Cool club names

Anguilla
Mr. Cool Attackers
Roaring Lions

Argentina
Newell's old boys
Chaco For ever

Bahamas
Quality Superstars
Playtime Tigers
Insurance Management Bears FC

Bolivia
The Strongest:
Jorge Wilstermann
ALWAYS READY
DESTROYERS

Botswana
Meat Commission
ECCO City Green
Mosquito Selibe-Pikwe
Township Rollers
Naughty Boys
Miscellaneous
Killer Giants
Young Strikers
Stonebreakers
Boteti Young Fighters
Wonder Sporting
Maun Terrors
Maun United
Maun Heroes
Man Machine
Home Sweepers
Roman Cosmos
Tip Toe Boys
Mountain Birds
Elephants
Smiling Boys
Golden Bush
Triple Action
Thunder Stars
Desert Wind
Desert Sky
Brothers of Peace
Crocodile
Big Five


Brazil
Botafogo: Means "set it on fire"

Chile
Colo Colo

Colombia
Los Millonarios

Denmark
MIDDELFART


England
Rushden & Diamonds
Sheffield Wednesday
Tottenham Hotspur

Ethiopia
Harrar Beer Botling FC

Finland
FC Jazz
KooTeePee Kotka

Ghana
Cape Coast Dwarfs
King Faisal Babes

Holland
Go Ahead Eagles

Ireland
Shamrock Rovers F.C.

Jamaica
Wadadah FC
Naggo Head FC

Japan
Apple Sports College FC
Benditonce Kobe
Nagoya Grampus Eight

Nambia
Eleven Arrows
Golden Bees
OFC Life Fighters
Silent Killers
Eleven Brothers
Black Africa
Eleven Morning Stars
Poison Arrows
Mighty Gunners
Touch & Go
Bee Bob Brothers
Flying Eagles

Womens Teams
Golden Delicious FC
Bad Girls FC
Eleven Sisters FC
Full Ham FC


Nigeria
Shooting Stars FC
Wikki Tourists FC

Peru
Deportivo Wanka
Total Clean

Italy
Boy's Caivanese(lower division)

Scotland
Peterhead


South Africa
Kaiser Chiefs
Dangerous Darkies
Moroka Swallows
Golden Arrows

Spain
Hércules

Swaziland
11 Men in Flight

Suriname
Robin Hood

Switzerland
Grashoppers FC Zürich: insects for a name of the club.
Young Boys Bern: They should play against Newell's Old Boys of Argentina


Trinidad and Tobago
Joe Public

Ukraine
Dnjepr Dnjepropetrovsk

USA
Pennsylvania Stoners(in 1980's)
Real Salt Lake: Sorry, in the USA, "real" does not mean "royal".
Tampa Bay Rowdies: Only club in the world to promote hooligan culture.
New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers


Uruguay
Deportivo Moron

Wales
Total Network Solutions F.C.(now The New Saints F.C.)

Beckham = sexy

Certainly, Beckham brought many fans to Real Madrid.

El Superclásico: Boca Juniors vs River Plate

El Superclásico: Boca Juniors vs River Plate
Boca and River are Argentina's biggest football clubs and they have dominated the national championship for the last 70 years. More than half of the country's football fans support one of these clubs. Both clubs formed in a Buenos Aires area called the La Boca, but in 1938 River Plate earned their 'millionaires' nickname after moving to the affluent Nunez neighbourhood. The rivalry is more about class and money, with River Plate's support traditionally coming from the high-fliers in the Buenos Aires society. And the Boca supporters tend to come from the working classes and migrant communities.

Old Firm

Old Firm: While I considered the Barcelona-Real Madrid rivalry as the greatest in the world, many people will consider the Old Firm -- the rivalry between the Glasgow-based football teams Celtic F.C. and Rangers F.C. -- as number one. Liked the rivalry in Spain, the Old Firm is more than just a sport. Although both clubs did not associate themselves on religious ground officially, it is a fact that Celtics represented the Catholics and the Rangers the Protestants. The rivalry went beyond Scotland and spilled into United Kingdom and Ireland. It is infused with a series of complex disputes, sometimes centred on religion (Catholic and Protestant) and Northern Ireland politics (Loyalist and Republican).

Players who played for both clubs.
Mark Brown
Alfie Conn, Jr,
Mo Johnston ****
Kenny Miller
Steven Pressley

**** In 1989, he moved from Celtics to Rangers and became the first Catholic to sign for Rangers since the WWI. His signature caused anger for fans from both teams. The Celtic fans saw him as a traitor. The Rangers fans viewed the move as a betrayal of the club's traditions

Great Rivalry: Barcelona vs Real Madrid

El Clásico:This rivalry is considered to be the biggest rivalry in soccer. Their roots traced back to the regional conflict between Castile and Catalonia. From a historic point of view the rivalry projects what many regard as the political and cultural tensions felt between Catalans and the Castillians. During Franco's era in Spain, the Spanish government suppressed all regional identities. Barcelona FC became a cultural identity of Catalana. Althrough Real Madrid was never associated with Franco(in fact, several prominent Real Madrid club officials were killed during that era), many people saw them as the club of the capital city and therefore, the symbol of the Franco regime.

In the 1950s the rivalry was intensified further when the clubs disputed the signing of Alfredo Di Stéfano. Some marked this as the real beginning of this great rivalry since Real Madrid only won 2 La Liga titles in their entire history, prior to the arrival of Di Stefano and was not considered a powerhouse in Spain. Di Stefano led Real Madrid to the pinnacle of European football and put them in conflict with Barcelona who won 5 titles in the 9 seasons before Di Sefano's arrival.

