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80-606: First Ukrainian hockey competitions were conducting since February 1949. Prior to the formation of the Professional Hockey League (PHL), the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) administered and handed out the award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual regular season , then playoff for the title. On July 25, 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to

160-577: A Fitzroy v Collingwood Australian rules football match. Player numbers were used in a Queensland vs. New Zealand rugby match played on 17 July 1897, in Brisbane, Australia, as reported in the Brisbane Courier . In association football , the first record of numbered jerseys date back to 1911, with Australian teams Sydney Leichhardt and HMS Powerful being the first to use squad numbers on their backs. One year later, numbering in football

240-438: A jersey , short pants, socks, gloves, and a helmet. Most PHL jerseys display the team's primary logo in the centre of the chest, while some also display secondary logos on the shoulders. Each player in a team's line-up for a game must have a different number displayed on the back of their jersey, as well as the player's surname above their number on the back of their jersey, which according to league regulations must be written in

320-559: A leading zero . However, starting in the 2023–24 season, the NCAA has returned to allowing all numbers from 0 to 99 in both men's and women's basketball. The rule about "0" and "00" no longer applies in the NBA but previously, in 2000, Utah Jazz center Greg Ostertag changed from "00" to "39" so Olden Polynice could wear No. 0 and in 2003, Washington Wizards center Brendan Haywood switched from No. 00 to No. 33 so Gilbert Arenas (who had

400-555: A best-of-five format playoff to determine final positioning. In addition to the title, winning team is given a cash prize by the league, $ 1,000,000 USD, shared by all of the players. National finalists receive silver and bronze medals. The winner of the Ukrainian Championship is also guaranteed qualification into the IIHF Continental Cup season. Squad number#Ice hockey In team sports,

480-518: A club's primary sponsor. Because of the prevalence of the Russian language in Ukraine , some teams present their club name and logo solely in the Russian language (specifically, Donbass and Kharkovskiye Akuly). A club's name is usually composed of the prefix "Hockey Club" to describe the team's organizational status and its associated sport. The suffix is generally a proper name or mascot in either

560-783: A division of the Ukrainian Championship. Following the 2010–11 season, the league dissolved. The top division, Division A (also known as the Central Division), became the PHL; Division B (the Western Division) became the Western Ukrainian Amateur Hockey League . Following the 2012–13 season, and financial turmoil, the FHU retook control of awarding the Ukrainian Hockey Championship. League uniforms consist of

640-482: A goalkeeper exclusively. That change was first applied in the 1990 World Cup . The rule is still active for competitions organised by the body. In 1993, England's Football Association switched to persistent squad numbers, abandoning the mandatory use of 1–11 for the starting line-up. The persistent number system became standard in the FA Premier League in the 1993–94 season, with names printed above

720-534: A lineman or linebacker play at fullback or tight end in short yardage situations. If a player changes primary positions, he is not required to change his number unless he changes from an eligible position to an ineligible one or vice versa (as such, Devin Hester got to keep his number 23 when changing his primary position from cornerback to wide receiver before the 2007 season). In preseason games, when teams have expanded rosters, players may wear numbers that are outside of

800-506: A major expansion. Numbers are always worn on the front and back of a player's jersey, and so-called "TV numbers" are worn on either the sleeve or shoulder. The Cincinnati Bengals were the last NFL team to wear jerseys without TV numbers on a regular basis in 1980 , though since then several NFL teams have worn throwback uniforms without them, as their jersey designs predated the introduction of TV numbers. Players' last names, however, are required on all uniforms, even throwbacks which predate

880-559: A player's Test uniform, but it is always in discreet small type on the front, and never displayed prominently. For Gaelic football and hurling , the GAA specifies that players must be numbered from 1 to 24 in championships organised by the body. In camogie , the Association does not specify any criteria for numbering. Apart from that, in Gaelic sports goalkeepers generally wear

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960-465: A player's position in the batting order ; which is why Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig wore their famous numbers 3 and 4; they batted third and fourth respectively that season. Numbers 1–8 were assigned to the regular starters at their respective batting order positions, numbers 9 and 10 were assigned to the Yankees' two backup catchers, while pitchers and backup fielders were assigned higher numbers. This

1040-411: A team from Dniprodzerzhynsk , and expected immediate expansion to include Sevastopol , Simferopol , Kremenchuk , Druzhkivka , and Luhansk ; the latter two of which will have new arenas constructed. PHL team names reflect the general culture of European ice hockey naming conventions. Club names may reflect historical, geographical, cultural, or political affiliations – or simply be the brand name of

