Association Football Club Names - Club Names Referring To The Club's Specific Origins

Club Names Referring To The Club's Specific Origins

Topic Meaning Country Clubs
Argyle Named after The Argyle Tavern or Argyle Terrace, both in Plymouth. England Plymouth Argyle
Great Chicago Fire Officially founded on October 8, 1997, the 126th anniversary of this pivotal event in the history of Chicago. USA Chicago Fire
Eagles When the club split into an amateur and a professional branch in 1971, the latter added Eagles to its name after their stadium, De Adelaarshorst. Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles
East Orient = from the East, Leyton is in east London England Leyton Orient
Dons Named after the nickname of MK Dons' predecessors, Wimbledon F.C. England Milton Keynes Dons
Forest The club originally played at the Forest Recreation Ground England Nottingham Forest
Heart of Midlothian Named for a dance hall, itself named for a novel by Walter Scott and a reference to the city of Edinburgh, located in the centre of Midlothian county Scotland Heart of Midlothian
Homeless Rovers, Wanderers. Excursionistas translates roughly as "The Voyagers". Originally a team without a home ground Argentina Excursionistas
Chile Santiago Wanderers
England Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol Rovers, Doncaster Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers, Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wycombe Wanderers
Malta Sliema Wanderers
Republic of Ireland Bray Wanderers, Sligo Rovers
Scotland Albion Rovers, Raith Rovers
Uruguay Montevideo Wanderers
Ittihad Arabic for "the union", meaning the merger of clubs or clubs founders Egypt Al Ittihad Al Sakandary, Ittihad El Shorta
Israel Ittihad Bnei Sakhnin
Libya Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
Mohun Bagan The club was named after the palace, Mohun Bagan Villa, that was the site of the club's first ground India Mohun Bagan
Park Avenue The club originally played at the Park Avenue ground England Bradford Park Avenue
Queen of the South A nickname for the club's home of Dumfries Scotland Queen of the South
Rangers (Glasgow) The club founder saw the name Rangers in a Rugby annual Scotland Rangers
Sounders From Puget Sound, on whose eastern shore the city of Seattle lies. United States Seattle Sounders (NASL), Seattle Sounders (USL), Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle Sounders Women
Stanley Named after the Stanley Arms on Stanley Road, Accrington. England Accrington Stanley
Trinity The club was formed in 1873 by the vicar of the Holy Trinity Church England Gainsborough Trinity
Paraguay Sportivo Trinidense
United Often (but not always) refers to the result of a merger. "Pers-" or "P" is short for "Persatuan", Indonesian for "United". "Birlik" means "Union" in Turkish. Argentina Unión de Santa Fe
Armenia Yerevan United
Australia Gold Coast United, Adelaide United, Newcastle United Jets
Belgium KVSK United
Brazil União São João
England Carlisle United, Colchester United, F.C. United of Manchester, Leeds United, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Rotherham United, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, West Ham United, and many more
Finland Tampere United
Indonesia Persib Bandung, Persebaya Surabaya, Persiwa Wamena, Persela Lamongan and many more
Japan JEF United Ichihara Chiba
Netherlands Alkmaar Zaanstreek-combinatie (AZ), Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie (NEC), Noad Advendo Combinatie (NAC), Roda Juliana Combinatie Kerkrade (Roda JC),
Portugal União de Leiria
Republic of Ireland Limavady United
Scotland Ayr United, Dundee United
South Korea Incheon United, Seoul United
Sweden Carlstad United BK, FC Väsby United
Turkey Gençlerbirliği
United States D.C. United

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