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Best FIFA World Cup 2026 team nickname

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Poll Closing Date: Sunday, 28 June 2026 00:00 (in 1 week)

At the risk of skewing this poll, I must mention that Lions de la Téranga more or less means Lions of Hospitality.

Algeria: The Desert Warriors, The Greens, The Fennecs
Argentina: La Selección (The Selection), La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)
Australia: Socceroos
Austria: Das Team (The Team), Burschen (The Boys), Unsere Burschen (Our Boys)
Belgium: De Rode Duivels (The Red Devils)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmajevi (The Dragons), Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies)
Brazil: Seleção (The Selection), Canarinho (Little Canary)
Canada: Les Rouges (The Reds), The Canucks
Cabo Verde: Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks)
Colombia: La Tricolor (The Tricolour)
Côte d'Ivoire: Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
Croatia: Vatreni (Blazers)
Curaçao: The Blue Wave
Czechia: Nároďák (The National Team), Repre (The Representatives)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Léopards (Leopards)
Ecuador: La Tri (The Tri), La Tricolor (The Tricolours)
Egypt: The Pharaohs
England: Three Lions
France: Les Bleus (The Blues)
Germany: Die Mannschaft (The Team)
Ghana: Black Stars
Haiti: (Les Grenadiers) The Grenadiers, Le Rouge et Bleu (The Red and Blue)
Islamic Republic of Iran: Team Melli
Iraq: Usood al-Rafidayn (Lions of Mesopotamia)
Japan: Samurai Blue
Jordan: The Chivalrous Ones
Mexico: El Tri, El Tricolor (The Tricolour)
Morocco: The Atlas Lions
Netherlands: Oranje (Orange)
New Zealand: All Whites
Norway: Røde, Hvite, Blå (Red, White and Blue)
Panama: Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)
Paraguay: La Albirroja (The White and Red)
Portugal: Seleção das Quinas (The Team of the Shields)
Qatar: The Maroons
Republic of Korea: Taegeuk Warriors, Tigers of Asia
Saudi Arabia: The Green Falcons
Scotland: The Tartan Army
Senegal: Lions de la Téranga (The Lions of Teranga)
South Africa: Bafana Bafana
Spain: La Roja (The Red One)
Sweden: Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)
Switzerland: Schweizer Nati (The National Team)
Tunisia: Eagles of Carthage
Türkiye: The Crescent-Stars
United States of America: The Stars and Stripes
Uruguay: La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
Uzbekistan: White Wolves


― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:12 (two days ago)

Eagles of Carthage is pretty badass

― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:18 (two days ago)

I know which one Stephen Miller is voting for

― If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:21 (two days ago)

This is Korea though

― If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:22 (two days ago)

Horrible defending again. Once again four defenders can't subdue 2 attackers because they inexplicably move in tandem like the pixelated players in RBI Baseball

― If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:24 (two days ago)

I'd like to nominate my own country (NZ) for the worst. We have a tendency for our sports teams to be either white or black. It was excellent when our badminton team was named the Black Cocks.

― aphoristical, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:25 (two days ago)

with respect to panama and korea, the african team names are all killer

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:26 (two days ago)

sadly, Team Melli just means (Iran's) National Team

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:28 (two days ago)

Switzerland's is hilariously neutral

― If your ass is a Bible, 213 will regulate (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:28 (two days ago)

i mean Die Mannschaft is no better but at least it sounds incredibly homoerotic

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:30 (two days ago)

so it's like

a) the team
b) colors
c) cats

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 02:33 (two days ago)

I kinda like the Blue Sharks of the Green Cape

― get your printable keyboard workout plan for ILXors over 50 (WmC), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 03:01 (two days ago)

feel like 'the tartan army' is more about the fans than the team?

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 04:08 (two days ago)

Tartan Army gets bonus points for the name being repurposed by Christopher Priest in the first sentence of A Dream of Wessex, which maybe I will finally get around to reading.

― River of No Reply (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 04:16 (two days ago)

nice

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 04:18 (two days ago)

voting CIV as they break the feline paradigm in style

― imago, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 06:24 (two days ago)

feel like 'the tartan army' is more about the fans than the team?

The Tartan Army is the fans, Scotland teams have never had a nickname.

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 06:34 (two days ago)

... apart from Ally's Army in 1978, I suppose.

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 06:34 (two days ago)

would you call the England team or the fans "Three Lions"? do they even have a nickname? it's like how it doesn't say the country on our stamps, default Englishness.

― Here is the mentioned donkey, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 07:48 (two days ago)

voting Belgium because it sounds like a pretty good trappist beer

― Here is the mentioned donkey, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 07:49 (two days ago)

just realising I've overlooked the Balkan ones, that's good work, especially Croatia

― imago, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 07:54 (two days ago)

Socceroos and it's not even close

― octobeard, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 08:03 (two days ago)

switzerland’s made me double take

― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 12:00 (two days ago)

lmao though ofc they'd have a nickname that dully literal

― imago, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 12:02 (two days ago)

well it was the four letter word at the end

― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 14:23 (two days ago)

tartan army is fantastic, hard to beat the socceroos tho.

i will say “die mannschaft” is perfect in being simultaneously coldly industrial and slightly naughty

― the manda-whore-ian and hoe-gu (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 14:42 (two days ago)

gay bar name vibes

― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 14:56 (two days ago)

he’s a mannschaft and he’s looking good

― the manda-whore-ian and hoe-gu (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 14:58 (two days ago)

Very taken with Czechia, The Representatives.

― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 15:02 (two days ago)

always liked "Fennec" as both a word and a cuet animal

― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 15:02 (two days ago)

Who's the cat who won't cop out
When there's red cards all about

― River of No Reply (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 15:03 (two days ago)

mannschaft…right on

― the manda-whore-ian and hoe-gu (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 15:04 (two days ago)

Can you dig it?

― River of No Reply (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 16 June 2026 15:08 (two days ago)

was all set to pick an animal-based one then saw Jordan's

― nashwan, Tuesday, 16 June 2026 19:11 (two days ago)


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