– It sounds strange. It shouldn’t be like that, says expert on German football, Eivind Bisgaard Sundet, to news. In Norway, Rosenborg has had two stars above the logo for over 20 years, but at the turn of the year it ended. The reason was that Rosenborg’s women’s and men’s teams merged into one club. Norwegian teams can put a star above their logo after winning the series ten times. Rosenborg has two stars after its 26 league championships. OLD LOGO: This is what Rosenborg’s logo looked like before they merged with the women’s team. Before, the stars were used on the logo in several contexts, but in 2023 they will only be used on the suits and training clothes of the men’s team. In Germany, the rule for stars above the logo is slightly different. Bayern Munich’s women’s team could have had one star after their four titles, but it is the five stars for the men that are used. NORWEGIAN COACH: Alexander Straus is the coach of Bayern Munich’s women’s team. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT / NTB – Discriminating stars are a proud tradition in Germany. Bayern is the only team with five stars, but they did not use five stars until the men’s team had won their 30th title. The star rules for Germany are as follows: One star after three titles won Two stars after five titles won Three stars after ten titles won Four stars after 20 titles won Five stars after 30 titles won FIVE STARS: Bayern players Klara Bühl, Carolin Simon and Sydney Lohmann celebrates scoring against Benfica in the Meisterliga. Photo: ANDREAS GEBERT / Reuters FIVE STARS: Thomas Müller from Friday’s match against Leipzig. news’s sports commentator believes that it is an “old-fashioned” way of thinking that women cannot show their merits. – It is discriminatory when women are not allowed to show off their merits, regardless of whether they are not yet on the same level as the men. It is terribly out of date, says Jan Petter Saltvedt. Bayern Munich responds In the same league as Bayern Munich, the German women’s Bundesliga, Wolfsburg and Frankfurt, for example, use two stars on their kits. They do so because the women have won the series five or more times. Wolfsburg’s men’s team will not be allowed to use the women’s team’s two stars, a spokesperson for the Bundesliga told news. TWO STARS: Danish Pernille Harder played with two stars above the lodge after the women’s team had won the series five times. The men have only won two. The picture was taken before Harder announced his transfer to Chelsea. Photo: POOL New / Reuters ZERO STARS: Wolfsburg and Josuha Guilavogui use no stars after two titles. They are not allowed to use the women’s stars. Photo: RONNY HARTMANN / AFP news has been in contact with Bayern Munich, who say that the topic has been taken up. – We constantly have discussions on all topics in the club, including the question of what the team’s equipment should look like. There have already been concrete proposals on the table, but it is too early to talk about, Bayern Munich’s press office wrote in an email to news. news has also been in contact with the players Emilie Bragstad and Tuva Hansen, who have not yet responded to news’s questions. Bayern’s Norwegian coach writes the following when asked if the stars are something he has thought about: – Not even a little bit, I don’t reflect on such things, as it is not important to me in my job, writes Alexander Straus in a text message to news. – Acting as Rosenborg Rosenborg player Matilde Alsaker Rogde did not know that Bayern Munich’s women’s team played with the men’s stars, but believes that the ladies’ stars should be better represented. – They should either have no stars or that the two teams played with their own, like we do (in Rosenborg). If nothing stands in the way of doing things the same way, it should be done the same way. That is the least one can expect, says Rogde to news. HAD REACTED: Rosenborg player Matilde Alsaker Rogde. Photo: Ole Martin Wold / NTB – They are also one club, so it makes more sense to represent both at the same time. If I had been in such a situation, I think that it is something I would have stumbled upon in any case, she says. Viaplay commentator Sundet, who has followed German football for a year, finds it strange that Bayern Munich’s women’s team did not value the merits of the women better. – It seems a bit strange that they should use the merits for the gentlemen. They have won on their own. This was special, says Sundet. Saltvedt believes Bayern Munich can learn from Rosenborg. – The women must be shown their merits and their men. It’s easy. If not, they should drop it altogether, says Saltvedt.
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