Sporting Clube de Braga (Portugal)

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• Introduction
• Football Bicolour
• Boccia Monocolour

• Portuguese Sport Flags
• Braga municipality
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• English WIKIPEDIA

Introduction

See WIKIPEDIA article with link above for general info. The club´s colours, also used in its primary kit, are red and white — and that is the colour combo used in most of the club´s flags, both the official one(s) and those created, more or less organically, by fans and supporters.
I found a 6-stage logo history graphic onlinehere (in unrelated context), which suggests that the first emblem was green and white. This must have been between the foundation of the club in 1921 and not much later, as by 1945, when white sleeves were added to the kit, it was already otherwise all red with white shorts, according to article above. (with apparently solid citation support).
The emblem has been always a derivative of the municipal coat of arms, as so many other sports clubs and other such entities of the time, due very likely to the comtemporary massive adoption of modern-style coats of arms by municipalities. The mural crown is consistently golden, and this deviation from the official prescription for silver crowns in the arms of regular municipalities may account for the mentioned errors in some modern depictions of the municipal arms of Braga Braga (because meanwhile the club´s logo become more popular and ubiquitous than the city´s own coat of arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Nov 2024

Football Bicolour

The most often encountered version is an equal vertical bicolour of red and white with the emblem centred over all (see image at top).
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Nov 2024

Boccia Monocolour

An one-off example of the club´s emblem printed in red monochrome on an approx. 3:4 white cloth, in official use (it is senior boccia, though, not soccer).
Source: this webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 29 Nov 2024

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