Club Names Referring To Real or Mythical People
Topic | Meaning | Country | Clubs |
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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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