diff --git a/app/components/Fixtures.tsx b/app/components/Fixtures.tsx
index 2b02fdf..96f52b9 100644
--- a/app/components/Fixtures.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Fixtures.tsx
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function GroupStandings({
                 <td className="team">
                   <span className={`rankdot ${cls}`}>{r.rank}</span>
                   <Flag team={team} size={20} />
-                  <span className="team-name">{team?.name ?? r.teamId}</span>
+                  <span className="team-name">{team?.localisedName ?? team?.name ?? r.teamId}</span>
                   {isLive && <span className="row-live-dot" title="läuft gerade" />}
                 </td>
                 <td>{r.played}</td>
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ export default function Fixtures({
                 <div className="fx-teams">
                   <div className={`fx-team home ${homeWin ? "win" : ""}`}>
                     <Flag team={home} size={22} />
-                    <span className="fx-name">{home?.name ?? "—"}</span>
+                    <span className="fx-name">{home?.localisedName ?? home?.name ?? "—"}</span>
                   </div>
                   <ScoreCell m={m} />
                   <div className={`fx-team away ${awayWin ? "win" : ""}`}>
                     <Flag team={away} size={22} />
-                    <span className="fx-name">{away?.name ?? "—"}</span>
+                    <span className="fx-name">{away?.localisedName ?? away?.name ?? "—"}</span>
                   </div>
                 </div>
                 <div className="fx-meta">
diff --git a/app/components/Flag.tsx b/app/components/Flag.tsx
index b1832e2..9d92f0b 100644
--- a/app/components/Flag.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Flag.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default function Flag({
     return (
       <img
         src={team.crest}
-        alt={team.code || team.name}
+        alt={team.code || team.localisedName || team.name}
         className="flag"
         style={style}
         loading="lazy"
diff --git a/app/components/Groups.tsx b/app/components/Groups.tsx
index be5d06a..de4729e 100644
--- a/app/components/Groups.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Groups.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default function Groups({
                       <td className="team">
                         <span className={`rankdot ${cls}`}>{r.rank}</span>
                         <Flag team={team} size={20} />
-                        <span className="team-name">{team?.name ?? r.teamId}</span>
+                        <span className="team-name">{team?.localisedName ?? team?.name ?? r.teamId}</span>
                         {isLive && <span className="row-live-dot" title="läuft gerade" />}
                       </td>
                       <td>{r.played}</td>
diff --git a/app/components/Simulation.tsx b/app/components/Simulation.tsx
index 93855b0..61a9ccb 100644
--- a/app/components/Simulation.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Simulation.tsx
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ function SimRow({
       <span style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 6, minWidth: 0, flex: 1, justifyContent: "flex-end" }}>
         <Flag team={home} size={18} />
         <span style={{ fontWeight: 600, whiteSpace: "nowrap", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", maxWidth: 140 }}>
-          {home?.name ?? "—"}
+          {home?.localisedName ?? home?.name ?? "—"}
         </span>
       </span>
       <input
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ function SimRow({
       />
       <span style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center", gap: 6, minWidth: 0, flex: 1 }}>
         <span style={{ fontWeight: 600, whiteSpace: "nowrap", overflow: "hidden", textOverflow: "ellipsis", maxWidth: 140 }}>
-          {away?.name ?? "—"}
+          {away?.localisedName ?? away?.name ?? "—"}
         </span>
         <Flag team={away} size={18} />
       </span>
diff --git a/app/components/ThirdPlace.tsx b/app/components/ThirdPlace.tsx
index 7e5c82a..a0ec6c2 100644
--- a/app/components/ThirdPlace.tsx
+++ b/app/components/ThirdPlace.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import { Team, ThirdPlaceRow } from "@/lib/types";
 export default function ThirdPlace({
   rows, teams,
 }: { rows: ThirdPlaceRow[]; teams: Team[] }) {
-  const name = (id: string) => teams.find((t) => t.id === id)?.name ?? id;
+  const name = (id: string) => {
+    const t = teams.find((t) => t.id === id);
+    return t?.localisedName ?? t?.name ?? id;
+  };
 
