Nike’s latest jersey will accompany the national football team in the top twelve Asian qualifying rounds of the 2018 World Cup. From the word "China" on the chest of the jersey after the founding of the People's Republic of China, to Adidas accompanying the Chinese team to witness the miracle of reaching the World Cup in 2002. The editor will take you to review the jerseys in the history of the national football team. There will always be one that can bring back your memories.
Author | Zhang Xuan
Starting from the Republic of China in 1913, the Chinese men’s football jerseys have experienced more than 100 years of ups and downs. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the true national football jersey has the word "China" on the chest that is particularly eye-catching. Adidas began sponsoring the Chinese national team in 1981, experienced the three black minutes of Golden State in 1997 and the Miracle of Wuli River in 2001, and finally ended with the hand-in-hand between Nike and the Chinese team in 2015. 34 years of persistence is more of a feeling.
Although the Chinese team's first international match was controversial. According to FIFA's data, the Chinese team's first international match was a friendly match against the Philippines on January 31, 1913 (1:0), but the Philippines does not recognize it. Their record is February 1 of that year. The Far Eastern Games game (2:1 victory over China).
The first Chinese team members were all from Hong Kong Nanhua, but some players actually participated in competitions in other events. For example, goalkeeper Qiu Jixiang actually participated in track and field competitions and won rankings. The uniforms of the first Chinese team were similar to the current basketball uniforms. They were actually vests with the five-color national flag of the Republic of China printed on the chest. There were no numbers in the games back then, which was extremely simple.
Before 1949, there were actually only two international competitions for the Chinese team: the Far Eastern Games and the Olympic Games (called the World Games at the time). From 1913 to 1934, apart from the first one, China won the championship in the other 9 of the 10 Far Eastern Games (including the 1930 (tied with Japan), it can be described as a smash hit. What is unimaginable now is that football was the event in which the Chinese delegation was most certain to win the championship in the Far Eastern Games back then. When reporting on the games, newspapers at the time always declared that "I am the only one to win the football championship." In 1930, they tied for the championship with Japan. Accused by the countrymen.
The team emblem first appeared on the team uniforms in 1930. As for whether the team emblem is the logo of the Chinese Football Federation established in August 1923, it cannot be determined. After 1934, Japan wanted to include "Manchukuo" in the Far Eastern Games, but the Republic of China government naturally could not agree. In the end, they broke up on bad terms, and the Far Eastern Games came to an end.
The Chinese team was eliminated in the first round of both Olympic Games and only played one game. They lost to England and Turkey 0:2 and 0:4 respectively, without scoring a single goal. Therefore, the goal that Dong Fangzhuo scored into New Zealand in 2008 was indeed the first goal scored by the Chinese in the Olympics. However, this day actually made the Chinese people wait for 72 years, and it was the only goal.
In these two Olympic Games, the Chinese team began to have more formal team uniforms, blue shirts, white pants and red socks at home, and white shirts and blue pants for away games. They were probably taken from the national flag of the Republic of China at that time. The style of the jerseys is similar to the current T-shirts. The team emblem is The symbol of the "Olympic Committee" of the Republic of China. The home team jersey was worn in both games (because both England and Turkey are red jerseys), and the away jersey was only worn when visiting games on the way.
Between 1954 and 1957, the Chinese team had two sets of jerseys: red, white, and all-white. They wore the national emblem in official international competitions, such as the World Cup qualifiers and the China-North Korea-Vietnam Tri-Country Tournament, while the general friendly match jerseys were printed with " "China" two Chinese characters, this practice was continued until the Cultural Revolution.
