative themes. Depending on the type of team event, you can choose a name based on the possible color, costume or design. For example, ideas on what to call sports teams, can come from themes such as pirates, sea hunters, jungle, etc.

Issues affecting the title

Before you start coming up with a name, there are some questions you need to answer that will make this choice easier and point you in the right direction. What are these questions?

1. Are you planning to display your name on a banner or t-shirt? If so, then you need to think about making the letters and words in general look impressive.
2. Will the name be resonant? To support the team by fans, it is necessary that the name be light and sonorous. Try shouting the name loudly several times. Is it clearly shouted? Isn't there an effect of paraphrasing the name, like with the word "trains" when you shout it quickly several times?
3. Aren't you ashamed to shout this name? The result of the game will largely depend on what the fans call the team in the game.

As you can see, there are some things to think about when choosing a team name.

Tasks for the team

Besides choosing a name, there are many reasons to use team brainstorming. What you need to come up with at the beginning Here are some examples.

Barriers to success

There are several obstacles to creating successful team:

1. Every good team has similar characteristics. To create something original, you need to rephrase some characteristics.
2. Why doesn't brainstorming succeed? In order for brainstorming to give desired results, it must come from the leader chosen by the team. Only in this case will there be both results and effectiveness.

In this article, we will give you a step-by-step plan for choosing a team name. We will consider such questions as how to name a football team or what names can be given to teams, ranging from corporate to hockey. All suggestions for choosing a name are relevant for any type.

Factors influencing the choice of team name

Get the whole team involved. It is necessary to listen to the opinions of all members about their preferences for the name of the team. This choice is called collective brainstorming.

If a name is chosen without everyone's agreement, you may have some disgruntled team members who weren't invited to the event, which means there will be disagreements early in the team's formation, which is not a good thing.

In a brainstorming session, no matter what name you choose, there will be some participants who will oppose the idea. Rarely will you have a case where everyone completely agrees with the proposed names. This is due to the fact that most people are wary of new things and names in particular.

At the same time, the main and important thing should be the desire to find teams. A good name is your team's identity and will be associated with it as long as it exists. You should not choose a name that does not reflect the character of the team. Remember the phrase from the famous cartoon

Whatever you call the boat, that’s how it will float!

Three points to choose

Your team name is your identity. A name is a powerful thing. It doesn't just tell you what you do. It represents who you are. This is of great importance, the name should tell every person about who you are and, preferably, what you do.

Surely you have heard of rhetoric: “Who am I?” This is the deepest question of any person's personality. The fate of a person also follows from the personality of the name. When a person does not know who he is, he does not know what he should do in his life and what to do.

It’s the same for the team: rhetoric, as the team can be called, is very important for the future. It is from the name that the personality comes, and from the collective identifier comes the common mission and goal. Without a strong team identity, there is often no success.

Associate your team with images of famous objects or animals. The name associates the collective with the values ​​and characteristics of the selected object.

For example, if you use the team name "Lions". What immediately comes to mind? Words such as noble, terrible, fair - which are associated with the image of a lion.

When people hear you repeat your team's name, they will think of all these meanings or characteristics associated with a lion.

And if you choose something like "Snake". What comes to mind? Probably words like cunning, shrewd or deadly.

So the question is, what characteristics do you want your team to be associated with? Are there any objects, animals or people that reflect these words or characteristics? Think about it.

Brainstorm with your team and find a suitable image that can represent everything your team is striving for. You can limit the capabilities of this thinking system and choose those boundaries that you should not go beyond.

To make your name unique, add a location or description of your team. Because if you choose an animal name like "Lions", "Cobras", "Wolves", "Panthers" or others, know that someone, somewhere in the world will use the same one. And to give this name personality, so that when you pronounce it, it immediately becomes clear who you are talking about, you can add context to it.

To do this, you can additionally use a country, city, region, or even a street name to determine where you are. Additionally, you can add an adjective to describe your team:

• "Shining Lions";
• "Golden Lions";
• "Dazzling Lions" and so on.

All these descriptions make your team unique and different from others that have a similar name. And you can be sure that your fans will not confuse you with another team.

Create an abbreviation

When brainstorming, you may come up with a lot of desired names that will mean or mean something to the team. Perhaps you need to think about not offending anyone and making a name that would combine all the invented names.

This can be done in the following way: connect a word from the first letters, an invented name, and each team member. Create an abbreviation, when deciphered, all the invented names will appear.

Based on culture

Think about what your team is most passionate about, what culture they love, or what movie or music they like. Think about how you can change the title of any movie for a name.

For example, for your team you can use the names of films such as:

• “Chariots of Fire” is a beautiful and quite bewitching title;
• "No Limits" is also a pretty interesting title;
• use the nirvana song Smells Like Team Spirit - “The Smell of Team Spirit.”

Use decorative themes. Depending on the type of team event, you can choose a name based on the possible color, costume or design. For example, ideas for what to name a sports team may come from themes such as pirates, sea hunters, jungles, etc.

Issues affecting the title

Before you start coming up with a name, there are some questions you need to answer that will make this choice easier and point you in the right direction. What are these questions?

1. Are you planning to display your name on a banner or t-shirt? If so, then you need to think about making the letters and words in general look impressive.
2. Will the name be resonant? To support the team by fans, it is necessary that the name be light and sonorous. Try shouting the name loudly several times. Is it clearly shouted? Isn't there an effect of paraphrasing the name, like with the word "trains" when you shout it quickly several times?
3. Aren't you ashamed to shout this name? The result of the game will largely depend on what the fans call the team in the game.

As you can see, there are some things to think about when choosing a team name.

Tasks for the team

Besides choosing a name, there are many reasons to use team brainstorming. What you need to come up with at the beginning Here are some examples.

Barriers to success

There are several obstacles to creating a successful team:

1. Every good team has similar characteristics. To create something original, you need to rephrase some characteristics.
2. Why doesn't brainstorming succeed? In order for brainstorming to produce the desired results, it must come from the leader chosen by the team. Only in this case will there be both results and effectiveness.