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Association Football club names are a part of the sport's culture, reflecting century-old traditions. Club names may reflect the geographical, cultural, religious or political affiliations – or simply be the brand name of a club's primary sponsor. Because of the British origin of the modern game and the prevalence of the English language, many clubs, even outside Europe, have their names written in English.

In Europe, most clubs are named after their towns or cities (e.g. "Deportivo de La Coruña", "Liverpool F.C.", "Hamburger SV"). In South America, clubs are more likely to have names that do not bear the city's name.

## Common versus official usage

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It is not uncommon for a club to be known in common usage by a name other than its official name, or the name on the badge.

Other clubs are more usually known by nicknames or contractions of their full names, for instance, Vasco da Gama is usually called simply Vasco, F.C. Internazionale Milan is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or Sporting Lisbon. Manchester United is often shortened to Man Utd, and Lyon or OL used instead of Olympique Lyonnais.

Some clubs are commonly referred to by their initials, such as PSG for Paris Saint-Germain and PNE for Preston North End.

## Profession/education

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### Profession

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Topic  | Meaning  | Country  | Clubs

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Agriculture | Kolos is Ukrainian for spike and stands for the Kolos sport society of agriculture workers. Nyva means field. Meliorator stands for working in drainage or canal development.  |  Belarus  | Meliorator Zhitkovichi, Niva Dolbizno, BGATU-Niva Samokhvalovichi (defunct), Kolos Ustye (until 1993)
Kazakhstan  | Meliorator Chimkent (until 1992)
Kyrgyzstan  | Kolos Nizhnechuyskoye
Russia  | Kolos Pokrovskoye, Kolos Bykovo (defunct), Kolos Krasnodar (defunct), Niva Slavyansk-na-Kubani (defunct)
Soviet Union  | Kolhospnyk Berehove[1] (until 1962), Kolhospnyk Cherkasy[1] (until 1967), Kolhospnyk Poltava[1] (until 1965), Kolhospnyk Rivne[1] (until 1967),
Kolos Pavlohrad[1] (until 1982), Kolos Poltava[1] (until 1985), WFC Nyva Baryshivka (until 1991)
Ukraine  | Kolos Buchach,[2] Kolos Kovalivka,[3] Kolos Luzhany[2] (until 1996), Kolos Nikopol[1] (until 1992),
Meliorator Kakhovka[3] (until 1995),
Nyva Bershad,[3] Nyva Buzova, Nyva Ternopil,[3] Nyva Vinnytsia,[3] Nyva Myronivka[3] (defunct), Nyva-Tekstylnyk Dunaivtsi (until 2006)
Armed forces | For sport clubs affiliated with or named after the armed forces of a country. See also sports societies section.  |  Botswana  | Botswana Defence Force XI
Bulgaria  | CSKA Sofia
Canada  | Cavalry FC
China  | Bayi (defunct)
England  | United Services Portsmouth, Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C. (defunct)
Ethiopia  | Defence Force
Hungary  | Budapest Honvéd FC
Kazakhstan  | FC CSKA Almaty (defunct)
Lithuania  | Kauno Jėgeriai, FK Saliutas Vilnius (both defunct), FK Riteriai
Malaysia  | Armed Forces F.C.
Moldova  | FC Rapid Ghidighici \- formerly CSCA Chișinău
Morocco  | AS FAR
Pakistan  | Pakistan Army
Philippines  | Philippine Air Force
Poland  | Legia Warsaw,[4] Śmigły Wilno
Romania  | CSA Steaua București
Russia  | CSKA Moscow, SKA-Rostov, SKA-Khabarovsk
Scotland  | Third Lanark A.C. (defunct)
Singapore  | Warriors FC (formerly Singapore Armed Forces FC)
Soviet Union  | SKA Lviv[1] (defunct), VPS Kharkiv (defunct)
Suriname  | SNL
Tajikistan  | CSKA Dushanbe (defunct), CSKA Pamir Dushanbe, Khosilot Farkhor
Trinidad and Tobago  | Defence Force
Ukraine  | CSKA Kyiv,[3] SKA-Lotto Odesa[3] (defunct), SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad (defunct), VPS Kramatorsk[5] (defunct), SKA Odesa[1] (until 1992)
United States  | Charleston Battery, New York Generals (defunct)
Arsenal | Factories creating weapons. Granat is the Polish for grenade |  Argentina  | Arsenal de Sarandí
England  | Arsenal
Poland  | Granat Skarżysko-Kamienna[4]
Russia  | FC Arsenal Tula
Suriname  | SV Arsenal
Ukraine  | Arsenal Kyiv[1][3]
Aviation |  |  Canada  | Edmonton Aviators (defunct)
Wales  | Cardiff Airport
Beer |  |  England  | Farnham United Breweries (defunct)
Eritrea  | Asmara Brewery
Peru  | Sporting Cristal
Ukraine  | Obolon Kyiv[3][4]
United States  | New Jersey Brewers (defunct)
Building, Construction, etc. | Everything connected with building and constructions: clubs named after the process of building constructions, the profession (FC Stroitel), companies (), substances used for construction (FC Cement), or companies producing it (Semen Padang)  |  Indonesia  | Semen Padang
Russia  | FC Cementnik (Mikhaylovka), Stroitel Morshansk
Serbia  | Cement Beočin
Soviet Union  | Budivelnyk Prypiat[1] (defunct), Budivelnyk Poltava[1] (until 1972)
Ukraine  | Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv[1][3] (until 2002)
Copper | Cobre is Spanish for copper, after association with copper mining  |  Chile  | Club de Deportes Cobreloa, Club de Deportes Cobresal
Peru  | Cobresol F.B.C.
Poland  | Miedź Legnica
Cars | Club names containing the name of an automobile company. These clubs were either founded as works teams by a company for its employees (e.g. Kamaz), bought by a company (e.g. Ford), or incorporate a corporate sponsor's name (e.g. Skoda Xanthi). Avtomobilist stands for automobile service, not automobile manufacturing.  |  England  | Vauxhall Motors, Coventry Alvis, Hucknall Rolls Leisure, Mercedes-Benz, Sunderland Nissan (both defunct)
Greece  | Skoda Xanthi
Ireland  | Ford (def.)
Japan  | Honda Motor, Mitsubishi Mizushima FC
Russia  | KAMAZ, Lada Togliatti, Torpedo-ZIL
South Korea  | Ulsan Hyundai, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Busan IPark (prev, k.a. Daewoo Royals)
Soviet Union  | Avtomobilist Lviv[1] (defunct), Avtomobilist Zhytomyr[1] (until 1976)
Ukraine  | Lada Chernivtsi[3] (defunct), Avtomobilist Sumy[3] (until 1993), Skify-LAZ Lviv[3] (until 1995)
Chemical industry | Clubs named after the profession (Khimik) or chemical elements (Amkar, = AMmiak" (ammonia) and "KARbamid (carbamide)).  |  Belarus  | Khimik Svetlogorsk
Kazakhstan  | Khimik (was named so in 1975-1992; also, from 1992 to 1994 the name was "Phosphor")
Kyrgyzstan  | Khimik Kara-Balta
Russia  | FC Amkar Perm, Khimik Dzerzhinsk
Soviet Union  | FC Khimik Dniprodzerzhynsk[1] (until 1962)
Ukraine  | Khimik Krasnoperekopsk,[3] Khimik Sievierodonetsk,[1][3] Khimik Kalush[1][3] (until 1995), Khimik Zhytomyr[3] (until 1997), Tytan Armiansk[2]
Companies | Club names containing the name of a company. These clubs were either founded as works teams by a company for its employees (e.g. PSV), bought by a company (e.g. the three Red Bull teams), or incorporate a corporate sponsor's name (e.g. Technogroup)  |  Austria  | FC Red Bull Salzburg
Brazil  | Red Bull Bragantino, Red Bull Brasil
Egypt  | Arab Contractors
England  | Electrolux (defunct), Thames Ironworks (later became West Ham United), Negretti and Zambra
France  | Evian Thonon Gaillard
Germany  | Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Ghana  | Red Bull Ghana (defunct)
India  | Air India
Indonesia  | RANS Cilegon F.C.
Japan  | Sony Sendai (defunct), Maruyasu Okazaki
Lithuania  | FBK Kaunas (until 1999), FC Hegelmann, FK TransINVEST
South Korea  | Suwon Samsung Bluewings, Seoul E-Land FC
Mexico  | Cruz Azul
Netherlands  | PSV
Poland  | Elana Toruń, KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Stilon Gorzów, Stomil Olsztyn
Republic of Ireland  | Jacobs (defunct)
Russia  | Acron, Forte
Soviet Union  | Bilshovyk Kyiv[1] (defunct)
Suriname  | Leo Victor
Taiwan  | Tatung F.C.
Ukraine  | Ahrobiznes Volochysk,[2] Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi,[6] Krymteplytsia Molodizhne,[3] LNZ Cherkasy,[7] Tavria-Skif Rozdol,[8] Temp Shepetivka,[3] VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka,[2] Adoms Kremenchuk[3] (defunct), ADVIS Khmelnytskyi[3] (defunct), Ahrotekhservis Sumy[3] (defunct), Alians Lypova Dolyna[2] (defunct), Ihroservice Simferopol[3] (defunct), Knyazha Shchaslyve[3] (defunct), Nafkom Brovary[3] (defunct), Olkom Melitopol[3] (defunct), UkrAhroKom Holovkivka[3] (defunct), Evis Mykolaiv[3] (until 1994), Garant Donetsk[3] (until 1995), Nikopol-NPHU[3] (until 2017), Rihonda Bila Tserkva[3] (until 2002), Silur Khartsyzk[3] (until 1995), Tekhno-Center Rohatyn[3] (until 2005), FC Yarud Mariupol[9] (until 2022), WFC Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (until 2024), WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (until 2021)
United States  | New York Red Bulls, Atlanta Datagraphic, Bethlehem Steel F.C. (both defunct)
Vietnam  | Becamex Binh Duong, Viettel FC, Hoang Anh Gia Lai FC
Wales  | Brymbo Steelworks (defunct)
Electrical | Bargh: Persian for Electricity  |  Ecuador  | Emelec
France  | Gazélec Ajaccio
Germany  | 1\. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Iran  | Bargh Shiraz F.C.
Philippines  | Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C.
Portugal  | Eléctrico F.C.
Russia  | Luch-Energia, Luki-Energiya
Taiwan  | Taiwan Power Company F.C.
Ukraine  | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka,[1][3] Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk,[3] Enerhetyk Burshtyn[3] (defunct), Enerhiya Mykolaiv (defunct), Slavutych-ChAES Slavutych[3] (until 1998)
United States  | Houston Dynamo
Food industry | KKhP: post-Soviet name for an industrial bakery, Krystal stands for sugar crystals.  |  Soviet Union  | Kharchovyk Odesa[1] (until 1958)
Ukraine  | Krystal Chortkiv,[2] Slovkhlib Slovyansk (defunct), Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv[3] (defunct)
Industry |  |  Soviet Union  | Industriya Yenakiieve[1] (until 1969)
Ukraine  | Avanhard-Industriia Rovenky[3] (until 1998)
Legal |  |  England  | Blackburn Law (defunct)
Liquor |  |  Ukraine  | Spartak-Horobyna Sumy[10] (until 2005)
Mechanical engineering | Club names containing the name of a mechanical engineering or a Machine-Building factory. These clubs were either founded as works teams by a company for its employees or named "MachineConstructor" or similar ("Mashinostroitel'"). Vahonobudivnyk is the Ukrainian for railroad car constructor, Krystal stands for semiconductor device fabrication and Prylad means device.[3] |  England  | Bristol Aeroplane Company (defunct)
Poland  | Motor Lublin[4]
Soviet Union  | Elektron Ivano-Frankivsk (defunct), Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv[1] (until 1959)
Ukraine  | Elektron Romny (defunct),
Krystal Kherson,[1][3]
Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka[3][4] (defunct), Mashynobudivnyk Borodianka[1] (until 1992),
Motor Zaporizhzhia,[8]
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya[3] (until 2003),
Pryladyst Mukacheve[2] (until 1993),
Vahonobudivnyk Kremenchuk,[3] Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov[3] (until 1994)
Wales  | Airbus UK
Medical |  |  Egypt  | Pharco FC
Ukraine  | Real Pharma Odesa,[2] Medyk Morshyn[3] (defunct), Medita Shakhtarsk[3] (until 1995)
Metallurgy | Foolad, Zob Ahan, and Mes: Persian for Steel, Steelworks, and Copper. Vasas: "Vas- és Fémmunkások" Hungarian for "Iron and Steel Workers", Stålkameratene Norwegian for "Steel Comrades".  |  Canada  | Forge FC, Hamilton Steelers (defunct)
England  | Stocksbridge Park Steels, Steel, Peech & Tozer F.C. (defunct)
Georgia  | Metalurgi Rustavi
Hungary  | Vasas SC
Iran  | Foolad F.C.
Latvia  | FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Moldova  | Iskra-Stal
Norway  | IL Stålkameratene, Staal Jørpeland IL
Poland  | Hutnik Kraków,[4] Stal Mielec, Stal Rzeszów, Stal Sanok, Stal Stalowa Wola
Romania  | Oțelul Galați
Russia  | Metallurg Lipetsk
South Korea  | Pohang Steelers
Soviet Union  | Metalurh Dnipropetrovsk[1] (until 1961), Metalurh Odesa[1] (until 1955)
Turkey  | Kardemir Karabükspor
Ukraine  | Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol,[3]
Metalist Kharkiv,[1][3][4] Metalist 1925 Kharkiv,
Metalurh Kupiansk,[1] Metalurh Novomoskovsk,[3] Metalurh Zaporizhzhia,[1][3] Metalurh Donetsk[3][4] (defunct), Metalurh Kerch[3] (until 1995), Metalurh Komsomolske[3] (until 2006), Metalurh Kostiantynivka[3] (until 1994), Metalurh Mariupol[3] (until 2002),
Pivdenstal Yenakiieve,[3] Stal Alchevsk,[3] Stal Kamianske[1][3] (defunct)
Uzbekistan  | Metallurg Bekabad
Mining | GKS: Polish for miner sport clubs
Górnik: Polish for miner
Zagłębie: Polish for coalfield
Minero: Spanish for miner
Colliery: Coal mine
Shakhtar: Ukrainian for miner
Than: Vietnamese for coal mine  |  Belarus  | Shakhtyor Soligorsk
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Rudar Ugljevik, Rudar Prijedor, Rudar Kakanj
England  | Atherton Collieries, Gedling Miners Welfare, Kimberley Miners Welfare
Kazakhstan  | Shakhter Karagandy, Gornyak (Hromtau)
Kyrgyzstan  | Shakhtyor Kyzyl-Kiya
Montenegro  | Rudar Pljevlja
Peru  | Unión Minas
Poland  | Górnik Konin, Górnik Łęczna,[4] Górnik Polkowice, Górnik Radlin, Górnik Wałbrzych, Górnik Wieliczka, Górnik Zabrze[4]
GKS Bełchatów,[4] GKS Jastrzębie, GKS Piast Gliwice, GKS Katowice, GKS Victoria Jaworzno, GKS Tychy
Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Zagłębie Lubin,[4] Zagłębie Wałbrzych
Russia  | Gornyak Uchaly
Slovenia  | Rudar Velenje
Soviet Union  | Shakhtar Kirovsk (defunct), Shakhtar Oleksandriya[1] (defunct)
Ukraine  | Andezyt Khust[2] (until 1992),
Antratsyt Kirovske[2] (defunct),
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih,[1] Hirnyk Rovenky,[2] Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni,[3] Hirnyk Pavlohrad[1] (defunct), Hirnyk Khartsyzk (until 1992),[3]
Kremin Kremenchuk,[2]
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih,[3]
Shakhta Ukraina Ukrainsk (defunct),
Shakhtar Donetsk,[1][3][4] Shakhtar Horlivka,[1][3] Shakhtar Konotop, Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch,[1] Shakhtar Sverdlovsk,[1][3] Shakhtar Luhansk (defunct), Shakhtar Makiivka[1][3] (defunct), Shakhtar Pavlohrad[1][3] (until 1995), Shakhtar Stakhanov[1] (until 2004), Uholyok Myrnohrad[11] (defunct)
United States  | Pittsburgh Miners (defunct)
Venezuela  | Atlético Club Mineros de Guayana
Vietnam  | Than Quang Ninh
Wales  | Llay Miners Welfare
Navy | Malavan: Persian for Sailor
Flota: Polish for Fleet  |  England  | Portsmouth Royal Navy
Iran  | Malavan F.C.
Philippines  | Philippine Navy
Poland  | Flota Świnoujście
Soviet Union  | SKCF Sevastopol[1] (defunct)
Thailand  | Navy FC
Ukraine  | Chayka-VMS Sevastopol[3] (defunct)
United States  | Erie Commodores, Jacksonville Armada
Natural Gas | Fakel is the Ukrainian for flare and stands for a gas flare.  |  England  | Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic (defunct)
France  | Gazélec Ajaccio
Romania  | Gaz Metan
Russia  | FC Orenburg ("Gazovik Orenburg" prior to 2016), Volgar-Gazprom (named so from 95 to 12-13)
Ukraine  | Fakel Varva,[12] Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk[13] (until 2007),
Hazovyk-Khurtovyna Komarno,[3] Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv[2]
Petroleum | Naft: Persian for Petrol  |  Angola  | Atlético Petróleos Luanda
Azerbaijan  | Neftchi Baku
Bolivia  | Oriente Petrolero
Colombia  | Alianza Petrolera
Ecuador  | Esmeraldas Petrolero
Egypt  | Enppi
Iran  | Sanat Naft Abadan F.C.
Mexico  | Salamanca F.C. (prev. k.a. "Petroleros de Salamanca")
Romania  | FC Petrolul Ploiești
Russia  | FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, FC Oktan Perm
Soviet Union  | Naftovyk Drohobych[1] (defunct)
Ukraine  | Naftokhimik Kremenchuk,[3] Naftovyk Dolyna,[1][3] Naftovyk Okhtyrka,[1][3] WFC Naftokhimik Kalush (defunct)
Uzbekistan  | Neftchi Fergana
Police | For football clubs affiliated with a police force.

