World Cup Champions badge for Italy.

Posted on September 5th, 2008 in Italy by Ben1991

FIFA have presented the very first ‘FIFA World Champions Badge’ to current world champions Italy.Itlay are the first team to receive this badge, which from now on will be awarded after every FIFA World Cup finals competition.The reigning world champions will be able to wear the badge until the next FIFA World Cup.

the FIFA president,who personally congratulated the team during their training session, said “Wearing a badge to mark the teams triumph in 2006 is away to proudly commemorate, day after day, the title of world champion“.

Italy manager Marcello Lippi said “Italy have the honour of being the first team in the istory of the world cup to wear FIFA’s new badge. It is a source of great pride for the whole of Italian Football.”

The Italians will wear the ‘FIFA World Champions Badge’ for the first time on 6 September when they take on Cyprus in the preliminary competition of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

22 Responses to 'World Cup Champions badge for Italy.'

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  1. Roy Hodgson said,

    IT RUINS THE OTHERWISE NICE KIT!!!

  2. a said,

    if only scotland had it

  3. dave said,

    as soon as the cretinous comments were all deleted along comes Ash who has been brought up learning how to spell incorrectly. Come on please….

  4. Ash 2 said,

    It would look better if it was smaller and possibly on the arm?

  5. George said,

    Is that not now a put off for england to win the world cup

  6. D King said,

    Agreed it would be better on the arm. The Italy badge would also look better without the silly spiral.

    George - “England win the World Cup” you’re having a laugh, England won’t even be at the World Cup.

  7. Mr. Ron Death said,

    I agree that the World Cup Champions badge should be on the arm rather than on the middle of the chest, but they should just have the golden World Cup image and the year underneath it rather than a shield & wording - keep it simple. ;)

    And D King is right IMO about the spiral on the Italy badge; it complicates the design.

  8. Alexandre said,

    Let’s see it in the Argentina shirt after 2010. I’m brazilian, by the way.

  9. liam rugby fan said,

    Would be better if more suttle check out the england, australia, south africa and nz shirts from last years rugby world cup, nice small image of the webb ellis cup and with the year just on the sleeve, looks spot on

  10. greg said,

    It’s beginning to look like a boy scout top.

  11. Ben said,

    I think they’re milking it a little. They were rubbish in Euro 2008

  12. John said,

    ÉIRE (Ireland) FOR THE WORLD CUP 2010!!

  13. craig rfc said,

    if ireland win the world cup al eat ma hat, ur hat , a hard hat….. In fact al eat every hat in the world!

  14. brn442 said,

    The badge looks rather nice. However - it could have been smaller. As for the placement, it’s probably up to the federation where on the shirt it goes, as per the scudetto badge that’s currently placed in the middle as opposed to the left in previous years (maybe a choice of Internazionale or a directive of the Italian F.A.) who knows.

  15. Alessandro said,

    Its a joke, only reason this has happened is because italy done so poor in Euro’08 they want some attention….even tho the won the cup 2 years ago they want a bloody badge. U dn’t see Spain gettin anything for winning the Euro. and Yes to most comments, a badge on the sleeve like the Champions League or Uefa Cup is much more tasteful than some randon bit centre of the shirt.

  16. jambo said,

    I think it looks alright where it is but should be smaller.It’ll never be on the England top in a thousand years though.

  17. Steggz said,

    I agree with liam. Just the trophy on the sleeve, simple. As for Spain, that’s up to UEFA. And whether they could wear that while competing in a FIFA competition, that’s another matter. Inter won’t have the Scudetto badge on their European shirts, will they?

  18. Bob said,

    What’s wrong with just adding another gold star for each win? This is just another part of Sepp Blatter’s publicity crusade! Everybody know’s it’s the FIFA World Cup and we don’t need a badge on the holder’s jersey to tell us!

  19. jambo said,

    good point Bob

  20. marco said,

    I can’t believe English people still go on about winning the World Cup! I was there during the last one and reading the papers it sounded like “if only Rooney will make it we are gonna win”.
    England is only full of media-boosted players. I don’t think Rooney or Gerrard are that good.

  21. gatto said,

    I have been playing with English and Irish people, it looks as if playing in defence is a dishonour. People try to score from the own penalty line, there are no passes and NO TACTIC AT ALL. You are never gonna win if you go on like this mates!

  22. weej said,

    They didnt ask for the badge, it was fifa’s idea. it looks cool.

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