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Euro 2020: Football team nicknames that are always on fans’ lips

Euro 2016 - Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis near Paris, France - 10/7/16 - Portugal's Pepe holds up the trophy. [Reuters, Christian Hartmann]

Dusting off the encyclopaedias and scouring the history books, UEFA.com delves deep to unearth the stories behind each nation’s nickname.

The EURO 2020 teams’ nicknames were inspired by animals, heraldry and era-defining sides, as UEFA.com discovers.

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