Favourite teams from each country

[pigface]

England: United. Born a Red, Sir Matt Busby was a cousin.
Spain: mewh, none.
Germany: Dortmund, love the Westfallen yellow wall or Regenburg Kickers, love the city.
Italy: Torino, read about their own tragedy back in the day.
France: Paris FC
USA: Tampa Bay Mutiny (more recent home town team now a defunct MLS franchise )
Netherlands: PSV
Scotland: Partick ThistleThistle (Home towntown club)
Norway: Molde (Solksjaer)

 

[zlatan_ish]

How old are you, pigface?

 

[77]

England: United. Born a Red, Sir Matt Busby was a cousin.
Spain: mewh, none.
Germany: Dortmund, love the Westfallen yellow wall or Regenburg Kickers, love the city.
Italy: Torino, read about their own tragedy back in the day.
France: Paris FC
USA: Tampa Bay Mutiny (more recent home town team now a defunct MLS franchise )
Netherlands: PSV
Scotland: Partick ThistleThistle (Home towntown club)
Norway: Molde (Solksjaer)

Do you only have a stutter in Scotland?

 

[Distracted Steward]

England: Manchester United

I always pick a promoted underdog each year.

Spain: Athletic Bilbao. I'd like Barça if they weren't so high and mighty about everything.
Germany: Dortmund
Italy: Juventus if it weren't for the scandal.
France: PSG for their long, rich and storied history.
USA: Sporting KC.

 

[antohan]

England: United

Spain: Barcelona back in the 90s, lost interest in the 00s, regaining interest now with the more direct play. Used to have some respect for Real, not any more.

Germany: I used to like Werder Bremen in the 70s (no idea why, was a kid and it was the only European footie available). Once Serie A got to our screens in the 80s I only ever watched Bundesliga to see Köln (Littbarski). Then never again with any regularity. Have always had a lasting and remarkable respect for Bayern Munich but it didn't stop me laughing my head off on 26 May.

Italy: Juve 82-85 (Platini-Boniek), Napoli 85-90 (D'oh!), Inter 87-95 (the Germans as opposed to the Dutch for some reason, then Ruben Sosa). I never gave a shit about any one team thereafter, I still have good memories of Juve and Inter but not reaally a soft sppot any more.

France: Couldn't care less. Used to like St. Etienne back in the day and looked out for Racing Matra/Marseille games in the late 80s (Francescoli). Only ever got to see them in European competitions though.

USA: Really?

In South America: Peñarol since I was a kid, Boca at times although I have a lot more respect for River (weird, I know), Flamengo and Sao Paulo.

Only team I actually care about losing a game is United though.

 

[Aussie_Red_Devil]

England: United
Spain: I'll admit I've watched a few Real sociadad games to see how Moyes is doing so I'll go with them
Germany: FC Köln just cause I liked the city
Italy: Roma
France: anyone not PSG
USA: no idea

 

[caid]

Its as much about time as the country.
I used to watch milan a lot and really liked them when weah and boban were playing for them. I dont really give a rats ass about them these days though.
I'd watch the odd game by dortmund in recent years and barcelona a few years before

I dont know, i find spain a bit boring tbh.
The el classico should be good but theres so much cheating and everyone involved just being whiny babies that its usually a crap match.
I tend to watch them in the champions league only these days. They play against teams that have a reasonable chance of beating them and football gets played.
Atletico are a hard team to like too.

The german league has its moments but bayern need more competition and the same with the italian league and juventus.
I dont think it would be what it was even with Milan and Inter getting their shit together though.

There was a time when i watched a lot of football and quite liked PSV for instance but i dont even see all of Uniteds matches these days.

 

[choiboyx012]

England: Manchester United
Argentina: Boca Jrs- Riquelme, Palacio, Palermo.
Mexico: Chivas
Brasil: Santos and Flamengo
Spain: No one really. Whatever underdog team challenging the big 2. Real slightly more than Barca.
Germany: No one
Holland: PSV- Ruud and Park. I liked the team that went out to AC Milan in the semis when park was there
Italy: Inter Milan- I liked their shirts and their south american players. Zanetti, adriano, cambiasso, samuel, julio cesar, maicon
USA: LA Galaxy

 

[Pentagruel]

Netherlands: Feyenoord, born in Rotterdam, will always be a Feyenoord fan.

