adidas’ Three Stripes made their first appearance on apparel when they were incorporated into the design of track suits in 1962.
At the 1998 World Cup in France, adidas supplied the match balls and outfitted 12,000 officials, referees, linesmen and volunteers.
Rules of the Game: If a player wears thermal tights, they must be of the same main color as the player’s shorts.
The mascot for the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina was a boy character named Gauchito.
Karl-Heinz Korbel, who played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1972 to 1991, holds the record for Bundesliga appearances with 602.