Club Names Referring To Sport
| Topic | Meaning | Country | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur | Referring to the amateur origins of the club. | Austria | Amateure SV |
| England | Fulwood Amateurs F.C. | ||
| Athletics | Club names containing a reference to athletes or athletics. In the United States, the term "athletics" refers to sport in general. | Angola | Petro Atlético |
| Brazil | Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense, Atlético Goianiense, Atlético Acreano | ||
| Colombia | Atlético Nacional, Atlético Bucaramanga, Atlético Huila | ||
| England | Charlton Athletic, Grays Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Wigan Athletic | ||
| Paraguay | Club Atlético 3 de Febrero, Club Atlético Colegiales | ||
| Scotland | Dunfermline Athletic, Forfar Athletic, Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic, Haddington Athletic | ||
| Spain | Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid | ||
| United States | Athletic Club of St. Louis, Saint Louis Athletica | ||
| Casuals | Clubs originating in amateur status teams. | England | Corinthian-Casuals F.C., Walton Casuals F.C. |
| Cricket | Club names containing a term for cricket. Usually, the club also had a cricket team in the past. | Brazil | Rio Cricket |
| Italy | Genoa C.F.C. | ||
| Fencing | Argentina | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata | |
| Football | Club names containing a term for football. Examples: futebol (Portuguese) balompié (Spanish), calcio (Italian). | Brazil | Guaratinguetá Futebol, RS Futebol, Paulínia Futebol Clube |
| Denmark | Greve Fodbold | ||
| Italy | Ascoli Calcio 1898, Cagliari Calcio, Udinese Calcio, Calcio Catania | ||
| Spain | Albacete Balompié, Real Betis Balompié, Écija Balompié | ||
| Gymnastics | These clubs usually have a historical affiliation with gymnastics. | Argentina | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Gimnasia y Tiro de Salta |
| France | Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice-Côte d'Azur | ||
| Germany | Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim, Turn und Spielvereinigung Koblenz | ||
| Norway | Larvik Turn & I.F. | ||
| Spain | Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Gimnástica de Torrelavega | ||
| Turkey | Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü | ||
| Olympic Games | Club names containing a reference to either the Olympic Games or the ancient city of Olympia, Greece. | Azerbaijan | FK Olimpik Baku |
| Belgium | Olympia Bruxelles, Olympic Charleroi | ||
| Cameroon | Olympic Mvolyé | ||
| Cyprus | Olympiakos Nicosia | ||
| Egypt | El Olympi | ||
| England | Blackburn Olympic, Rushall Olympic | ||
| France | Nîmes Olympique, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique Marseille | ||
| Greece | Olympiacos F.C., Olympiakos Volou 1937 F.C. | ||
| Honduras | CD Olimpia | ||
| Mali | Cercle Olympique de Bamako | ||
| Niger | Olympic FC de Niamey | ||
| Northern Ireland | Derry Olympic | ||
| Paraguay | Olimpia Asunción | ||
| Poland | Olimpia Elbląg, Olimpia Grudziądz | ||
| Romania | Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
| Slovenia | Olimpija Ljubljana | ||
| Rambling | Hillwalking | Republic of Ireland | Cobh Ramblers F.C. |
| England | Burnham Ramblers F.C. | ||
| Racing | Uruguay | Racing Montevideo | |
| Spain | Racing Santander | ||
| France | Racing Club de France Colombes 92 Racing Club de Strasbourg |
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| Argentina | Racing Avellaneda | ||
| Rowing | These clubs usually have a historical affiliation with rowing. | Brazil | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Clube de Regatas Brasil, Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, Colo-Colo de Futebol e Regatas, Palmas Futebol e Regatas, Clube do Remo, São Cristóvão de Futebol e Regatas |
| Sport | Club names containing the word "sport." Examples: deportivo (Spanish), desportivo and esportivo (Portuguese), sport (Dutch), spor (Turkish). | Brazil | Desportiva Capixaba, Clube Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves, Sport Club do Recife |
| Cape Verde | Desportivo Ribeira Brava, Desportivo de Santa Cruz | ||
| Chile | Club Deportivo Huachipato, Club Deportivo O'Higgins, Deportivo Temuco | ||
| Colombia | Deportivo Cali, Deportivo Pereira, Deportes Quindío, Deportes Tolima, Deportivo Pasto, Depor FC | ||
| Egypt | Alexandria Sporting Club | ||
| England | Woodley Sports, Mickleover Sports, Hullbridge Sports, Cowes Sports | ||
| Republic of Ireland | Sporting Fingal | ||
| Netherlands | Helmond Sport, Sportclub Heerenveen | ||
| Paraguay | Sportivo Luqueño | ||
| Peru | Deportivo Wanka, Sport Boys | ||
| Portugal | Desportivo das Aves, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting Braga | ||
| Spain | Deportivo de La Coruña, other clubs with RCD (Real Club Deportivo) | ||
| Turkey | Bursaspor, Trabzonspor, Samsunspor... | ||
| USA | Sporting Kansas City | ||
| Stadium | Club names containing the word "stadium." Examples: stade (French), stadion (Dutch and German). | Belgium | Stade Leuven |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Stade d'Abidjan | ||
| France | Stade Rennes, Stade Reims, Stade Brest 29, Stade Saint-Brieuc, Stade Bordelais, Stade Français Paris, Stade Laval, Stade Plabennecois | ||
| Gabon | Stade d'Akébé, AS Stade Mandji | ||
| Mali | Stade Malien | ||
| Senegal | Stade Mbour | ||
| Tennis | Football department was added to tennis club. | Germany | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
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Famous quotes containing the words club, names, referring and/or sport:
“We have ourselves to answer for.”
—“Jennie June” Croly 1829–1901, U.S. founder of the woman’s club movement, journalist, author, editor. Demorest’s Illustrated Monthly and Mirror of Fashions, pp. 24-5 (January 1870)
“Ideas about life organize perception; names of emotions organize sensations; rules of syntax organize thought. But pain comes on its own.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Usually, when people talk about the “strength” of black women they are referring to the way in which they perceive black women coping with oppression. They ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)