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Jako AG is a German sportswear company based in the Hollenbach district of Mulfingen, Baden-Württemberg. The company was founded by Rudi Sprügel in 1989 in Stachenhausen. [1] Jako provides kits for teams playing association football, handball, basketball, ice hockey and other sports. [1] Jako has provided teams with equipment since 1989.
KiK is a member of the German government's Partnership for Sustainable Textiles, a multi-stakeholder initiative to bring social, ecological and economic improvements along the textile supply chain. KiK is among over 150 members including Otto Group , Adidas , Hugo Boss and Puma and is engaged in all the initiative's working groups.
The national team's home kit has been traditionally a white shirt, black shorts, and white socks. The colours are derived from the 19th-century flag of the North German State of Prussia . [ 148 ] Since 1988, many of the home kit's designs incorporate details patterned after the modern German flag.
Still reeling from the Kanye West scandal and its loss of the German national team kit deal, the athletic gear brand points the blame for the fiasco on the country's football association.
Of the 16 teams that competed, 15 wore kit manufactured by Umbro, [4] the only exception being the USSR. By the late 1960s, 85% of British football teams wore kits manufactured by the company, including Celtic, the first British team to win a European Cup in 1967. Liverpool FC won the first four of their six European Cups while wearing Umbro ...
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In 1981, the German national team was formed, winning its first-ever international, a game against Italy, 12–6. [3] On 16 October 1982, the AFVD was officially formed and, in the following year, it was decided to form regional associations as well. The German national team, also from 1983 onwards, started to participate in the European ...
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