1120-517: A variety of cultural reasons. Examples include stars Kenley Jansen (74), Aaron Judge (99), Luis Robert (88), Josh Hader (71), Nick Anderson (70), Seth Lugo (67), Jose Abreu (79), and Hyun-Jin Ryu (99). At the other end of the number line, Blake Snell (who wears No. 4) in 2018 became the first pitcher wearing a single-digit number to appear in the All-Star Game and the first to win

1200-582: Is allowed. Also, since 2011, no player can wear 00. Up to 2014, players in FIBA -organized competitions for national teams, including the Olympic Games , World Cup and Women's World Championship (since renamed the Women's World Cup), had to wear numbers from 4 to 15, due to the limitations of the digits in the human hand: Referees signal numbers 1 to 3 using their fingers to the table officials to indicate

1280-470: Is customary for players who relinquish the captaincy to switch to another number. AFL clubs generally do not retire numbers, and instead make a ceremony of continuity, featuring retiring champions "passing on" their famous guernsey numbers to chosen successors, usually at a club function or press conference. Prestigious numbers are handed on to highly touted draftees or young up-and-coming players who are shown to have promise and may share certain traits with

1360-541: Is less common than 0 through 5 since most players tend to keep the numbers that they had previously worn in college. However, with the increase in the number of international players, and other players who have been on national (FIBA) teams who change NBA teams and cannot keep their number with the previous team because another player has worn it or is retired, players have adopted such higher numbers ( Patrick Ewing with No. 6 in Orlando ). When Michael Jordan retired in 1993,

1440-503: Is more likely this number was number 32 and misread by a local journalist. Established players will often trade the bigger numbers allocated to rookies for more prestigious lower numbers later in their career. Mal Brown of Claremont in the WAFL demonstrated a blatant disregard for this practice in 1975, trading his normal number 55 for number 100. In baseball, players (and uniquely to baseball, coaches as well) generally wear large numbers on

1520-416: Is one source of the tradition against pitchers wearing single-digit numbers. Baseball players choose their own number for personal reasons, or accept a number assigned by the team. The reasons that players choose a particular number vary widely. Bill Voiselle in the 1940s wore No. 96 in honour of his hometown of Ninety Six, South Carolina . Hall-of-Fame catcher Carlton Fisk in the 1980s wore No. 72 with

1600-639: Is shown on the First National TV channel and the Hockey channel to broadcast regular season and playoff games. Many of the PHL's games are also broadcast online. The league was formed on 25 July 2011, in Kyiv , Ukraine, to reflect its fully professional status, apart from its predecessor organisation, the Major League ( Ukrainian : Вища ліга , Vyscha Liha ), which was controlled and operated by

1680-448: Is the numbering system established by the NFL. Small changes were made on occasion after 1973, including opening up the 10–19 range for wide receivers in 2004, and opening 40–49 up to linebackers in 2015, with the latter decree being named the "Brian Bosworth rule"; Bosworth wanted to wear 44, but was ordered to change it to 55. In the same year, numbers 50–59 were opened to defensive linemen;

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1760-479: The 1999 Cricket World Cup , where the captains wore the number 1 jersey and the rest of the squad was numbered from 2 to 15. An exception was that South African captain Hansie Cronje retained his usual number 5 with opener Gary Kirsten wearing the number 1 which he had also done previously. Shirt numbers no longer remain exclusive to the short forms of the game , and navy blue numbers are now used on

1840-504: The 2019–20 Portland Trail Blazers (Lillard and Carmelo Anthony ), the 2020–21 Portland Trail Blazers (Lillard and Anthony), the 2021–22 Golden State Warriors ( Jonathan Kuminga and Gary Payton II ), the 2022–23 Golden State Warriors (Kuminga and Donte DiVincenzo ), the 2022–23 Indiana Pacers ( Tyrese Haliburton and Bennedict Mathurin ), and the 2023–24 Indiana Pacers (Haliburton and Mathurin). The NBA has always allowed other numbers from 0 to 99, but use of digits 6 through 9

