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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 Milano is contracted to Inter or Inter Milan, Sporting Clube de Portugal is often called Sporting or ...
Among these symbols are the badge, the flag, the anthem and the mascot. While the first three are commonplace all over the world, the last one is peculiarly Brazilian both in its character and its use. A club's mascot is a cartoon character, often that of an animal, that symbolises some virtue boasted by the team. Most of them have proper names.
For information about usage of the words "football" and "soccer" by country, see football (word). It's worth checking Category:Soccer logos from time to time to see if images are "stuck" there despite it being a redirect; although bots can resolve straightforward cases of being categorised in a redirect, they tend not to cope with ...
Short for "Nationalmannschaft" (The National Team) From Nationalmannschaft which means National team in German. [4] Turkey: Ay Yıldızlılar The Crescent-Stars The crescent and the star, present on the flag, are the national symbols of Turkey. [4] Ukraine: Синьо-жовті The Blue and Yellows From the flag of Ukraine. [9] [45] Wales: Y ...
This is a list of the men's national association football teams in the world. The International Association Football Federation (FIFA) is the world's most important governing body for association football. A majority of national association football teams in the world are members of FIFA or one of its affiliated continental confederations.
This is a list of lists of association football clubs from all over the world. Each of the articles linked from here lists clubs playing at the highest level in each country; for clubs playing at lower divisions, see separate linked articles.
The emperor scorpion, also known as the Pandinus imperator, is a species of scorpion native to rainforests and savannas in West Africa, especially in Gambia. It is one of the largest scorpions in the world and lives for 6–8 years. [28] Ghana: Black Stars The Black Star is regarded as the national symbol of Ghana. [4] Guinea: Syli National
The sport's full name association football has never been widely used, although in Britain some clubs in rugby football strongholds adopted the suffix Association Football Club (A.F.C.) to avoid confusion with the dominant sport in their area, and FIFA, the world governing body for the sport, is a French-language acronym of "Fédération ...