Al-Shorta: Arabic for police.

|  Argentina  | Atlético Policial
Botswana  | Police XI
Cambodia  | Military Police
Ecuador  | Escuela Superior de Policía (ESPOLI)
Egypt  | Ittihad El Shorta
England  | Metropolitan Police, St Andrews Police Club, Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police, West Midlands Police
India  | Punjab Police
Indonesia  | Bhayangkara FC
Iraq  | Al-Shorta
Malaysia  | PDRM FA
Nepal  | Nepal Police Club
Poland  | Gwardia Koszalin, Gwardia Warszawa (defunct)
Singapore  | Home United
South Korea  | Asan Mugunghwa
Suriname  | PVV, PSV
Thailand  | Police Tero
Ukraine  | SC Dnipro-1[14]
Vietnam  | Hanoi Police
Political party |  |  Lithuania  | FC Vilniaus Vytis (until 2016)
Ukraine  | Yednist Plysky[15]
Porcelain |  |  Ukraine  | Keramik Baranivka[3]
Port | Vodnyk is the Ukrainian for a waterway worker.  |  England  | Port Vale, Port of Bristol (defunct)
Scotland  | Port Glasgow Athletic (defunct)
Thailand  | Port FC
Ukraine  | Portovyk Illichivsk[3] (defunct), Portovyk Kerch[3] (until 2005),
Vodnyk Mykolaiv[2] (defunct), Vodnyk Kherson[3] (until 1996)
Public works |  |  Belarus  | Kommunalnik Slonim (defunct), Kommunalnik Chist (until 2006), Kommunalnik Pinsk (until 1996), Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk (until 2000), Kommunalnik Zhlobin (until 2008)
Russia  | Kommunalnik Ulan-Ude (until 2011)
Soviet Union  | Kommunalnik Novopolotsk (until 1990)
Ukraine  | Komunalnyk Luhansk[2] (defunct)
Pulp and paper industry |  |  Ukraine  | Papirnyk Malyn[1][3] (defunct)
Railroad workers | For Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was originally part of the Soviet Lokomotiv sport society or an equivalent.

Rah Ahan (|Persian), Al Sekka Al Hadid: Arabic for railway, Ferro Carril (Spanish), for Railroad. Ferroviário (Portuguese) for Railroad. The "CFR" in CFR Cluj is Căile Ferate Române, the Romanian state railway system. Vasutas means "railroad worker" in Hungarian, Kigwancha means "locomotive" in Korean, Demir means "iron" in Turkish. KKS (Polish) for railway sport clubs. The IRT denotes the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, which was bought by the government of New York City to form part of the New York City Subway.

|  Argentina  | Ferro Carril Oeste, Central Córdoba de Rosario, Central Córdoba de Santiago del Estero, Instituto Atlético Central Córdoba, Club Atlético Talleres (Córdoba)
Brazil  | Ferroviário Atlético Clube
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | FK Željezničar Sarajevo
Bulgaria  | Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, Lokomotiv Sofia
China  | Lokomotiv Tianjin
Croatia  | Lokomotiva Zagreb
Egypt  | Al Sekka Al Hadid
England  | Birmingham Corporation Tramways (defunct), Harrogate Railway Athletic, Darlington Railway Athletic
Germany  | 1\. FC Lokomotive Leipzig
Georgia  | Locomotive Tbilisi
Hungary  | Debreceni Vasutas Sport Klub
Iran  | Rah Ahan
Kazakhstan  | Lokomotiv Astana
Moldova  | Locomotiva Bălți
Mozambique  | Ferroviário da Beira
Poland  | Lech Poznań
Republic of Ireland  | Midland Athletic (defunct)
Romania  | CFR Cluj
Russia  | Lokomotiv Moscow, Lokomotiv Liski, Lokomotiv NN, Lokomotiv Chita (names so from 1970s to 2006)
Scotland  | Inverurie Loco Works F.C.
Slovakia  | Lokomotíva Košice
Turkey  | Adana Demirspor
Soviet Union  | Lokomotyv Donetsk[1] (defunct), Lokomotyv Kharkiv[1] (defunct), Lokomotyv Kherson[1] (until 1975), Lokomotyv Vinnytsia[1] (until 1979)
Ukraine  | Lokomotyv Kyiv,[1] Lokomotyv Dvorichna[3] (defunct), Lokomotyv Smila[1][3] (defunct)
United States  | New York IRT (defunct)
Uzbekistan  | Lokomotiv Tashkent
Shipbuilding |  |  England  | Cammell Laird 1907 F.C.
Poland  | SKS Stoczniowiec Gdańsk[4]
Scotland  | Burntisland Shipyard F.C.
South Korea  | Ulsan Mipo Dockyard
Ukraine  | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (2016) (defunct), Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[1] (until 1992)
United States  | Philadelphia Merchant Ship (defunct)
Textile | Nassaji: Persian for Textile Industry

Farr Alpaca Company ran two separate clubs: the earlier amateur Farr Alpaca F.C. and the later professional Holyoke Falcos.

|  Argentina  | Textil Mandiyú
Croatia  | NK Varteks
Egypt  | Ghazl El-Mehalla
India  | JCT FC (Jagatjit Cotton and Textile Football Club)
Mozambique  | Grupo Desportivo da Companhia Têxtil do Punguè
Russia  | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo, Tekstilshchik Kamyshin
Ukraine  | Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia,[3] Fetrovyk Khust[3] (until 1995), Tekstylnyk Dunaivtsi[2] (until 1992), WFC Tekstylnyk Donetsk (until 1994)
United States  | Farr Alpaca F.C., Holyoke Falcos, Sayles Finishing Plant F.C. (all defunct)
Tractor manufacturing | Silmash stands for agricultural machinery |  Belarus  | FC Traktor Minsk
Iran  | Tractor Sazi F.C.
Ireland  | Fordsons (defunct)
Russia  | Rotor Volgograd
Soviet Union  | Silmash Kharkiv[1] (defunct), Silmash Lviv[1] (defunct), Traktor Kharkiv[1] (until 1948), Traktor Kirovohrad[2] (until 1953)
Ukraine  | Silmash Kolomyia[1] (defunct)
Uzbekistan  | FK Traktor Tashkent
Whaling |  |  United States  | New Bedford Whalers (defunct)

### Education

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NB: Football clubs associated with colleges and universities in the United States and Canada are not listed here. These clubs are not independent of the school, and are divisions within a much larger school sports program.

Topic  | Meaning  | Country  | Clubs

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Academic | Affiliation with academics. See also Estudiantes, University, Polytechnic.  |  Bulgaria  | Akademik Sofia
Denmark  | Akademisk Boldklub
England  | Academic Club London (defunct)
Moldova  | FC Academia Chișinău
Portugal  | Académica de Coimbra, Académico do Porto, Académico de Viseu
Romania  | Academica Clinceni (until 2022)
Russia  | Sportakademklub Moscow
Scotland  | Hamilton Academical F.C.
Timor-Leste  | AS Académica
Ukraine  | Nafkom-Akademia Irpin[3] (until 2004)
Education | Generic affiliation with education.  |  Ukraine  | Osvita Kyiv[16] (until 2006)
Polytechnic | Affiliation with a polytechnical institution. See also Academical, Estudiantes, University, Technical College.  |  Denmark  | Polyteknisk Boldklub
Ecuador  | C.D. Politécnico
England  | Polytechnic F.C., Leeds Polytechnic, Thames Polytechnic (both defunct)
Moldova  | Politehnica Chișinău
Romania  | Politehnica Iași, Politehnica Timișoara
Students | Affiliation with students. See also Academical, Polytechnic, University.  |  Argentina  | Estudiantes de La Plata
Denmark  | Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub
Peru  | Estudiantes de Medicina
Mexico  | Estudiantes Tecos
Romania  | Sportul Studențesc București
University | Affiliation with universities. See also Academical, Estudiantes, Polytechnic.
Argentina  | Juventud Unida Universitario
Chile  | Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Concepción
Ecuador  | LDU Quito
Malaysia  | UiTM, UKM
Mexico  | Estudiantes Tecos, Universidad Nacional
New Zealand  | University-Mount Wellington
Peru  | Universitario de Deportes
Poland  | KU AZS UJ Kraków
Romania  | CS Universitatea Craiova, Universitatea Cluj
South Africa  | University of Pretoria F.C.
Ukraine  | HU ZIDMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia[8] (defunct)

