Norwich City FC Primary Logo
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. The team has a long and rich history that dates back to 1902 when the club was founded as the Citizens Football Club. The primary logo for Norwich City FC has undergone several changes over its long history, each reflecting different eras of the team's development and success.
The first primary logo used by Norwich City was adopted shortly after its formation in 1902, featuring a shield shape with two crossed cannons at its center surrounded by four stars representing England’s patron saints - St George, St Andrew, St Patrick, and St David - along with “NCFC” lettering above it all. This design remained largely unchanged until 1971 when it became slightly more modernized to include an eagle instead of cannons at its center while still retaining much of the original look overall. In 1982 this design underwent another update which saw further modernization including dropping most elements from before apart from three stars around NCFC lettering on top giving way to what would become one of their most recognizable logos ever – a yellow circular crest featuring black eagle inside blue outlined white ring reading “NORWICH CITY FOOTBALL CLUB CANARIES ESTABLISHED 1902” around circumference accompanied by a golden star above it all symbolizing European Cup win in 1993-94 season.
Today this iconic emblem remains virtually unchanged since then except for minor alterations such as color or font adjustments made throughout the years signifying both continuities within the organization and also keeping up with times making sure they remain current among other teams out there. All these modifications have allowed them to maintain the traditional feel associated with the brand while allowing them to stay ahead of the competition ensuring fans recognize instantly whenever they see new iterations presented on the field or off it no matter how small the difference may be between versions.
2022 - Present
In 2022, Norwich simplified the previous design and features a redesigned lion, castle, and canary, all of which have been redrawn from scratch.
1972 - 2022
In 1972, the Canaries won the Second Division title and took their place in the First Division for the first time. To mark this achievement a new crest was designed, which included a lion and castle from the city’s coat of arms. The Canary and football is now yellow with black highlights on a green with black trim shield.
1940 - 1972
The Norwich City badge from the ’40s is just the essentials − a canary standing on a football (without the seams), and the castle and lion of the City of Norwich in the upper right corner on a green with gold trim shield.
1922 - 1940
Norwich City finally presented a canary logo, which was worn by the players for years. A yellow with gold highlights carney standing on a yellow with gold trim stick with a green with gold trim background circle.
1902 - 1922
The original Norwich City crest was the arms of the City, a silver castle, and a gold lion on a red with a black trim shield. But the club was known as the Canaries and, the fans asked, where was the bird?