What is the longest football team name in the world? | Notes and Queries (2024)

What is the longest football team name in the world?

Brad Powell, Liskeard England

• The longest name in the English league is my team Brighton and Hove albion with 21 letters. However Borussia Monchengladbach, of the Bundesleage is 23 letters. I'm sure there are longer names in germany though.

  Tony Greenfield, Brighton East Sussex

• I don't know but LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH football club must be a contender.

  Steffan John, Cardiff Wales

• US Major League Soccer(!) side New York/New Jersey Metro All-Stars have got to be in with a shout. Yanks! What's wrong with 'Rovers'?!!

  JJ, Newcastle UK

• Ballvereinborussiadortmundneunzehnhundertundneun (BVB09 Dortmund Germany)orBorussia Munchengladbachand probably another dozen German teams.

  Kevin Elliott, Berlin Germany

• Total Network Solutions Llansantffraid (league of Wales) maybe?

  Aled, Aberystwyth Wales

• The former side Horwich Railway Mechanics Institute Football Club would have been a contender. However, with a move to a neigbouring town, it has been shortened to Leigh Railway Mechanics Institute Football Club

  Aidan Corcoran, Bolton UK

• Interesting question - some of the initials prefacing town names of French clubs might spell out into longer names than the British names I can think of (for example OGC Nice) - the longest British would presumably be Brighton and Hove Albion, Inverness Clachnacuddin, Kirkintilloch Rob Roy and Norton and Stockton Ancients.

  Jim Kidd, Musselburgh, Scotland

• Dynamo Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch FC

  Pete, Cambridge,, UK

• In response to the seagulls fan, 'Wolverhampton Wanderers' has 22 !

  pd, Chesterfield uk

• some contenders would beAmsterdamche Football Club Ajax (Holland, 28)Real Sociedad de San Sebastian(SPAIN, 26)Zalaegerszegi Torna Egylet (Hungary, 24)Football Club Rotor Volgograd (russia, 26)Internazionale de Milano(Italy, 21)and Genclerbiligi Ankara spor Kulubu(Turkey, 30)

  IAN OGIER, Guernsey, C.I England

• That would be New York/New Jersey Metrostars - not Metro Allstars.

  GW, Durham UK

• 'glasgow celtic football and athletic club' has 36.

  richard hunter, ancrum scotland

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• We think that:Genclerbiligi Ankara spor Kulubu (30)Brighton and Hove Albion (21)Daggenham and Redbridge(21)Could be contenders?

  Neale and Ben, Darwen England

• Total Network Solutions LLantsantffraid.That's 36. I don't know if they have an additional FC (12)

  phil, cardiff

• IIIINNNGGG-UUUUURRRR-LAAAAAAANNNDDDDD has 35 ... and 38 in some versions of the chant

  Dominic Rice, Brussels Belgium

• There are probably longer ones in Aussie Rules but a close one here is Mangoplah-Cookardinia United (24).

  Mick webster, Beechworth Australia

• Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic has 31.

  Mark Power, Dublin

• Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu is a place in New ZealandWonder if they have a football teamTetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu City

  Tom, Horsham, England

• Garbarnia Szczakowianka Jaworzno. It's 30 letters long, not bad.

  QBA, Szczecin, Poland

• Well actually I used to play for Mangoplah, which has been a previous answer. However the full name of the club now stands at MCU-E, which in full is Mangoplah Cookardinia United Eastlakes Goannas.

  Perhaps another football club we use to play against is a contender - Ganmain Grong Grong Matong Lions.

  But MCU-E take the cake!

  Courtney Bourne, Wagga Wagga, Australia

• Sunderland Association Football Club has 33 letters which is quite good.

  Ryan , Newton Aycliffe, UK

• I think adding Football Club on to the name is cheating. Inverness Caledonian Thistle with 26 letters is longest in Scotland, possibly UK.Did Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic not change their name to AFC Bournemouth?

