Brazil players unhappy about Olympic shirt change

Brazil’s Olympic team are angry over the removal of their traditional badge during the Olympic Football Tournament. 
The badge (below) has five stars representing the five World Cups won by Brazil above the letters CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation).
The logo had to be removed because it doesn’t comply with Olympic rules with the quote by officials being:
“Teams are not permitted [...]

Why the adidas three stripes are missing and other Olympic Football Tournament Beijing 08 kits

The first matches at the Olympic Football Tournament in Beijing have been played and as we could notice, some of the national teams have changed their team kits. The nations which are competing in the tournament are: Brazil (Nike), Argentina (adidas), New Zealand (Nike), USA (Nike), Honduras (Joma), The Netherlands (Nike), Serbia (Kappa), Belgium [...]

Santa Cruz New Kits 2008/09

For all those of you who haven’t heard the name of this club before, it is a team from Brazil playing in Serie C Brazilian Championship, the third tier of Brazilian football. Last season, they were relegated from Serie B after obtaining just 42 points with a goal difference of -18. The club is based [...]

New Brazil Away Shirt 2008/09

Here is Brasil’s new 2008 away kit, the shirt uses the same Nike template as the recently released 2008 Brazil home shirt, but is coloured in blue and yellow. The Nike logo on the right chest is yellow, as is the end of the sleeves and the two lines rising up either side of the [...]

Retro 1970s Pele Brazil Shirt

Pele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on October 23rd 1940 in Brazil, he is arguably the greatest footballber who ever lived, scoring 1,283 goals, 77 in 92 games for Brazil, 12 of them at World Cups where he appeared four times.
Retro Pele Shirts
Pele spent his club career at Santos refusing offers to join European [...]

Brasil’s new 2008/09 kit

The new Brasilian National Football team kit for was unveilled today at Granja Comary, Rio de Janeiro - the training ground for “Seleção” games. Nike declared the kit was a tribute for the WC’58 team - Brasil’s first title in World Cup - but it had just slight signs of inspiration on them, as it [...]

New Brazil Shirt 2008/09

Here is a preview of Brazil’s new football shirt for 2008, notice Nike has stuck with the retro design and little has changed from the previous Brasil kit. The shirt has a neck collar and inscription inside that saying “Nascido Para Jogar Futebol” Brazil is written on the back of the collar on the [...]