Why Bundesliga Teams Place the Club Name Above Player Numbers
Did you know why players’ names on German club jerseys are placed below the number? Originally, names on jerseys appeared in American football in the 1960s. The pioneers were the Los Angeles Chargers. In normal football, the idea of names didn’t catch on right away. One of the first to try it was AC Milan, but they encountered rule-related issues. At the time, in major leagues, teams could only play with numbers from one to eleven. This meant either the lineup couldn’t change, or new names constantly had to be printed, which was costly. Germany found a solution to this problem. Instead of printing player names on the back, they decided to print the name of the club or city. But in the ’90s, the rules changed, and players started keeping one number for the entire season, which led to names being added to jerseys. However, in the Bundesliga, they decided to keep the club name above, so player names were printed below the number, symbolizing that the club is more important than any footballer.
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What unique league trademarks do you know? 🤔 For example, in the Premier League, they hire blind people to assist with VAR checks 😎
German clubs also are the only ones that don’t wear the same font on the back when playing a league game, they don’t go over the nr 49 and rarely use the nr 12
This isn´t even fully correct. Some teams do it. But even in the Clip you can see at 0:33 that Hoffenheim places the Playername at the top.
Wrong. They are all called Dortmund, or Bayern, or whatever club they play for. Once you join a club you become the club!
Not all german Teams do this! They also change the placing. Sometimes you even have a season where the placing differs throughout a club's kits.
I also like it a lot more stylistically tbh.
Shirts not jerseys
Hoffenheim Mentioned 💙🤍
The whole jersey "is the club". For TV viewer who wanna see who is in frame the name at the bottom is sooo frustrating.
No problem soccer fans 😉
Forget the meaning. Players names look so much better above the number
That’s lowkey a dumb reason. Like Tony Adam’s said fight for the badge on the front and the fans will remember the name on the back. Having the club name on the back of the jersey is weird.
Wrong. The names in Bundesliga were at the top for many years. Only recently, clubs started to switch the team name and the player name.
I watch the bundesliga for a long time i didnt noticed this lmao
The same thing is true in women’s sports so if the athlete’s hair is too long you can still see her name.
I have some recent Dortmund jerseys with the name below the number, but ob older jerseys, like my 2012/13 or 2017/18 jersey have the name above the number
Schade, dass du die Fails beim Hammer-Spiel nicht gezeigt hast.
This is the opposite of interesting 😂
It's american rugby 🏉
as a Villa fan, i appreciate the clip of Lucas Digne
I think it’s a good idea and it looks nice and it connects the 50+1-rule perfectly into the jerseys.
PS: Yes, I‘m from Germany.
Love hearing an American saying “normal” football
While you explain that, you clearly show Kaderabak having his name on top and Hoffenheim stated below 😂
Association Football, necessarily “normal” football. Good troll though.
What? If teams could only play from 1 to 11, how come Johan Cruyff played with nr14, a number he's so famous for its retired at Ajax