What are Pumas UNAM's colors?
The Blue-and-Gold Puma at the Center of Pumas UNAM
Pumas UNAM’s blue and gold connect the football club directly to the sporting identity of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The colors were established in university sport before the professional football team began competing in 1954, and they have remained central to Club Universidad Nacional ever since. Based in Mexico City, Pumas plays its home matches at Estadio Olímpico Universitario. The club’s visual identity is especially recognizable for the way the stylized Puma emblem is incorporated into its shirts, often appearing as a large central design rather than only as a small badge. Blue and gold work together with that distinctive Puma symbol to create a direct visual link between the football team and the wider sporting tradition of UNAM.
The Puma Emblem Introduced in 1974
The modern Puma emblem dates to 1974 and was created by Manuel Andrade Rodríguez. Its design combines the face of a puma with a geometric form that also incorporates the shape of the letter U, linking the symbol to the university. The Puma sits within a rounded triangular structure whose three sides represent teaching, research, and the diffusion of culture, three central functions of UNAM. Blue and gold reinforce that university connection throughout the emblem and surrounding visual identity. The result is a mark that works both as a football badge and as a recognizable symbol of university sport.
