Örebro Syrianska IF is a Swedish football club based in Örebro, founded in 1977 as the first Syriac football club in Sweden. The club’s visual identity is built around a circular emblem featuring a Syriac eagle in red and yellow, with the club name surrounding the central motif.
Design and History
The club’s founding colors and emblem were established by an early board decision. According to the club’s own graphic profile document, the board decided that the association’s colors would be red and yellow, and its emblem would feature a Syriac eagle in the middle with the text “Örebro Syrianska” around it. The document describes the characteristic mark as the Syriac eagle in red and yellow with the text surrounding it. [1]
The club’s statutes confirm that the competition kit shall be designed mainly in the club’s colors, yellow and red. [2] These colors have remained consistent through the club’s history, with the home kit described as red and yellow in club communications from 2009 and 2012. [3] [4]
Meaning and Symbolism
The Syriac eagle is the central element of the emblem, directly reflecting the club’s Syriac heritage. The club was founded in 1977 as the first Syriac football association in Sweden, and the eagle serves as an ethnic and cultural identifier for the community. [5] The circular format with the club name surrounding the eagle follows a conventional sporting crest layout, placing the cultural symbol at the center of the identity.
Typography and Design
The club’s graphic profile document, published in December 2019, establishes the official visual guidelines for the emblem. The document specifies the Syriac eagle in red and yellow with the club name text arranged around it, forming the complete circular mark. [1] The design is intended to function across club communications, from match-day materials to the official website, which was relaunched in 2017 with a new layout and mobile adaptation. [6]
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