Association Football Club Names - Club Names Referring To Real or Mythical People

Club Names Referring To Real or Mythical People

Topic Meaning Country Clubs
Ajax Club names containing a reference to Ajax the Great or Ajax the Lesser. The South African and American clubs are so named due to their affiliation with AFC Ajax of the Netherlands. Estonia FC Ajax Lasnamäe
Malta Rabat Ajax F.C.
Morocco Ajax Kenitra
Netherlands AFC Ajax, Ajax Sportman Combinatie
South Africa Ajax Cape Town
United States Ajax Orlando Prospects
Hermann Aichinger Brazil Clube Atlético Hermann Aichinger
Alexandra Club names containing a reference to Princess Alexandra. England Crewe Alexandra
Apollo Greece Apollon Kalamarias, Apollon Athens
Cyprus Apollon Limassol
Aris After the Greek God of War. Greece Aris Thessaloniki
Cyprus Aris Limassol
Luxembourg Aris Bonnevoie
Arminia From Arminius a chieftain who defeated a Roman Army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Germany Arminia Bielefeld, Arminia Hannover
Atlas Club names containing a reference to Atlas. Mexico Club Atlas
Argentina Club Atlético Atlas
Hristo Botev Named after Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Bulgaria Botev Plovdiv, Botev Vratsa
Simón Bolívar Bolivia Club Bolívar
Guillermo Brown Argentina Club Almirante Brown, Club Atlético Almirante Brown, Club Atlético Brown, Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown
Colocolo Brazil Colo-Colo de Futebol e Regatas
Chile Colo-Colo
Renato Curi Italy Renato Curi Angolana
Andrea Doria Italy Sampdoria (from merger of Sampierdarenese, team of San Pier d'Arena, borough of Genoa, and Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria, team so named from the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria)
Shimshon Douri The club was formed in memory of Shimshon Douri, a former Maccabi Tel Aviv player who died in the War of Independence. Israel Shimshon Tel Aviv F.C.
Arturo Fernández Vial Chile Club Deportivo Ferroviario Almirante Arturo Fernández Vial
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Mikhail Frunze Ukraine FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy
José Gálvez Peru Club José Gálvez
Rutherford B. Hayes Paraguay Club Presidente Hayes
Hercules/Heracles After the Greek demi-god. Greece Iraklis F.C.
Netherlands Heracles Almelo
Spain Hércules CF
Hertha Supposedly a Germanic deity. Germany Hertha BSC (Berlin), Hertha Zehlendorf
Hotspur Named after Henry Percy, aka Henry Hotspur England Tottenham Hotspur
Isma'il Named after Isma'il Pasha ( Khedive of Egypt and Sudan ) Egypt Isma'ily
Jahn Named after Friedrich Ludwig Jahn. Germany SSV Jahn Regensburg
Joan of Arc Réunion SS Jeanne d'Arc
Senegal ASC Jeanne d'Arc
Lech Named after Lech, legendary founder of Polish nation. Poland Lech Poznań
Vasil Levski Named after Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria. Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Martín Ledesma Paraguay Club Martín Ledesma
Newell Named by ex-pupils of the English High School of Rosario in homage to its director and football coach, English immigrant Isaac Newell Argentina Newell's Old Boys
Odysseus Named after legendary Greek king and Homer's epic poem Armenia Ulisses F.C.
Prometheus Named after Greek titan Ukraine FC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk
José Joaquín Olmedo Ecuador Centro Deportivo Olmedo
Silvio Pettirossi Paraguay Club Silvio Pettirossi
Armando Picchi Italy Armando Picchi Calcio
Rio Branco Named after the Baron of Rio Branco. Brazil Rio Branco Atlético Clube, Rio Branco Esporte Clube, Clube Esportivo Rio Branco, Rio Branco Sport Club
Rob Roy Scotland Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.
Robin Hood Suriname SV Robinhood
Ricardo Saprissa Named after the Salvadoran-born coach of the Costa Rica national team who provided the newly formed club with its first uniforms in 1935. Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
Santa Claus Finland FC Santa Claus
Skënderbeu Named after the Albanian national hero, Skanderbeg. Albania Skënderbeu Korçë
Spartacus The famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic (c. 73–71 BCE). Bulgaria PFC Spartak Pleven, FC Spartak Plovdiv, PFC Spartak Varna
Georgia FC Spartaki Tskhinvali
Kazakhstan FC Spartak Semey
Russia FC Spartak Moscow, FC Spartak Nalchik, FC Spartak Kostroma, FC Spartak Tambov, FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola, FC Spartak Gorno-Altaysk
Serbia FK Spartak Ljig, FK Spartak Zlatibor Voda
Slovakia FC Spartak Trnava
Ukraine FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Teuta Named after the Illyrian queen Teuta. Albania Teuta Durrës
Vasco da Gama Named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. Brazil Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Associação Desportiva Vasco da Gama
India Vasco SC
South Africa Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield Club named after the Buenos Aires railway station closest to its original site, said station having been named for the Argentine statesman. Argentina Vélez Sársfield
Victoria Named after Queen Victoria. England Northwich Victoria, Biddulph Victoria
Vikings Finland FC Viikingit
Iceland Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur
Norway Viking Stavanger
Willem II Netherlands Willem II
Jorge Wilstermann Bolivia Club Jorge Wilstermann
Zawisza Named after Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and nobleman. Poland Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Zico Brazil Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva

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