Kolkata: Before the start of the 2026 World Cup, Egypt is at the center of controversy. Before the start of the tournament, Haiti was first ordered by FIFA to change the jersey. It was said that the players of Haiti cannot play with the flag of Poland.

This time, FIFA also instructed the Egyptian team. According to FIFA, their current jerseys or uniform jerseys for the World Cup do not comply with FIFA regulations. As a result, Egypt was forced to make major changes to this jersey before entering the field.

Egypt's Football Association has been ordered by FIFA to make two key changes. First, Egypt must immediately remove the stars on the national team's logo or crest. Second, the colors of the players' names and numbers on the back of the jerseys should be changed.

Why did FIFA give this order? The Egyptian team has 7 stars on their badge. These 7 stars actually symbolize their victory in the African Cup 'African Cup of Nations or AFCON'.

Egypt is known as the most successful team in African football. 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008 – Egypt won the Afcon 7 times. But FIFA has asked to change this jersey.

According to FIFA rules, during the World Cup, national team jerseys cannot use anything other than the symbol of winning the World Cup. Since Egypt has never won the World Cup, they cannot wear this star. In addition, FIFA asked to change the color of these numbers and names to facilitate match referees and TV broadcasts.

Because, since the color of this number or name of Egypt is golden, it is difficult for the referee to see. FIFA has ordered the use of white instead of gold to increase contrast or visibility for the convenience of spectators. However, Egypt football team leaders already knew about this.

It is heard that the new jersey will be ready for Egypt next Tuesday, June 16 before going down against Belgium. Iran, New Zealand and Belgium are with Egypt in this group. This group is practicing with Iran.

Among them, Group G is working on this new FIFA guideline.