Colours, Badge and Nicknames
| Salernitana's original kit. |
Salernitana originally wore light blue and white striped shirts, known in Italy as biancocelesti. The blue on the shirt was chosen to represent the sea, Salerno the city lies right next to the Gulf of Salerno and has a long tradition as a porting city. During the 1940s the club changed to maroon coloured shirts, which has gained them the nickname granata in their homeland.
In the 2011-12 season as Salerno Calcio the shirt was striped blue and deep red, with the symbol of St. Matthew, patron of the city, similar to that of Barcelona.
Since 12 July 2012 with the renaming as U.S. Salernitana 1919, the colour of the first shirt is again the traditional garnet.
Read more about this topic: Salernitana Calcio 1919
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