title: List of sports teams named for the phoenix
text: # 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, United States, 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 Rising FC, a soccer team (USLC), known as the Arizona United SC from 2014 to 2016
  * Phoenix Suns, a men's basketball team (NBA)
  
  ## Other teams
  
  * Phoenix Cricket Club, the cricket team from Bangalore which played its debut match on January 26, 2018, at Central College, Bangalore
  * 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
  * South East Melbourne Phoenix, a basketball 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, which came about after a previous New Zealand team in the A-League competition folded, making them also an example of a Phoenix Club.
  * 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
  