List of OFC national association football teams by nickname

The following is a list of nicknames of Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) national association football teams.

Nicknames

• Nicknames in italics are commonly used in English.

Team	Nickname	English translation	Notes	Ref.
American Samoa	Au Fili	The National Team	Filifili means the Chosen or Selected in Samoan dialect.	[1]
Cook Islands	Soka Kuki Airani	The National Team	The Flag of the Cook Islands from 1973 to 1979 was a predominantly green color representing the continuous growth and life of the islands	[1]
	The Green and Whites			[1]
Fiji	Bula Boys		"Bula" is a greeting used in Fiji.	[2]
Kiribati	Kiribati	Kiribis	The football team representing Kiribati's 34 beautiful atolls, reefs, and islands.	[3] [4]
New Caledonia	Les Cagous	The Kagus	From a crested, almost flightless bluish-grey bird related to the rails, which is found only on the island of New Caledonia.	[5]
	Les Rouges et Gris	The Red and Grays		[5]
New Zealand	All Whites		New Zealand adopted an 'all white' playing strip during the 1981 World Cup qualifying campaign.	[6]
New Zealand (Women's)	Football Ferns		The fern is one of the national symbols of New Zealand.	[7]
Niue
Papua New Guinea	Kapuls	The Cuscus	A species of Australasian possum.	[8]
Samoa	Manumea		After a native bird.	[9]
Solomon Islands	The Bonitos		Tribe of fishes.	[10]
Tahiti	Toa Aito Les guerriers de fer	Iron Warriors	Iron has been entwined in the Tahiti culture from the onset. When British Captain Samuel Wallis "discovered" Tahiti on 18 June 1767, the natives were eager to trade, especially in iron nails.	[9]
Tonga	Timi Fakafomua	The National Team	The national football team of Tonga.	[9]
Vanuatu	The Men in Black and Gold		From the Vanuatu flag which has Red and green sections, divided horizontally by a gold stripe running within a black border.	[11]

See also

• List of national association football teams by nickname

References

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7. Formerly known as the SWANZ.
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