FOOTBALL CLUBS NAMES

Football club names
Association Football club names are a part of the sport's culture, reflecting century-old traditions. Club names may reflect geographical, cultural, religious or political affiliations — or simply be the brand name of a club's primary sponsor. Because of the British origin of the modern game and the prevalence of the English language, many clubs, even [edit] Formation of the name

A club's name is usually composed of two or more of the following elements, in most cases in the language of the club's home country:
• a word describing the type of entity that runs the club (or ran it when it was founded), such as "Club", "Association", "Society", "Centre", "League", "Union", etc. More recently some clubs are regular commercial enterprises[citation needed] and may have this reflected in their names.
• a word indicating that the club is associated with some sport(s), usually (but not always) including football. Examples are "football", "athletics", "exercises", "sports", etc.
• a geographical name associating the club with some place (usually the town or region where it plays home matches). Examples: "Liverpool", "Paris", "Milano", "Recife", "Croatia", "Goiás" or, alternatively, a word that associates the club with something else (a religious, cultural or political tradition). Sometimes the name of the town or the country may be written as in English (AC Milan).
• a proper name, mascot or nickname, like "Cruzeiro" "Betis", or "Crusaders".
• in Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands some clubs are associated with the monarchy like Real Madrid.
• some football clubs (especially in Austria and eastern Europe) also have sponsors in their club names.
Official names often also contain common component (prepositions, conjunctions, etc.) (See List of common club name components section).
In Europe, many (if not most) clubs are named after their towns or cities (e.g. "Deportivo La Coruña", "Liverpool FC", "Hamburger SV", etc. In South America, clubs are more likely to have names that don't bear the city's name. Some clubs, like Hansa Rostock or Torpedo Moscow may have both.