List of sports team names and symbols derived from Greek and Roman antiquity

Names

Teams in Greece

Teams in Cyprus

Teams in The Netherlands

Teams in the Czech Republic

Various sports clubs in Prague, the Czech Republic, have been named after Greek city-state Sparta:

Others

English association football leagues

After Roman antiquity

Teams with Latin names

  • Albirex Niigata The Japanese soccer team name is made from combining the star Albireo and the Latin word Rex meaning 'king'. In 1997, due to copyright issues, the team name was changed from Albireo Niigata to the current Albirex Niigata.
  • Juventus (iuventūs, youth) (Italian soccer team)
  • Toshiba Brave Lupus (lupus, wolf) (Japanese rugby team)

Symbols

See also

References

  1. Ancient Greece: from the Mycenaean palaces to the age of Homer By Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy, Irene S. Lemos Page 322 ISBN 0-7486-1889-9 (2006)
  2. "Libri. Presentata la storia ilustrata dell'Unione Sportiva Akragas". Akragas.net. 7 October 2007.
  3. The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City By Steven A. Riess, Gerald R. Gems Page 86 ISBN 0-252-03281-0
  4. "Lazio". AlbionRoad.com. 2007-06-24. Archived from the original on 2016-02-24.
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