Serie A Nicknames (2 Viewers)

[giovanotti]

++ [ originally posted by Nawaf ] ++


Aren't they referred to as Rosanero though? I'm pretty sure I saw it that way in Channel4..

and no, we're not called the Rosaneri.. We're the "No-Lifers" ..

Or even better "Forgot to save after editing" ones.

 

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[Gep]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Fiorentina are actually called "i viola", i.e. the mauve (players). It's a common mistake among foreigners to think that "viola" applies to the team when in fact it applies to the players, like "bianconeri", "nerazzurri" and what not. So there's no such thing as "la viola".

These are just names describing the team colours though, as many teams will have their own particular nickname.

A few that come to mind :

Milan : il Diavolo
Roma : la Lupa (the female wolf)
Genoa : i Grifoni (the griffins)
Inter : il Biscione (the big grass snake)
Napoli : i partenopei (a reference to the old Roman name of the city, a bit like Marseille who call themselves "les Phocéens")
Torino : il Toro (the bull)
Palermo : i quaquaraquà (ok I made that one up, that's mafia talk)

Last but not least:

Juventus : la Vecchia Troia, Rubentus, i gobbacci, le seghe...etc

The old slag? lol get real.

 

[Chxta]

Kaiser I've never heard any of the Juve nicknames you brought forward

 

[Respaul]

++ [ originally posted by Chxta ] ++
Kaiser I've never heard any of the Juve nicknames you brought forward

And you've been following serie A for how long .....

 

[Desmond]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


Juventus : la Vecchia Troia,

Sorry but isn't it La Vecchia Signora?

 

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++ [ originally posted by giovanotti ] ++

Or even better "Forgot to save after editing" ones.

"Saved but HDD crashed unexpectedly" ones..

 

[GordoDeCentral]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


Only if you're talking to a 6 ft 6 juventino with a black belt in Ju-jitsu.

l'unica troia schifosa e milanista

 

[GordoDeCentral]

Si si chiama Franco, great kid, succhia come una vera diavola

 

[Gep]

++ [ originally posted by Desmond ] ++

Sorry but isn't it La Vecchia Signora?

It is but he thinks hes funny. Find out what troia means then you'll understand what I mean Desmond.

 

[Tifoso]

++ [ originally posted by ..Yaz.. ] ++
Empoli == Azzurri

Thanks and thanks to Chxta, too.

so the final list is:

Ascoli Bianconeri
Cagliari Rossoblu
Chievo Asini Volanti
Empoli Azzurri (bit cheaky on their part, IMHO )
Fiorentina Viola
Inter Nerazzurri
Juventus La Vecchia Signora, Bianconeri, Zebre
Lazio Biancocelesti
Lecce Giallorossi
Livorno Amaranto
Messina Giallorossi
Milan Diavoli rossi, Rossoneri
Palermo Rosanero
Parma Gialloblu
Reggina Amaranto
Roma Giallorossi, Magica
Sampdoria Blucerchiati
Siena Bianconeri
Treviso Baincocelesti
Udinese Bianconeri, Zebrette

 

[Tifoso]

BTW, anyone have an idea what "Amaranto" means?


EDIT: Evidently it's a plant (Amaranth) or a color (can't find what the color is, though)

Wonder why Livorno/Reggina are known as that?


EDIT 2---duh, Lou---amaranto=red (kind of a fire red)

 

[isha00]

Juve= La fidanzata d'Italia (even though it's not used anymore)

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++
Rossoblù*
Gialloblù*
Magica? Any team can be "magica". Just because Roma use it in their anthem doesn't mean it's a nickname. Roma is "la lupa", period.

Well, any team can be magica, but there's only one "maggica"

 

[isha00]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


See, gobbi? I told you the Old Lady has slept with the whole country.

Scemo

What about the wife of the man you have on your avatar? Still in jail?

 

[Eaglesnake_1]

++ [ originally posted by Kaiser Franco ] ++


See, gobbi? I told you the Old Lady has slept with the whole country.

What you dont know is that the old ***** uses to take a cucumber to bed to service anyone......

 

[isha00]

Inter: Perdazzurri
Milan: Bbilanisti


(Obviously they are only used by supporters of opponent teams )

 

[ßöмßäяðîëя]

I like Parma, they have the coolest name.

 

[Chxta]

Do they?