Phoenix is a common name for sports teams named after the mythological phoenix or, indirectly, from places named for that creature. Teams including this name include:
Based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States Arizona Cardinals, an American 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 Phoenix Mercury, a women's basketball team (WNBA) Phoenix Rising FC, a soccer team (USLC) Phoenix Suns, a men's basketball team (NBA)
Association football/soccer A.F.C. Phoenix, a football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Altona East Phoenix SC, an Australian soccer club based in the western suburbs of Melbourne Phoenix Baia Mare, a football club in Romania FC Phoenix Banjë, a professional football club from Kosovo Brisbane Phoenix FC, an Australian soccer club Gibraltar Phoenix F.C., a defunct football club from Gibraltar Jõhvi FC Phoenix, an Estonian football club Leicester Phoenix, a rugby league football club in England Penmaenmawr Phoenix F.C., a Welsh football team GPS Portland Phoenix, a defunct American soccer team based in Portland, Maine South West Phoenix FC, an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Bunbury, Western Australia Phoenix Sports F.C., an English football club located in Barnehurst, Kent Phoenix Rising FC, a soccer team (USLC) based in Phoenix, Arizona Team Phoenix F.C., a Burmese football club Twin Cities Phoenix, a defunct American soccer team AS Phoenix Ulmu, a Romanian football club based in Ulmu, Călărași County Wellington Phoenix FC, a football club in Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC (A-League Women), based in Wellington, New Zealand Worplesdon Phoenix F.C., an English football club based in Worplesdon, Surrey
College athletics Elon Phoenix, the athletic teams of Elon University in the United States UW–Green Bay Phoenix, the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the United States
Cricket Phoenix Cricket Club, in Ireland Yorkshire Phoenix, a cricket club in England
Motorsports Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team Phoenix Racing (Germany), a touring car and GT racing team
Other sports 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 Hagen, a basketball club in Germany Tamworth Phoenix, an American football club in England Tawe Phoenix Boat Club, the alumni club of Swansea University Rowing Club in the United Kingdom Victorian Phoenix Water Polo Club, based in Melbourne, Australia
See also Phoenix (disambiguation) Phoenix club (sports), a term for a professional sports team that replaces one that has failed in a business sense