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![[Flag of Uruguayan Football Asociation]](../images/u/uy@audef.gif)
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by Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 16 Mar 2003
The flag of the Uruguayan Football Asociation (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 asociation (A.U.DE F.) in white letters, inside the red diagonal.
Francisco Gregoric, 12 Jun 2004
«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 Jun 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 Jun 2004