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05 Jan Zamalek at 116: The White Knight with the two red stripes
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On 5 January 1911 a club was founded in Cairo that is now one of the best loved in Africa. Zamalek turns 116 on 5 January 2027. Behind the white shirt with the two red stripes lies a story with four names, a king and a revolution. A Belgian lawyer in Cairo The founder was George Merzbach, a Belgian lawyer living in the Egyptian capital. The club wa..
05 Jan Kilmarnock at 158: From cricket players to blue-and-white stripes
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On 5 January 1869 a group of young men in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock met to organise something to do over the winter. Kilmarnock turns 158 on 5 January 2027 and is regarded as the oldest professional club in Scotland. Its story begins, oddly enough, with cricket and rugby. A winter hobby for cricket players The founders were mostly friends and..
02 Jan Cruzeiro: from the green of Palestra Itália to the stars of the south
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Cruzeiro start the new year with a double celebration. The club was founded in Belo Horizonte on 2 January 1921, and in 2027 it turns 106. Yet for its first twenty years it had another name and another colour. Before becoming "A Raposa" with stars on its chest, the team wore green and spoke Italian. Palestra Itália, the immigrants' club The founder..
01 Jan Vélez Sarsfield at 117: The blue 'V' that came from a forgotten batch of rugby shirts
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On 1 January 1910, while Buenos Aires was celebrating New Year's Day, a group of young men set up a football club that would one day become world champion. Vélez Sarsfield turns 117 on 1 January 2027. Let's see how a white shirt with a blue 'V' became the symbol of an entire neighbourhood. A rainstorm that gave birth to a club The story starts in l..
01 Jan Independiente: the independents who borrowed Nottingham Forest's red
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New Year's Day and a birthday at once: Independiente counts its age from 1 January 1905, the day an assembly of young shop workers in Buenos Aires gave official form to a club that had already been born in their hearts. Today the Avellaneda side turns 122, and its story begins with a rebellion and runs through a red shirt borrowed from England. A r..
29 Dec Auxerre: 121 years from Abbé Deschamps to the Maltese cross
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Auxerre was founded on 29 December 1905 by a young priest, in a small town in Burgundy. On 29 December 2026 it turns 121 years old. It is the club that became a legend without a big city behind it, only with patience and youth academies. A priest and the town's young people The founder was Abbé Ernest Deschamps, a vicar at the Saint-Étienne cathedr..
25 Dec Reading FC: born on Christmas Day, blue and white hoops and 155 years of history
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Few clubs have such a festive birthday. Reading were founded on Christmas Day, 25 December 1871, and this year they celebrate 155 years, which makes them one of the oldest professional clubs in England. Their shirt, with its blue and white horizontal hoops, has not always looked the same. It was lost, found again and at one point came back because ..
25 Dec Arouca at 74: The mountain
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Arouca was born on Christmas Day, 25 December 1952, in a small town near Porto. On 25 December 2026 it turns 74 years old. It is one of the loveliest "small club" stories in European football. A Christmas present According to Portuguese Wikipedia, the founder of Futebol Clube de Arouca was Fernando Pinto Calçada. For more than fifty years the team ..
24 Dec Rosario Central: 137 years from British railwaymen to the blue and yellow of Arroyito
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Christmas Eve, 24 December 1889: in Rosario, Argentina, workers of a British railway found their own team. On 24 December 2026 Rosario Central turns 137 years old. It is the club of Kempes, Di María and the legendary "palomita". A railway team The founders worked for the Central Argentine Railway, the British-owned railway company. Thomas Mutton pr..
19 Dec Borussia Dortmund: the club born in defiance of a priest that turned yellow and black
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Borussia Dortmund was born out of a small rebellion. On 19 December 1909, in a pub on the north side of Dortmund, a group of young men decided to play football without asking anyone's permission. 117 years have passed since that evening, and the team that started out in blue and white stripes is now synonymous with yellow and black. The "Zum Wildsc..
16 Dec AC Milan at 127: red, black and the white shirt of the finals
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On 16 December 1899 a club with an English name and an Italian soul was born in Milan. This year AC Milan blows out 127 candles, with seven European Cups in the trophy cabinet, two of them won in Athens. Its story can also be told through a shirt: the red and black stripes worn at home and the white strip that became the lucky charm of the big fina..
16 Dec Parma: the club born for Verdi that wears the cross
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Parma was born with Verdi's music in the background. In the summer of 1913, the year the city celebrated a hundred years since the great composer's birth, a group of young men set up Verdi Foot Ball Club. On 16 December 1913 that team became Parma Foot Ball Club, and this is the date the club regards as its starting point. This year the "Crociati" ..
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