List of ethnic sports team and mascot names

Summary

Many sports teams are named for an ethnic group or similar category of people. Though these names typically refer to a group native to the area in which the sports team is based, many teams take their names from groups which are known for their strength (such as Spartans or Vikings), despite not being located near the historic homes of these groups.

Professional teams edit

American edit

Bavarians edit

Boers edit

Canadian edit

Canadians in general edit

French Canadians edit

Celtic/Irish edit

Cornish edit

Cossacks edit

Egyptian edit

Indian edit

Indigenous peoples edit

Italian edit

Maccabees edit

Poles edit

  • Polonia Warsaw – Polish Football (soccer) team, founded when Poland was not an independent country

Roslagen edit

Saxons edit

Scots/Highlanders edit

Spaniards edit

Alavese edit

Asturians edit

Viking edit

School and youth teams edit

Arabs edit

Athenians edit

Britons edit

Cajuns edit

Celtics edit

Dutchmen edit

Gaels edit

Irish edit

Indigenous peoples edit

Norse edit

Quakers edit

Samurai edit

Saxons edit

Scots/Highlanders edit

Spartans edit

Swedes edit

Tartars edit

Trojans edit

Vandals edit

Vikings edit

Defunct names edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Philip J. Victor; Nadeem Muaddi (September 12, 2014). "California high school drops controversial Arab mascot". Al Jazeera.