The 1957 Sixth World Cup Asian and African Qualifiers was the first time that the new Chinese football team participated in an international competition. The previous Chinese team in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics originally participated in the qualifiers. Because their opponent Philippines abstained, the Chinese team won without a fight. In order to qualify for the finals, due to the lack of information at that time, the Chinese team waited for a long time in India, the venue of the competition, and finally confirmed that their opponents had abstained, so they had to play a few friendly matches in India and Myanmar and return home. Later, after learning that Taiwan was participating, the Chinese team also abstained.There were three games between the World Cup qualifiers and the Indonesia match, and the Chinese team was eventually eliminated. The Chinese team wore all-white jerseys in all three games. From this, it seems that we used white as our home jersey at that time.
During the First National Games in 1959, China held a China-Soviet-Hungary Three-Country Tournament in Beijing. The Soviet Union also sent a genuine national team to participate. The Chinese team still used an all-white home jersey this time, except for the chest. The word "China" at the front is written in Chairman Mao's handwriting.
Although the Chinese team regained its legal seat in the United Nations in 1971, it did not participate in official competitions in the following years. The main task of the national team was to contact the "Friendship between Asian and African Peoples" and go to Asian and African countries to play friendly matches. Although China entered the AFC at that time, it was not yet a member of FIFA. In 1976, the Chinese team participated in the Asian Cup for the first time. The Chinese team, captained by Qi Wusheng, brought together famous players such as Hu Zhigang, Xiang Hengqing, Chi Shangbin, , Lin Xinjiang, Wang Jilian, Rong Zhixing and won the third place.
In the 1970s, the Chinese team began to use red as its main uniform. At that time, world sports entered a new era. The concept of clothing sponsorship became popular, and the style of the jerseys became much better-looking. Starting in 1977, the Chinese team's jerseys clearly had the style of Adidas, but it is understood that in the past, the Chinese team's jerseys were all made in China.
It was not until 1979 that the Chinese Football Association reached a verbal agreement with Adidas through the Hong Kong Olympic Committee, and Adidas began to sponsor the Chinese team uniforms. In the 1980s, the Chinese Football Association signed a written agreement with Adidas, writing sponsorship matters into the contract for the first time.
The Chinese team has been sponsored by Adidas since the 1980s and has never changed clothing brands since then. Throughout the 1980s, the Chinese team's jerseys basically had the same style: red and white, with the word "China" on the chest. Not only was this the case for the football team, but the Chinese women's volleyball team and men's basketball team were also wearing Chinese characters.
From 1980 to 1982, the Chinese team's jerseys were still relatively confusing, and there was no obvious distinction between home and away games. They even occasionally wore the domestically produced Mao Zedong handwriting style. For example, in the 3-0 victory over Kuwait in Beijing in the 1980 Olympic qualifiers and the 1981 World Cup qualifiers, they wore this set of white jerseys, and they also wore this set in the 1982 Asian Games.
Since the World Cup qualifiers in 1981, CCTV has frequently broadcast live broadcasts of Chinese football team games. The all-red Adidas COPA jerseys with black and white vertical stripes on the shoulders left a deep impression on the fans of that era. . In the group stage of the World Cup qualifiers held in Hong Kong, the Chinese team wore a set of khaki uniforms. This is the only yellow jersey worn by the Chinese team so far.
Since 1983, the Chinese team's jerseys have begun to become standardized. They are all white at home and all red in away games. The word "China" on the chest has also been replaced by bold boldface. Adidas's clover has also officially "entered the hall". In the past few years, the jersey style has basically remained the same except for some slight changes in the collar.
In the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, the Chinese team's uniform replaced the two large Chinese characters with small Song-style characters for the first time and placed them in the position of the team emblem. This method was used until 1996.
1996 was a confusing year for the national team uniforms, and blue uniforms appeared for the first time. In the Asian Cup at the end of 1996, the Chinese team advanced by two goals in the eight-to-four match against Saudi Arabia. After being reversed, he wore a set of blue jerseys in the style of the German team in 1994. This was also the only time the new China national team wore blue jerseys in an official competition. In a previous friendly match with New Zealand, the national team also wore a blue jersey with white sleeves. The pants were black, and there was no Chinese logo on the jersey. If you don't look carefully, it is difficult to believe that it is the Chinese team.