  Alex Bomphray, Edinburgh, Scotland

• PSV is a long one: Philips Sport Vereniging Eindhoven with 31 letters.Also NEC has a big name too:Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie with 27.

  Stephen, England

• You need to have a browser that supports greek encoding, but I can think of some greek teams with long names. For instance:Αθλητική Ένωση Κωνσταντινουπόλεως (31) (in English known as AEC FC) orΟλυμπιακός Σύλλογος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς (34) (in English known as Olympiakos FC)

  Elena, Piraeus Greece

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• The longest league team name in the UK is Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The second longest is Wolverhampton Wanderers.

  Ryan, Southampton England

• The full name of NAC Breda of Holland is "Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorgaan Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nutting Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda".That has to be the winner.

  Kieran, Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire

• Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association who play in the Northern League (England). 39 letters!

  Paul Sigsworth, Billingham, ENGLAND

• it think that we must find the longest club name without counting FC, AC, CF, SAD or any other capital letters which is common to about 90% or more of the football clubs and associations in the world.

  Dr@Gosh, Craiova Romania

• In russia there is a place called Petropavlovsk-kamchatskiy if they have a football team that is a contender.

  Conor, Inverness Scotland

• Inverness caledonian thistle with 26 must be the longest in britain

  Harry Cooke, Derby England

• Hampton and Richmond borough football club 37 letters

  muckyknees, surbiton surrey

• Swedesboro-Woolwich Township Lady Jedi Knights (41 Letters)

  Roy, USA

• NAC Breda - Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorzetten Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda

  Monk, Leeds

• Istanbul Buyuksehir Belidiyespor Kulubu (36 letters)

  RVDV, Lawrenceville USA

• Nooit Opgeven Altijd Doorzetten Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie Breda, short for NAC breda

  Tom Mac, Nuneaton, England

• Association Sportive des Employés et Commerçants de Koudougou must be a contender. They play in Burkina Faso.

  Rob White, Birmingham, UK

• Cork City Friends Of The Rebel Army Society Co-operative

  Dan Hogan, Limerick

• I think the Dutch club Nac-Breda might be it. It meansNoad Advendo Combinatie - Breda, which means"Nooit opgeven altijd doorgaan Aangenaam Door Vermaak En Nuttig Door Ontspanning Combinatie - Breda". So that would be around 85 letters...

  Jordi Hintzen, Echt, The Netherlands

• Inverness Caledonian Thisthle

  Mattie Pratt, Barrow

• 'Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club' has the longest name

  Harry McColl, Dunblane, Scotland

• Due to the union of two teams their full name is Inverness Caledonian and Inverness Thistle Football Club.

  Alan Bugler, Inverness, Scotland, UK

• Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit Bravo Association Football Club..........Also known as Bangkok Bravo FC

  Tom , London, UK

• the longest team in football is inverrness calidonian thisle

  teddy, london england

• im sure that this is the winner The New Saints of Oswestry Town & Llansantffraid Football Club

  Daniel Berry, Haverfordwest Wales

• ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB BOURNEMOUTH AND BOSCOMBE ATHLETIC

  T.FORRESTER, TODMOREDEN ENGLAND

• East Stirlingshire Football Club from SFL3 is definatley a forgotten one!

  Andy, Glasgow Scotland

• Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Jayapura, shortened to Persipura Jayapura, and there are more of them in Indonesia: Persatuan Sepakbola Medan dan Sekitarnya (The Football Association of Medan and Surroundings(PSMS Medan)) and Persidafon Dafonsoro/Persidafon Jayapura...

  Hoenese, Malaysia

• man united

  Jack, Chesham UK

• Amon Rattanakosin Krung Thep Mahanakhon Mahinthara Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Ayuthaya Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit Bravo Association Football Club

  John C, Paisley, Scotland

• Nooit opgeven altijd doorgaan, Aangenaam door vermaak en nuttig door ontspanning, Combinatie Breda (N.A.C. Breda for short)

  Lee Stewart, Peterlee, England

• Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Football Club of the East of Scotland League

  Ian, Gretna Scotland