What are the Nicknames of Top Football Clubs?

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Football clubs all around the world are known for their fans and the fans have emotions attached with the club they have been following. For new football fans as they watch the live streaming they fail to understand who the commentators refer to when they use the nicknames associated with the clubs. Over time, the clubs are referred with cool nicknames which I think everyone should know.

Here is a list of nicknames of Top Premier League Clubs:

Team	Nickname
Arsenal	The Gunners
Aston Villa	The Villans, The Villa, Villa
Brighton & Hove Albion	The Seagulls, The Albion
Burnley FC	The Clarets
Chelsea	The Blues, The Pensioners
Crystal Palace	The Eagles, The Glaziers
Everton	The Blues, The Toffees, The People’s Club
Fulham	Cottagers, Whites, Black and White army
Leeds United	The Whites, United, The Peacocks
Leicester City	The Foxes
Liverpool	The Reds
Manchester City	The Citizens, City, The Sky Blues
Manchester United	The Red Devils
Newcastle United	The Magpies, Geordies
Sheffield United	The Blades, Red and White Wizards
Southampton	The Saints
West Bromwich Albion	The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion
West Ham United	The Irons, The Hammers, The Academy Of Football
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolves, The Wanderers

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Spain’s La Liga Football Clubs

Team	Nickname(s)	Explanation/ Translation
Athletic Club	Los Leones, Los Rojiblancos	The Lions, The Red and Whites
Atletico Madrid	Los Colchoneros, Los Rojiblancos	The Mattress Makers, The Red and Whites
Barcelona	Blaugrana	In Catalan, ‘blau’ means blue and ‘grana’ translates to deep red
Celta Vigo	Os Celestes	The Sky Blues
Deportivo Alaves	Los Babazorros, El Glorioso	‘Baba’ refers to ‘fava’ beans, and ‘zorro’ means ‘sack’, The Glorious One
Eibar	Los Armeros	The Gunsmiths
Espanyol	Los Periquitos, Los Blanquiazules	The Budgerigars, The White and Blues
Getafe	Los Azulones	The Deep Blues
Granada	Los Nazaries	Nasrids (referencing the Nazrid Dynasty)
Leganes	Los Pepineros	The Cucumber Growers
Levante	Los Granotas	The Frogs
Mallorca	Los Bermellones	The Vermilions
Osasuna	Los Rojillos	The Reds
Real Betis	Betis, Los Verderones, Los Heliopolitans	Lilywhites, The Big Greens, The Heliopolitans
Real Madrid	Los Blancos, Meringues	The Whites, The Meringues
Real Sociedad	Txuri-urdinak	The Whites and Blues
Real Valladolid	Los Albivioletas	The White and Violets
Sevilla	Los Rojiblancos, Los Hispalenses	The White and Reds, The Ones from Hispalis
Valencia	Los Che	In Valencian, ‘che’ is the same as saying ‘hey’
Villarreal	El Submarino Amarillo	The Yellow Submarine

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Serie A club Nicknames

Team	Nickname(s)	Explanation/ Translation
Atalanta	I Nerazzurri	The Black and Blues
Bologna	I Rossoblu, I Veltri	The Red and Blues, The Greyhounds
Brescia	Le Rondinelle, I Biancazzurri	The Little Swallows, The White and Blues
Cagliari	Gli Isolani	The Islanders
Fiorentina	La Viola	The Purple One
Genoa	I Rossoblu, l Grifone	The Red and Blues, The Griffin
Hellas Verona	I Gialloblu	The Yellow and Blues
Inter	I Nerazzurri	The Black and Blues
Juventus	I Bianconeri, La Vecchia Signora	The Black and Whites, The Old Lady
Lazio	I Biancocelesti	The White and Sky Blues
Lecce	I Giallorossi	The Yellow and Reds
Milan	I Rossoneri	The Red and Blacks
Napoli	Gli Azzurri	The Blues
Parma	I Gialloblu, I Crociati	The Yellow and Blues, The Crusaders
Roma	I Giallorossi	The Yellow and Reds
Sampdoria	I Blucerchiati	The Blue-circled (team colours are blue with white, red and black hoops)
Sassuolo	I Neroverdi	The Black and Greens
SPAL	I Biancazzurri	The White and Blues
Torino	Il Toro, i Granata	The Bull, The Maroons
Udinese	I Bianconeri	The White and Blacks