1920-635: The Chicago White Sox because a teammate was already using the No. 27 that Fisk had worn with his prior team, the Boston Red Sox . A number of players, often with iconoclastic personalities or with names featuring the letter "O", have worn No. 0 or No. 00, which are generally uncommon. Catcher Benito Santiago switched from No. 9 to No. 09 (with a leading zero) and wore the latter from 1991 to 1994 in an effort to make his uniform more comfortable,

2000-545: The Cy Young Award . In the early years of baseball, teams did not wear uniform numbers. Teams experimented with uniform numbers during the first two decades of the 20th century, with the first Major League team to use them being the 1916 Cleveland Indians which used them on their left sleeves for a few weeks before abandoning the experiment. Again in 1923, the St. Louis Cardinals tried out uniforms with small numbers on

2080-877: The Czech Republic , Slovakia and the United States. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union , subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Championship League , and Ukrainian independence , the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine established the country's first national league, the Ukrainian Hockey Championship , in 1992. The league was known as the Major League ( Ukrainian : Вища ліга , Vyscha Liha ) until 2009–10, when it reverted to its original role as

2160-552: The Houston Oilers also wore "00" during his NFL career in the 1970s. This NFL numbering system is based on a player's primary position. Any player wearing any number may play at any position at any time (though offensive players wearing numbers 50–79 or 90–99 must let the referee know that they are playing out of position by reporting as an "ineligible number in an eligible position"). It is not uncommon for running backs to line up at wide receiver on certain plays, or to have

2240-526: The Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) as part of the Ukrainian Hockey Championship, inaugurated in 1992. In obtaining the rights to the Championship, the FHU maintains a supervisory role, and reserves the right to intervene in league matters. Naturally, Ukrainians constitute a large majority of the players in the PHL. Expatriates account for 25% of the league's players, most of which come from Russia and Belarus , but also Lithuania , Latvia ,

2320-628: The Kyiv region . Sokil Kyiv is the only team in the PHL to have iced a team in every prior Ukrainian league season since its beginnings in 1992. Five of the league's original 8 teams competed in the final Major League season . Following the inaugural season, the league contracted to 7 teams, as Vinnytski Haidamaky lacked the funding and proper infrastructure to continue. Kharkiv's team, Akuly , withdrew as well to make way for Dynamo Kharkiv . Bilyi Bars relocated from Brovary to Bila Tserkva , another city still within Kyiv Oblast . Later, during

2400-519: The National Challenge Cup , although only the local team wore numbered shirts. In England, Arsenal coach Herbert Chapman brought the idea of numbered shirts, worn for the first time when his team played Sheffield Wednesday in 1928. Arsenal wore shirts from 1 to 11 while their rivals' numbered from 12 to 22. Similar numbering criteria were used in the 1933 FA Cup Final between Everton and Manchester City . Nevertheless, it

2480-467: The Ukrainian language . Bilyi Bars and Kompanion-Naftogaz drew criticism during the 2011–12 season for violating this rule and using the Russian language instead. While not required, teams typically place their numbers on each upper arm as well. Team captains and alternate captains wear the letters "C" or "K" ( Ukrainian : Капіта́н ), and "A" respectively on the front of their jerseys. The PHL

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2560-422: The number , often referred to as the uniform number , squad number , jersey number , shirt number , sweater number , or similar (with such naming differences varying by sport and region) is the number worn on a player's uniform , to identify and distinguish each player (and sometimes others, such as coaches and officials ) from others wearing the same or similar uniforms. The number is typically displayed on

2640-420: The "HC" prefix is dropped and the city name is added as a suffix (i.e. HC Sokil is often written as Sokil Kyiv). The Ukrainian Hockey Championship is an annual ice hockey award and national title , bestowed to the ice hockey organisation judged to have the best performing team in Ukraine, founded in 1992. Prior to the formation of the PHL, the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine (FHU) administered and handed out

2720-502: The 2012–13 season, HC Berkut was expelled from the league, Dynamo Kharkiv folded, and HC Donbass-2 dissolved following their championship at seasons-end. The league has been in discussions to create a junior affiliate league. In 2013–14, it was planned that a new team, Patriot Vinnytsia , will join the league, along with a team playing jointly in Ivano-Frankivsk & Kalush . The league has held negotiations to include