## Days and dates

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Age of the city |  |  Ukraine  | Zvyahel-750 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Tyras-2500 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi (until 2018)
Days of the week | Clubs named after a specific day of the week  |  England  | Sheffield Wednesday, South Kirkby Wednesday
Wales  | Abergavenny Thursdays
Independence Day | Clubs named after the day of independence of the country or city  |  Argentina  | Nueve de Julio, Nueve de Julio de Morteros, Nueve de Julio de Río Tercero (9 July)
International Workers' Day |  |  Angola  | Estrela Clube Primeiro de Maio
Portugal  | Associação Naval 1º de Maio
DPRK Army establishment day |  |  North Korea  | April 25 SC, February 8 Sports Club
Year of city founding | Clubs named after the year of city establishment (clubs are listed in chronological order by country).  |  Canada  | 1812 FC Barrie (defunct)
United States  | FC Baltimore 1729, Reno 1868 FC (defunct), Oklahoma City 1889
Year of establishment | Club names containing a reference to the year in which the club was established
(clubs are listed in chronological order by country).  |  Australia  | Sydney United 58 FC
Austria  | First Vienna FC 1894, FC Dornbirn 1913, Salzburger AK 1914, SC-ESV Parndorf 1919
Canada  | Vancouver 86ers
Croatia  | HNK Vukovar '91 (defunct)
Czech Republic  | Bohemians 1905
Denmark  | B.93, B.1903, B.1908, B.1909, B.1913
England  | 1874 Northwich, Darlington 1883, Enfield 1893, Cammell Laird 1907, The 61
Finland  | PK-35
Germany  | Eintracht Duisburg 1848, 1860 Munich, Hannover 96, Darmstadt 98, 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Schalke 04, BVB 09
Indonesia  | Persikabo 1973, UMS 1905, Perkesa '78 (defunct), Persebaya 1927 (2010-2017)
Italy  | AC Fanfulla 1874, Ascoli Calcio 1898, FC Bari 1908, Bologna FC 1909, AC Reggiana 1919, FC Bolzano 1996
Japan  | Tokyo Verdy 1969
Netherlands  | Be Quick 1887, Fortuna '54, AZ '67, FC Dordrecht
New Zealand  | FC Twenty 11
Philippines  | Mendiola F.C. 1991
Romania  | CFR 1907 Cluj, FC Farul Constanța 1920, FC Rapid 1923, FC Dinamo 1948 București, FC Vaslui 2002, SC Corvinul 2005 Hunedoara (defunct), ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș (defunct)
Scotland  | Gretna F.C. 2008
Slovenia  | ND Mura 05
Sweden  | FC Rosengård 1917
Switzerland  | FC St. Gallen 1879, FC Basel 1893, FC Thun 1898, FC Wil 1900
Ukraine  | Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk,[17] Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy[3] (defunct), FC Boyarka-2006[3] (until 2006)
United States  | Legacy 76
Year of establishment of the original clubs | Names of some phoenix clubs refers to the year of establishment of the original club  |  Bulgaria  | Chernomorets 1919 Burgas, CSKA 1948 Sofia, Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo
Indonesia  | Persika 1951
Romania  | F.C. Argeș 1953 (defunct)
Turkey  | Bucaspor 1928
Ukraine  | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv,[2] Skala 1911 Stryi
Wales  | C.P.D. Y Rhyl 1879

## Specific origins of club

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Great Chicago Fire | Officially founded on 8 October 1997, the 126th anniversary of this pivotal event in the history of Chicago.  |  United States  | Chicago Fire FC
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 | Nomads, Rovers, Wanderers. Excursionistas translates roughly as "The Voyagers". Originally a team without a home ground  |  Argentina  | Excursionistas
Australia  | Western Sydney Wanderers FC
Canada  | HFX Wanderers FC
Chile  | Santiago Wanderers
England  | Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Bristol Rovers, Doncaster Rovers, Northern Nomads, Tranmere Rovers, Wanderers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Wycombe Wanderers, et al.
Guernsey  | Belgrave Wanderers F.C., Guernsey Rovers A.C.
Jersey  | Jersey Wanderers, Rozel Rovers
Malta  | Sliema Wanderers
New Zealand  | Hamilton Wanderers, Napier City Rovers, Northern Rovers, Wanderers SC (defunct)
Philippines  | Manila Nomads
Republic of Ireland  | Bray Wanderers, Shamrock Rovers, Sligo Rovers
Scotland  | Albion Rovers, Dundee Wanderers, Raith Rovers
United States  | Brooklyn Wanderers, Boston Rovers, Derby City Rovers, San Diego Nomads (all defunct)
Uruguay  | Montevideo Wanderers
Wales  | Connah's Quay Nomads
Ittihad | Arabic for "the union", meaning the merger of clubs or clubs founders  |  Egypt  | Al Ittihad Al Sakandary, Ittihad El Shorta
Jordan  | Ittihad Al-Ramtha, Ittihad Al-Zarqa
Libya  | Al-Ittihad (Tripoli)
Saudi Arabia  | Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)
Rangers (Glasgow) | The club founder saw the name Rangers in a Rugby annual  |  Scotland  | Rangers
United | Often (but not always) refers to the result of a merger. Eintracht: German for United
União: Portuguese for United.  |  Argentina  | Unión de Santa Fe, Unión de Mar del Plata, Unión de Sunchales
Australia  | Gold Coast United, Adelaide United, Newcastle United Jets, Western United
Brazil  | União Frederiquense, União Mogi, União São João
England  | Leeds United, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Southend United, West Ham United, et al.
Finland  | Tampere United
Germany  | Eintracht Braunschweig, Eintracht Duisburg, Eintracht Frankfurt
Indonesia  | Bali United, Madura United, Gresik United, Karo United
Jamaica  | Montego Bay United, Portmore United, Rivoli United
Japan  | JEF United Ichihara Chiba, Kagoshima United FC, Kochi United SC
Jersey  | First Tower United
Malaysia  | Melaka United, Sarawak United
Myanmar  | Shan United, Ayeyawady United, Hanthawaddy United, Rakhine United, Sagaing United
New Zealand  | Central United
Northern Ireland  | Annagh United, Ballinamallard United, Ballymena United
Portugal  | União Futebol Comércio e Indústria, União de Leiria, União Desportiva Oliveirense, União de Santarém, União de Tomar, União de Coimbra, União de Lamas
Republic of Ireland  | Galway United, Drogheda United, Waterford United
Scotland  | Ayr United, Dundee United
South Korea  | Incheon United, Seoul United
Suriname  | West United
Sweden  | Växjö United
Thailand  | Buriram United, Chiangrai United, Muangthong United
Timor-Leste  | Lalenok United
United States  | D.C. United, Atlanta United FC, Minnesota United FC
Wales  | Pontypridd United

## Ethnic, social, national or religious background

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Albion | Archaic name for Great Britain  |  Australia  | Albion Rovers
England  | Brighton & Hove Albion, Burton Albion, West Bromwich Albion, Witton Albion
Scotland  | Albion Rovers, Stirling Albion
United States  | Albion San Diego
Uruguay  | Albion F.C.
Wales  | Albion Rovers, Ynyshir Albions
Arabi | Al-Arabi is the Arabic for "Arab".  |  Jordan  | Al-Arabi (Jordan)
Kuwait  | Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait)
Qatar  | Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)
Argentina |  |  Argentina  | Argentinos Juniors, Argentino de Junín, Argentino de Rosario, Argentino de Quilmes
Armenia | Clubs founded by and for members of the Armenian diaspora.  |  Argentina  | Club Deportivo Armenio
Assyria | Clubs founded by and for members of the Assyrian diaspora.  |  Sweden  | Assyriska FF, Assyriska BK, Assyriska IK, Assyriska Föreningen i Norrköping (defunct), Assyriska FF Babylon, Azech Syrianska Föreningen (defunct), FC Syrianska, Valsta Syrianska
Austria, Österreich | Refers to Austria.  |  Austria  | Austria Kärnten, Austria Klagenfurt, Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg, RB Salzburg (before 2005, RB Salzburg was known as Austria Salzburg)
Bavaria, Bayern | Refers to Bavaria.  |  Germany  | Bayern Munich, Bayern Alzenau, Bayern Hof
United States  | Milwaukee Bavarian SC
Balkans | Refers to the Balkan Peninsula and local ethnic groups (notably Bulgarian and ex-Yugoslavian).  |  Bulgaria  | Balkan Botevgrad
North Macedonia  | FK Balkan Skopje
Serbia  | FK Balkan Mirijevo
Sweden  | FBK Balkan
Ukraine  | Balkany Zorya[18]
Beitar | Refers to Betar, for "Brit Yosef Trumpeldor", a Zionist youth movement founded in 1923.  |  Israel  | Beitar Jerusalem, Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C., Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C.
Bengal |  |  England  | Sporting Bengal United
Bohemians | After Bohemia |  Czech Republic  | FC Bohemians Praha
Philippines  | Bohemian S.C.
Republic of Ireland  | Bohemian F.C., Cork Bohemians (defunct)
United States  | Baltimore Bohemians (defunct)
Borussia, Preußen | Latin (Borussia) and German (Preußen) names for Prussia.  |  Germany  | Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Neunkirchen, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Preußen Münster
Caledonian |  |  England  | London Caledonians (defunct)
Scotland  | Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Elgin Caledonian (defunct)
United States  | Paterson Caledonian (defunct)
Celtic | Mostly clubs founded by and for members of the Irish diaspora. The name of Celta de Vigo did not come from an Irish diaspora, but was instead inspired by the ancient Celtic presence in the club's home region of Galicia.  |  Australia  | Alice Springs Celtic
Canada  | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
England  | Farsley Celtic, Stalybridge Celtic, Walker Celtic, West Allotment Celtic
Republic of Ireland  | Cork Celtic, Wayside Celtic
Northern Ireland  | Donegal Celtic, Lurgan Celtic, Belfast Celtic (defunct)
Scotland  | Celtic, Inverness Celtic (defunct)
South Africa  | Bloemfontein Celtic
Spain  | Celta de Vigo
United States  | Brooklyn Celtic, Kearny Celtic (defunct)
Wales  | Cwmbran Celtic, Talysarn Celts
Chile | Clubs founded by and for members of the Chilean diaspora.  |  Canada  | Chile Lindo (defunct)
Croatia | Clubs founded by and for members of the Croatian diaspora.  |  Australia  | Adelaide Croatia Soccer Club, SC Croatia, Sydney Croatia, North Perth Croatia
Canada  | Hamilton Croatia, Toronto Croatia, Welland Lions Croatia (defunct)
United States  | Croatian Eagles
Español, España | Refers to the Spanish people.  |  Argentina  | Deportivo Español
Chile  | Unión Española
Honduras  | Real C.D. España
Mexico  | Real Club España, Atlético Español, Centro Deportivo Español (both defunct)
Spain  | RCD Espanyol
Germania, Alemannia, Teutonia | Alternative names of Germany.  |  Germany  | BFC Germania, Alemannia Aachen, Germania Windeck, Teutonia Ottensen, SC Germania 1887, Teutonia Berlin (both defunct)
Mexico  | Germania F.V. (defunct)
Greece | Greek: Ελλάς Hellas

Greek: Πανελλήνιος, romanized: Panellinios, lit. 'Pan-Hellenic'

|  Australia  | Pan-Hellenic, South Melbourne Hellas, West Adelaide Hellas
Canada  | SC Hellas
Egypt  | Athletic Union of Greek Alexandria, Football Club of Greeks of Alexandria
Greece  | Panellinios G.S.
Italy  | Hellas Verona
Sweden  | Panellinios IF
Turkey  | Greek Football Team
United States  | Greek American AA, New York Greeks, Tampa Bay Hellenic
Guaraní | Name of a group of culturally related indigenous peoples of South America.  |  Argentina  | Guaraní Antonio Franco
Brazil  | Guarani FC, Guarany FC
Paraguay  | Club Guaraní
Hakoah | (Hebrew: הכח) "The Strength"  |  Argentina  | Club Náutico Hacoaj
Australia  | Hakoah Sydney City East FC, Melbourne Hakoah (defunct)
Austria  | Hakoah Vienna
Germany  | Hakoah Berlin (defunct)
Israel  | Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan F.C.
Latvia  | Hakoah Riga (defunct)
Switzerland  | FC Hakoah
United States  | Brooklyn Hakoah, Hakoah All-Stars, New York Hakoah (all defunct)
Harp | Clubs founded by and for members of the Irish diaspora.  |  Scotland  | Dumbarton Harp, Dundee Harp, Maryhill Harp (all defunct)
Hibernia | Clubs founded by and for members of the Irish diaspora.  |  Malta  | Hibernians
Republic of Ireland  | Cork Hibernians (defunct)
Scotland  | Dundee Hibernian, Duntocher Hibernian, Hibernian, Maryhill Hibernians
United States  | Philadelphia Hibernian (defunct)
Hollandia | Clubs founded by and for members of the Dutch diaspora.  |  Australia  | Hollandia-Inala Soccer Club
Homenetmen & Homenmen | pan-Armenian sports and Scouting organization  |  Lebanon  | Homenetmen Beirut F.C., Homenmen Beirut
Hungaria, Magyar |  |  United States  | Bethlehem Hungarian, Magyar-American, New York Hungaria (defunct)
International, global, worldwide |  |  Australia  | Perth Kangaroos International FC, Inter Monaro (both defunct)
Brazil  | Sport Club Internacional
Canada  | FC Inter-Montréal, Internacional de Toronto (both defunct)
Finland  | Inter Turku
Germany  | Inter Leipzig
Ghana  | International Allies
Italy  | Inter Milan
Lithuania  | FK Interas Visaginas (defunct)
Slovakia  | Inter Bratislava
Sweden  | FC Stockholm Internazionale
Philippines  | General Trias International FC (defunct)
Ukraine  | Inter Boyarka[3] (defunct), Avanhard-Inter Rovenky[3] (until 2005)
United States  | Cleveland Internationals, San Antonio International (both defunct), Inter Miami CF, Inter Atlanta FC
Wales  | UWIC Inter Cardiff, Inter Cardiff (defunct)
Irish | Clubs founded by and for members of the Irish diaspora.  |  England  | Milton Keynes Irish
United States  | Irish-Americans
Italy | Clubs founded by and for members of the Italian diaspora.  |  Argentina  | Sportivo Italiano
Brazil  | Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (these two clubs were originally named Società Sportiva Palestra Italia and were obligated to rename in 1942 due to Brazilian WW2-era law).
Canada  | Italia Shooters, Toronto Italia, Hamilton Italo-Canadian (defunct)
Chile  | Audax Club Sportivo Italiano
Peru  | Circolo Sportivo Italiano
United States  | Inter-Brooklyn Italians
Venezuela  | Deportivo Italia
Korea |  |  Japan  | F.C. Korea, Osaka Korean FC, Korea FC United Shikoku
Lechia | Historical and alternative name for Poland, stemming from the word Lech |  Poland  | Lechia Gdańsk,[4] Lechia Zielona Góra
Ukraine  | Lechia Lwów (defunct)
Maghreb | Maghreb is the name of the region including the Atlas Mountains and the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya  |  Morocco  | Maghreb Association Sportive de Fez, Moghreb Tétouan
Netherlands  | Magreb '90
Macedonia |  |  Australia  | Wollongong Macedonia
Mauritius | Clubs founded by and for members of the Mauritian diaspora.  |  England  | Mauritius Sports
Mexico | Clubs founded by and for members of the Mexican diaspora.  |  United States  | Club Deportivo Mexico
Mohammedan | Mohammedan is a term used as both a noun and an adjective meaning belonging or relating to either the religion of Islam or to that of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad  |  Bangladesh  | Mohammedan SC
India  | Mohammedan SC
Monarchy | Real (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal]) is Spanish for "royal". Reial is the Catalan equivalent, and Koninklijke is a Dutch equivalent.

