Nicknames of Teams in FIFA World Cup 2014

FIFA World Cup is going to be the massive competition taking place in Brazil and we dug up nicknames of all the teams who will be playing in 2014 world cup. There are total 32 teams from all continents who will be showcasing their talent in the FIFA World Cup starting from 12 June, there are usualy big boys and some of the new comers and we take a look at how all 32 nations are known in different nicknames. We will start with Grou A team.

BRAZIL: “Verde-Amarela” or “Seleção“

the nicknamed is translated into (The Green & Yellow) which represent the famous colours of brazil and national team. 5 time champions will be hoping to win the world cup at home.
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CROATIA: “VATRENI” or “Kockasti“

Vatreni is tranlated THE BLAZERS into english, croatians had a decent last decade, they were hard to beat and in world cup will be a team who can upset any big boys on their day.
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MEXICO: “El Tri“

traditonal Colours of mexico (white, green and red) also know an “El Tricolor”, mexicans are not the strongest and they got lucky to have come through the playoffs having been poor in group stages.
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CAMEROON: “Lions Indomptables“

THe nickname comes from the history of the country the seperation of north cameroon and nigeria. google it up for more info.

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HOLLAND: “The Orange“

Now thats the most iconic nick which derived from the traditional colour of dutch team that is orange. quite a few other nicknames are also part of holland team.
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SPAIN: “LA FURIA ROJA“

“The red fury” if we tranlate from LA Furia Roja. Spain will be looking to win back to back world cups and their 4 consecutive big title.
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CHILE: “La Roja“

“The Reds” its pretty similar to the one used by Spain. Chile also have their official anthem song for fifa world cup which is Chile La Roja.
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AUSTRALIA: “Socceroos“

Now if you follow sports and know a bit about Australia, its not hard to figure out which they are called “SOCCEROOS” does kangroos ring a bell for as a clue ?

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JAPAN: “Blue Samurai“

Japanese and Samurai’s is pretty familiar tone add blue colour of national team into it and we have blue samurai, pretty much sums it up.
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GREECE: “The Pilattes Ship“

Remember 2004 European Championship win of Greece, yeah the biggest upset of them all. Greece got this nickname from that win.
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IVORY COAST: “Les Éléphants“

African elephants, and the pretty much on the rise trade of Ivory coast got them this nick.
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COLOMBIA: “Los Cafeteros“

Not too much information about it this nick name. Colombia however will sweating on the fitness of Rademal Falcao.

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ITALY: “Azzurri“

Azzurri “the blues” every national team of different sports in italy are known as Azzuri so does their national football team.
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ENGLAND: “The Three Lions“

The english FA logo has three lions and thats what england team is called and probably thats the only reason you can put lions and england in same sentense.
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COSTA RICA: “Los Ticos“

What I know about Los Ticos is this is a spanish term and represent south american people. Costa Rica will be hoping to pull off a surprise or two.
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URUGUAY: “La Celeste“

“The Sky Blues” pretty obvious from the colour of national team kit. Uruguay reached semifinal last time around and with Suarez in the ranks they might reach same point.

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FRANCE: “Les Bleus“

“Le bleus” is french term used for the blue one and it represent french national team. They need to get their world cup camp out of controversies.
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SWITZERLAND: “Nati“

Switzerland had a decent world cup qualifying campaign and they will be a force to reckon with in world cup.
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HONDURAS: “La Bicolor“

Honduras are not expected to achieve great things but 1 surprise in three games should be their target.
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ECUADOR: “La Tri“

Ecuador are south american side who uses the same nick like mexico, three colours repeseing yellow, red and blue.

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ARGENTINA: “La Albiceleste“

Argenina under lionel messi might go on and win the world cup and their nickname comes from the colour of their team kit.
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IRAN: “Persian Stars“

Iran’s national language is Persian and the rich and famous history of persia give them this coll nick. Do they have a price of persia in their ranks ? we will know in a few months.
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BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: “Zlatni Ljiljani“

Bosnia & HERZEGOVINA were two different countries and thats where the nick comes from. They are a solid unit and might surprise a few people.
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NIGERIA: “Super Eagles“

the super eagles, Nigeria it probably come from being too many eagles in Nigeria.

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UNITED STATES: “The Yanks“

The yanks, do we need to say more ? United States are in superb run of form at the moment. Lets hope they can keep that up in group of death.
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GERMANY: “Nationalelf“

Represent “National team”, Germans are solid and I predict them to go all the way to the final this time around.
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