List of sports teams named for the phoenix
Phoenix is a common name for sports teams, arising either directly from the mythological phoenix, or from places named for that creature. Teams including this name, or referred to by it, include:
Teams based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, or the Phoenix metropolitan area
- Arizona Cardinals, a football team (NFL), known as the Phoenix Cardinals from 1988 to 1993
- Arizona Coyotes, a hockey team (NHL), known as the Phoenix Coyotes from 1996 to 2014
- Arizona Diamondbacks, a baseball team (MLB); the only major Phoenix-based team that has never borne the city's name
- Phoenix Mercury, a women's basketball team (WNBA)
- Phoenix Suns, a men's basketball team (NBA)
Other teams
- Elon Phoenix, the athletic teams of Elon University in the United States
- Green Bay Phoenix, the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the United States
- Leicester Phoenix, a rugby league football club in England
- 1. FC Phönix Lübeck, a German association football club
- Manchester Phoenix, an ice hockey team in England
- Melbourne Phoenix, a netball team in Australia
- Phoenix Baia Mare, a football club in Romania
- Phoenix Cricket Club, in Ireland
- Phoenix Hagen, a basketball club in Germany
- Tawe Phoenix Boat Club, the alumni club of Swansea University Rowing Club in the United Kingdom
- Wellington Phoenix FC, a football club in New Zealand
- Yorkshire Phoenix, a cricket club in England
- Tamworth Phoenix, an American Football club in England
Motorsports
- Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team
- Phoenix Racing (Germany), a touring car and GT racing team
See also
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