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Follow on Google News | Not Just Bafana Bafana on SpacelockerIf you have been watching the World Cup, or even just heard about it in the various medias, I am sure you heard the nickname for the South African team … Bufana Bufana (the boys).
By: sport,soccer,football,world cup We searched the internet and found that the worldcupblog.org has tried to identify each of the 32 team’s nicknames. Here is the list: Algeria – Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes) Argentina – Albicelestes (White and Sky blue) Australia – Socceroos Brazil – Seleção (The Selection). Also Canarinhos (Little Canary) and Verde e Amarelo (Green and Yellow). Cameroon – Lions Indomptables (Indomitable Lions) Chile – La Roja (The Red) Cote d’Ivoire – Les Éléphants (The Elephants) Denmark – Olsens Elleve (Olsen’s Eleven) – In honour of popular head coach Morten Olsen. England – The Three Lions – From the FA crest. France – Les Bleus (The Blues) Germany – National Mannschaft (National Team) or DFB Elf (DFB Eleven) or National Elf (National Eleven). The nickname Die Mannschaft (the team) is only used by non-German media. Ghana – The Black Stars Greece – To Piratiko (The Pirate Ship) – Since Euro 2004. But another common nickname is apparently Galanoleyki, though I have no idea what that means. Honduras – Los Catrachos which is apparently how other Central Americans refer to Hondurans. Also La H (The H) – The crest is a large H, which looks extremely cool on the shirt.. Italy – Azzurri (Sky Blues) Japan – Blue Samurai Mexico – El Tri (after the three colours or “tricolor” Netherlands – Oranje North Korea – Chollima (some sort of mythical horse) New Zealand – All Whites (rugby union team are the All Blacks) Nigeria – Super Eagles Paraguay – La Albirroja (The White-Red) or Guaraní (an indigenous people) Portugal – Selecção das Quinas (Team of the Five Shields) – Referring to the five shields on the FA crest. I think. Serbia – Beli Orlovi (White Eagles) – Referring to the white double headed eagle on the Serbia coat of arms. Slovakia – Repre (at least according to Wikipedia, but there’s no explanation as to what this means). Slovenia – Zmajceki (Dragons) – Because there’s a dragon on the crest of capital city Ljubljana. South Africa – Bafana Bafana (The Boys) South Korea – Taeguk Warriors. Fans are often called The Red Devils. Spain – La Furia Roja (Red Fury) Switzerland – Schweizer Nati United States – Often referred to as the MNT (Men’s National Team) or The Yanks. Uruguay – La Celeste (The Sky Blue) Although the World Cup is winding down and it is now in the knock out rounds, all the teams will be talked about for years. And in many cases these teams will be referred to by their nicknasmes. Now you will know who they are talking about. Why not sign up on Spacelocker with your own personal nickname. Have fun meeting new friends from around the world. http://www.spacelocker.com/ End
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