By Grace Ekpo
Football lovers across the globe have been thrilled with goals, drama, joy, and heartbreaks at the ongoing AFCON 2023 tourney.
Teams predicted to go far have been knocked out by giant killers.
Surprisingly, we have heard names like Chipolopolo, Cartage Eagles, Nile Crocodiles, and so on.
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ThisNigeria brings you the nicknames of African national male football teams:
African National Football Teams’ Nicknames
1. Cote d’Ivoire: Elephants
2. South Africa: Bafana Bafana (Boys Boys)
3. Morocco: Atlas Lions
4. Ghana: Black Stars
5. Cameroon: Indomitable Lions
6. Nigeria: Super Eagles
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
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