Spanish clubs with the "Real" or "Reial" name, as well as the Honduras club Real España, enjoy the patronage of the Spanish monarchy.

In Belgium, once a club has been in operation for 50 years, it is eligible to add "Royal" to its name, in any of the country's three official languages (Dutch, French, German) or in English.

Polish clubs here refer to names of specific dynasties (Jagiellonian and Piast)

Australia

| Essendon Royals
Belgium  | Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging, Club Brugge Koninklijke Voetbalvereniging, Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, Royal Antwerp, Royal Charleroi Sporting Club
Brazil  | Real Brasília
Canada  | Real Mississauga, Vancouver Royals (defunct)
Colombia  | Real Cartagena, Real Santander
England  | Real Bedford, Staplehurst Monarchs, Mickleover Royals (defunct)
Honduras  | Real España
Mexico  | Monarcas Morelia, Real Club España
Morocco  | AS FAR
Netherlands  | Koninklijke HFC, Koninklijke HC&VV, Koninklijke UD, Real Sranang
New Zealand  | Dunedin City Royals
Peru  | Real Garcilaso
Poland  | Korona Kielce,[4] Jagiellonia Białystok,[4] Piast Gliwice[4]
Portugal  | Real Sport Clube
Spain  | Real Madrid, Real Jaén, Real Mallorca, Real Zaragoza, Real Sporting de Gijón, Real Oviedo, Real Racing Club de Santander, Reial CD Espanyol de Barcelona, Real Sociedad, Real Unión Club de Irún, Real Betis Balompié, Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, Real Club Celta de Vigo, Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña, Real Valladolid, Real Balompédica Linense
United States  | AHFC Royals, Real Salt Lake, Real Monarchs, Utah Royals
National | "Ahly" is Arabic for "national"  |  Brazil  | Nacional FC
Canada  | Toronto Nationals (defunct)
Colombia  | Atlético Nacional
Ecuador  | El Nacional
Egypt  | Al Ahly
Jordan  | Al-Ahli
Libya  | Al-Ahly, Al-Ahly (Benghazi)
Paraguay  | Club Nacional
Portugal  | C.D. Nacional
Qatar  | Al-Ahli (Doha)
Romania  | Naţional București
Saudi Arabia  | Al-Ahli (Jeddah)
United Arab Emirates  | Al-Ahli Football Club – Dubai
United States  | New York Nationals (defunct)
Uruguay  | Nacional de Montevideo
Palestine | Clubs founded by and for members of the Palestinian diaspora.  |  Chile  | Club Deportivo Palestino
Honduras  | Palestino FC
Jordan  | Al-Wehdat
Polonia | Refers to the Polish diaspora, from the Latin name for Poland  |  Czech Republic  | Polonia Karwina (defunct)
Lithuania  | Polonia Wilno
Poland  | Polonia Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bytom, Polonia Nowy Tomyśl, Polonia Poznań, Polonia Przemyśl, Polonia Słubice, Polonia Świdnica, Polonia Warszawa[4]
Ukraine  | Polonia Khmelnytsky
Portugal | Clubs founded by and for members of the Portuguese diaspora.  |  Andorra  | Lusitanos
Australia  | Clube Portugues de Sydney
Brazil  | Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, Associação Atlética Portuguesa, Associação Portuguesa Londrinense, Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista
Canada  | Toronto Supra Portuguese
France  | US Lusitanos Saint-Maur, US Créteil-Lusitanos
Jersey  | Jersey Portuguese
United States  | Ludlow Lusitano, Newark Portuguese
Venezuela  | Portuguesa Fútbol Club
Russian |  |  Russia  | Rusichi Oryol
Saint | Santos is Portuguese and Spanish for saints.

Southampton were originally called St. Mary's Young Men's Association F.C. (usually abbreviated to "St. Mary's Y.M.A."), taking on the names St. Mary's F.C. and Southampton St. Mary's before settling on the present name.

|  Angola  | Santos de Angola
Australia  | St Albans Saints
Brazil  | Santos FC, São Paulo FC
England  | Southampton F.C.
Guernsey  | Manor Farm Saints
Mexico  | Santos Laguna
Moldova  | FC Sfîntul Gheorghe
Peru  | San Agustín, Franciscano San Román, San José, San Martín, San Lorenzo de Almagro de Chiclayo, San Lorenzo
Scotland  | St Johnstone, St Mirren
Wales  | The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid, Merthyr Saints
Serbia | Clubs founded by and for members of the Serbian diaspora.  |  Australia  | Fitzroy City Serbia
Canada  | Serbian White Eagles
Slav | Slavia, Slavija and Slovan, all refer to the Slavic peoples. Slovianets Konotop refers to a local Ukrainian-Bulgarian joint enterprise.  |  Australia  | Slavia Melbourne (defunct)
Austria  | SK Slovan HAC
Belarus  | Slavia Mozyr
Bosnia and Herzegovina  | Slavija Sarajevo
Bulgaria  | Slavia Sofia
Czech Republic  | Slavia Praha, Slavia Orlová-Lutyně, Slovan Liberec
Serbia  | Slavija Kragujevac
Slovakia  | Slovan Bratislava, Slovan Duslo Šaľa,
Slovenia  | ND Slovan
Ukraine  | Slovianets Konotop[3] (until 1999)
Sudovia | Ancient Baltic land inhabited by Sudovians |  Lithuania  | FK Sūduva Marijampolė
Suriname | Clubs founded by and for members of the Surinamese diaspora. Sranan Tongo: Sranang, lit. 'Suriname' |  Netherlands  | Real Sranang
Turkey | Clubs founded by and for members of the Turkish diaspora.  |  Germany  | Türkiyemspor Berlin, Türkgücü München
Netherlands  | FC Türkiyemspor
Sweden  | Konyaspor KIF
Ukraine | Clubs founded by and for members of the Ukrainian diaspora.  |  Australia  | Inglewood Kyiv, Ukrainian SK Essendon Lions[19] (defunct)
Canada  | Montreal Ukrainians,[19] Toronto Tridents,[19] Toronto Ukrainians,[19] Ukraine AC
Czechoslovakia  | Rusj Užhorod[20] (defunct)
Poland  | Ukraina Lwów[20] (defunct)
United States  | New York Ukrainians,[19] Newark Ukrainian Sitch,[19] Philadelphia Ukrainians,[19] Rochester Ukrainians,[19] Ukrainian Lions[19]
Vytis/Pogoń | Coat of arms of Lithuania, known in Lithuanian as Vytis or Pahonia, Pogoń in Polish and Belarusian  |  Lithuania  | Vilniaus Vytis (defunct), Vytis Kaunas (until 1994)
Poland  | Pogoń Siedlce, Pogoń 1945 Staszów, Pogoń Szczecin,[4] Pogoń Lwów[4] (defunct)
Ukraine  | Pogoń Lwów[4]

## Geographical features

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Country | Country in name

Team America were so named as they were the United States men's national team in professional form, entering league play for the 1983 season of the North American Soccer League.

|  Austria  | Austria Kärnten, Austria Klagenfurt, Austria Wien, Austria Salzburg, RB Salzburg (before 2005, RB Salzburg was known as Austria Salzburg)
Bahrain  | Bahrain SC
Brazil  | Grêmio Esportivo Brasil, Clube de Regatas Brasil, Red Bull Brasil
France  | Racing Club de France
Ghana  | Red Bull Ghana
New Zealand  | New Zealand Knights (defunct)
Oman  | Oman Club
Portugal  | Sporting Clube de Portugal
Qatar  | Qatar SC
United States  | Team America (defunct)
Archipelago |  |  Scotland  | Orkney
Borough/Suburb | Neighborhood or district  |  Argentina  | Lanús, Banfield, Boca Juniors Temperley, Quilmes, Chacarita, Las Palmas, Tigre, Almagro, Villa San Carlos, San Telmo, Deportivo Morón, Deportivo Merlo, Barracas Central, Sportivo Barracas, Defensores de Belgrano, Defensores de Cambaceres, Berazategui, Cañuelas, Dock Sud, Liniers, Luján, San Miguel, Ituzaingó, Claypole, Muñiz, General Paz Juniors
Belgium  | Anderlecht, Union Saint-Gilloise
Canada  | ACP Montréal-Nord, The Borough FC, York United FC
Denmark  | Brøndby IF
Egypt  | Zamalek
England  | Aston Villa, Brentford, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Leyton Orient, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wimbledon
France  | Paris Saint-Germain
Germany  | FC Schalke 04, FC St. Pauli
Italy  | Chievo, Sampdoria
Japan  | Omiya Ardija, Shimizu S-Pulse, Urawa Red Diamonds (all former independent towns which merged into larger cities)
Netherlands  | Cambuur, Feyenoord
Norway  | Rosenborg, Strømsgodset, Vålerenga
Poland  | Raków Częstochowa, Szombierki Bytom, Widzew Łódź[4]
Portugal  | S.L. Benfica, Boavista FC
South Africa  | Orlando Pirates
Spain  | Rayo Vallecano
Sweden  | Djurgårdens IF, Hammarby IF, Örgryte IS
Ukraine  | Livyi Bereh Kyiv,[21] Obolon Kyiv, Peremoha Dnipro[22]
United States  | Manhattan SC, Bronx United, Staten Island Vipers (both defunct)
Wales  | Pembroke Borough
Capital | Clubs that are from cities presently or formerly capitals of either states (such as Albany, New York or Baton Rouge, Louisiana) or countries (such as Ottawa's Capital City F.C.).  |  Cambodia  | Phnom Penh Crown FC
Canada  | Capital City F.C.
Indonesia  | Persija
Italy  | A.S. Roma, Lazio
Malaysia  | KL City FC
Myanmar  | Yangon United
Thailand  | Bangkok United F.C.
United States  | Albany Capitals, Baton Rouge Capitals (both defunct)
Vietnam  | Hanoi FC
Cardinal directions | Södra means "southern" in Swedish; öster means "east". Ouest is French for west, "Levante" means "east" in Spanish.  |  Australia  | Northern Fury, South Melbourne, Western Sydney Wanderers, Western United
Canada  | North Toronto Nitros, Ottawa South United
England  | Preston North End, South West Ham (defunct), Sunderland West End
France  | Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest
Guernsey  | Northerners A.C.
Hong Kong  | Eastern Sports Club, South China AA
India  | NorthEast United FC
New Zealand  | Eastern Suburbs AFC, Southern United, West Auckland Kiwi True Blues
Northern Ireland  | East Belfast
Scotland  | Dundee East End, Eastern, Forfar West End
Spain  | Levante UD
Sweden  | Jönköpings Södra IF, Östers IF
Wales  | South Gower, Treharris Athletic Western, West End
Castle |  |  England  | Old Castle Swifts, Winchester Castle (both defunct)
Cerro | Meaning hill in Spanish  |  Paraguay  | Cerro Corá, Cerro Porteño, Cerro Porteño PF
Uruguay  | C.A. Cerro
Citadel |  |  Scotland  | Inverness Citadel (defunct)
City | Città in Italian or ciudad in Spanish.