Around 1996, it was also a period of internal turmoil for Adidas. The new logo of "three stripes" quietly replaced the "clover". During this period, most Adidas products had no logo, only a line of letters. This year's Chinese team uniform also used the Football Association logo as the team emblem for the first time.
The Chinese team's jersey has changed to the popular Adidas style (far left in the picture above). The white jersey still has blue accessories. Since the Chinese team used white jerseys in the three games at that time, it is still impossible to know what the jersey was. Whether the away jersey is blue.
From the 1998 Asian Games to the Asian Cup at the end of 2000, the Chinese team's jerseys returned to red and white, and began to use the national flag to replace the original Football Association logo. Adidas's "three stripes" were implemented more thoroughly this time. Not only the logo, but also the "three stripes" are on both sides of the jersey and socks.
This is a set of jerseys that Chinese fans are very impressed with and extremely proud of. The reason why I say this is not because of how beautiful its style is, but because the national team entered the World Cup wearing this set of jerseys!
Since 2004, the style changes of Chinese team uniforms have become standardized. The styles are changed every two years, that is, a new team uniform is launched after the Spring Festival of every even-numbered year. Fans are accustomed to calling it 04, In the 06, 08 and 04 versions of the national team uniforms, the national flag and the Football Association logo appear on the jerseys at the same time. The
06 version of the national team uniform has been criticized. The style is always reminiscent of ancient Chinese women's clothing. The lines suddenly changed from the straight and straight shape of the 04 version to rounded, which is hard to accept. The overall feeling of the
08 version of the Chinese team uniforms is pretty good. If you look closely, you will see that the Chinese team has re-introduced red as its home uniform. The style of the team uniforms seems to have been specially designed, but the pattern lines of the Great Wall seem a bit too stingy. It looks like there are two zippers. The national flag and the Football Association logo appear on the jersey together, but neither stands out.
The National Football Team announced the new home jersey for the 2010-2012 season at the end of 2009. The new jersey was used for the first time in the team's 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. The new jersey once again uses the Great Wall as a design element after the 2008 Olympic model. , in addition, the retro white lapel is also the highlight of the new jersey.
The new team logo borrows most of the elements from the Football Association logo, including Tiananmen, football, and the letters CFA. It just adds a very oriental-style "auspicious cloud" around the periphery. In order to match the shape of the auspicious cloud, the new team logo uses a shield shape. , the auspicious clouds are in the shape of wishful thinking, implying the meaning of good luck and wishful thinking. The new team emblem has national characteristics in terms of color and style. At first glance, it is the emblem of the Chinese team. At least it is much more beautiful than the national flag drowned in red. It is just that the football style is older. After all, China is FIFA. It is recognized as the birthplace of football, and the lower part of Xiangyun and the shield-shaped outer frame feel a bit crowded.
On January 5, 2015, the Chinese Football Association ended its 34-year "love" with Adidas and signed a contract with Nike until 2026. Nike then equipped the national football team with equipment for the Asian Cup. However, what is embarrassing is that since the sponsorship was only finalized at the end of 2014, and Nike's normal time to design jerseys for a team is one year, the National Football Team's Asian Cup equipment is actually temporarily deployed by the sponsor from its different operating regions around the world. Come.
The first set of Nike jerseys of the national football team maintains a simple and bright design style. The home team uniforms are mainly red with white collars, while the away team uniforms are mainly white, with a red stripe pulled down on the left shoulder. However, the styles of the home and away jerseys are completely different. The home jersey has a lapel style, while the away jersey has a V-neck design.
Soon, the patchwork jersey said goodbye to the national football team after three months, and was replaced by this "four-cuff" jersey.
Huang Bowen 's roar after the national football team miraculously advanced to the top 12 made this set of red jerseys the memory of fans.
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