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This is a list of nicknames of football clubs in The Americas. For United States based teams, only those nicknames distinct from those used in the official club name, are listed, e.g. The Crew, for Columbus Crew.

Nickname	Translation	Club	Country Text
Xeneizes	The Genoese	Boca Juniors	Argentina
Los Cuervos	The crows	Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro	Argentina
Los Sabaleros	The fishmen	Colón de Santa Fe	Argentina
El Santo	The Saint	Club Atlético San Martín de San Juan	Argentina
El Lobo	The Wolf	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Argentina
Los Millionarios	The Millionaires	River Plate	Argentina
Los leprosos	The leprous	Newell's Old Boys	Argentina
Los Canallas	The Rabble	Rosario Central	Argentina
El Granate	The garnet	Club Atlético Lanús	Argentina
El Torito	The Little Bull	Club Atlético Nueva Chicago	Argentina
Los Matadores	The Killers	Club Atlético Tigre	Argentina
La Academia	The Academy	Racing Club de Avellaneda	Argentina
El Arse	The 'Arse'	Arsenal de Sarandí	Argentina
El Taladro	The Drill	Club Atletico Banfield	Argentina
El Fortín	The Fortress	Velez Sarsfield	Argentina
El Globo	The Balloon	Club Atletico Huracan	Argentina
Los Diablos Rojos	The Red Devils	Independiente	Argentina
Los Bichos Colorados	The red bugs	Argentinos Juniors	Argentina
Los pincharratas/El león	The rat-stabbers/The lion	Estudiantes de La Plata	Argentina
Los aurinegros	The black and yellow	Olimpo de Bahía Blanca	Argentina
El lobo jujeño	The wolf from Jujuy	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy	Argentina
Los Verdolagas / El trén	The train	Ferro Carril Oeste	Argentina
Los Funeberos	The pat funereal	Chacarita Juniors	Argentina
Los Cerveceros	The beermakers	Quilmes Atlético Club	Argentina
La T / El Tallarin	The 'T' / The Noodle	Talleres de Córdoba	Argentina
Chivas,Chivas Rayadas	Goats	Club Deportivo Guadalajara	Mexico
Águilas / Los Azulcremas	Eagles / The Blue Creams	Club América	Mexico
Tiburones	Sharks	Veracruz	Mexico
Los Diablos Rojos	The Red Devils	Club Deportivo Toluca	Mexico
La Machina Celeste	The Blue Sky Machine	Cruz Azul	Mexico
La Tribu	The Tribe	Ciudad Juarez	Mexico
Los Potros de hierro	The Iron Colts	Atlante F.C.	Mexico
Los Zorros / La Academia	The Foxes / The Academy	Atlas	Mexico
Gallos Blancos	White Roosters	Queretaro FC	Mexico
Gladiadores	Gladiators	San Luis F.C.	Mexico
Jaguares	Jaguars	Chiapas FC	Mexico
Rayados	The striped one	Monterrey	Mexico
La Monarquia	The Monarchy	Morelia	Mexico
Los Tuzos	The Gophers	Pachuca	Mexico
La Franja	The Stripe	Puebla F.C.	Mexico
Guerreros	Warriors	Santos Laguna	Mexico
Tecos	Owls	Estudiantes Tecos	Mexico
Tigres	Tigers	U.A.N.L.	Mexico
Puma / Los Auriazule	Cougar / The Golden Blue	U.N.A.M.	Mexico
Panzas Verdes / los Esmeraldas	Green Bellies / The Emeralds	Club Leon	Mexico
Rayos	Lightning bolts	Necaxa	Mexico
Dorados	Golden	Sinaloa	Mexico
Galo	The rooster	Atlético Mineiro	Brazil
Furacão	The hurricane	Atlético Paranaense	Brazil
Estrela Solitária / O Glorioso	The Lone Star / The Glorious One	Botafogo	Brazil
Timão	The great Team	Corinthians	Brazil
Coxa Branca	The white thy	Coritiba	Brazil
Tigre	The Tiger	Criciúma	Brazil
Raposa	The fox	Cruzeiro	Brazil
Urubu	The Vulture	Flamengo	Brazil
Pó-de-arroz	The Face Powder	Fluminense	Brazil
Imortal tricolor	The three-colored immortal	Grêmio	Brazil
Bugre	The Indians	Guarani	Brazil
Colorado/Campeão de Tudo	The reds/The champions of everything	Internacional	Brazil
Timbú	A kind of rat	Náutico	Brazil
Porco / Verdão	The pig / The big green	Palmeiras	Brazil
Macaca	The female monkey	Ponte Preta	Brazil
Coral	The coral snake	Santa Cruz	Brazil
Peixe	The fish	Santos	Brazil
Leão da Ilha	The Island Lion	Sport Recife	Brazil
Bacalhau	The Cod	Vasco da Gama	Brazil
O mais querido / Tricolor	The most beloved / Three-coloured	São Paulo	Brazil
Bolsilludos / Bolsos	Pockets / Bags	Nacional	Uruguay
Carboneros	Coalers	Peñarol	Uruguay
Mirasoles	Sunflowers	Peñarol	Uruguay
Manyas		Peñarol	Uruguay

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