2800-560: The Celtics in 1996. Since then, a number of NBA teams have featured players wearing both 0 and 00, such as the 2014 Denver Nuggets ( Aaron Brooks and Darrell Arthur , respectively), the 2015–16 Denver Nuggets ( Emmanuel Mudiay and Arthur), the 2016–17 Indiana Pacers ( C. J. Miles and Brooks), the 2017–18 Cleveland Cavaliers ( Kevin Love and Chris Andersen ), the 2018–19 Portland Trail Blazers ( Damian Lillard and Enes Kanter ),

2880-463: The Chicago Bulls retired his 23; when he came out of retirement he chose to wear 45 until, during the 1995 NBA post-season, he went back to his familiar 23. Also, players cannot change numbers midseason, but they used to be able to ( Andre Iguodala and Antoine Wright changed from No. 4 and No. 15 to No. 9 and No. 21 for Chris Webber and Vince Carter , respectively). Since Kelenna Azubuike

2960-703: The Nelson Football Club, who began wearing numbered jerseys in 1911. The numbers were used to help the spectators identify the players on the field, as well as to help the referee keep track of fouls and other infractions. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics , an organization of association football historians, traces the origin of numbers to a 1911 association football match in Sydney, although photographic evidence exists of numbers being used in Australia as early as May 1903 in

3040-404: The PHL. In 2011–12, the championship was awarded in the PHL following a 4-team playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. The finals were determined though a best-of-seven playoff . Teams that miss the finals participate in a best-of-five playoff to determine final positioning. In addition to the title, the winning team was given a cash prize by the league, US$ 1,000,000, shared by all of

3120-490: The above rules. When the final 53-player roster is established, they are reissued numbers within the above guidelines. In college football and high school football , a less rigid numbering system is employed. The only rule is that members of the offensive line (centers, guards, and tackles) that play in ineligible positions (those that may not receive forward passes) must wear numbers from 50 to 79. Informally, certain conventions still hold, and players often wear numbers in

3200-461: The available numbers for a position under the NFL rules. One oddity of college football is that the same squad number can be shared by two (or more) players, e.g., an offensive and a defensive player. Usually one of the players is a reserve who rarely plays but there are exceptions: In the 2009 and 2010 seasons, that same number (5) was worn by South Carolina starting quarterback Stephen Garcia and starting cornerback Stephon Gilmore . Gilmore

3280-415: The award, allowing both amateur and professional teams to compete in an annual regular season , then playoff for the title. On 25 July 2011, the FHU transferred the rights of the event to the PHL. The championship is currently awarded in the PHL following a 4-team playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season. The playoffs are decided in a best-of-seven series. Teams that miss the finals will enter into

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3360-755: The back of their jersey. Some jerseys may also feature smaller numerals in other locations, such as on the sleeves, pants, or front of the shirt. The purpose of numerals in baseball is to allow for easy identification of players. Some players have been so associated with specific numbers that their jersey number has been officially " retired ". The first team to retire a number was the New York Yankees , which retired Lou Gehrig 's No. 4 in 1939. According to common tradition, single-digit numbers are worn by position players but rarely by pitchers , and numbers higher than 60 are rarely worn at all. Bigger numbers are worn during spring training by players whose place on

3440-611: The backs of their guernseys , although in some competitions, such as the WAFL , may feature teams who wear smaller numbers on the front, usually on one side of the chest. The number being worn is not relevant to the player's position on the ground, although some clubs will allocate a prestigious number to the team captain - examples include Port Adelaide , who assign number 1, and Richmond , who traditionally allocate number 17 in honour of former captain Jack Dyer . In these situations, it

3520-513: The first benefactor was Jerry Hughes . In 2021, flexibility was increased due to expanded regular season and offseason rosters. In 2023, NFL owners approved a rule allowing the use of the number 0 by all non-lineman positions. Number 00 is no longer allowed, but it was issued in the NFL before the number standardization in 1973. Jim Otto wore number "00" during most of his career with the Oakland Raiders . Wide receiver Ken Burrough of

3600-585: The first player to appear in an MLB game wearing No. 89, the last available unused number. In Nippon Professional Baseball , the Japanese major leagues, No. 18 is often reserved for the ace pitcher. Accordingly, a number of Japanese pitchers in MLB have worn the number. Examples include Kenta Maeda and Daisuke Matsuzaka . The number 42 is retired throughout organized baseball in honour of Jackie Robinson . Most independent professional leagues, though not bound by

