African football teams have a fascinating assortment of nicknames that they have adopted over the years.
These nicknames represent the characteristics of the countries involved and give international matches, especially the Africa Cup of Nations, a sense of vivid imagery and narratives.
Here’s a list of African National football teams nicknames:
- Nigeria – Super Eagles
- South Africa – Bafana Bafana (Boys Boys)
- Morocco – Atlas Lions
- Ghana – Black Stars
- Cameroon – Indomitable Lions
- Cote d’Ivoire – Elephants
- Senegal – Lions of Teranga
- Egypt – Pharaohs
- Algeria – Foxes
- Zambia – Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets)
- Burkina Faso – Stallions
- Mali – Eagles
- Tunisia – Eagles of Carthage
- Benin – Squirrels
- Sierra Leone – Leone Stars
- Angola – Palancas Nebraska (Black Sable Antelopes)
- Botswana – Dipitse (Zebras)
- Burundi – Burundi Swallows
- Cape Verde – Blue Sharks
- Central African Republic – Big Cats or Wild Beasts
- Chad – The Sao
- Comoros – Coelacanths
- Congo – Red Devils
- Djibouti – Shoremen of the Red Sea
- DR Congo – Leopards
- Equatorial Guinea – Nzalang Nacional (The National Thunder)
- Eritrea – Red Sea Camels
- Ethiopia – Walyas
- Eswatini – King’s Shield
- Gabon – Panthers
- The Gambia – Scorpions
- Guinea – National Elephants
- Guinea-Bissau – African Wild Dogs
- Kenya – Harambee Stars
- Lesotho – Crocodiles
- Liberia – Lone Stars
- Libya – Mediterranean Knights
- Madagascar – The Barea
- Malawi – Flames
- Mauritania – Almoravids
- Mauritius – Dodos or Club M
- Mozambique – Mambas
- Niger – The Mena
- Namibia – Brave Warriors
- Rwanda – Wasps
- Sao Tome and Principe – Green Yellows
- Seychelles – Seychelles Pirates
- Somalia – Ocean Stars
- South Sudan – Bright Stars
- Sudan – Nile Crocodiles
- Tanzania – Kilimanjaro Stars or Taifa Stars
- Togo – Sparrow Hawks
- Zimbabwe – Warriors
- Uganda- Cranes
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