The City clubs of Manchester, Melbourne and New York are part of the City Football Group.

|  Albania  | FC Dinamo City
Australia  | Adelaide City, Brisbane City, Melbourne City FC
Canada  | Brampton City United, Capital City F.C., Forest City London, London City, Toronto City (defunct)
China  | Guangzhou City
England  | Birmingham City, Bradford City, Bristol City, Chester City, Coventry City, Durham City, Exeter City, Hull City, Leeds City, Leicester City, Lincoln City, City of Liverpool, London City Lionesses, Manchester City, Norwich City, Stoke City
Hong Kong  | Citizen AA
Italy  | Città di Palermo
Japan  | Tochigi City
Malaysia  | Petaling Jaya City FC, KL City FC
Mexico  | Indios de Ciudad Juárez (defunct)
Mongolia  | Ulaanbaatar City FC
Netherlands  | Almere City FC
New Zealand  | Auckland City, Lower Hutt City
Northern Ireland  | Armagh City, Derry City, Newry City
Philippines  | United City F.C.
Republic of Ireland  | Cork City, Dublin City, Kilkenny City (both defunct)
Scotland  | Brechin City, Elgin City
South Africa  | Cape Town City
Spain  | Ciudad de Murcia (defunct)
Sweden  | Eskilstuna City FK, FC Linköping City
Taiwan  | Tainan City F.C.
Thailand  | Samut Prakan City F.C.
United States  | City of Angels FC, Detroit City FC, Louisville City FC, New York City FC, Orlando City SC, St. Louis City SC
Vietnam  | Ho Chi Minh City FC
Wales  | Bangor City, Cardiff City, Newport City, St Asaph City, Swansea City
Coast | Gialos: Greek for the coast  |  Australia  | Central Coast Mariners, Gold Coast United FC (defunct), South Coast Wolves
New Zealand  | Coastal Spirit, Hibiscus Coast, West Coast Rangers
Ukraine  | Yalos Yalta[3] (defunct)
United States  | Central Coast Roadrunners (defunct), Florida Gulf Coast Dutch Lions, Treasure Coast Tritons
Common | Common land or former common land is usually referred to as a common; for instance, Sutton Common.  |  England  | Clapham Common Club, Croydon Common (both defunct), Sutton Common Rovers
County |  |  Canada  | Simcoe County Rovers
England  | Derby County, Notts County, Stockport County, Rotherham County (defunct)
Republic of Ireland  | Kildare County, Sporting Fingal (both defunct)
Scotland  | East Stirlingshire, Nairn County, Ross County
United States  | North County United, Oakland County FC, Orange County Blues, Riverside County Elite (defunct), Sonoma County Sol
Wales  | Cardiff County, Haverfordwest County, Newport County
Demonyms | Clubs names that are demonyms, i.e. names of inhabitants of a place.  |  Brazil  | Portuguesa Londrinense
England  | Actonians L.F.C., A.F.C. Wulfrunians
France  | Olympique Lillois (defunct)
Poland  | KS Warszawianka
United States  | Floridians FC
Ukraine  | WFC Donchanka (defunct), WFC Luhanochka Luhansk (defunct), Stakhanovets Stakhanov[1] (until 2006)
Forest | Indicates a close proximity to a forest  |  England  | Forest Green Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Redbridge Forest (defunct), Waltham Forest
Lithuania  | FK Šilas Kazlų Rūda
Poland  | Puszcza Niepołomice
Gulf | The present day HNK Rijeka were named after Kvarner Gulf and kept the original name until 1954.  |  Croatia  | Kvarner
Heath | These clubs are named after heaths directly, or after the districts that take their names.  |  England  | Hampstead Heathens, Newton Heath, Small Heath Alliance
Island |  |  Canada  | Vancouver Island FC
England  | Canvey Island F.C.
Puerto Rico  | Puerto Rico Islanders (defunct)
United States  | Long Island Rough Riders, Harrisburg City Islanders (defunct)
Kingdom | Srivijaya was an important centre for the expansion of Buddhism from the 8th to the 12th century.  |  Indonesia  | Sriwijaya F.C.
The Ryukyu Kingdom was annexed by Japan in 1879.  |  Japan  | FC Ryukyu
Lake | Ko: Japanese  |  Australia  | South Melbourne Lakers
Canada  | Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis (defunct)
Japan  | MIO Biwako Kusatsu
Ukraine  | SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad (defunct)
United States  | Real Salt Lake
Marsh | 'Annagh' from Irish Eanach 'Marsh' |  Northern Ireland  | Annagh United
Metropolis |  |  United States  | Sarasota Metropolis FC
Mountain |  |  Ukraine  | Haray Zhovkva,[3] Hoverla Uzhhorod[3] (defunct), Lysonia Berezhany[3][20] (until 2002)
Mountain range |  |  Poland  | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała[4]
Ukraine  | Beskyd Nadvirna,[3][20] Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk[3] (until 2009), Verkhovyna Uzhhorod[3] (until 1999)
Ocean |  |  Ukraine  | Ocean Kerch[3]
United States  | Rhode Island Oceaneers (defunct)
Parish |  |  Bermuda  | Devonshire Cougars
Park | These clubs are named after parks directly, or after the districts that take their names.  |  Australia  | Fraser Park, Holland Park Hawks
England  | Queens Park Rangers, Upton Park (defunct)
Northern Ireland  | Moyola Park
United States  | Swope Park Rangers
Wales  | Bradley Park Rangers (defunct)
Peninsula |  |  Australia  | Peninsula Power
Wales  | South Gower
Prefecture | Named after their home prefecture. If both a prefecture and its capital are homonyms, the club can be said to represent both.  |  Japan  | Ehime F.C., F.C. Gifu, Thespa Gunma, Tochigi S.C., F.C. Tokyo
Province | Japan's provincial system was abolished in 1871 and replaced with the prefectural system (see Prefecture, above).  |  Canada  | Nova Scotia Clippers (defunct)
Japan  | Kamatamare Sanuki, Tokachi Fairsky FC
Northern Ireland  | Ulster (defunct)
Region |  |  Italy  | SS Lazio, F.C. Südtirol
Canada  | SC Waterloo Region, York Region Shooters, Durham Storm (defunct)
Netherlands  | FC Twente
New Zealand  | Canterbury United, Hawke's Bay United, Otago United
Peru  | Sport Áncash, Deportivo Junín
Poland  | Śląsk Wrocław
Ukraine  | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna, Cherkashchyna,[2] Kovel-Volyn,[3] Volyn Lutsk,[3][4] Zakarpattia Uzhgorod[3] (until 2011)
United States  | Bay Area Ambassadors (defunct), High Desert Elite, New England Revolution
Republic |  |  Russia  | FC Buryatia, Karelia, Mordovia, FC Yakutiya
United States  | Sacramento Republic
River | Rio: Portuguese  |  Argentina  | River Plate
Belarus  | Dnepr Mogilev, Neman Grodno
Brazil  | River Atlético Clube, Clube Náutico Capibaribe
Canada  | Rivers FC
Denmark  | BK Avarta
Italy  | Virtus Entella
Kazakhstan  | Tobol (Kostanay)
Poland  | Wisła Kraków,[4] Wisła Płock, Odra Wodzisław, Odra Opole, Warta Poznań
Russia  | Amur Blagoveshchensk, FC Amur-2010 Dnepr Smolensk, Irtysh Omsk, Kuban Krasnodar, Terek Grozny, Volga NN, Volga Tver, Volga Ulyanovsk, Volgar Astrakhan, Yenisej Krasnoyarsk, Sheksna
Poland  | Sian Przemyśl[20]
Portugal  | Rio Ave FC
Ukraine  | Borysfen Boryspil,[3] Desna Chernihiv,[3] Ikva Mlyniv,[3] Inhulets Petrove,[3] Ros Bila Tserkva,[3] Vorskla Poltava,[3][4] WFC Yatran Berestivets, Dnipro[3][4] (defunct), Oskil Kupiansk[3] (defunct), Dnister Ovidiopol[3] (until 2011), Sula Lubny[3] (until 2010)
United States  | Colorado Rapids (named for the rapids of the Colorado River)
Vietnam  | Song Lam Nghe An
Rock |  |  Ukraine  | Skala Stryi[3][20]
Sea |  |  Ukraine  | More Feodosia[3] (defunct)
Sound | Proximity to a large sea or ocean inlet  |  United States  | Seattle Sounders FC (as well as past teams of the same name), Puget Sound Gunners (defunct)
State |  |  Australia  | Queensland Lions
Brazil  | Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Paraná
India  | FC Goa, Kerala Blasters FC
Malaysia  | Kedah, Melaka United, Pahang, Perak, Selangor
United States  | Arizona United, Colorado Rapids, Floridians FC, Minnesota United, New York/New Jersey MetroStars, North Carolina FC, Southern West Virginia King's Warriors, Team Hawaii
Street |  |  England  | Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. (named after the "City of Bradford", and the street "Horton Park Avenue"), Hall Road Rangers, Blackburn Park Road, South Shields Adelaide Athletic (both defunct)
Wales  | Bridgend Street
Structural basin | The Shooting Stars were named after the Permian Basin, a sedimentary basin.  |  United States  | Permian Basin Shooting Stars (defunct)
Telephone area code | The name Project 51O is partly inspired by Oakland's 510 area code, although features the letter O in place of the number 0 to stand for "Oakland".  |  United States  | Memphis 901, Project 51O
Town |  |  Ecuador  | Macará
England  | Grimsby Town, Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, Ipswich Town, Luton Town, Shrewsbury Town, Walsall Town Swifts, Yeovil Town, and many more
Northern Ireland  | Warrenpoint Town
Poland  | Cracovia
Republic of Ireland  | Athlone Town, Longford Town
United States  | Oly Town FC
Wales  | Aberystwyth Town, Caernarfon Town, Merthyr Town, Prestatyn Town
Vale/Valley | Named for teams located in a town in a vale.

Wadi: Arabic for vale

|  Egypt  | Wadi Degla
England  | Aylesbury Vale, Pewsey Vale, Raynes Park Vale
India  | FC Green Valley
Northern Ireland  | Colin Valley
Scotland  | Vale of Clyde, Vale of Leithen, Vale of Leven
United States  | Napa Valley 1839 FC, Rio Grande Valley FC Toros, Central California Valley Hydra, San Fernando Valley Quakes (both defunct)
Wales  | Cambrian & Clydach Vale
Village |  |  England  | Cudworth Village (defunct)
Northern Ireland  | Dromara Village
United States  | The Villages SC
Wales  | Llansantffraid Village

### Specific geographical features

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Africa | Named after the African continent.  |  Ivory Coast  | Africa Sports
Tunisia  | Club Africain
Americas | Named after the American continent.  |  Brazil  | América Football Club, América de Natal, América Mineiro
Colombia  | América de Cali
Mexico  | América
Paraguay  | Sol de América
Ancient cities | Corinth
(often refers to the "Corinthian ideal" of amateurism in sport)  |  Brazil  | Corinthians Paulista, Corinthians Alagoano, Atlético Clube Coríntians
England  | Corinthian, Corinthian-Casuals F.C., Loughborough Corinthians, Manchester Corinthians (both defunct)
Wales  | Brecon Corinthians, Cardiff Corinthians
Sparta |  Australia  | Blacktown Spartans
Czech Republic  | Sparta Prague
England  | Spartans F.C., Blyth Spartans, Spartans Youth
Lithuania  | Sparta Kaunas (defunct)
Malta  | Ħamrun Spartans
Netherlands  | Sparta Rotterdam
Norway  | Sparta Sarpsborg (merged)
Scotland  | The Spartans
United States  | Chicago Sparta, Philadelphia Spartans (defunct)
Wales  | Mynydd Isa Spartans
Atlantic Ocean | Named after the Atlantic  |  Dominican Republic  | Atlántico
Lithuania  | Atlantas Klaipeda(defunct)
Ukraine  | Atlantyka Sevastopol (until 1986)
Atlantis | Named after the fictional island  |  Paraguay  | Atlántida
Baltic Sea |  |  Poland  | Bałtyk Gdynia, Bałtyk Koszalin
Russia  | FC Baltika Kaliningrad
Baltic Way | Named after the 1989 human chain |  Lithuania  | FK Baltija Panevėžys (defunct)
Black Sea | Cherno More in several Slavic languages |  Bulgaria  | Chernomorets Burgas, Cherno More Varna
Russia  | Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Ukraine  | Chornomorets Odesa,[3][4] Chornomorets Sevastopol[3] (until 2000)
Bukovina |  |  Romania  | Bucovina Pojorâta, Bucovina Rădăuți, Bucovina Suceava (defunct)
Ukraine  | Bukovyna Chernivtsi[3]
Cardiff Bay |  |  Wales  | Cardiff Bay Harlequins, Cardiff Bay Warriors
Carpathian Mountains |  |  Poland  | Karpaty Krosno
Romania  | Carpaţi Baia Mare (until 1946)
Slovakia  | Karpaty Limbach
Ukraine  | Karpaty Halych, Karpaty Kolomyia,[2] Karpaty Lviv,[3][4] Karpaty Mukacheve,[3] Karpaty Yaremche,[2] Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[3]
Danube river |  |  Bulgaria  | Dunav Ruse
Uruguay  | Danubio F.C.
Ukraine  | Dunayets Izmail[2] (until 2006)
Dnieper River | Borysthenes is the ancient Greek name of the river, Slavutych is a poetic Ukrainian name  |  Belarus  | Dnepr Mogilev, Dnepr Rogachev (until 2021)
Russia  | Dnepr Smolensk
Soviet Union  | Dnipro Kremenchuk (until 1970), Dniprovets Dniprodzerzhynsk[2] (until 1967)
Ukraine  | Borysfen Boryspil,[3] Dnipro Cherkasy,[3] Dnipro[3] (defunct), Slavutych Cherkasy (until 2014)
Dniester River | Tyras is the ancient Greek name of the river  |  Moldova  | Nistru Chișinău (until 1991), Tiligul-Tiras Tiraspol (until 2009), Nistru Otaci (defunct), Nistru Cioburciu (defunct)
Ukraine  | Dnister Zalishchyky,[3] Dnistrovets Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi,[3] Dnister Ovidiopol[3] (until 2011)
Guadalquivir River | Betis is the Latin name of Guadalquivir |  Spain  | Real Betis
Humber estuary |  |  England  | F.C. Humber United
Mount Ararat |  |  Armenia  | FC Ararat Yerevan
Iran  | F.C. Ararat Tehran
Mount Asama |  |  Japan  | Artista Asama
Oder |  |  Poland  | Odra Wodzisław, Odra Opole
Pacific Ocean |  |  Canada  | Pacific FC
Polesia |  |  Belarus  | Polesye Kozenki, Polesie Mozyr (until 1994)
Ukraine  | Polissya Zhytomyr[3]
River Plate |  |  Argentina  | Club Atlético River Plate
Aruba  | SV River Plate Aruba
Brazil  | Sociedade Esportiva River Plate.
Ecuador  | River Ecuador (prior to 2017)
Paraguay  | Club River Plate (Asunción)
Puerto Rico  | River Plate Puerto Rico
Uruguay  | Club Atlético River Plate (Uruguay)
River Thames |  |  England  | Thames Association, Thames Polytechnic (both defunct)
River Tyne |  |  England  | Tyne Association (defunct)
Rubicon | Named after the ancient river in Italy  |  Ukraine  | Rubikon Kyiv
Siberia |  |  Russia  | FC Sibir Novosibirsk,
Silesia |  |  Czech Republic  | Slezský FC Opava
Poland  | Śląsk Wrocław[4]
Vistula |  |  Poland  | Wisła Kraków, Wisła Płock
Ural Mountains |  |  Russia  | Ural Sverdlovsk