3680-402: The hopes of forging their own identity, and to reduce the burden of having to fulfill high expectations. Notable examples of this are Gary Ablett Jr. at Geelong who wore number 29 and number 4 instead of his father's number 5, and Jobe Watson at Essendon, who passed up Tim's No. 32 in favour of number 4. The use of numbers higher than 60 is very rare. In 2017 eight indigenous players wore

3760-579: The last name rule. As of the 2018 season , numbers on shoulders are mandatory, only leaving helmet and pants numbers as optional. Some uniforms also feature numbers either on the front, back, or sides of the helmet (in pro football, these were most prominently worn on the San Diego Chargers "powder-blue" uniforms). Players have often asked the NFL for an exception to the numbering rule; with very few exceptions (see, for example, Keyshawn Johnson ), these requests are almost always denied. Below

3840-594: The nickname "Agent Zero" already at this point) could wear No. 0. Chicago Bulls backup guard Randy Brown wore No. 0 during the 1995–96 season , but switched to No. 1 after Robert Parish joined the team the following season . When Eric Montross joined the Boston Celtics in 1994, his preferred No. 00 had been taken off circulation after Parish's departure (it was eventually retired in 1998). Montross wore No. 0 in Boston, but would revert to No. 00 after leaving

3920-401: The number 1 shirt, and the rest of the starting team wears numbers 2–15, increasing from right to left and from defence to attack: substitutes' numbers start from 16. The NFL has used uniform numbers since its inception; through the 1940s, there was no standard numbering system, and teams were free to number their players however they wanted. An informal tradition had arisen by that point that

4000-465: The number 5 between 1998 and 2005 after the retirement of Gary Ablett Sr. Sons of famous players will often take on their father's number, especially if they play at the same club. Sergio Silvagni and his son Stephen , for example, both wore number 1 for Carlton , with Stephen's son Jack later following suit. Matthew Scarlett wore his father John's number 30 at Geelong . In contrast, some sons of famous players prefer to take on other numbers in

4080-618: The number 67 as part of the Sir Doug Nicholls ' Indigenous Round. This was to recognise the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Australian referendum confirming the citizenship of Indigenous Australians. Number 65 was worn by Andrew Witts of Collingwood for one game in 1985, before switching to 45 for the remainder of the season. There is an apocryphal story that number 82 was worn by Ernie Taylor of Richmond, in round 10 of 1925 against North Melbourne, but clubs do not have guernseys with numbers that high available for one-off games, and it

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4160-518: The number 69, which is believed to be implicitly banned due to its sexual connotations ; the NBA has never confirmed this. Dennis Rodman allegedly requested the number 69 when he joined the Dallas Mavericks but was refused and instead wore 70. The WNBA has aspects of NFHS (high schools), NBA, and NCAA numbering rules. Like the NBA and post-2023 NCAA, digits 6–9 are allowed; however, like NFHS and pre-2023 NCAA, no number higher than 55

4240-429: The number of points scored in a particular shot attempt, whereas numbers 4–15 are shown by the referee using their fingers (with the hands shown sequentially instead of simultaneously for number 11 to 15 to signify two separate digits instead of a singular number) after a personal foul to indicate the offending player. The restriction was lifted following the implementation of video replay systems in basketball which allowed

4320-442: The numbers. Most European top leagues adopted the system over the next five years. In addition to "1" being commonly assigned to the starting goalkeeper , it is also common for defenders to wear numbers in the lower single digits, for strikers to wear "7" or "9" or "11", and for a team's central playmaker to wear "10". It is common for players to change numbers within a club as their career progresses. For example, Cesc Fàbregas

4400-687: The only major league baseball player (or any major professional sportsman) known to have worn a leading zero (outside of basketball's common 00). Eddie Gaedel , the midget at the centre of an infamous stunt by Bill Veeck 's St. Louis Browns , is the only known major league player to have worn a fraction ( 1 ⁄ 8 , which he had borrowed from the Browns' batboy) as his jersey number during his only major league plate appearance . Jerseys with three numbers are prohibited, although Bill Lee once tried to change his number to 337 since it spells "Lee" upside down. In 2020, Yankees pitcher Miguel Yajure became

4480-432: The player's preferred number is already taken or for other reasons. On joining A.C. Milan , Andriy Shevchenko , Ronaldinho and Mathieu Flamini all wore numbers reflecting the year of their birth (76, 80 and 84 respectively), because their preferred numbers were already being worn. Squad numbers first appeared on Australian rules football guernseys when clubs travelled interstate. Players traditionally wear numbers on

