Many national teams are keen for their players to wear shirts bearing the same colors as their national flag, as part of the country's national visual identity, but the matter is different for a number of teams, which belong to themselves with an official shirt bearing colors that do not exist at all in their national flag, so what is the secret behind that?

The answer was in a report published by the Italian newspaper "GQ", and it reviews the real reasons why teams such as Italy, the Netherlands and Germany wear shirts in colors that do not exist in their national flag.

Italy blue jersey

The report stated that the color associated with the Italian national team is blue, and the reasons for its use date back to the period of royal rule, as the royal palace used this color in 1366 when King Amedeo VI wanted a banner for his kingdom.

Italy's national team in blue (Getty Images)

Then later, blue also became the official color of the royal army, to extend to the world of sports, as it was chosen for the national team shirt during the monarchy period, and it did not change even after the transition to the republican system.

Holland and orange

Fans call Dutch players (or the Netherlands national team) the "Orange" (in Dutch, "Urini").

However, the flag of the Netherlands is completely devoid of this colour, and instead features 3 horizontal stripes: red, white and blue.

The use of orange dates back to considerations from the distant past, as it was chosen by the Dutch ancestors of the dynasty of King William I, known as "William of Orange", which bears the same meaning as orange.

Germany chooses white

Also, the German flag contains black, red and yellow, and there is no white at all.

However, if we think of the German national team, the stars who passed the “Manshafts” come to mind, such as Rummenigge, Klinsmann, Bremie and Fuller, as they run on the green grass in a white shirt.

From the Germany-Costa Rica match (Getty Images)

In the case of Germany as well, we must search in history books for the reasons for this choice, because it is the official color of the Kingdom of "Torun", which remained the center of the German Empire for more than 200 years, from 1701 to 1918.

Australian yellow

The matter is the same with the Australian national team, although the flag of this country is blue with some stars, the national team shirt is famous for golden yellow decorated with some green, and the first time this color was adopted in 1899, on the occasion of a tournament played by the cricket team in England, so why This color was chosen?

The joy of Australia qualifying for the World Cup finals in Qatar (Reuters)

In the case of Australia, there are two hypotheses: the first, and the most plausible, is that it is the color that symbolizes the famous mimosa flower.

As for the second, it indicates that yellow symbolizes deserts and green forests, which is the dominant geography of much of the Australian territory.

Venezuela and purple

Doubt has always accompanied Venezuela's choice of purple, as some see it as a symbol of oil, an important source of income for this country.

Venezuela national team in a previous match against Argentina (Getty Images)

Others point out that it stands for red wine, one of the most marketed products in this Latin American country.

Japan.. in blue too

As it is known, the flag of Japan is white with a red circle in the middle, and it is completely devoid of the blue that was chosen for the jersey of the Japanese national teams.

Japan celebrates the goal against Spain (Reuters)

In the case of Japan, the reason is finally far from historical or geographical ties.

The choice of this color goes back to the first official match of the Japanese national team in an international tournament, and it was played in Tokyo in 1930, where a team from the University of Tokyo, which was dominant at the time in the tournament, was chosen to represent the country, and the color of the shirt of this team was blue, and because it achieved a victory at that time , never changed their superstitious belief that he would be a good luck charm.