2007-06-02 12:58:02 · 10 answers · asked by mechdiff 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
Real means royal in Spanish. Clubs with Real in their name may have the support of the royalty. Here are two examples from the Spanish La Liga:
REAL MADRID: In 1920 the club's name was changed into Real Madrid after the King grants the title of Real (Royal) to the club.
REAL SOCIEDAD: In 1910, Spanish King Alfonso XIII, who used San Sebastian as his summer capital, gave the San Sebatian Football Club his patronage. They subsequently became known as Real Sociedad de Fútbol.
FC means football club.
Here are other acronyms from different Italian clubs:
AS - Associazione Sportiva Roma
AC - Associazione Calcio Milan
FC - Juventus Football Club
UC - Unione Calcio Sampdoria
SS - Società Sportiva Lazio
US - Unione Sportiva Città di Palermo
AC can also mean "athletic club"
AC - Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (from Greece)
AC - Athletic Club Sparta (from Czech Republic)
AC can also mean "alliance club"
AC - Alliance Club Horsens (from Denmark)
United is used when a club is created after two former clubs and combined or united.
MANCHESTER UNITED:
Here are two examples: After nearing bankruptcy in 1902, the club was taken over by J H Davies who changed its name to Manchester United, chosen over Manchester Central and Manchester Celtic.
NEWCASTLE UNITED:
The club formed in 1892 after the merger of two local clubs, Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has since played at St James' Park, the old Newcastle West End ground in the city.
2007-06-02 13:31:30 · answer #1 · answered by Ruud_Kaka_Niko_Fan 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Spanish Football Team Names
2016-11-08 05:24:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-13 04:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not sure why they have real and united in the name but fc stands for football club
2007-06-02 13:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
real means ''royal'' united is a way to bundle together a bunch of small cities like manchester united represents the whole manchester, and FC is short for Football Club
2007-06-02 16:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by Dylan C 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well Real is mostly spanish teams and it means Royal in spanish
United is just to show Unity and there may be another team so they couldn't think of another name like Manchester City and Manchester United
FC means Football Club
thats about it
2007-06-02 17:04:59 · answer #6 · answered by bensonfirdy 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
America names for footie clubs, i personally find hilarious. LA Galaxy? no association with the sport that it corresponds with whatsoever!. I could make up those sort of names all day!
New York Dragons
Michigan Knights
DC Warriors
NY Superstars
Hint of ignorance? maybe but if I didn't know better, I'd think LA GALAXY hmm... definatley a baseball team. I guess if you lived in the UK you wouldn't find the names that weird. I reckon US clubs make a name that is like a ploy to scare other clubs when in competition if that makes sense. Like we are the dragons sort of thing!
2007-06-02 13:41:59 · answer #7 · answered by Rich360 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Real is Spanish for Royal
FC is Football Club
United just an indication of togetherness?
2007-06-02 13:01:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well, FC stands for football club, I don't know about the other two.
2007-06-02 15:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by Maus 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Real means United in Spanish language.
In spanish everything is completely different!
United means all together.
FC means football club.
CF means in spanish club de futbal
2007-06-02 18:22:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