Demam Piala Dunia memang melanda seluruh dunia. Bagi kaum muslimin jangan sampai menonton piala dunia menyebabkan anda lalai dari sholat dan pekerjaan anda.
Inilah julukan negara-negara peserta Piala Dunia 2010 di Afrika Selatan.
- Afrika Selatan : Bafana Bafana (The Boys) — Banyana Banyana (The Girls- untuk tim putri)
- Aljazair : Les Fennecs (The Desert Foxes), Les Verts (The Greens), Les Guerriers du Desert (The Deset Warriors)
- Amerika Serikat: Sons of Sam, The Yanks, MNT (Men’s National Team)
- Argentina : La Albiceleste (White and Sky blue)
- Australia : The Socceroos
- Belanda : Oranje, The Flying Dutchmen, Clockwork Orange, Het Nederlands Elftal (The Dutch Eleven)
- Brasil : Canarinho (Little Canary), A Selecao (The Selection), Verde-Amarela (Green and Yellow), The Samba Kings, Scratch du oro (Golden Squad)
- Cili : La Roja (The Red One), El Equipo de Todos (Everybody’s Team)
- Denmark : Danish Dynamite, Olsen-Banden (The Olsen Gang), Olsens Elleve (Olsen’s Eleven) mengacu pada nama pelatih Morten Olsen
- Ghana : The Black Stars
- Honduras : Los Catrachos, La Bicolor (diambil dari warna bendera Honduras)
- Inggris : The Three Lions
- Italia : Gli Azzurri (The Blues), La Nazionale (The National)
- Jepang : The Samurai Blue, Nippon Daihyo
- Jerman : Die Mannschaft (The Team), Die DFB-Elf (The DFB-Eleven), tapi lebih dikenal dengan julukan Der Panzer
- Kamerun : Les Lions Indomptables (The Indomitable Lions)
- Korea Selatan : Taeguk Warriors — konsep ying dan yang dan ajaran Tao, meski kadang pendukung kerap menyebut tim dengan Tigers of Asia dan Red Devils
- Korea Utara — Choillima (kuda terbang dalam mitos Asia)
- Meksiko : El Tri (The Three-colored), El Gigante De CONCACAF (The Giant of CONCACAF)
- Nigeria : Super Eagles
- Pantai Gading : Les Éléphants (The Elephants)
- Paraguay : Guaraníes (suku Indian asli Paraguay), La Albirroja (White and Red)
- Portugal : Seleccao das Quinas (Selection of the Shields), Os Navegadores (The Navigators)
- Prancis : Les Bleus (The Blues), L’Équipe Tricolore (The Tri-color Team)
- Selandia Baru : All Whites, The Kiwis
- Serbia : Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
- Slovakia : Bojovni Jondovci (The Fighting Jondas), Repre
- Slovenia : Zmajceki (Dragons)
- Spanyol : La Furia (The Fury), La Furia Española (The Spanish Fury), La Furia Roja (The Red Fury)
- Swiss : Schweizer Nati (The Switzlerland National)
- Uruguay : Charrúas (suku Indian asli Uruguay, La Celeste Olímpica (The Olympic Sky Blue), La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
- Yunani : To Piratiko (The Pirate Ship), Ethniki (The Team)
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