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FULL LIST: Africa National Teams And Their Nicknames

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:

1. Nigeria – Super Eagles

2. South Africa – Bafana Bafana (Boys Boys)

3. Morocco – Atlas Lions
4. Ghana – Black Stars

5. Cameroon – Indomitable Lions
6. Cote d’Ivoire – Elephants

7. Senegal – Lions of Teranga

8. Egypt – Pharaohs

9. Algeria – Foxes

10. Zambia – Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets)

11. Burkina Faso – Stallions

12. Mali – Eagles

13. Tunisia – Eagles of Carthage

14. Benin – Squirrels

15. Sierra Leone – Leone Stars

16. Angola – Palancas Nebraska (Black Sable Antelopes)

17. Botswana – Dipitse (Zebras)

18. Burundi – Burundi Swallows

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19.  Cape Verde – Blue Sharks

20. Central African Republic – Big Cats or Wild Beasts

21. Chad – The Sao

22. Comoros – Coelacanths

23. Congo – Red Devils

24. Djibouti – Shoremen of the Red Sea

25. DR Congo – Leopards

26. Equatorial Guinea – Nzalang Nacional (The National Thunder)

27. Eritrea – Red Sea Camels

28. Ethiopia  – Walyas

29. Eswatini – King’s Shield

30. Gabon – Panthers

31. The Gambia – Scorpions

32. Guinea – National Elephants

33. Guinea-Bissau – African Wild Dogs

34. Kenya – Harambee Stars

35. Lesotho – Crocodiles

36. Liberia – Lone Stars

37. Libya – Mediterranean Knights

38. Madagascar – The Barea

39. Malawi – Flames

40. Mauritania – Almoravids

41. Mauritius – Dodos or Club M

42. Mozambique – Mambas

43. Niger – The Mena

44. Namibia – Brave Warriors

45. Rwanda – Wasps

46. Sao Tome and Principe – Green Yellows

47. Seychelles – Seychelles Pirates

48. Somalia – Ocean Stars

49. South Sudan – Bright Stars

50. Sudan – Nile Crocodiles

51. Tanzania – Kilimanjaro Stars or Taifa Stars

52. Togo – Sparrow Hawks

53. Zimbabwe – Warriors

54. Uganda- Cranes

Credit: THE NATION

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