England: United, big fan of Robin van Persie initially and have grown to the club.

Spain: Barcelona, Dutch football, the best there ever was, beautiful to watch... Just transcendent in every respect.

Germany: Bayern Munich: one of my favorite active players there in Arjen Robben. Also a big fan of Pep.

USA: NY Red Bulls, as I live in NY and I liked Thierry Henry there. Fun stadium too near the ironbound in NJ.

 

[AtlMuppet]

England: United
Spain: Valencia
Germany: Anyone but Bayern
Italy: Juventus (Del Piero, Nedved and Buffon), also have a soft spot for Roma (Totti)
France: Monaco
USA: Atlanta Silverbacks

 

[Xaviesta]

England: Swansea City
Germany: couldn't care less - any danger of having a title race?
Italy: Juventus
Australia: Brisbane Roar (local team)
Spain: Barça obviously, but I have a soft spot for Villarreal.
Netherlands: Ajax Amsterdam - Cruyff, the football the promote, their academy, would like to see Frank de Boer do well as a manager.

 

[Jayvin]

England: United
Spain: Cadiz
Germany: Don't care
Italy: Inter
France: Don't care
USA: Don't care

Cadiz because of Championship Manager and Inter because I liked their shirt and Vieri was one of my favourite players when I was younger.

 

[Xaviesta]

England: United obvious
Spain: Real Madrid just because they're the most likely to stop Barca winning things
Germany: Schalke if anyone
Italy: AC Milan in the old days of Maldini, but don't really follow it now
France: Anyone but PSG
Portugal: Sporting
Brazil: Sao Paulo, first Brazilian team I ever saw live
Japan: Kashima Antlers, first Japanese team ever saw live

I suppose your Real Madrid love is down to Ronaldo? If he and Madrid are successful, less Ballon D'ors for Messi.

 

[antohan]

Always tended to like Corinthians in Brazil although I enjoy watching the top teams. Argentina is Boca.

However much I've liked some Boce teams and players over the years, you can't possibly be serious.

 

[NM]

England: United obviously. Only team that was always on TV when I was growing up
Spain: Used to be Barcelona because of Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, but switched to Atletico and Real Sociedad in the mid 2000s. Still not sure why.
Germany: No favorite - like Borussia Dortmund due to the yellow kit
Italy: Used to love Inter before they became dominant due to Calciopoli. Like them again now.
France: Used to follow Monaco before they became a sugar daddy club
USA: Philadelphia Union as I'm from Philly

 

[The Man Himself]

England - Manchester United
Italy - Juventus.
Rest - Don't care.

 

[kouroux]

England: Utd
France: Marseille

and that's about it.

 

[utdalltheway]

England: Man Utd
Spain: N/a
Germany: Dortmund
Italy: N/a
France: N/a
USA: LA Galaxy, but also like the Sounders

 

[Xaviesta]

Question for those who like Dortmund: did the Dortmund following start before Klopp, or during Klopp's era?

 

[utdalltheway]

For me it was during Klopps reign. it's from watching the team and their fans that got me interested. Would love to catch a game there cos the atmosphere looks amazing.

 

[Ish]

England: United
Spain: Barca/Valencia (since their UCL exploits under Cuper wasn't it?)/ Depor (for the same reason - Valeron/Tristan) & Bilbao - recently, since they destroyed us.
Germany: Dortmund - Chapuisat, Ricken (also liked Bayern since our epic encounters in the UCL - though their domination has slightly deterred me a bit).
Italy: Juve - liked them from around 1999 - after all those epic/classic matches between us and them
France: No one - followed PSG when they were fairly shite and Lyon dominated. Don't like money bags PSG just dominating the league
USA: No one - if I had to pick, I'll go for Beckham's new Miami franchise.

 

[Cal?]

I suppose your Real Madrid love is down to Ronaldo? If he and Madrid are successful, less Ballon D'ors for Messi.

A combination that and a deep dislike of Barca's holier than thou attitude

 

[Xaviesta]

A combination that and a deep dislike of Barca's holier than thou attitude

2009 and 2011 while we're at it?

 

[Xaviesta]

@Cal? You won't like our pre game mosaic which will be on display in Berlin.

 

[Cal?]

2009 and 2011 while we're at it?

That too...