The movement of players between the two clubs has always been painful for fans of both sides. Nevertheless, it is very frequent.
1905: Luciano Liz raga (Real Madrid to Barcelona)
1906: Charles Wallace (Barcelona to Real Madrid)
1911: Alfonso Albeniz (Barcelona to Real Madrid)
1911: Arsenio Comamala (Barcelona to Real Madrid)
1930: Ricardo Zamora (Barcelona-Espanyol-Real Madrid)
1932: Josep Samitier (Barcelona to Real Madrid)
1939: Hilario Juan Marrero Perez (Real Madrid- Valencia- Barcelona)
1953: Alfredo Di Stefano (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1961: Justo Tejada (Barcelona - Real Madrid), Jesus Pereda (Real Madrid-Valladolid-Sevilla-Barcelona)
1962: Evaristo Macedo (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1965: Fernand Goyvaerts (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1965: Lucien Muller (Real Madrid - Barcelona)
1980: Lorenzo Amador (Real Madrid- Hercules CF-Barcelona
1988: Bernd Schuster (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1990: Luis Milla (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1991: Gheorghe Hagi (Real Madrid-Brescia-Barcelona)
1992: Fernando ”Nando” Munoz (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1994: Julen Argote Lopetegui (Real Madrid- Logrones-Barcelona)
1994: Michael Laudrup (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
1995: Robert Prosinecki (Real Madrid-Oviedo-Barcelona), Miquel Soler (Barcelona-Sevilla-Real Madrid)
1996: Luis Enrique(Real Madrid - Barcelona)
1999: Dani Garcia (Real Madrid-Real Mallorca-Barcelona)
2000: Luis Figo (Barcelona - Real Madrid), Albert Celades (Barcelona-Celta Vigo-Real Madrid), Alfonso Perez (Real Madrid-Real Betis-Barcelona)
2002: Jordi Lopez (Barcelona B - Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Barcelona-Inter Milan-Real Madrid)
2003: Roberto Trashorras (Barcelona B- Real Madrid)
2004: Samuel Eto’o (Real Madrid-Real Mallorca-Barcelona)
2005: Iago Falque (Real Madrid B - Barcelona)
2006: Jeffrey Hoogervorst (Real Madrid B - Barcelona B)
2007: Thaer Fayed Al-Bawab (Real Madrid B - Barcelona B), Javier Saviola (Barcelona - Real Madrid) * unconfirmed report

The new Zidane ~ Enzo Zidane, the son of Zidane

This is Zinedine Zidane's 12 year old son, Enzo.

Funny & weird names in soccer n sport

Weirdest of the brunch
Argelico 'Argel' Fucks: Brazilian player wo played in Japan, Spain and Brazil
God Shamgod: former NCAA basketball player for Providence.
Gregor Fucka: Slovenian basketball player who now plays for Barcelona

All-dicks and Kunts
Paul Dickov: Pull Dickov..... Manchester City striker.
Brian Pinas (pronounced penis): A Dutch player who played with Newcastle, Feyenoord, etc.
Ansil Elcock: Trinidad and Tobago player who played in the MLS.
Paul Allcock: English referee... so Allcock sent Dickov off.
James Kunt
Dick van Dijk The hero of Ajax's 1971 European Cup champion.

Crap
Everyone knows Kaka means shit in Italian and Spanish.... imagine he played with Dudu the Brazilian player for CSKA Moscow.
Thomas Strunz: German player and strunz in Italiann meant shit
Danny Shittu: Nigerian player with Watford.
Toby Oshitola: a Nigerian player who plays for Barnet.
Rafael Scheidt(prounced "shit"): A Brazilian player who played with Celtics.
Dean Windass: English player who played with Sheffield United, etc. It would be nice if he joins Danish club MIDDELFART!!!!!!!
Vladimir But: former Borussia Dortmund midfielder.

Funny if they joined that team
Wolfgang Wolf: German coach once at VfL Wolfsburg.
Arsène Wenger: it is a perfect normal name, but if he coaches Arsenal.... actually he does coach for them.
Francesco Totti had a teammate named Carlo Zotti at one point.

Hey, I can't change my surname
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink: Dutch striker formerly with PSV. the surname was the result of a marriage between the Vennegoors and Hesselinks, and "of" means "or" in English.
Francesco de Francesco: A Serie B player
Eric Djemba-Djemba: Manchester United's player
Lomana Lua Lua: Congolese player for Portsmouth.
Ian Bogie: A former playmaker for Newcastle United.
Gernot Sick: An Austrian defender. Hope he does not get sick, but Patrice Loko went "loco"(means Crazy).This French player actually lost his mind in real life.
Felix Brilliant: A MLS player and if he teams up with Danny Invincible, an Australian player based in Scotland.
Tomáš Hübschman: A player from Czech Republic. His last name means "pretty man" or "pretty one."
Enzo Scifo (Scifo means like "bad" in italian): A star midfielder from Belgium but with Italian ancestry.

My mum gave that name to me
Titus Bramble : A Newcastle player
Digital Takiwara: A former MLS player.
Doctor Khamola: South African star player

The whole name sounds funny
Buona Morte (meant "good death"): A Portugese player
Joseph-Desiré Job(Joseph wants job): A Cameroonian striker.
Junior Agogo: A Ghanian player born in England.
Shaka Hislop: A keeper for T&T.
Dipsy Selolwane: A MLS player from Botswana.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Norwegian striker for Man Utd.
Asier Del Horno: A defender from Basque.
Papa Bouba Diop: a Senegalese plater with Fulham.

My name rhymes
Muzzy Izzet: Turkish midfielder
Gianluca Pagliuca: Italian keeper WC 1994. .