There are only a few days left until the ball starts rolling in Munich in the opening match of the Euro 2024 in Germany. The expectation is maximum, and millions of fans will sit in front of the screens to enjoy ‘La Roja’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ or ‘La mannschaft’.
And it is that give nicknames to players and teams It is something that soccer lovers especially like, and the Euro Cup teams are no exception. Whether because of their colors, their history or their emblems, each national team is known by a nickname that identifies it. These are all the nicknames of the teams that will fight for the throne on the old continent.
Group A
Germany. The mannschaft. The popular name of the German team is nothing more than the literal translation of The Team.
Scotland. The Tartan Army. They are called that because it is the name of the traditional Scottish army.
Hungary. The Magyars. It refers to the ethnic group originating from the Hungarian region.
Swiss. Rossocratti. It translates as Red Crosses, although the country’s flag is actually the other way around; white on a red background.
B Group
Spain. The Red. Luis Aragonés was the great insistent that the National Team be known by the color of its shirt. The legendary coach said that he wanted Spain to have a name and an identity.
Italy: The blue. The current European champion owes her nickname to the color of her shirt, blue. She is also known as La Nazionale, a nickname that does not have much loss either.
Croatia. Kockasti. It translates as checkered ones. Obviously, that name is inspired by its flag and the team’s shirt, both harlequined with white and red squares, as if it were a chess board.
Albania. Shqiponjat. It translates as The Eagles, which is the central element of their flag. They are also called Kuq e Zinjtë, which means The Red-Blacks, because of their colors.
Group C
Denmark. The dynamite. The nickname arose in the 1984 European Championship, when a journalist composed a song of encouragement for the Danish team that said “We are red, we are white, we are dynamite.” Since then they have been known as such.
England. The Three Lions. The coat of arms of England shows a trio of lions surrounded by ten Tudor roses, which are traditional emblems of the country.
Serbia. The White Eagles. It refers to a geopolitical term. Their flag, after the final separation of Montenegro, began to have a flag with a white eagle on a crown, hence they are known as “The White Eagles”.
Slovenia. Representtanca. It is the translation of selection in Slovenian, although they are also called Fantje, which means The Children, affectionately.
Group D
Austria. Wunderteam. It is a simple but effective nickname, as it means “the wonder team” in Austrian.
France. Les Bleus. Like Spain, France’s nickname comes from the colors of its shirt: blue.
Holland. A Clockwork Orange. The Dutch team of 1974, with Cruyff at the helm, revolutionized football with its way of playing. It seemed like a seamless machine, which, together with the color of the shirt and the popularity of Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange, from the same period, served to eternally nickname the team that way.
Poland. The Eagles. Another selection whose name is based on eagles. In this case, the nickname is given by its coat of arms, an eagle with a white tail on a red shield.
Group E
Belgium. The red devils. Curiously, the nickname of the Belgians is the same as that used for the English club Manchester United, but the reasons are different. A Dutch press article in 1905 accused Belgian players of “working with demons.” That, together with the color of his kit, inspired the nickname.
Slovakia. The Hawks. Another modern nickname. The Slovak federation itself came up with this in 2015 looking for a symbol that represented “speed, skill and savagery,” as the same organization explained.
Romania. Tricolorii. It means Los Tricolor, because of the three colors of its flag, which are blue, yellow and red.
Ukraine. Zbirna. The translation is literal because of the color of the shirt: blue and yellow.
Group F
Georgia. Jvarosnebi. It is the translation of Crusaders, and they are named after the representative cross of the country.
Portugal. Seleçao das Quinas. Translated as Selection of the Corners, it is a nod to the five blue shields of the Portuguese shield, located in the shape of a cross.
Czech Republic. Czech lions. Again, the nickname is based on an animal. His nickname comes from the cricket team, which they call that.
Türkiye. The rising stars. The symbol of the Turkish flag inspires this nomination; a crescent moon and a star on a red background.
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