Squad Number Changes

Last month saw the launch of FIFA 21, with the popularity of the series as strong as ever. You might think that releasing effectively the same game year after year …

As stars continue to emerge in the Europe’s top football leagues, fans interested in squad numbers watch on excitingly as top talents earn the right to wear the most coveted …

Joachim Löw has revealed his 26-man squad for Germany’s Euro 2020 campaign, and the full list of their shirt numbers for the tournament has also been confirmed. Not only is …

France have announced their squad numbers for Euro 2020: Of note is the inclusion of Karim Benzema, who hasn’t featured for the country since 2015 for non-footballing reasons but has …

Mohamed Salah’s Good Karma It’s a quirk of modern top-class football that so few elite teams have a left winger wearing the number 11 shirt. In England, left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko …

By Jay Mansfield See here for Jay’s excellent blog and here for his comprehensive piece on Rangers numbering The concept of nominative determinism is that you find yourself in a …

New Chelsea signings Timo Werner and Hakim Ziyech both made their debuts for the Stamford Bridge outfit in a 1-1 friendly draw with Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The …

By Gary Parkinson Of all the changes happening at Bolton Wanderers, shirt numbering must be low on the list – but nevertheless, the scale of unallocated jersey numbers is unprecedented in …

While Southampton have had issues with what appears on the fronts of their shirts, the markings on their backs are in good shape for the 2020-21 season. It’s no exaggeration …

By Alonso Guzmán Barone There are always fascinating football stories about the Dutch, from the hidden political agenda of perfectionism, to the more publicly predominance of aesthetics over simplicity. Today …