Adidas has removed the option for fans to customize their soccer jerseys with the number "44" amid concerns that a design for the German national team resembles a Nazi symbol. The design of the ...

An alternative design for the number four will be developed ... "Even a resemblance between the style of this number '44' and the SS insignia is clearly enough to pull this specific jersey ...

German historian Michael König drew attention to the shirt’s dubious design on ... a shirt with “44” on it. Adidas has allowed fans to customize with whichever number they choose.

Adidas has banned Germany football fans from personalising shirts with the number 44 amid concerns it resembles the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS units. The Nazi party’s Schutzstaffel ...

Adidas representatives have since confirmed that they were banning people from customizing the German football shirt with the number 44, maintaining that the design flaw was unintentional.

while the federation stopped the distribution of shirts bearing the number 44 from its online store and is actively seeking an alternative design for the number 4. The decision came after social ...

The design of the number 44 German national team jersey looks similar to the logo of the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS). The similarity has set off controversy and finger-pointing. Jersey number 4 will ...

But until the rogue design is resolved, shirt sales of the kit with the number 44 have been banned. Here are some other jersey were banned from varies reasons such as political reasoning ...

Additionally, the design of the number 4 on the German jersey ... no player from the German national team has ever worn a number 44 jersey, and the jerseys for the 2024 European Championships ...

Fans were able to choose the number “44” because Adidas allows them to ... were responsible for the design of the names and numbers on the jerseys. “Our company stands for the promotion ...

Concerns that the shirt’s design meant the number 44 resembled SS were first raised by historian Michael König, who said the design of the kit was “very questionable”. “Historically it is ...