4560-538: The players. National finalists receive silver and bronze medals. (reestablished in 2020) 2023, 2024 Professional Hockey League The Professional Hockey League (PHL) ( Ukrainian : Професіональна хокейна ліга (ПХЛ) , tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha ) was an ice hockey league in Ukraine , founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title , the Ukrainian Championship ,

4640-504: The playing whites in the Sheffield Shield to aid spectators in distinguishing players. However, a recent fashion that has been taken up by several nations is the process of giving a player making his Test debut an appearance number, along with his Test cap, for reasons of historical continuity. The number represents how many players have made their Test debuts including the one wearing it. If two or more players make their debut in

4720-409: The pre-2018 FIBA numbering rules. The International Cricket Council does not specify criteria for numbering players, so players choose their own jersey number. The 1995–96 World Series Cup in Australia saw the first use of shirt numbers in international cricket , with most players assigned their number and some players getting to choose their number, most notably Shane Warne wearing 23 as it

4800-458: The previous wearer, such as position or playing style. For example, as of 2010, Michael Hurley inherited the number 18 jumper left vacant by the retired Matthew Lloyd , effectively keeping the number 18 in Essendon's goal-square for another era. Retired numbers include Collingwood 's number 42, worn by Darren Millane, who tragically died in a car accident in 1991. Geelong temporarily retired

4880-467: The ranges similar to their NFL counterparts; though the lowest numbers are often the highest prestige, and thus are often worn by players at any position. Kickers and punters are frequently numbered in the 40s or 90s, which are the least in-demand numbers on a college roster. The increased flexibility in numbering of NCAA rosters is needed because NCAA rules allow 85 scholarship players and rosters of over 100 players total; thus teams would frequently exhaust

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4960-409: The rear of the jersey , often accompanied by the surname. Sometimes it is also displayed on the front and/or sleeves, or on the player's shorts or headgear. It is used to identify the player to officials, other players, official scorers, and spectators; in some sports, it is also indicative of the player's position. The first use of jersey numbers is credited to a football team from New Zealand called

5040-481: The rulings of the Commissioner of Baseball , have followed suit. During spring training in 2023, the Yankees' clubhouse director Lou Cucuzza suggested that teams should no longer be required to issue uniform numbers for non-player personnel. With the Yankees having retired 22 numbers, and with three other numbers being kept out of circulation, that left 75 numbers available for current personnel. The number crunch

5120-408: The same match, they are given numbers alphabetically based on surname. For example, Thomas Armitage is Test player number 1 for England . He made his debut in the very first Test Match, against Australia , on 15 March 1877, and was first in alphabetical order on England's team. Mason Crane made his debut for England on 4 January 2018 against Australia; his number is 683. These numbers can be found on

5200-474: The singular or plural form (" White Leopard " or " Lions "), a geographical indicator ( Donbas ), or team sponsor ("Companion", " Naftogaz "). Team names have also taken on the North American form of following the city name with a mascot (" Kharkiv Sharks ") In both Ukrainian and Russian leagues , misconceptions about the official name of a club are often present following English translation , whereby

5280-514: The sleeves, but the players did not like them, and they were removed. For the 1929 Major League Baseball season both the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians put numbers on their jerseys, the first two teams to do so, beginning a trend that was completed by 1937, when the Philadelphia Athletics became the last team to permanently add numbers to their jerseys. The 1929 New York Yankees handed out uniform numbers based on

5360-578: The table officials to quickly identify players on the court independently from the referees. Starting in 2014, under FIBA rules, national federations could also allow any numbers with a maximum of 2 digits for their own competitions; this rule also applied in transnational club competitions, most notably the EuroLeague . FIBA extended this change to its own competitions in 2018. At present, players are allowed any numbers from 1 to 99, additionally 0 and 00. USA Basketball , however, remains steadfast in using

5440-448: The team is uncertain, and sometimes are worn during the regular season by players recently called up from the minor leagues; however, such players usually change to a more traditional number once it becomes clear that they will stay with the team. However, this tradition is not enforced by any rule, and exceptions have never been rare. Moreover, numbers greater than 60 have become much more popular among Major League players since 2010, for

5520-430: Was also used as a wildcat quarterback in games against Clemson in 2009 and Southern Miss in 2010. The player change, since both players wore the same number, caused some confusion among opposing defenses, but was legal, since both players were not on the field at the same time. In 2012 , the No. 5 was worn by two Notre Dame starters—quarterback Everett Golson and linebacker Manti Te'o . If two players wearing