## Animals

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Bison |  |  Lithuania  | FC Stumbras (defunct)
Cobra |  |  Australia  | Adelaide Omonia Cobras FC
Mexico  | Club de Fútbol Cobras, C.F. Cobras de Querétaro (defunct)
Ukraine  | Kobra Kharkiv (defunct)
United States  | Carolina Elite Cobras, Chicago Cobras (defunct), Cleveland Cobras (defunct)
Deer |  |  Lithuania  | Elnias Šiauliai(defunct)
Falcon |  |  Ukraine  | Sokil Berezhany,[2] Sokil Zolochiv,[3][20] Sokil Lviv[2] (defunct)
United States  | Newark Falcons (defunct)
Golden eagle |  |  Ukraine  | Berkut Bedevlia[3]
Gull |  |  Ukraine  | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka,[2] Chayka-VMS Sevastopol[3] (defunct)
United States | Las Vegas Seagulls (defunct)
Iron Wolf | Mythological animal from the foundational legend of Vilnius |  Lithuania  | FK Geležinis Vilkas
Lion |  |  Australia  | Essendon Lions[19] (defunct)
England  | London City Lionesses, Millwall Lionesses, Maccabi London Lions
United States  | Ukrainian Lions[19]
Panthera |  |  Pakistan  | Panther Club (defunct)
Ukraine  | WFC Pantery Uman
Phoenix | Named after the legengdary bird from the Greek mythology.  |  Argentina  | Club Atlético Fénix
Australia  | Altona East Phoenix SC, Brisbane Phoenix FC, South West Phoenix FC
England  | A.F.C. Phoenix, Phoenix Sports F.C., Worplesdon Phoenix F.C.
Estonia  | Jõhvi FC Phoenix
Germany  | FC Phönix Bellheim, 1\. FC Phönix Lübeck
Gibraltar  | Gibraltar Phoenix F.C.
Kosovo  | FC Phoenix Banjë
Myanmar  | Team Phoenix F.C.
New Zealand  | Wellington Phoenix FC
Romania  | Phoenix Ulmu, Phoenix Baia Mare (defunct)
Ukraine  | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine[3] (defunct)
United States  | GPS Portland Phoenix (defunct), Twin Cities Phoenix (defunct)
Uruguay  | Centro Atlético Fénix
Wales  | Penmaenmawr Phoenix F.C.
Shearwater | Symbol of the Soviet students' sport VSS Burevestnik[1] |  Russia  | Burevestnik-YuRGUES Shakhty (defunct)
Soviet Union  | Burevestnic Bender (until 1958), Burevestnic Chișinău (until 1958), Burevestnik Tomsk (until 1958), Burevisnyk Melitopol (until 1965)
Ukraine  | Burevisnyk Ternopil (until 2007)
Swift |  |  England  | Walsall Town Swifts, Swifts F.C. (defunct)
Northern Ireland  | Dungannon Swifts

## Plants

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Heather |  |  Ukraine  | Veres Rivne[3]
Oak |  |  Ghana  | Hearts of Oak
United States  | San Jose Oaks
Pine |  |  Australia  | Frankston Pines
Finland  | FC Honka
Rose |  |  American Samoa  | Black Roses FC
Australia  | Adamstown Rosebuds
Bulgarian: Розова долина, romanized: Rozova dolina, lit. 'rose valley' |  Bulgaria  | Rozova Dolina
|  Canada  | Roses FC
Scotland  | Bonnyrigg Rose F.C., Linlithgow Rose F.C., Montrose Roselea F.C.
South Africa  | Cape Town Roses, Roses United F.C.
The Portland Thorns name and logo intentionally reference its city's official nickname, "City of Roses".[23][24] |  United States  | Portland Thorns, Roses F.C.
Shamrock | Symbol of Ireland.  |  Republic of Ireland  | Shamrock Rovers
United States  | Boston Shamrock Rovers, South Carolina Shamrocks, St. Louis Shamrocks (all defunct)
Sycamore |  |  Ukraine  | Yavir Krasnopillia[3]
Thistle | National symbol of Scotland  |  England  | Hereford Thistle (defunct)
New Zealand  | Auckland Thistle, Christchurch Thistle (defunct), Gisborne Thistle, Huntly Thistle, Invercargill Thistle, Timaru Thistle
Scotland  | Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Partick Thistle
United States  | Cleveland Thistles (defunct)
Timber | Generic term for wood  |  United States  | Portland Timbers (as well as past teams of the same name)

## Space

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Galaxy |  |  Canada  | Brantford Galaxy (defunct)
United States  | LA Galaxy
Orbit |  |  Belarus  | Orbita Minsk
Soviet Union  | Orbita Kzyl-Orda (until 1979)
Ukraine  | SKA-Orbita Lviv (defunct)
Space | Cosmos is a Greek name for the space  |  Russia  | Kosmos Dolgoprudny, Kosmos Saint Petersburg (defunct), Kosmos Yegoryevsk (until 2004)
Ukraine  | Kosmos Pavlohrad[3]
Star | Звезда/Zvezda: East-Slavic for "star"
Estrella - Spanish
Estrela - Portuguese.
Étoile - French  |  Angola  | Estrela Vermelha do Huambo
Australia  | North Eastern MetroStars SC
Egypt  | Red Star Club
England  | Ashington Rising Star, Burnley Union Star, Newcastle Blue Star, Peterborough Northern Star, Red Star Southampton, Seaham Red Star
France  | Red Star Paris
Mozambique  | Estrela Vermelha (Beira)
Northern Ireland  | Crumlin Star
Portugal  | Estrela da Amadora, Estrela de Vendas Novas
Russia  | Zvezda Irkutsk, Zvezda Perm, Zvezda Saint Petersburg
Scotland  | Solway Star (defunct)
Serbia  | Red Star Belgrade
Seychelles  | Red Star FC
Switzerland  | Blue Stars Zürich, FC Étoile-Sporting, Red Star Zürich
Ukraine  | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi,[3] Zorya Luhansk,[3][4] Zoria Khorostkiv[2] (defunct)
United States  | Chicago Red Stars, NY/NJ MetroStars, Orange County Blue Star, Permian Basin Shooting Stars
Venezuela  | Estrella Roja F.C.
Wales  | Treowen Stars

### Planets

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Saturn | Clubs named after exact planets.  |  Russia  | Saturn Ramenskoye

### Stars

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Sirius | Clubs named after the specific star.  |  Lithuania  | FK Sirijus Klaipėda
Sweden  | IK Sirius Fotboll
Ukraine  | Sirius Zhovti Vody[3] (until 1995)

### Earth phenomena

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Blizzard | Khurtovyna: Ukrainian for blizzard.  |  Canada  | Calgary Blizzard, Toronto Blizzard (defunct)
Ukraine  | Hazovyk-Khurtovyna Komarno,[20] Vykhor Dnipro[2]
United States  | Buffalo Blizzard (defunct), Colorado Springs Blizzard (defunct)
Ray | Named after rays of (sun)light  |  Ukraine  | Promin Sambir[3] (until 1998)
Venezuela  | Rayo Zuliano
Sunrise |  |  Ukraine  | Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia[3] (until 2008)
Tornado |  |  Ukraine  | WFC Tornado Kyiv (defunct)
United States  | Dallas Tornado (defunct)

## Real or mythical people

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Ata | Club names containing a reference to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, and founder of the Republic of Turkey.  |  Turkey  | Ata Spor Kulubu
Ajax | Club names containing a reference to Ajax the Great or Ajax the Lesser. The South African and American clubs are so named due to their affiliation with AFC Ajax of the Netherlands.  |  Brazil  | Ajax FC
Congo  | Ajax de Ouenzé
Estonia  | FC Ajax Lasnamäe
Honduras  | Unión Ájax
Malta  | Rabat Ajax F.C.
Netherlands  | AFC Ajax, Ajax Sportman Combinatie
South Africa  | Ajax Cape Town (defunct)
Suriname  | VV Ajax (defunct)
Ukraine  | Ayaks Shakhtarsk[3]
United States  | Ajax America Women, Ajax Orlando Prospects (defunct)
Apollo |  |  Canada  | Hamilton Apollos (defunct)
Cyprus  | Apollon Limassol
Greece  | Apollon Kalamarias, Apollon Athens
United States  | Atlanta Apollos, New York Apollo (both defunct)
Aris | After the Greek God of War.  |  Greece  | Aris Thessaloniki
Cyprus  | Aris Limassol
Luxembourg  | Aris Bonnevoie
United States  | Eau Claire Aris FC
Arminius | Former Roman general, led a unified Germanic coalition to victory against the Roman Empire.  |  Germany  | Arminia Bielefeld, Arminia Hannover, Arminia Ludwigshafen, Arminia Gütersloh (until 1978)
Atlas | Club names containing a reference to Atlas.  |  Mexico  | Club Atlas
Argentina  | Club Atlético Atlas
Vasily Bazhanov | Soviet mining engineer who gave his name to Bazhanov coal mine.  |  Ukraine  | Bazhanovets Makiivka[3] (until 1995)
Simón Bolívar |  |  Bolivia  | Club Bolívar
Hristo Botev | Named after Hristo Botev, a Genius Bulgarian poet, revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria.  |  Bulgaria  | PFC Botev Plovdiv
Guillermo Brown |  |  Argentina  | Club Almirante Brown
Bernardino Caballero |  |  Paraguay  | General Caballero CG, General Caballero JLM, General Caballero ZC
Concordia | Concordia (meaning "concord" or "harmony" in Latin) is the Roman goddess who embodies agreement in marriage and society.  |  Croatia  | HŠK Concordia (defunct)
Germany  | Concordia Wilhelmsruh, Concordia Königsberg (defunct)
Poland  | Concordia Knurów, Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski
Romania  | Concordia Chiajna
Switzerland  | FC Concordia Basel
Andrea Doria |  |  Italy  | Sampdoria (from merger of Sampierdarenese, team of San Pier d'Arena, borough of Genoa, and Società Ginnastica Andrea Doria, team so named from the Genoese admiral Andrea Doria)
Oleksa Dovbush | Famous Ukrainian outlaw and folk hero.  |  Ukraine  | USC Dovbush Chernivtsi [uk][20]
Druids | Celtic Priest  |  Wales  | Cefn Druids
Felix Dzerzhinsky | Soviet politician who led the Cheka and the OGPU |  Soviet Union  | Dzerzhinets Kolomna (until 1960), Dzerzhinets Leningrad (until 1948), Dzerzhinets Nizhny Tagil (until 1957), Dzerzhinets-STZ Stalingrad (until 1937), Dzerzhynets Kharkiv[1] (until 1952), Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad[1] (until 1953)
Erminio Giana | World War I fallen soldier from Gorgonzola |  Italy  | Giana Erminio
Luis Ángel Firpo |  |  El Salvador  | C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Fortuna | Latin goddess of fortune and personification of luck  |  Australia  | Fortuna 60 SC
Cameroon  | AS Fortuna
Denmark  | Fortuna Hjørring
Germany  | Fortuna Düsseldorf, Fortuna Köln, Fortuna Babelsberg, Fortuna Chemnitz, Fortuna Magdeburg, TSV Fortuna Sachsenross, Fortuna 1894 Berlin (defunct)
Netherlands  | Fortuna Sittard, Fortuna Vlaardingen
North Macedonia  | KF Fortuna 1975
Norway  | AaFK Fortuna
Romania  | Fortuna Becicherecu Mic, Fortuna Covaci (defunct), Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (defunct)
Russia  | Fortuna Mytishchi (defunct)
South Africa  | FC Fortune (until 2006)
Spain  | CD Fortuna, Real Fortuna (defunct)
Suriname  | Fortuna 1975 Lelydorp
Ukraine  | Fortuna Sharhorod,[3] Fortuna Shakhtarsk (until 2001)
Mikhail Frunze | Soviet politician, military leader and military theorist.  |  Ukraine  | Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy[1] (defunct)
Helios | Greek god who personifies the Sun  |  Estonia  | Võru FC Helios
Ukraine  | Helios Kharkiv[3]
Hercules/Heracles | After the Greek demi-god.  |  Greece  | Iraklis F.C.
Netherlands  | Heracles Almelo
Spain  | Hércules CF
Turkey  | İraklis Jimnastik Kulübü
Hermes | Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. In myth, Hermes functions as the messenger of the gods.  |  Turkey  | Hermes Sport Club
Hotspur | Named after Henry Percy, aka Harry Hotspur  |  England  | Tottenham Hotspur
Wales  | Holyhead Hotspur
Joan of Arc |  |  Réunion  | SS Jeanne d'Arc
Senegal  | ASC Jeanne d'Arc
Sergei Kirov | Soviet politician and revolutionary.  |  Russia  | Kirovets Saint Petersburg (until 1992)
Soviet Union  | Kirovets Mogilev (until 1964)
Ukraine  | Kirovets Makiivka[1] (defunct)
Lech | Named after Lech, legendary founder of Polish nation.  |  Poland  | Lech Poznań,[4] Lech Rypin
Vladimir Lenin | Named after the Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.  |  Ukraine  | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine[3] (defunct), Illichivets Mariupol[3][4] (until 2017)
Vasil Levski | Named after Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary and a national hero of Bulgaria.  |  Bulgaria  | Levski Sofia
Sam Mark | Sam Mark was the club owner.  |  United States  | Fall River F.C. (defunct) Referred to as Marksmen as in Mark's men.
Ivan Mykhailov | Father of the founder of the club  |  Ukraine  | Ivan Odesa[25]
Nerthus | Germanic goddess of fertility.  |  Germany  | Hertha BSC
Nike | Greek goddess of victory  |  Russia  | Nika Moscow, Nika Krasny Sulin (defunct)
Sweden  | GIF Nike
Ukraine  | Nika Ivano-Frankivsk, WFC Nika Poltava (defunct)
Odysseus | Named after legendary Greek king and Homer's epic poem  |  Armenia  | Ulisses F.C.
Viktor Oharenko | Owner of the Classic Private University and of the football club  |  Ukraine  | Viktor Zaporizhia[3] (until 2000)
Grigory Petrovsky | Soviet politician and Communist Party leader in Ukraine.  |  Ukraine  | Petrovets Dnipropetrovsk[1] (until 1936)
Silvio Pettirossi |  |  Paraguay  | Club Silvio Pettirossi
Prometheus | Greek Titan and god of war  |  Russia  | Prometey-Dynamo Saint Petersburg (until 1995)
Ukraine  | Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk[3] (defunct), Prometei Shakhtarsk[3] (until 1993)
Rio Branco | Named after the Baron of Rio Branco.  |  Brazil  | Rio Branco Atlético Clube, Rio Branco Esporte Clube, Clube Esportivo Rio Branco, Rio Branco Sport Club
Rob Roy |  |  Scotland  | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy F.C.
Robin Hood |  |  Suriname  | SV Robinhood
Sachin Tendulkar |

