# Soccer/Football National Team Nicknames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 20, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904 "2010-06-20T20:44:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/21 "2010-06-22T12:57:57Z")

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> [@Noone\_Special](#):
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> And **nobody** ever calls the Israel team “the Blue Whites.” At least not unsarcastically…

In Spain _los blanquiazules_ (the blue-whites) would most commonly be Espanyol or La Real, so using it for the Israelis could get a bit confusing… “I thought this was the World Cup?”

I’ve heard it called “the Hebrew team”.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/22 "2010-06-24T00:15:01Z")

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> [@Estilicon](#):
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> The argentinian press has baptized the French team as “Moulin Rouge”.  
> In Argentina we call our National Team, the National Team.

FIFA often call the National Team “Albicelestes” I dont know from what old musty “El Grafico” magazine from the 30’s they took that. I’ve never heard “la seleccion” called other than that or simply “Argentina”.

Now, Uruguay is “La Celeste” that is more reasonable. “Vamo Arriba la Celeste”

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**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/23 "2010-06-24T23:39:14Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> The English team have garnered a few new nicknames over the past week 🙂

At least they made it through the first round, unlike the French and the Italians. This is turning out to be a rather interesting cup.

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/24 "2010-06-25T00:42:14Z")

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**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/25 "2010-06-25T13:49:57Z")

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I believe Spain to be la furrier roja.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-football-national-team-nicknames/543904/26 "2010-06-28T07:58:56Z")

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La _furia_ roja, red fury.

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