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 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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The German national soccer team's jersey is stirring controversy over the number "4" on its design. People say it looks like a lightning bolt from the SS, a Nazi unit in World War II. Adidas said it's ...