German soccer authorities will redesign the number “4” on the country’s national jerseys amid claims it resembles a logo used by Nazi paramilitary units.. The German Football Association ...

Germany's soccer federation is redesigning its national team's Adidas jerseys after claims that the kits' No. 44 numbering looked similar to a Nazi symbol. The German soccer federation (DFB ...

The German Football Association (DFB) is working to redesign soccer jerseys with numbers that have conjured up memories of the country’s Nazi past.. The uniforms in question feature a number 4 ...

The German soccer federation and Adidas have stopped the sale of Germany jerseys with the number 44 because of a resemblance to the logo of the Nazi Party’s notorious SS paramilitary units.

Münch said the number 44 on the jersey could be read as the “rune signs for the letters ‘SS,’” used in the 19th and 20th centuries. Unlike in the U.S., the symbols are banned in Germany.