Last update 13 November, 2024 by Alberto Llopis
What do the stars on team jerseys mean?? Many teams and selections carry on their shirts stars on the top of the shield. But sometimes it's just a small ornament to the shirt and the team crest, The truth is that many times, This small symbol represents the triumphs and titles won by a team throughout its history..
What do the stars on the teams' jerseys at the World Cups mean??
The easiest case is to identify selections. FIFA decided that every world championship won by a country would be honored with a star on the shirt. Therefore, many world many stars. In this way, Brazil (con 5), Italia (4), Germany (4), Argentina (2), France (2), England (1) and Spain (1) enjoy this symbol on their shirts.
Why does Uruguay have 4 stars if only you have won 2 World Cups?
The most striking case within the national teams is perhaps that of Uruguay, which carries four stars in his luggage, when it has only achieved two, the one of 1930 in Uruguay and that of 1950 in Brazil, that of Maracanazo. The reason is none other than lThe light blue ones were the winners of the gold medal of the olympic games 1924 y 1928, years which had not yet world, so that FIFA considered that these Olympic championships were considering “world”.
And the stars in the teams?
For teams, things change. Each federation and league is free to assign stars to their teams. In Italy, a star is ten leagues. In this way, Juventus with two stars and Milan and Inter Milan with one are the only teams to have the precious symbol in the transalpine country..
In Germany, the issue is complicated. For three Bundesligas you get the right to a star (Hamburg and Stuttgart and Werder Bremen); for every five two symbols (Borussia Mönchenglad Bach y Dormund); three per dozen titles and finally four for 20 diseases (Bayern is the only one that has them). Because its transient separation into two, They are counted as titles to validate the stars conquered in the Federal Republic.
All this in the case of playing within Germany, because doing out, both Borussia can only do competing with a single star, while several teams (including Kaiserlautern and Cologne) incorporate the aforementioned star in domestic competitions have not.
In England, Manchester City wore three stars to remember their three league wins so far 2012 without the Premier having a tradition of granting this type of symbols. With the change of shield in 2016, those from Manchester annulled these 3 stars.
In the case of Turkey, There are five leagues which give a star. With regard to South America, Boca Juniors has three stars in honor of its three Intercontinental Cups y 70 smaller stars in a smaller size within the shield itself, which has led to the option of leaving them fixed or changing the shield. Other teams wear them in honor of the Libertadores Cups won like the case of Colo Colo Chilean (year 91).