5600-560: Was awarded annually to the league champion following a 4-team, 2-round playoff at the end of the 41-game regular season . Runners-up received silver and bronze medals. This format ended after the 2012–13 season, whereupon the FHU reclaimed administration of the title. The winner of the Ukrainian/PHL Championship was also guaranteed qualification into the Champions Hockey League season. The PHL

5680-490: Was first assigned the number 57 on arrival at Arsenal in 2003. On promotion to the first team squad he was switched to number 15 before inheriting his preferred number 4 following the departure of Patrick Vieira . Very big numbers, the most common being 88, are often reserved and used as placeholders, when a new player has been signed and played by the manager prior to having a formal squad number. However, in some countries these high numbers are well-used, in some cases because

5760-448: Was founded with 8 professional teams from across Ukraine. Prior to its inaugural season, the league was initially slated to ice 9 teams, while considering 11 applicants, and aspires to increase to 12 teams in the future. The league has stated intent to expand to Sumy , Dnipropetrovsk , Luhansk , Kherson , Kalush , Severodonetsk , Ivano-Frankivsk , Kryvyi Rih , and Zakarpattia . Of the league's original 8 teams, 4 were based within

5840-415: Was his number when he played junior Australian rules football for St Kilda . Other countries soon adopted the practice, although players would typically have different numbers for each tournament, and it was several years later that players would consistently wear the same number year-round. Ricky Ponting (14) continued to use the same number as in that initial season. Player numbering was first used in

5920-562: Was inactive all season, Carmelo Anthony was able to wear Azubuike's No. 7 when traded to the Knicks in 2011, but since Rodney Stuckey was active, Allen Iverson could not wear No. 3 when traded to the Pistons in 2009. (Anthony would not have been able to wear his normal No. 15 anyway and would have had to trade jerseys; the Knicks have retired the jersey number). No NBA player has ever worn

6000-639: Was mandated in New South Wales . In South America, Argentina was the first country with numbered shirts. It was during the Scottish team Third Lanark's tour to South America of 1923 , they played a friendly match vs. a local combined team ("Zona Norte") on 10 June. Both squads were numbered from 1–11. North America saw its first football match with squad numbers on 30 March 1924, when St. Louis Vesper Buick and Fall River F.C. (winners of St. Louis and American soccer leagues, respectively) played

6080-586: Was most apparent in spring training, when the Yankees invited 69 players. Cucuzza noted that many Yankees coaches choose not to wear their full uniforms in the dugout during games. Also, many managers and coaches throughout MLB wear a hoodie over their uniform top. Cucuzza pitched the idea to an MLB executive; reportedly, MLB did not want to immediately make such a change, but did not formally turn it down. American basketball leagues at all levels traditionally use single and double digits from 0 to 5 (i.e. 0, 00, 1–5, 10–15, 20–25, 30–35, 40–45, and 50–55). While numbering

6160-510: Was not until the 1939–40 season when the Football League ruled that squads had to wear numbers for each player. Numbers were traditionally assigned based on a player's position or reputation on the field, with the starting 11 players wearing 1 to 11, and the substitutes wearing bigger numbers. The goalkeeper would generally wear number 1, then defenders, midfield players and forwards in ascending order. The 1950 FIFA World Cup

6240-448: Was relatively unrestricted at amateur levels in the sport's early decades, numbering rules in the NCAA and most amateur competitions evolved to mandate that only these numbers be used. This eases non-verbal communication between referees, who use fingers to denote a player's number, and the official scorer. In college basketball, single-digit players' numbers are officially recorded as having

6320-489: Was similar to the modern system; when the All-America Football Conference , which used a radically different numbering scheme, merged with the NFL in 1950, the resulting confusion forced the merged league to impose a mandatory system of assignment of jersey numbers in 1952. This system was updated and made more rigid in 1973, and has been modified slightly since then. In 2021, the system received

6400-427: Was the first FIFA competition to see squad numbers for each players, but persistent numbers would not be issued until the 1954 World Cup , where each man in a country's 22-man squad wore a specific number from 1 to 22 for the duration of the tournament. After some teams such as Argentina fielded non-goalkeeper players with number 1 (in the 1982 and 1986 World Cups), FIFA ruled that number 1 had to be assigned to

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