Orlando Pirates Logo

A bold, high-contrast black shield crest with a thick white outer border and a thin inner outline. Centered inside the shield is a white skull above two crossed bones; the skull-and-crossbones motif is rendered in a simple, slightly stylise...

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Black shield-shaped soccer crest with white skull and crossed bones and 'ORLANDO PIRATES' wordmark.
Orlando Pirates logo

About Orlando Pirates

A bold, high-contrast black shield crest with a thick white outer border and a thin inner outline. Centered inside the shield is a white skull above two crossed bones; the skull-and-crossbones motif is rendered in a simple, slightly stylised flat graphic.

The club name appears in uppercase curved wordmarks: "ORLANDO" along the top inner edge of the shield and "PIRATES" along the bottom. The overall look is monochrome, minimal and strongly emblematic of a sports team crest.

What's in it: skull crossed bones

Shapes: rounded shield curved wordmark skull-and-crossbones outline/border

Style: monochrome bold flat sports crest minimalist high-contrast

Text in logo: ORLANDO PIRATES

Skull and crossbones — evokes piracy, danger and toughness; functions as the club's pirate identity

Colors

Extracted from the image. How we pick the colors →

Black
#000000 · primary
White
#FFFFFF · secondary
Light grey
#CFCFCF · accent

Orlando Pirates Logo History

Orlando Pirates Football Club is a South African professional football (soccer) club founded in 1937 in the Orlando area of Soweto. The skull-and-crossbones crest has been the club's long-standing emblem and principal badge.

Frequently asked

Which club uses this logo?

Orlando Pirates F.C., a South African professional football (soccer) club.

What does the skull and crossbones mean?

Visually it references piracy — the club's pirate nickname and an image of toughness/defiance.

What are the club colours shown in the crest?

Monochrome: primarily black and white (with a small light grey outline).

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