Know AFCON 2021 football teams by their nicknames
As AFCON 2021 approaches, just a few days to the opening games, get ready to hear/see some weird or funny names. They are not weird actually; they are nicknames of football teams.
Football commentators, pundits, and writers, most times, will not refer to the 24 countries participating in the competition by their country name. Instead, they will use their nicknames.
For instance, instead of saying Nigeria, they may say Super Eagles. “Super Eagles” is the nickname of the Nigeria senior men’s national team.
Instead of writing Sudan, football writers may write “Falcons of Jediane”- do not be perplexed, it means the same thing. To stay abreast of the happenings that will take place in the Africa biennial showpiece, be familiar with the AFCON 2021 team’s nicknames, or you feel lost.
To save you the time and stress of a Google search when you hear/see an esoteric word during the competition, see the nicknames of football teams participating in Afcon 2021, compiled by fansconnect club. Be part of the fun!
List of AFCON 2021 football teams by nickname
Group A
Burkina Faso
Nickname– The Stallions
First Appearance in Afcon as Burkina Faso- 1996
Last Appearance- 2017
Cape Verde
Nickname- The Blue Sharks
First Appearance- 2013
Last Appearance- 2015
Cameroon
Nickname- Indomitable Lions
First Appearance- 1970
Last Appearance- 2019
Ethiopia
Nickname- Walia ibex
First Appearance- 1957
Last Appearance- 2013
Group B
Guinea
Nickname- Syli Nationale (National Elephants)
First Apperance- 1970
Last Apperance-2015
Malawi
Nickname- The Flames
First Appearance- 1984
Last Appearance- 2010
Senegal
Nickname- The Teranga Lions
First Appearance- 1965
Last Appearance- 2019
Zimbabwe
Nickname- The Warriors
First Appearance- 2004
Last Appearance- 2019
Group C
Comoros
Nickname- The Coelacanths
First Appearance- 2021
Last Appearance- N/A
Gabon
Nickname- The Panthers
First Appearance- 1994
Last Appearance- 2017
Ghana
Nickname- Black Stars
First Appearance- 1963
Last Appearance- 2019
Morocco
Nickname- The Atlas Lions
First Appearance- 1972
Last Appearance – 2019
Group D
Egypt
Nickname – The Pharaohs
First Appearance- 1957
Last Appearance- 2019
Guinea-Bissau
Nickname- Djurtus (The African wild dogs)
First Appearance- 2017
Last Appearance – 2019
Nigeria
Nickname- Super Eagles
First Appearance- 1963
Last Appearance- 2019
Sudan
Nickname- Falcons of Jediane
First Appearance- 1957
Last Appearance- 2012
Group E
Algeria
Nickname- The Desert Warriors, The Fennec Foxes
First Apperance-1968
Last Apperance-2019
Ivory Coast
Nickname-The Elephants
First Apperance-1965
Last Apperance-2019
Equatorial Guinea
Nickname- Nzalang Nacional (The National Thunders)
First Apperance-2012
Last Apperance-2015
Sierra Leone
Nickname – The Leones Stars
First Apperance-1994
Last Appearance- 1996
Group F
The Gambia
Nickname- Scorpions
First Appearance- 2021
Last Appearance- N/A
Mali
Nickname- The Eagles
First Apperance- 1972
Last Appearance- 2019
Mauritania
Nickname- The Almoravid
First Appearance- 2019
Last Appearance- 2019
Tunisia
Nickname- The Eagles of Carthage
First Appearance- 1962
Last Appearance- 2019
