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See also:![[Flag of Uruguayan Football Asociation]](../images/u/uy@audef.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 March 2019The flag of the Uruguayan Football Association (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol AUF.) is clearly inspired by the nine white and blue stripes of the Pabellon Nacional (the Uruguayan National Flag), and by the red diagonal of the Artigas' Flag. The flag has the acronym of the association (A.U.de F.) in white letters, inside the red diagonal.
Francisco Gregoric, 12 June 2004
Reverse
![[Flag of Uruguayan Football Asociation]](../images/u/uy@audef-r.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 March 2019
The reverse of AUF flag have no letters.
Tomislav Šipek, 27 March 2019
![[Flag of Uruguayan Football Asociation]](../images/u/uy@auf1.gif)
image by Tomislav Šipek, 27 March 2019
Based on
https://www.teledoce.com/telemundo/deportes/futbol-uruguayo/este-viernes-habra-una-reunion-clave-en-la-auf-para-definir-la-fecha-de-las-elecciones-y-el-comienzo-del-torneo-apertura-2019/,
a white flag, celeste blue border, with the logo centered.
Tomislav Šipek, 27 March 2019
«How come then that the Uruguayan football national team wears
celeste jerseys?». After some research I found that in 1910,
in Buenos Aires, just before a football match between the national
teams of both countries [Uruguay and Argentina],
it happened that both teams were about to wear white clothing. To
avoid confusions, it was agreed that the Uruguayans would wear
celeste, while the locals would keep their white shirts.
Those were the distinctive colours of our respective national teams.
The Uruguayan football teams (national team only), wear the
celeste to this day. The Argentineans, instead, later
changed their colour to a vertical striped shirt, alternating blue
(darker than celeste) [thus inversely of their
respective national flags].
Jorge Cajarville, 14 June 2000
The National Football Team of Uruguay is popularly known as "La Celeste" for the color of their jerseys. The team was the Champion of the World Cups of 1930 and 1950.
Francisco Gregoric, 12 June 2004
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