Named after the Indian Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also known as Master Blaster.

|  India  | Kerala Blasters
Santa Claus |  |  Finland  | FC Santa Claus
Skënderbeu | Named after the Albanian national hero, Skanderbeg.  |  Albania  | Skënderbeu Korçë
Anatoliy Skoruk | Founder of the club  |  Ukraine  | Skoruk Tomakivka[26]
Solomon |  |  Ghana  | King Solomon FC
Jomo Sono | Founder of the club  |  South Africa  | Jomo Cosmos
Spartacus | The famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic (c. 73–71 BCE).  |  Armenia  | Spartak Yerevan (def.)
Bulgaria  | PFC Spartak Pleven, Spartak Plovdiv, PFC Spartak Varna
Georgia  | Spartaki Tskhinvali
Kazakhstan  | Spartak Semey
Latvia  | Spartaks Jūrmala
Russia  | FC Spartak Moscow, FC Spartak Nalchik, Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz, FC Spartak Kostroma, FC Spartak Tambov, FC Spartak Yoshkar-Ola, FC Spartak Gorno-Altaysk
Serbia  | Spartak Subotica, FK Spartak Ljig, Spartak Zlatibor Voda
Slovakia  | Spartak Trnava
Soviet Union  | Spartak Dnipropetrovsk[1] (defunct), Spartak Kharkiv[1] (defunct), Spartak Lviv[1] (defunct), Spartak Odesa[1] (until 1941), Spartak Sambir[1] (until 1991), Spartak Sumy[1] (until 1971), Spartak Uzzhorod[1] (until 1960)
Ukraine  | HU ZIDMU-Spartak Zaporizhzhia[8] (defunct), Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk[3] (defunct), Spartak Sumy[3] (defunct), WFC Spartak Chernihiv (defunct)
Alexei Stakhanov | Soviet miner who became the icon of the Stakhanovite movement |  Soviet Union  | Stakhanovets Kadiyivka[2] (until 1945), Stakhanovets Stalino[1] (until 1946)
Titan | Named after the race of Greek pre-Olympian gods.  |  Mexico  | Titanes de Saltillo (defunct), Titanes de Tulancingo (defunct)
Russia  | Titan Klin
El Salvador  | C.D. Titán
Ukraine  | Tytan Donetsk[3]
Venezuela  | Titanes F.C.
Vasco da Gama | Named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.[27] |  Brazil  | Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Associação Desportiva Vasco da Gama
India  | Vasco SC
South Africa  | Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Veles | An old Slavic God  |  Russia  | Veles
Victoria | Named after Queen Victoria.  |  England  | Northwich Victoria, Biddulph Victoria
Wales  | Brymbo Victoria, Rhostyllen Victoria (defunct), Wrexham Victoria (defunct)
Vikings |  |  England  | Viking Greenford (defunct)
Faroe Islands  | Víkingur Gøta
Finland  | FC Viikingit
Iceland  | Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur, Ungmennafélagið Víkingur
Norway  | Viking FK
United States  | San Francisco Vikings
Petro Voikov | Soviet revolutionary and native of Kerch.  |  Ukraine  | Voikovets Kerch (until 1994)
Willem II |  |  Netherlands  | Willem II
Jorge Wilstermann |  |  Bolivia  | Club Jorge Wilstermann
Zawisza | Named after Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and nobleman.  |  Poland  | Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Zico |  |  Brazil  | Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva

## Sport

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Actions | Ruch in Polish means "movement", Naprzód means "forward".

En avant in French means "forward.

|  Austria  | Rapid Wien
France  | En Avant Guingamp
Netherlands  | Go Ahead Eagles
Poland  | Naprzód Jędziejów, Ruch Chorzów,[4] Ruch Radzionków, Ruch Wysokie Mazowieckie, Ruch Zdzieszowice
Sweden  | BK Forward
Ukraine  | Rukh Lviv,[2] Start Chuhuiv
United States  | Forward Madison FC
Amateur | Clubs originating in amateur status teams.  |  England  | Salford Amateurs, Yorkshire Amateur
Wales  | Blaenau Ffestiniog Amateur
Athletics | Club names containing a reference to athletes or athletics. In the United States, the term "athletics" refers to sport in general. See also sports societies section.  |  Angola  | Petro Atlético
Belgium  | Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent
Brazil  | Atlético Mineiro, Atlético Paranaense
Canada  | Atletico Ottawa
Colombia  | Atlético Nacional, Atlético Bucaramanga
England  | Charlton Athletic, Oldham Athletic, Wigan Athletic
France  | Cercle Athlétique de Paris-Charenton
India  | Atlético de Kolkata
Lithuania  | FK Atletas Kaunas
New Zealand  | Whanganui Athletic
Northern Ireland  | Cliftonville Football & Athletic Club, Clough Rangers Athletic, Linfield Athletic
Republic of Ireland  | Rathmines Athletic (defunct), St Patrick's Athletic
Scotland  | Dunfermline Athletic, Forfar Athletic, Alloa Athletic, Annan Athletic
Spain  | Athletic Bilbao, Atlético Madrid
Timor-Leste  | Atlético Ultramar
United States  | Hartford Athletic, New York Athletic Club, Athletic Club of St. Louis (defunct)
Wales  | Bethesda Athletic, Wrexham Athletic
Baseball |  |  Lithuania  | FBK Kaunas (defunct)
Casuals | Clubs originating in amateur status teams.

Corinthian-Casuals were formed by the merger of Corinthian F.C. and Casuals F.C. in 1939.

|  England  | Corinthian-Casuals F.C., Walton Casuals, Wolverhampton Casuals
Scotland  | Edinburgh Casuals (defunct)
Cricket | Club names containing a term for cricket. Usually, the club also had a cricket team in the past.  |  Austria  | Vienna Cricket and Football-Club
Brazil  | Rio Cricket
Denmark  | Fredericia Studenternes Kricketklub
Italy  | Genoa Cricket and Football Club
India  | Calcutta Cricket and Football Club
Mexico  | Mexico Cricket Club (defunct)
Northern Ireland  | Derriaghy Cricket Club F.C.
Fencing |  |  Argentina  | Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata
Golf |  |  Mexico  | San Pedro Golf Club (defunct)
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
Lithuania  | LGSF Kaunas
Norway  | Larvik Turn & I.F.
Spain  | Gimnàstic de Tarragona, Gimnástica de Torrelavega
Turkey  | Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü
Wales  | Wrexham Gymnasium (defunct)
Leader |  |  Ukraine  | WFC Lider Kobeliaky
Olympic Games | Club names containing a reference to either the Olympic Games or the ancient city of Olympia, Greece.  |  Australia  | Adelaide Olympic, Olympic FC, Sydney Olympic
Azerbaijan  | FK Olimpik Baku
Belgium  | Olympia Bruxelles, Olympic Charleroi
Canada  | Montreal Olympique, Toronto Olympians (both defunct)
Egypt  | Olympic Club
England  | Blackburn Olympic, Notts Olympic (both defunct), Rushall Olympic
France  | Nîmes Olympique, Olympique Lyonnais, Olympique Marseille
Germany  | Olympia Neugablonz
Ghana  | Accra Great Olympics
Greece  | Olympiacos F.C., Olympiakos Volou 1937 F.C.
Honduras  | CD Olimpia
New Zealand  | Bay Olympic
Northern Ireland  | Ballynahinch Olympic
Paraguay  | Olimpia
Poland  | Olimpia Elbląg, Olimpia Grudziądz, Olimpia Poznań (defunct)
Romania  | Olimpia Satu Mare
Slovenia  | Olimpija Ljubljana
Sweden  | BK Olympic
Ukraine  | Olimpik Donetsk,[3] Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi,[3] Olimpiya Savyntsi, Olimpik Kharkiv (defunct), Olimpiya FC AES Yuzhnoukrainsk (until 2005), WFC Olimp Kyiv (until 1993)
United States  | Olimpia (defunct)
Wales  | Wrexham Olympic
Rambling | Hillwalking |  England  | Burnham Ramblers, Liverpool Ramblers, Stoke Ramblers, City Ramblers (defunct)
Republic of Ireland  | Cobh Ramblers
Racing | The English Racing Club is so named due to the club playing in the locale of Warwick Racecourse.  |  Argentina  | Racing Avellaneda
Belgium  | Koninklijke Racing Club Genk
England  | Racing Club Warwick
France  | Racing Club de France Colombes 92
Racing Club de Strasbourg
Racing Club de Lens
Spain  | Racing Santander, Racing de Ferrol
United States  | Racing Louisville
Uruguay  | Racing Montevideo
Rapid | Rapid means fast (Latin)  |  Austria  | SK Rapid Wien
Romania  | FC Rapid București
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 and polideportivo (Spanish), desportivo and esportivo (Portuguese), sport (Dutch), spor (Turkish).  |  Belgium  | Sporting Club de Bruxelles (defunct)
Brazil  | Desportiva Capixaba, Clube Esportivo de Bento Gonçalves, Sport Club do Recife
Cape Verde  | Desportivo Ribeira Brava, Desportivo de Santa Cruz, Sporting Clube da Praia
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  | Cowes Sports, Hullbridge Sports, Mickleover Sports, Sporting Club Albion, Sporting Club Thamesmead, Stockport Sports (defunct),
France  | Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, Union Sportive du Littoral de Dunkerque
Ghana  | Sporting Saint Mirren
Republic of Ireland  | Sporting Fingal (defunct)
Jamaica  | Sporting Central Academy
Netherlands  | Helmond Sport, Sportclub Heerenveen
Paraguay  | Sportivo Luqueño
Peru  | Deportivo Wanka, Sport Boys
Portugal  | Desportivo das Aves, Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting Braga
Romania  | Sportul Studențesc
Rwanda  | Kiyovu Sports, Mukura Victory Sports
Scotland  | Arbroath Sporting Club (defunct)
Spain  | Sporting de Gijón, Deportivo de La Coruña, Club Polideportivo Granada 74, other clubs with RCD (Real Club Deportivo)
Switzerland  | FC Lausanne-Sport
Turkey  | Alanyaspor, Bursaspor, Hatayspor, Kayserispor, Trabzonspor, Samsunspor
Ukraine  | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni[3]
United States  | Sporting Kansas City
Wales  | Mochdre Sports, Prestatyn Sports
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 Rennais, 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
Ukraine  | WFC Arena Kyiv
Surf |  |  Australia  | Surf Coast FC
United States  | California Surf (defunct), South Florida Surf
Tennis | Football department was added to tennis club.  |  Germany  | Tennis Borussia Berlin

