NICKNAMES OF THE TEAMS

Argentina – La Albiceleste (White and Sky Blues) Australia – The Socceroos

Belgium – Les Diables Rouges (Red Devils) Brazil – Selecao (The selection)

Colombia – Los Cafeteros (The Coffee Growers) Costa Rica – Los Ticos (Spanish slang for Costa Rica natives)

Croatia – Vatreni (The Blazers)

Denmark – Danish Dynamite

Egypt – The Pharaohs

England – The Three Lions

France – Les Bleus (The Blues)

Germany – Die Mannschaft (The Team)

Iceland – Strakamir Okkar (Our Boys)

Iran – Shirane Pars (The Lions of Persia)

Japan – Samurai Blue

South Korea – Asian Tigers

Mexico – El Tricolor

Morocco – Atlas Lions

Nigeria – The Super Eagles

Panama – Marea Roja (The Red Tide)

Peru – Los Incas

Poland – Polskie Orly (The Polish Eagles) Portugal – Seleccao das Quinas (Team of the Castles) or

The Seleccao (The Team)

Russia – Sbornaya (Team)

Saudi Arabia – Al Sogour Al Akhdar (The Green Falcons)

Senegal – Les Lions de la Teranga (The Lions of

Teranga)

Serbia – Orlovi (The Eagles)

Spain – La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) or La Roja (The Red)

Sweden – Blagult (The Blue and Yellows) Switzerland – Rossocrociati (The Red Crusaders) Tunisia – Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage)

Uruguay – Charruas (A warrior tribe in Uruguay)