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

Motorsports

 * Phoenix Racing, a NASCAR team
 * Phoenix Racing (Germany), a touring car and GT racing team