Best FIFA World Cup 2026 team nickname

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

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Japan: Samurai Blue	3
Tunisia: Eagles of Carthage	3
Jordan: The Chivalrous Ones	3
Belgium: De Rode Duivels (The Red Devils)	2
Panama: Los Canaleros (The Canal Men)	2
Australia: Socceroos	2
Austria: Das Team (The Team), Burschen (The Boys), Unsere Burschen (Our Boys)	1
Germany: Die Mannschaft (The Team)	1
Scotland: The Tartan Army	1
Ghana: Black Stars	1
Uzbekistan: White Wolves	1
Algeria: The Desert Warriors, The Greens, The Fennecs	1
Côte d'Ivoire: Les Éléphants (The Elephants)	1
Morocco: The Atlas Lions	1
Cabo Verde: Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks)	1
Uruguay: La Celeste (The Sky Blue)	1
Portugal: Seleção das Quinas (The Team of the Shields)	0
Qatar: The Maroons	0
Paraguay: La Albirroja (The White and Red)	0
Saudi Arabia: The Green Falcons	0
Republic of Korea: Taegeuk Warriors, Tigers of Asia	0
United States of America: The Stars and Stripes	0
Türkiye: The Crescent-Stars	0
Switzerland: Schweizer Nati (The National Team)	0
Sweden: Blågult (The Blue-Yellow)	0
Spain: La Roja (The Red One)	0
South Africa: Bafana Bafana	0
Senegal: Lions de la Téranga (The Lions of Teranga)	0
Norway: Røde, Hvite, Blå (Red, White and Blue)	0
New Zealand: All Whites	0
Netherlands: Oranje (Orange)	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Zmajevi (The Dragons), Zlatni Ljiljani (Golden Lilies)	0
Brazil: Seleção (The Selection), Canarinho (Little Canary)	0
Canada: Les Rouges (The Reds), The Canucks	0
Colombia: La Tricolor (The Tricolour)	0
Croatia: Vatreni (Blazers)	0
Curaçao: The Blue Wave	0
Czechia: Nároďák (The National Team), Repre (The Representatives)	0
Democratic Republic of Congo: Léopards (Leopards)	0
Ecuador: La Tri (The Tri), La Tricolor (The Tricolours)	0
Egypt: The Pharaohs	0
England: Three Lions	0
Haiti: (Les Grenadiers) The Grenadiers, Le Rouge et Bleu (The Red and Blue)	0
Islamic Republic of Iran: Team Melli	0
Iraq: Usood al-Rafidayn (Lions of Mesopotamia)	0
France: Les Bleus (The Blues)	0
Mexico: El Tri, El Tricolor (The Tricolour)	0
Argentina: La Selección (The Selection), La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blue)	0

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

Eagles of Carthage is pretty badass

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

This is Korea though

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

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

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

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

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

Switzerland's is hilariously neutral

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

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

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

so it's like

a) the team
b) colors
c) cats

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

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

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

nice

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

voting CIV as they break the feline paradigm in style

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

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

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

Socceroos and it's not even close

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

switzerland’s made me double take

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

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

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

gay bar name vibes

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

mannschaft…right on

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

Can you dig it?

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

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

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

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Saturday, 27 June 2026 00:01 (three days ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Sunday, 28 June 2026 00:01 (two days ago)

ffs even i apparently failed to vote for senegal

― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 June 2026 01:36 (two days ago)

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