New Norway national shirt and crest

Posted on May 20th, 2008 in Norway by DelPaca

The Norwegian FA was the target for massive criticism after presenting the new shirt for the Norwegian national team. The shirt is produced by Umbro, and will most likely be worn from 2008-2010.

The thing that has caused all the uproar is the fact that the Norwegian FA (NFF) has chosen to abandon the use of the Norwegian flag on the shirts. Norway’s national heroes has been playing with the flag on the chest since the 1920s, and the decision to use the newly designed crest containing the NFF logo and a dragon (obviously based on old norse carvings found on viking ships and stave churches) has unleashed the anger of Norwegian football fans.

New Norway crest

Head of NFF, karen Espelund, states that only 7 of the 50 best national teams uses their respective flags on their shirts, and Norway has been the only ones to use the flag exclusively. Only time will tell wether or not that should be enough to remove a tradition some 70-80 years long, as fans already threaten to refuse to buy the shirts until the flag has been restored.
New Norway shirt
For a bigger image of the shirt (as shown by captains Martin Andresen and Ane Stangeland Horpestad) click here

For more info (in Norwegian), visit http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=520649

14 Responses to 'New Norway national shirt and crest'

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  1. Nositch said,

    Looks alright

  2. blair said,

    vry nice like da badge will be byin that

  3. blair said,

    very nice love the badge

  4. newcastle utd Gavin McElroy said,

    liked the old badge better but, this ones alright

  5. -=McB-MUFC=- said,

    looks better than the England shirt

  6. panhandle said,

    I like it.

  7. Swede said,

    Basic umbrodesign (but it ain’t bad), but the badge was nice

  8. timf said,

    Awesome! Where can I download an EPS vector file of that?

  9. skovbjerg said,

    where can you buy this shirt?

  10. Todd said,

    Can’t buy it just yet, it’s official release is at the end of May.

  11. el panza said,

    will this the release be on the friendly with Uruguay?

  12. DelPaca said,

    BREAKING NEWS: The tossers in the Norwegian FA has just released a statement saying that there will be made a new crest, one which will be more based on the flag. Will post new article when more info (and pictures) is released.

  13. Pete said,

    That badge is metal as hell. Awesome.

  14. tommy c said,

    Compared to the england away kit, this one kicks englands ***, but compared the teams, theres no competition

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