Lists of nicknames in association football

This are lists of nicknames in football.

Club nicknames

• List of football club nicknames in the United Kingdom
• List of mainland European football club nicknames
• List of football club nicknames in the Americas

National team nicknames

Incidental/historical squad nicknames

• A Academia (The Academy), Palmeiras's team in the seventies
• Az Aranycsapat (The Golden Team), legendary Hungarian national football team of the 1950s.
• Craiova Maxima, Universitatea Craiova of the late 1970s and early 1980s
• Fergie's Fledglings, generation of home-grown Manchester United players led by Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, who won multiple junior trophies before winning between six and thirteen Premier League titles each, as well as the UEFA Champions League in 1999 and 2008.
• Gaşca nebună (The Crazy Gang), Sportul Studenţesc of the 1980s and early 2000s
• Golden Generation, 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 second best performance at a European Championship - runners-up at Euro 2004.
• Gothenburg Greats, Aberdeen FC team which played under Alex Ferguson during the club's most successful era in the 1980s and won many trophies, the most notable being the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup vs Real Madrid in Gothenburg, 1983.
• Il Grande Torino, Torino side of the 1940s.
• Iron Curtain, Rangers' defensive line in the 1940s and early 1950s
• KK Eleven, Zambian national football team of the 1980s.
• La Grande Inter (The Great Inter), Internazionale team that won back-to-back European Cup wins in 1964 and 1965.
• La Máquina (The Machine), River Plate team in the early 1940s.
• La Quinta del Buitre (Vulture's Quint), generation of club grown Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1980s
• Lisbon Lions, Celtic's home-grown European Cup winning team of 1967
• Os Magriços, Portugal national football team which reached 3rd place in the 1966 World Cup in England
• Quality Street Gang, used to describe the Celtic reserve team of the late 1960s. Several of the group eventually replaced members of the Lisbon Lions team.
• Rolo Compressor (Steamroller), Sport Club Internacional's team in the 40's
• Spartanii (The Spartans), Dinamo team, that dominated Divizia A in 2007
• The Black Sea Storm, Trabzonspor team who dominated the Turkish league in the 70's
• The Busby Babes, group of home-grown Manchester United players trained by Matt Busby and co during the 1950s
• The Crazy Gang, Wimbledon F.C. in the 1980s/90s
• 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).
• The Entertainers, 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
• The Ice Kings, name given to the Leicester City side of the 1962-63 season who chased the double thanks to a sensational run of form on icy and frozen pitches during the coldest winter in England of the 20th century.
• The Invincibles/The Untouchables, Arsenal team who went 49 consecutive league games unbeaten during the 2002-03 to the 2004-05 seasons
• The Spice Boys, group of Liverpool F.C. footballers in the mid-late 1990s, most famous for their decision to wear coordinated cream suits to the 1996 FA Cup Final. The group was seen typically as being composed of Jamie Redknapp, David James, Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler and Jason McAteer.
• The Total Footballers, any team coached by Rinus Michels and involving Johan Cruijff and Johan Neeskens.
• Viteziştii (The Speedsters), Steaua Bucureşti of the 1980s
• Wembley Wizards, Scottish national team which defeated England at Wembley Stadium in 1928
• Wunderteam (Wonder Team), Austria national football team that had an unbeaten streak of 14 games between April 1931 and December 1932
• Ye-yé, generation of all-Spanish Real Madrid players that dominated Spanish football in the 1960s

Nicknames of fans

See also

• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia