Every World Cup team's official nickname as Scotland only side without moniker

The Scotland football team are competing in their ninth World Cup tournament and doing so without an official nickname.

Along with England, Scotland were involved in what is recognised as the first ever international fixture back in 1872 in Glasgow.

Yet despite being part of history and boasting one of the most passionate fanbases round, Scotland have never had a nickname.

Their supporters are referred to as 'The Tartan Army' but that is not the team itself, The Bravehearts and the Dark Blues have been used in an unofficial capacity but never captured what Scotland is all about.

Uruguay, who won the first World Cup, are among the first nations to have a nickname for their football team and are called 'La Celeste' in reference to their sky blue colours.

That came about in the early 1900s and Scotland just never joined the party - as ironic as that sounds.

It means that out of the 48 teams competing in the revamped World Cup, they are the only team who do not have a nickname.

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You have Argentina as La Albiceleste and Egypt as 'The Pharaohs' but for Scotland it is only their die-hard fans who have a well-established moniker that they are known for.

Every nickname for all 48 teams who participated at the 2026 World Cup

Algeria -The Fennecs / The Desert Warriors

Argentina - La Albiceleste (The White and Sky Blues)

Australia - Socceroos

Austria - Das Team

Belgium The Red Devils

Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Dragons (Zmajevi)

Brazil - Selecao

Canada - Les Rouges / The Canucks

Cape Verde - Blue Sharks

Colombia - Los Cafeteros ('The Coffee Growers')

Croatia Vatreni ('The Blazers')

Curaçao - La Familia Azul ('The Blue Family')

Czechia - Národní tým ('The National Team"'

DR Congo - The Leopards

Ecuador - La Tri

Egypt - The Pharaohs

England -The Three Lions

France Les Bleus ('The Blues')

Germany - Die Mannschaft

Ghana - The Black Stars

Haiti - Les Grenadiers (The Grenadiers')

Iran - Team Melli

Iraq - Lions of Mesopotamia

Ivory Coast - The Elephants (Les Eléphants)

Japan - Samurai Blue

Jordan - Al-Nashama ('The Chivalrous Ones')

Mexico - El Tri

Morocco - Atlas Lions

Netherlands - Oranje

New Zealand - All Whites

Norway - Løvene ('The Lions')

Panama - Los Canaleros ('The Canal Men')

Paraguay - La Albirroja ('The White and Reds')

Portugal - A Seleção

Qatar - Al Annabi ('The Maroons')

Saudi Arabia - Green Falcons

Scotland - N/A

Senegal - Lions of Teranga

South Africa - Bafana Bafana

South Korea - Taegeuk Warriors

Spain - La Roja

Sweden - Blågult ('Blue and Yellow')

Switzerland - La Nati

Tunisia - Eagles of Carthage

Turkey Ay-Yıldızlılar ('The Crescent-Stars)

United States - USMNT / The Stars and Stripes

Uruguay - La Celeste

Uzbekistan - White Wolves

In their first World Cup since 1998, Scotland take on five-time winners Brazil in their final group game in Miami.

The fixture is a repeat of their clash 28 years ago, where Brazil won 2-1. With three points on the board from their win over Haiti, Scotland could still progress to the knockouts even if they lose.

A draw should see them qualify from the groups for the first time as one of the third-placed teams and a win would take them to another stratosphere.

Reflecting on the task at hand, manager Steve Clarke said: “I want our players to be the best version of themselves that they can be on the night, on the world stage, against a top ten team. For me, that would be the ultimate,”

"Look, they are Brazil. They've got good players all over the pitch. So we know we have to be the best version of ourselves.

“I don’t think it’s a hard sell as far as my own players are concerned to convince them they can do this. I really don’t think it is.

“We've all been talking about living the dream. And now we are all here, actually living that dream. We're all at a world Cup after however many years away.

“You're here to represent your country. You go to Miami to play against Brazil as a Scottish player. It doesn’t come much bigger than that. So let’s just go and express ourselves and see what we can do.”