The Netherlands national team will wear an orange shirt at Euro 2024 despite the colour not featuring on the country's flag
Football fans are realising why the Netherlands national team wear an orange shirt despite the colour not featuring on the country's flag.Their 'total football' has captivated the imagination of coaches all around the world and its impact is still extremely prominent in today's game.
Ronald Koeman’s kicked off their tournament with a 2-1 win against Poland on Sunday at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg andThe flag of the Netherlands is red, white, and blue, but have you ever stopped to wonder why the shirts they wear are orange? They are not the only country who wear a different coloured kit to the ones represented on their flag, withThe Netherlands' kit and crest are orange because it's the colour of the House of Orange-Nassau - the Dutch royal family.'Prince of Orange' is seen as a compliment in the country. They aren't the only sports team to wear orange.
The Netherlands' hockey and rugby teams do so too, along with a number of other sports teams, while the football team's nickname is 'Oranje'.In the years after the country earned independence from Spanish rule, the national flag was actually originally blue, white and orange. Tom Jenkins is a Social Editor and Journalist for SPORTBible. Specialises in Football and F1 but has experience covering a variety of sports such as MMA, Boxing and Cricket. Suffers weekly as an Evertonian.
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