The Ultimate Football Crest Tournament: Europe vs Rest of the World

Omackeral

Steaua Bucharest (ROM)



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Al Wehda (KSA)



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Sampdoria (ITA)



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Kashima Antlers (JPN)

Necro

Al Wehda. Is that a flaming pony?

And Kashima Antlers. Powerful crest that

Electric Nitwit

Necro wrote: »

Al Wehda. Is that a flaming pony?

And Kashima Antlers. Powerful crest that

Dragon, surely?

But I agree with Necro, Wehda and Kadhima please

Wedha I like it

Sampdoria - looks like a Mary Poppins /Sherlock Holmes mash up with a mallet sticking out of the nose.

Wuff Wuff

Kashima Antlers - nice crest

Steau Bucharest - european champions at one point a fine crest

Skylinehead

Oh this ones tough.

Love me some Steaua but crest doesn't cut it here.

Flaming horse snake is a good concept, but it seems a bit amateur and cliparty. Sampdoria's pipe sailor is a classic, and the Kashima Antlers logo is just class. So the latter two.

Ferris_Bueller

I will go Kashima Antlers for the antlers (obviously) and then Steaua Bucharest as it looks like a proper football crest. During the flags tournament I found myself voting for a lot of colourful and almost cartoonish looking flags, but I feel I could be the opposite here. Al Wehda looks way too much like a crest from a team who would play the Mighty Ducks.

Baggly

Omackeral wrote:

Al Wehda (KSA)

Omackeral wrote:

Kashima Antlers (JPN)

Both just seem to have a little more about them. Antlers in particular have a really clean design.

Electric Nitwit

Just looked up Baciccia, Sampdoria's sailor. Here he is...

Necro

All the Crests so far have been pretty good imo. Good picking people!

Hill St Blue

Sampdoria and Kashima for me!

Zaph

Al Wehda - a flaming dragon? I'm in.

Kashima Antlers - nice design

Omackeral

I think the group topper is probably decided already, just a matter of who can grab the second qualifying spot.

Zaph

Wuff Wuff wrote: »

Steau Bucharest - european champions at one point a fine crest

I'll never forgive them for making me endure the 1986 European Cup final. One of the worst matches I've ever sat through.

Omackeral

10 minutes remain

gerrybbadd

Al Wehda - Wow amazing looking emblem. Love it

The Anthlers is my 2nd choice. Just looks cooler in my opinion

davetherave

Antlers and Al Wehda, for much the same reasons as Zaph. A nice sleek design on the Antlers one, and a flaming dragon on the other.

Omackeral

Kashima Antlers of Japan top the group with 10 votes and are joined by the Saudi side in second.

Kashima Antlers and Al Wehda progress

Omackeral

Vitesse (NED)



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FC Goa (IND)



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AEK Athens (GRE)



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New England Revolution (USA)

sullivlo

Goa - love the colours
New England progressive (the last crest) cos its actually really pretty

gerrybbadd

Couple of double headed birds here!

I'm picking Vitesse, i love the colour choice here.

2nd one i choose is the New England Revolution. No mistaking where this team is from, and what sport it belongs to. Great choice for an emblem for any team from the States.

Vitesse & AEK Athens

I like both best

Wuff Wuff

Vitesse & AEK Athens

I also like both best

Necro

Goa and New Revolution. Just the nicer Crests here imo

rainbowtrout

Vitesse and Goa

simonw

New England, reminds me of that USA jersey from the 94 world cup, and Goa

Skylinehead

Vitesse and AEK. Goa looks like an NBA team or something, too abstract for football.

NE looks pretty good, but double headed eagles are just cooler. Albania-style.

Hill St Blue

Vitesse and New England Revolution for me

Zaph

FC Goa and New England Revolution - not a fan of yellow and black together and both the others have that

Omackeral

We have joint top winners. One from Europe and one from North America.

Vitesse (NED) and New England Revolution (USA) advance

Omackeral

Ajax (NED)



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Kerala Blasters (IND)



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Brescia (ITA)



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Persebaya Surabaya (IDN)

Kerala for the elephant

Persabaya for the crocodile and the weird sharks tail

gerrybbadd

Kerala, also for the elephant, and Brescia for that cool Lion.

Skylinehead

Ajax. A classic.

Persayaba for the crocoshark (Sharkodile?).

Sawduck

Ajax it's simple but cool
Persebaya Surabaya nice colour combo and cool crocodile

rainbowtrout

Kerala

Persabaya Surabaya

Arghus

Ajax, one of the all time greats.

Kerala because Elephant.

Necro

Persebaya, my nom. It's ruddy awesome.

I'll give Ajax a vote here too.

Electric Nitwit

Ajax, classic
Brescia, like Copenhagen's, but better

davetherave

Ajax, nice symbology behind it.

Kerala Blasters is a decent looking logo, and it has an elephant on it...but I think it would look better if it had just the one shade of blue.

Brescia gets the second vote.

Kerala - for the elephant

Persabaya Surabaya - for the shark and crocodile

Omackeral

10 minutes remain

Zaph

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Kerala for the elephant

Persabaya for the crocodile and the weird sharks tail

Same as Strawbs for me

Omackeral

Perseabaya top the group. We have a tie for second place between Ajax and Kerala. To be honest, not much was given in the way of reasons other than cool or elephant so I'll make a decision on this myself. I feel the Kerala Blasters one stands out a lot more and catches the eye while the Ajax one is a bit too minimalist for me.

Persebaya Surabaya and Kerala Blasters advance

Omackeral

One more group stage match coming up and then a wee break.

Omackeral

Delfino Pescara 1936 (ITA)



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Kyoto Sanga (JPN)



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Amiens SC (FRA)



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Orlando Pirates (RSA)

Amiens- that’s pure class that one

The pirates. Ooooh arrrrr. Shiver me timbers.

Zaph

Delfino Pescara 1936 - the colours are great and it's got a dolphin on it. What's not to like?

Orlando Pirates - tough call between this and Kyoto, but as St. Pauli disappointingly don't actually have a skull and crossbones on their crest I'll have to go for the next best option. It looks pretty menacing too.

Necro

Kyoto, love the symbol.

Orlando Pirates is a great nom. ARRR me mateys. Gets my vote.

afro man

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Östersunds FK - Amazing looking crest. Classical in design, and nice use of Colour

Arsenal - up against fecking BAMBI??? Ya, the Gunners win here

Bambi has more heart and fight than Arsenal :D