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

A.F.C. Phoenix, a football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine, a defunct association football club in Ukraine
Altona East Phoenix SC, an Australian soccer club based in the western suburbs of Melbourne
Brisbane Phoenix FC, an Australian soccer club
Centro Atlético Fénix, a Uruguayan sports club from Montevideo
Club Atlético Fénix, an Argentine football club from Pilar, Buenos Aires Province
Elon Phoenix, the athletic teams of Elon University in the United States
Gibraltar Phoenix F.C., a defunct football club from Gibraltar
GPS Portland Phoenix, a defunct American soccer team based in Portland, Maine
Green Bay Phoenix, the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in the United States
Jõhvi FC Phoenix, an Estonian football club
Leicester Phoenix, a rugby league football club in England
Manchester Phoenix, an ice hockey team in England
Melbourne Phoenix, a netball team in Australia
South East Melbourne Phoenix, a basketball team in Australia
Penmaenmawr Phoenix F.C., a Welsh football team
Phoenix Baia Mare, a football club in Romania
FC Phoenix Banjë, a professional football club from Kosovo
Phoenix Cricket Club, in Ireland
Phoenix Hagen, a basketball club in Germany
Phoenix Sports F.C., an English football club located in Barnehurst, Kent
Phoenix Ulmu, a Romanian football club based in Ulmu, Călărași County
FC Phönix Bellheim, a German association football club
1. FC Phönix Lübeck, a German association football club
South West Phoenix FC, an Australian semi-professional association football club based in Bunbury, Western Australia
Tamworth Phoenix, an American Football club in England
Tawe Phoenix Boat Club, the alumni club of Swansea University Rowing Club in the United Kingdom
Team Phoenix F.C., a Burmese football club
Twin Cities Phoenix, a defunct American soccer team
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.
Worplesdon Phoenix F.C., an English football club based in Worplesdon, Surrey
Yorkshire Phoenix, a cricket club in England