What are Guadalajara's colors?

Club Deportivo Guadalajara is immediately recognizable by the red-and-white vertical stripes of its traditional home shirt, accompanied historically by blue shorts. The combination has remained central to the club’s visual identity for more than a century, with red, white, and blue also appearing throughout its crest and modern uniform designs. Founded in Guadalajara on May 8, 1906, the club began as Unión Football Club before adopting the Guadalajara name in 1908. Its striped shirt soon became the defining feature of the team’s appearance. Better known as Chivas, Guadalajara has carried that distinctive look through amateur football, the beginning of Mexico’s professional era, numerous championship seasons, and its move to Estadio Akron. While individual kit designs have changed, the red-and-white striped home shirt remains the most consistent element connecting present-day Guadalajara with its earliest years.

Guadalajara did not wear its familiar stripes in its very first match, when the young team appeared in white. The red-and-white pattern was introduced during the club’s early development at the suggestion of Belgian co-founder Edgar Everaert. The colors were connected to Bruges, his home city in Belgium, and Guadalajara subsequently established a traditional uniform combining a red-and-white striped jersey with blue shorts. That arrangement proved remarkably durable. Even when manufacturers have altered stripe widths, collars, trim, and other details, the three-color palette has remained a recognizable part of the club. Modern Guadalajara kits and club imagery still use Red, White, and Blue, preserving a visual connection to a design adopted during the formative years of the institution.