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LOS ANGELES – Haiti have been forced to change their kit design just days before their World Cup opener against Scotland after FIFA banned a depiction of a war scene on the shirts.<\/p>\n
An illustration of the Battle of Vertieres in 1803, which secured Haiti\u2019s independence, with the Haitian flag had been embedded on the shirts worn by the players in two warm-up friendlies in Florida.<\/p>\n
Colombian manufacturer Saeta said on Wednesday that they have modified the kit to meet FIFA\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe final design presented by Saeta was intended as a tribute to the men and women who contribute every day to Haiti\u2019s future and was not intended as a political statement,\u201d Saeta said in a statement posted on Instagram.<\/p>\n
\u201cDuring the review process, FIFA determined that certain visual elements could be interpreted differently under its equipment regulations and ultimately requested modifications to the design.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile this interpretation differed from our intention, Saeta respected the process and implemented the final requirements communicated by FIFA.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haiti begin their first World Cup campaign in 52 years against Scotland in Boston on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Caribbean minnows, ranked 83rd in the world, then face the might of five-time winners Brazil and African champions Morocco in Group C.<\/p>\n
Haiti\u2019s qualification is one of the most inspiring tales of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Despite a backdrop of domestic chaos, with the impoverished nation grappling with gang violence that meant they were unable to play home qualifiers in the country, they have reached just a second World Cup in their history.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know people might have a bad image of our country, that it has lots of problems, but this will do the country, the people, my family so much good,\u201d star midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde told AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLISHED : 11 Jun 2026 at 09:00 The official Haiti uniform includes an illustration of the Battle of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[225246,225247,225243,225249,225242,225245,85,46,225248,225244,105],"class_list":["post-486981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-battle-of-vertieres","tag-fifa-equipment-rules","tag-fifa-world-cup-regulations","tag-haiti-football-history","tag-haiti-national-football-team","tag-haiti-world-cup-campaign","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jean-ricner-bellegarde","tag-saeta-football-kits","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}