As one of the strongest football teams in the world, it is just apt for the Brazilian team that they stand out with their uniforms and that fans easily recognize them with their logo.
Uniform Evolution
The team first donned on white with blue collars kit, however, after getting beaten at the 1950 World Cup in Maracanã, the team’s colours got highly criticized for its lack of patriotism. This then prompted the newspaper Correio da Manhã – with Brazilian Sports Confederation’s permission – to hold a competition which involved designing a kit for the national team incorporating all the four colours of the Brazilian flag. The design that won was that of Aldyr Garcia Schlee, who was 19 years old then, which is a yellow jersey with green trim paired with blue shorts that has white trim. The new colours of the team were used during the team’s match against Chile in March 1954. Since then, the colours became the official colours of the team.
The blue kit of the team, which was its « away kit color », came to be in the 1958 World Cup Final – accidentally! During the final match, the team was to face against Sweden who also wore yellow, because Sweden was then the home team, a draw gave them the right to wear their yellow kit. Brazil, who then did not travel with a spare kit, hurriedly purchased shirts which was then just sewn with their emblems from the yellow shirts they have.
Logo
Brazil’s national team carries the logo of the Brazilian Football Confederation as their badge. Brazilian Football Confederation or the Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) is a private organization which serves as a governing body of football in Brazil. It was first called the Confederação Brasileira de Desportos upon its foundation on June 8, 1914.
As governing body, CBF organizes the national competitions such as the Copa do Brasil and all the four levels of the Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol. Aside from the national football team, it also looks after the women’s team of the country.
The national team’s logo features that of the CBF shield with the Brazilian flag’s colours incorporated into it. The shield has five stars above it representing the number of Cups Brazil has already won in the World Cup – it will expectedly be added once the country wins another World Cup.