### Sports societies

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Avant-garde | Avanhard was a trade unions sport society mainly active in the Ukrainian SSR.  |  Kazakhstan  | FC Avangard (defunct)
Russia  | Avangard Kursk, Avangard Kamyshin (defunct), Avangard-Kortek (defunct), Avangard Podolsk (defunct)
Soviet Union  | Avanhard Ternopil[1] (defunct), Avanhard Chernivtsi[1] (until 1965), Avanhard Dnipropetrovsk[1] (until 1968), Avanhard Horlivka[1] (until 1947), Avanhard Kerch[1] (until 1978), Avanhard Kharkiv[1] (until 1967), Avanhard Kryvyi Rih[1] (until 1961), Avanhard Makiivka[1] (until 1970), Avanhard Mykolaiv[1] (until 1960), Avanhard Rivne[1] (until 1990), Avanhard Simferopol[1] (until 1963), Avanhard Sumy[1] (until 1963), Avanhard Zhdanov[1] (until 1960)
Ukraine  | Avanhard Merefa,[3] Avanhard Zhovti Vody,[1] Avanhard Zhydachiv,[3] Avanhard Kramatorsk[1][3] (until 2021), Avanhard Rovenky[1][3] (until 2003)
Beitar | The Betar movement, associated with Revisionist Zionism |  Israel  | Beitar Jerusalem F.C., Beitar Tel Aviv F.C.
CSKA | CSKA means Central Army Sports Club in most Slavic languages. CWKS is the Polish equivalent, and CSCA is the Romanian/Moldovan equivalent. Indicates that the team was/is originally part of the army. (Just SKA or ASK if the army club was/is based not in the capital.)  |  Bulgaria  | CSKA Sofia
Cambodia  | Royal Cambodian Armed Forces FA
Laos  | Lao Army F.C.
Lithuania  | FK Saliutas Vilnius (defunct)
Malaysia  | Armed Forces F.C.
Poland  | CWKS Legia Warszawa
Romania  | CSCA București
Russia  | PFC CSKA Moscow
Soviet Union  | SKA Lviv[1] (defunct), SKA Kyiv (until 1991)[1]
Ukraine  | CSKA Kyiv,[3] SKA Odesa[1] (until 1992)
Dynamo | Majority are Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was originally part of the Soviet Dynamo sport society or an equivalent such as Sportvereinigung Dynamo.  |  Albania  | KS Dinamo Tirana
Belarus  | Dinamo Minsk, Dinamo Brest
Canada  | Dynamo de Quebec (defunct)
Croatia  | Dinamo Zagreb
Czech Republic  | Dynamo České Budějovice
England  | Loughborough Dynamo, Shepshed Dynamo, Colne Dynamoes (defunct)
Estonia  | Dünamo Tallinn
Georgia  | Dinamo Batumi, Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinamo Sokhumi
Germany  | Berliner FC Dynamo, Dynamo Dresden
India  | Delhi Dynamos
Latvia  | FK Dinamo-Rīnuži/LASD
Moldova  | FC Dinamo Bender
Romania  | Dinamo Bucharest
Russia  | Dynamo Moscow, Dynamo Bryansk, Dynamo Barnaul, Dynamo Kirov, Dinamo Spb, Dinamo Biysk, Dinamo Kostroma, Dinamo Stavropol, Dinamo Makhackhala (def.)
Soviet Union  | Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk[1] (defunct), Dynamo Kirovohrad (until 1962)
Ukraine  | Dynamo Kyiv,[1][3][4] Dynamo Kharkiv,[1] Dynamo Lviv,[1][3] Dynamo Odesa,[1][3] Dynamo Luhansk[1][3] (defunct), Dynamo Saky[3] (defunct), Dynamo Sloviansk[3] (defunct), Dynamo Bila Tserkva[1] (until 1992), Dynamo Khmelnytskyi[1][3] (until 2013), Dynamo Simferopol[3] (until 2004)
United States  | Houston Dynamo
Uzbekistan  | Dinamo Samarqand
Zimbabwe  | Dynamos Harare
Hapoel | Hebrew for The Worker, an Israeli sport association, with links to trade unionism  |  Israel  | Hapoel Acre, Hapoel Ashkelon, Hapoel Asi Gilboa, Hapoel Balfouria, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Hapoel Haifa, Hapoel Ironi Rishon LeZion, Hapoel Jerusalem, Hapoel Petah Tikva, Hapoel Ra'anana, Hapoel Ramat Gan, Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hart | Hart is the Ukrainian student's sport society[3] |  Ukraine  | Hart Borodianka[3] (until 1994)
Homenetmen & Homenmen | pan-Armenian sports and Scouting organization  |  Lebanon  | Homenetmen Beirut F.C., Homenmen Beirut
IF | IF, Idrætsforening, Danish for Sporting Society  |  Norway

Denmark

| Brøndby IF, Strømsgodset IF, Mjøndalen IF
IFK | IFK, Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Swedish for Sporting Society Comrades. All Swedish clubs named IFK are members of IFK's central organisation, while clubs named IFK in Finland are not.  |  Finland  | Helsingfors IFK, IFK Mariehamn, Vasa IFK, Åbo IFK, Grankulla IFK
Sweden  | IFK Eskilstuna, IFK Göteborg, IFK Malmö, IFK Norrköping, IFK Lidingö, IFK Stockholm, IFK Uddevalla, IFK Umeå, IFK Åmål, IFK Mora, IFK Luleå
LFLS | LFLS, Lietuvos Fizinio Lavinimosi Sąjunga, teams associated with or created by chapters of the Lithuanian Physical Education Union.  |  Lithuania  | LFLS Kaunas, ŠŠ Kovas Kaunas (until 1923),
LGSF | LGSF, Lietuvos Gimnastikos ir Sporto Federacija, teams created as chapters of the Lithuanian Gymnastics sport society  | LGSF Kaunas
Maccabi | For Jewish teams, indicates that the team was originally part of the Maccabi sport society.  |  Israel and others  | (see Maccabi)
Spal | The Spal sports clubs, associated with Salesian Society |  Italy  | S.P.A.L.
Spartak | For Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was originally part of the Soviet Spartak sport society or an equivalent.  |  Bulgaria  | Spartak Varna
Russia  | Spartak Moscow, Spartak Nalchik
Soviet Union  | Spartak Dnipropetrovsk[1] (defunct), Spartak Kharkiv[1] (defunct), Spartak Lviv[1] (defunct), Spartak Odesa[1] (until 1941), Spartak Sambir[1] (until 1991), Spartak Sumy[1] (until 1971), Spartak Uzzhorod[1] (until 1960)
Ukraine  | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk[3] (defunct)
Torpedo | For Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was once part of the Soviet republican VSS Trud (automobile and truck manufacture industries).  |  Belarus  | Torpedo Minsk, Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino
Georgia  | Torpedo Kutaisi
Russia  | Torpedo Moscow, Torpedo Vladimir, Torpedo Armavir, Torpedo Miass Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
Soviet Union  | Torpedo Kharkiv[1] (defunct), Torpedo Kirovohrad[1] (until 1957), Torpedo Lutsk[1] (until 1989)
Ukraine  | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia[1][3] (defunct), Torpedo Melitopol[3] (until 2000)
Trudovye Rezervy | For Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was once part of the Soviet republican VSS Trudovye Rezervy (vocational schools).  |  Belarus  | Trudovye Rezervy-RIPO Minsk
Soviet Union  | Emgek Rezervi Frunze (until 1953), Trudovi Rezervy Voroshylovhrad[1] (until 1964), Trudovye Rezervy Kislovodsk (until 1965), Trudovye Rezervy Kursk (until 1972), Trudovye Rezervy Lipetsk (until 1960)
Vorwärts | Armeesportvereinigung Vorwärts were the sports society of the East German Army.  |  East Germany/Germany  | Vorwärts Berlin
Austria  | Vorwärts Steyr
Zenit | For Eastern European teams, indicates that the team was originally part of the Soviet Zenit sport society or an equivalent.  |  Czech Republic  | Zenit Čáslav
Russia  | Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Penza
Soviet Union  | Zenit Kharkiv[1] (until 1940)

## Values and ideals

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Bravery |  |  Canada  | Ottawa Intrepid (defunct)
United States  | North Carolina Courage
Friendship |  |  Russia  | Druzhba Maykop, Druzhba Arzamas (defunct), Druzhba Budyonnovsk (until 1994), Druzhba Yoshkar-Ola (until 1998)
Ukraine  | Druzhba Myrivka, Druzhba Berdiansk[3] (defunct)
Freedom | "Libertas" meaning "freedom" in Latin, Libertad means freedom in Spanish  |  Argentina  | Libertad de Sunchales
Ghana  | Liberty Professionals FC
Italy  | Lucchese Libertas
San Marino  | A.C. Libertas
United States  | New York Pancyprian-Freedoms, Miami Freedom, Washington Freedom (both defunct)
Health | Lithuanian:"Sveikata"

Basque:"Osasuna"

|  Lithuania  | FK Sveikata Kybartai
Spain  | CA Osasuna
Hope |  |  Benin  | Espoir FC
Cameroon  | Espérance FC
France  | Espérance Sportive Troyes Aube Champagne
Moldova  | FC Speranţa Cahul
Niger  | Espoir FC
Rwanda  | Espoir FC
Tunisia  | Espérance Sportive de Tunis, Espérance Sportive de Zarzis, Espoir Sportif de Hammam-Sousse
Independence | Persian: Esteghlal |  Argentina  | Club Atlético Independiente
Brazil  | Independência Futebol Clube, Independente Esportes Clube Macaé
Colombia  | Independiente Medellín
Iran  | Esteghlal Tehran F.C.
United States  | Charlotte Independence
Loyalty |  |  United States  | San Diego Loyal
Multiculturalism | "Cosmos" is short for "Cosmopolitan"  |  San Marino  | S.S. Cosmos
South Africa  | Jomo Cosmos, OR Tambo Cosmos
United States  | New York Cosmos
Peace |  |  Ukraine  | Myr Hornostayivka[2]
Perseverance |  |  England  | Methley Perseverance (defunct)
Rebellion |  |  United States  | New England Revolution, Tacoma Defiance, Georgia Revolution
Spirit |  |  Australia  | North West Sydney Spirit
New Zealand  | Coastal Spirit
United States  | Tulsa Spirit, Washington Spirit, Baltimore Spirit, Penn-Jersey Spirit (both defunct)
Unity | An example of this is Alianza (Spanish).  |  Canada  | Unity FC
England  | Aston Unity, Great Bridge Unity (both defunct)
Germany  | 1\. FC Union Berlin
Ghana  | Unity F.C.
Peru  | Alianza Lima, Alianza Atlético
Romania  | Unirea Urziceni, Unirea Alba-Iulia, Unirea Focșani
El Salvador  | Alianza F.C.
United States  | Philadelphia Union
Ukraine  | Yednist Plysky[2]
Valour |  |  Canada  | Valour FC
Victory | Arabic: Al-Nasr |  Australia  | Melbourne Victory FC
Czech Republic  | FC Viktoria Plzeň
Egypt  | Al Nasr
England  | Attercliffe Victory (defunct)
Honduras  | Victoria
Luxembourg  | FC Victoria Rosport
Moldova  | Victoria Bardar
Romania  | FC Victoria Brăneşti, Victoria București
Rwanda  | Mukura Victory Sports
Saudi Arabia  | Al-Nasr
United Arab Emirates  | Al-Nasr Sports Club
Youth | Examples of this are "jeunesse" (French), "junior" (several languages) and "iuventūs" (Latin)  |  Algeria  | Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie
Argentina  | Boca Juniors, Argentinos Juniors, Chacarita Juniors, Juventud Alianza de San Juan
Belize  | Juventus (Belize)
Brazil  | EC Juventude, CA Juventus
Cameroon  | Jeunesse Bamiléké
Cape Verde  | Juventude do Norte
Colombia  | Junior de Barranquilla, Juventud Soacha
Ecuador  | Juvenil Minera (Las Naves), Juvenil (Quinindé), Juvenil de Esmeraldas, Club Social y Deportivo Juventus, Juventud Italiana (Manta)
England  | Spartans Youth
France  | Association de la Jeunesse auxerroise
Germany  | Deutsche Jugendkraft Don Bosco Bamberg
Honduras  | C.D. Real Juventud, Real Juventud San Joaquín
Côte d'Ivoire  | Jeunesse Club d'Abidjan
Indonesia  | Arema
Republic of Ireland  | Wexford Youths
Italy  | Juventus FC, ASD Fortis Juventus 1909, SS Juve Stabia, ASG Nocerina 1910
Laos  | Young Elephants FC
Luxembourg  | Jeunesse Esch, Jeunesse Hautcharage, Jeunesse Sportive Verlorenkost
Morocco  | Jeunesse Massira
Poland  | Junak Drohobycz (defunct)
Romania  | Juventus București
Russia  | FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure
Serbia  | Mladost Lučani, Mladost Apatin
Singapore  | Young Lions FC
Switzerland  | BSC Young Boys
Tunisia  | Jeunesse Sportive Kairouanaise
Ukraine  | WFC Yunist-ShVSM Chernihiv
Uruguay  | Rampla Juniors
Wales  | Acrefair Youth, Johnstown Youth

## Different club or city

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See also: List of sports clubs inspired by others

These clubs were named after unrelated clubs (i.e. clubs they are not affiliated with) or unrelated cities (in which they never played). In some cases these are refugee or diaspora clubs, in other cases they were founded by fans of foreign clubs.

Topic  | Meaning  | Country  | Clubs

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Arsenal F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Ghana  | Berekum Arsenal F.C.[28]
Ukraine  | Arsenal Kharkiv,[3][16] Arsenal-Kyivshchyna[3][16]
Barcelona | Named after the capital of Catalonia  |  Ecuador  | Barcelona S.C.
FC Barcelona | Named after the Spanish football club  |  Ukraine  | Barsa Sumy[29]
Blackpool F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Sierra Leone  | Mighty Blackpool F.C.[30]
Boca Juniors | Named after the Argentine football club  |  Colombia  | Boca Juniors de Cali
Botafogo FR | Named after the Brazilian football club  |  Cape Verde  | Botafogo FC
Chelsea F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Ghana  | Berekum Chelsea F.C.[31]
Colo-Colo | Named after the Chilean football club  |  Brazil  | Colo Colo de Futebol e Regatas[32]
Everton F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Chile  | Everton de Viña del Mar[33]
Inter Milan | Named after the Italian football club  |  Finland  | FC Inter Turku
Istanbul | Named after the Turkish city (when it was named Constantinople)  |  Greece  | Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos Athens F.C., Panthessaloníkios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstadinoupolitón FC
Lincoln City F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Gibraltar  | Lincoln Red Imps F.C.[34]
Liverpool | Named after the city in England  |  Uruguay  | Liverpool F.C.[35]
Manchester United F.C. | Named after the English football club  |  Gibraltar  | Manchester 62 F.C.[36]
P.A.O.K. | Named after the Greek football club  |  Australia  | East Altona PAOK Soccer Club (until 1990s)
Rangers F.C. | Named after the Scottish football club  |  Hong Kong  | Hong Kong Rangers FC
Real Madrid CF | Named after the Spanish football club  |  Bolivia  | Club Real Potosí[37]
Ukraine  | Real Odesa[3][16]
United States  | Real Salt Lake
Santos FC | Named after the Brazilian football club  |  Angola  | Santos Futebol Clube de Angola
Costa Rica  | Santos de Guápiles F.C.
Estonia  | FC Santos Tartu[38]
Guyana  | Santos FC[39]
St Mirren F.C. | Named after the Scottish football club  |  Ghana  | Sporting Saint Mirren FC (until 2017)
Torino FC | Named after the Italian football club  |  Peru  | Atlético Torino[40]
Varna | Named after the city in Bulgaria  |  Ukraine  | WFC Varna Donetsk (until 1997)

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