Following their historic first UEFA Champions League triumph, Paris Saint-Germain have added a unique Eiffel Tower-shaped gold star to their kit, which debuted at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. This move lets us question FIFA's usually strict kit regulations.
PSG Adds Eiffel Tower Star to Kit - FIFA Officially Only Allows "Five-Pointed" Star
The PSG 2025-26 home kit features a gold star uniquely designed in the shape of the Eiffel Tower above the club crest.
The decision to wear this custom star at a FIFA competition like the Club World Cup is particularly noteworthy. FIFA's equipment regulations (specifically section 9.3 on Commemorative Symbols) state:
"A five-pointed FIFA Winners’ Star, or such other symbol as FIFA may specify, may be worn by a Member Association’s men’s or women’s senior national representative team... for each edition of the following FIFA Competitions that has been won by that senior team."
While this rule primarily addresses national teams and FIFA World Cup wins, it highlights FIFA's preference for a standardized "five-pointed" star for its own competitions.
FIFA's equipment regulations (9.7) generally allow clubs to display stars:
"A Club may display stars denoting the number of times it has won its country’s top domestic league and/or any continental competitions on its Team’s Playing Kit in FIFA Competitions, adjacent to the Team Emblem or Team Symbol, if such stars are also displayed to the same extent when the Club plays in that domestic league and any continental competitions."
It appears PSG might be leveraging this latter regulation. As the Eiffel Tower star commemorates a continental (UEFA Champions League) win, and assuming PSG would wear it in Ligue 1 and future Champions League matches, FIFA may have permitted its use at the Club World Cup under this clause. The "oddity" arises because it's such a bespoke, non-standard shape for a star representing a major title, especially when FIFA often aims for uniformity in its tournaments. The rule also specifies "stars" (plural), usually implying traditional shapes, making the Eiffel Tower a unique interpretation.
The fact that FIFA has seemingly allowed this custom-shaped star, rather than insisting on a more conventional representation or no star until a Club World Cup itself is won, is a significant talking point.
Footy Headlines is not sure how PSG managed to approve the star. The Parisian club might have changed the official club crest to include the symbol. Oddly, the photoshoot made just three days ago, did not feature the star.
We will watch out for PSG's next matches and the 2025-2026 season to see if the unique star remains a part of the PSG kit.
What do you think of PSG wearing this Eiffel Tower star at the FIFA Club World Cup? Is it a fair interpretation of FIFA's rules, or a special allowance? Comment below.