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Germany’s Bundesliga

Team	Nickname(s)	English Nickname(s)
Augsburg	Die Fuggerstadter	Residents of the Fugger City
Bayer Leverkusen	Die Werkself	The Company XI
Bayern	Die Roten	The Reds
Borussia Dortmund	Die Schwarzgelben	The Black and Yellow
Borussia Monchengladbach	Die Fohlen	The Foals
Eintracht Frankfurt	Die Adler	The Eagles
Fortuna Dusseldorf	Die Flingeraner	From the district of Flingern
Freiburg	Breisgau-Brasilianer	Brazilians of Breisgau
Hertha Berlin	Die Alte Dame	The Old Lady
Hoffenheim	Die Kraichgauer	From the Kraichgau region
Koln	Die Geissbocke	The Billy Goats
Leipzig	Die Roten Bullen	The Red Bulls
Mainz	Die Nullfunfer	The O-Fives
Paderborn	N/A
Schalke	Die Konigsblauen	The Royal Blue
Union Berlin	Die Eisernen	The Iron Ones
Werder Bremen	Die Grun-Weissen	The Green-Whites
Wolfsburg	Die Wolfe	The Wolves

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North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS)

Team	Nickname(s)
Atlanta United	The Five Stripes
Chicago Fire	Men in Red
FC Cincinnati	The Orange and Blue
Colorado Rapids	The Rapids
Columbus Crew	The Crew
FC Dallas	The Hoops
D.C. United	The Black and Red
Houston Dynamo	Orange Crush, La Naranja (The Orange)
LA Galaxy	The Galaxy
Los Angeles FC	The Black and Gold
Minnesota United FC	The Loons
Montreal Impact	The Impact
New England Revolution	The Midnight Riders
New York City FC	The Pigeons, The Bronx Blues, The Boys in Blue
New York Red Bulls	The Metros
Orlando City SC	The Lions
Philadelphia Union	The U
Portland Timbers	The Timbers
Real Salt Lake	The Claret and Cobalt
San Jose Earthquakes	The Quakes, The Goonies
Seattle Sounders FC	The Sounders
Sporting Kansas City	The Wizards
Toronto FC	The Reds
Vancouver Whitecaps	The Blue and Whites, The Caps

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France - Ligue 1 Team Nicknames

Team	Nickname(s)	English Translation
AS Monaco	Les Rouge et Blanc	The Red and Whites
AS Saint-Étienne	Les Verts	The Greens
Chamois Niortais FC	Les Chamois	The Chamois
CS Sedan Ardennes	Les Sangliers	The Wildboars
FC Gueugnon	Les Forgerons	The Blacksmiths
FC Lorient	Les Merlus	The Hakes
FC Metz	Les Graoullys	The Graoully Dragons
FC Metz	Les Grenats	The Maroons (kit colour)
FC Nantes	Les Canaris	The Canaries
FC Sochaux	Les Lionceaux	The Lion Cubs
Girondins de Bordeaux	Les Marine et Blanc	Blue and White
Lille	Les Dogues	The Mastiffs
Nimes Olympique	Les Crocodiles	The Crocodiles
OGC Nice	Les Aiglons	The Eaglets
Olympique Lyon	Les Gones	The Boys
Olympique Marseille	Les Phocéens	The Phocians
Paris Saint-Germain F.C.	Les Parisiens	The Parisians
RC Lens	Les Sang et Or	The Blood and Gold
SC Bastia	Les Lions	The Lions
Toulouse FC	Les Violets	The Purples
Valenciennes FC	Les Athéniens	The Athenians