Comments on: World Cup 2010 Team Nicknames

By: sp

sp — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:11:26 +0000

for slovakia:
“repre” is an abbreviation of “representation team” – (the team which presents and acts on behalf of the slovak nation)
“reprezentacny tim” in slovak (sorry for missing accents)

By: Football Gifts

Football Gifts — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:30:09 +0000

How come England don’t have a nickname?

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:16:14 +0000

The “La albiceleste” nickname for Argentina is generally used by the foreign media. In Argentina the national team is called “La Seleccion”.

By: aek

aek — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:09:38 +0000

For Greece galanoleyki comes from our flag colours.Galano=blue and leyki=white

By: Hector

Hector — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:50:05 +0000

Honduras are also called La Bicolor a lot as well.

By: Deluxe

Deluxe — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:29:28 +0000

Mexico is also known locally as “La Selección” (The Selection).

Argentina is also called “La Albiceleste” both in South America and by Argentinians themselves.

As for Germany, it should read “Nationalmannschaft”, it’s a single word.

By: Francesco

Francesco — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:19:36 +0000

I would say that even though the Italian National Team is always called “Gli Azzurri”, they are more popularly referred to by the Italian media as “La Nazionale” (the National Team). The Azzurri are the players, while the Nazionale is the team itself, if that makes sense. Like an article will say “Here are the 23 Azzurri called up to the Nazionale”.

By: Bergo

Bergo — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:42:48 +0000

For Switzerland also Rossocrociati in italian, it means red with a cross; in french is la Nati.

By: everett

everett — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:35:21 +0000

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By: sarah clark

sarah clark — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:32:37 +0000

i think ghana’s nickname is almighty stars