Association Football Club Names - Club Names Referring To Geographical Features

Club Names Referring To Geographical Features

Topic Meaning Country Clubs
Borough Neighborhood or district Egypt Zamalek, Smouha
England Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Tranmere Rovers, Stevenage Borough, Eastbourne Borough, Radcliffe Borough, Hampton & Richmond Borough
Germany FC Schalke 04, FC St. Pauli
Italy Chievo, 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)
Japan Omiya Ardija, Shimizu S-Pulse, Urawa Red Diamonds (all former independent towns which merged into larger cities)
Netherlands Feyenoord
Norway Follo, Rosenborg, Strømsgodset, Vålerenga
Panama Chorrillo F.C., Plaza Amador, Sporting San Miguelito
Poland Widzew Łódź
Portugal S.L. Benfica, Boavista FC
South Africa Orlando Pirates
Spain Rayo Vallecano
Sweden Hammarby
Turkey Galatasaray SK, Fenerbahçe SK, Beşiktaş J.K., Vefa S.K., Kasımpaşa S.K., Eyüpspor, Sarıyer G.K., Beykoz 1908 S.K.D., Maltepespor, Zeytinburnuspor, Anadolu Üsküdar 1908, Fatih Karagümrük, Kartalspor, Beylerbeyi S.K., Gaziosmanpaşa S.K., Güngören Belediyespor, Göztepe A.Ş., Bucaspor, Karşıyaka S.K.
Cerro Meaning hill in Spanish Paraguay Cerro Corá, Cerro Porteño
Uruguay C.A. Cerro
City Australia Adelaide City, Brisbane City SC
Brazil Americana, Fortaleza, Salgueiro, Santos, Criciúma
Canada London City, Toronto FC
Ecuador Cuenca (ECU)
Egypt El Mansoura, Desouk, Tanta, Kafr Al Sheikh
England Norwich City, Stoke City, Leicester City, Manchester City, Birmingham City
Germany Hamburger SV, SC Freiburg
Ireland Cork City
Italy Città di Palermo
Japan Yokohama F.C.
Netherlands FC Groningen, FC Utrecht, FC Zwolle, VVV Venlo
Northern Ireland Armagh City, Derry City
Norway Oslo City
Poland Cracovia, GKP Gorzów Wielkopolski, Korona Kielce, ŁKS Łódź, Sandecja Nowy Sącz
Portugal FC Porto
Russia FC Rostov, FC Krasnodar, FC Nizhny Novgorod, FC Khimki, FC Istra
Scotland Brechin City, Elgin City, Edinburgh City
Spain Ciudad de Murcia
Thailand Loei City, Mahasarakham City
UAE Al Wasl SC
Wales Cardiff City, Swansea City
County England Derby County, Notts County, Stockport County, Newport County
Scotland Ross County, Nairn County
State Brazil Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Paraná
Forest Indicates a close proximity to a forest England Forest F.C., Forest Green Rovers, Forest Town, Waltham Forest, Nottingham Forest
Poland Puszcza Niepołomice
United States Portland Timbers
Hamlet England Dulwich Hamlet
Lake Ko: Japanese Japan MIO Biwako Kusatsu
United States Real Salt Lake
Mountains Ukraine FC Karpaty Lviv (refers to Carpathian mountains)
Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC (refers to snow-capped mountains and ocean waves, both visible from the city of Vancouver)
Ocean Indicates a close proximity to an ocean Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC (see listing at "Mountains" above)
Nigeria Ocean Boys F.C.
Portugal Beira-Mar
Russia FC Okean Nakhodka
Ukraine FC Okean Kerch
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, Tochigi S.C., F.C. Tokyo
River Rio: Portuguese Brazil River Atlético Clube, Clube Náutico Capibaribe
Argentina River Plate
Finland SC Riverball
Honduras Motagua
Poland Wisła Kraków, Wisła Płock, Odra Wodzisław, Odra Opole, Warta Poznań
Russia Volga Nizhny Novgorod, Irtysh Omsk, Volga Tver, Dnepr Smolensk, Sheksna Cherepovets, Volga Ulyanovsk, Tobol Tobolsk, Tobol Kurgan, Terek Grozny, Tom Tomsk
Portugal Rio Ave FC
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
United States Colorado Rapids (named for the rapids of the Colorado River)
Town Ecuador Macará
England Yeovil Town, Huddersfield Town, Halifax Town, Grimsby Town, Ipswich Town, Luton Town, Swindon Town, Northampton Town, Macclesfield Town, Cheltenham Town, Bognor Regis Town, Braintree Town, Basingstoke Town, Crawley Town, Kettering Town, Mansfield Town, Shrewsbury Town, Reading Town, Aldershot Town, Alfreton Town, Fleetwood Town, Hucknall Town, Harrogate Town, Dorchester Town
Wales Aberystwyth Town, Caernarfon Town
Vale Named for teams located in a town in a vale.

Wadi: Arabic for vale

Egypt Wadi Degla
England Port Vale, Aylesbury Vale, Pewsey Vale, Raynes Park Vale

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