   return (
     <div className="third-wrap">
diff --git a/lib/feeds.ts b/lib/feeds.ts
index 9ebb3f8..d1a65c9 100644
--- a/lib/feeds.ts
+++ b/lib/feeds.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { GroupId, Match, MatchStatus, Team } from "./types";
 import { venueFor } from "./venues";
+import { localisedTeamName } from "./team-mappings";
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Caching: einfacher In-Memory-Cache mit TTL. Verhindert, dass jede Browser-
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export async function fetchMatchesAndTeams(): Promise<{ matches: Match[]; teams:
             teamMap.set(id, {
               id, name: side.name, code: side.tla ?? "", group,
               crest: side.crest ?? null,
+              localisedName: localisedTeamName(side.tla ?? "", side.name ?? ""),
             });
           }
         }
diff --git a/lib/resolve-bracket.ts b/lib/resolve-bracket.ts
index cd4edf6..d255fbc 100644
--- a/lib/resolve-bracket.ts
+++ b/lib/resolve-bracket.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function sideFrom(
   const w = winnerOf(feed);
   return {
     teamId,
-    label: team?.name ?? fallbackLabel,
+    label: team?.localisedName ?? team?.name ?? fallbackLabel,
     code: team?.code ?? "",
     score,
     isWinner: teamId != null && w === teamId,
diff --git a/lib/team-mappings.ts b/lib/team-mappings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d8f944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/team-mappings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Zentrale Lokalisierungstabelle für Teamnamen (TLA → Deutsch / Englisch).
+// Schlüssel = FIFA-3-Buchstaben-Code (uppercase), wie er von football-data.org
+// im Feld `tla` geliefert wird.
+//
+// Erweiterung auf weitere Sprachen: einfach pro Sprache ein Feld ergänzen.
+
+export const TEAM_LOCALIZATION: Record<string, { de: string; en: string }> = {
+  ALG: { de: "Algerien", en: "Algeria" },
+  ARG: { de: "Argentinien", en: "Argentina" },
+  AUS: { de: "Australien", en: "Australia" },
+  AUT: { de: "Österreich", en: "Austria" },
+  BEL: { de: "Belgien", en: "Belgium" },
+  BIH: { de: "Bosnien-Herzegowina", en: "Bosnia-Herzegovina" },
+  BRA: { de: "Brasilien", en: "Brazil" },
+  CAN: { de: "Kanada", en: "Canada" },
+  CHE: { de: "Schweiz", en: "Switzerland" },
+  CIV: { de: "Elfenbeinküste", en: "Ivory Coast" },
+  COD: { de: "DR Kongo", en: "Congo DR" },
+  COL: { de: "Kolumbien", en: "Colombia" },
+  CPV: { de: "Kap Verde", en: "Cape Verde" },
+  CZE: { de: "Tschechien", en: "Czech Republic" },
+  ECU: { de: "Ecuador", en: "Ecuador" },
+  EGY: { de: "Ägypten", en: "Egypt" },
+  ENG: { de: "England", en: "England" },
+  ESP: { de: "Spanien", en: "Spain" },
+  FRA: { de: "Frankreich", en: "France" },
+  GER: { de: "Deutschland", en: "Germany" },
+  GHA: { de: "Ghana", en: "Ghana" },
+  HAI: { de: "Haiti", en: "Haiti" },
+  HRV: { de: "Kroatien", en: "Croatia" },
+  IRN: { de: "Iran", en: "Iran" },
+  IRQ: { de: "Irak", en: "Iraq" },
+  JOR: { de: "Jordanien", en: "Jordan" },
+  JPN: { de: "Japan", en: "Japan" },
+  KOR: { de: "Südkorea", en: "South Korea" },
+  KSA: { de: "Saudi-Arabien", en: "Saudi Arabia" },
+  MAR: { de: "Marokko", en: "Morocco" },
+  MEX: { de: "Mexiko", en: "Mexico" },
+  NED: { de: "Niederlande", en: "Netherlands" },
+  NOR: { de: "Norwegen", en: "Norway" },
+  NZL: { de: "Neuseeland", en: "New Zealand" },
+  PAN: { de: "Panama", en: "Panama" },
+  PAR: { de: "Paraguay", en: "Paraguay" },
+  PRT: { de: "Portugal", en: "Portugal" },
+  QAT: { de: "Katar", en: "Qatar" },
+  RSA: { de: "Südafrika", en: "South Africa" },
+  SCO: { de: "Schottland", en: "Scotland" },
+  SEN: { de: "Senegal", en: "Senegal" },
+  SWE: { de: "Schweden", en: "Sweden" },
+  TUN: { de: "Tunesien", en: "Tunisia" },
+  TUR: { de: "Türkei", en: "Turkey" },
+  URU: { de: "Uruguay", en: "Uruguay" },
+  USA: { de: "USA", en: "USA" },
+  UZB: { de: "Usbekistan", en: "Uzbekistan" },
+};
+
+// Liefert den lokalisierten Namen für ein Team in der gewünschten Sprache.
+// Fallback: originalName (englischer Feed-Name), wenn kein Eintrag existiert.
+export function localisedTeamName(tla: string, originalName: string, lang: "de" | "en" = "de"): string {
+  const entry = TEAM_LOCALIZATION[tla.toUpperCase()];
+  if (entry) return entry[lang];
+  return originalName;
+}
diff --git a/lib/types.ts b/lib/types.ts
index ecdf8a9..da92ca1 100644
--- a/lib/types.ts
+++ b/lib/types.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ export const GROUP_IDS: GroupId[] = [
 
 export interface Team {
   id: string;          // stabile ID aus dem Feed
-  name: string;        // Anzeigename
+  name: string;        // Originalname aus dem Feed (englisch)
   code: string;        // 3-Buchstaben-Code, z.B. GER
   group: GroupId;
   crest?: string | null; // URL zur Flagge / zum Wappen (football-data: crest)
+  localisedName: string; // Lokalisierter Anzeigename (z.B. "Deutschland")
 }
 
 export type MatchStatus =