TEAM LOGOS FROM THE 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP


With the FIFA World Cup stealing the globe’s collective attention right now, we decided to take a look at the team logos of all 32 nations playing in South Africa.

Each team wears these emblems on their jerseys, typically on the left chest. Much of the design is symbolic of the country’s heritage, such as England’s three lions or Côte d'Ivoire’s elephant. The design can also denote past victories. The presence of stars for some countries represents World Cup titles — five for Brazil, four for Italy and three for Germany, for example.

Interestingly enough, the U.S. team’s logo has three stars. We at Graphis would like to know if anyone knows why. Also, what are your favorite World Cup team logos? Post your comments below.




Categories: Design: Logo, News

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COMMENTS

Uruguay has four stars: two represent their world cup victories and two represent gold medals at the two Olympics that were held before the world cup started in 1930. I've always disliked the USA's "stars and stripes" logo with the stars at the top for the same reason, but as you can clearly see, several nations have stars in their logos so I guess it really doesn't matter. I think that FIFA should require the stars representing world cup championships to be above the team crest instead of inside of it, like Italy's logo, to avoid any confusion like that. Also, your image of England is missing their one star which is also at the top. Overall this is a solid collection of the crests on one page. Good job!


Galjour is right about the English star, although it is not technically a part of the emblem. To see it, follow this link: http://wedontknowfootball.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/gerrard-lampard-sol.jpg

Thanks to Galjour!


I think the tree stars of the US logo are for the women cups


Cote D'ivoire by GBH does the job.

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