Cape Verde DLS Logo & Kits 512x512 — 2026
The official Cape Verde national football team logo and all kit URLs for Dream League Soccer 2026. Copy any link and paste it straight into DLS — your FCF badge and blue shirt are ready in seconds.
This page has every Cape Verde DLS asset for Dream League Soccer 2026 — the official FCF logo, home kit, away kit, third kit, and goalkeeper kits, all in 512x512 PNG format. Cape Verde — the Blue Sharks (Tubarões Azuis) — are one of African football's most remarkable underdog stories: an archipelago of ten volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Senegal, with a total population of just 560,000 people that has nonetheless produced one of the most competitive and most technically accomplished national teams in CAF. A country smaller than the city of Atlanta has qualified for multiple Africa Cup of Nations tournaments, reached the quarter-finals in 2013 and 2021, and consistently produces players for the top leagues of Portugal, Spain, France and the Premier League from a population base that should make international football barely possible. The deep blue home shirt — the blue of the Atlantic Ocean that surrounds and defines Cape Verde, which gives the team its extraordinary nickname — is one of the smallest-nation national team designs in world football and in DLS it is downloaded by the passionate Cape Verdean community and by football supporters globally who love the story of a tiny island nation punching so far above its weight that it makes you question everything you think you know about football development. Every URL here is hosted on a fast CDN that allows hotlinking, so your badge and shirt load inside DLS on the first try.
Cape Verde DLS Logo 512x512 — 2026 Blue Sharks
The official FCF (Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol) shark crest for Dream League Soccer 2026. 512x512 PNG with transparent background — paste the URL into DLS and the Cape Verde badge appears instantly.
Cape Verde — FCF
Cape Verde DLS Kits 512x512 — 2026
All six Cape Verde national team kits for Dream League Soccer 2026 — home, away, third and goalkeeper variants. Every kit is 512x512 PNG.
Cape Verde Home Kit DLS 2026 Most Downloaded
Cape Verde's deep blue home shirt for DLS 2026 — the kit of the Blue Sharks, worn by one of world football's most extraordinary small-nation success stories and the team that proves beyond any doubt that great football can emerge from anywhere. The blue of Cape Verde's football kit is drawn from the Cape Verdean national flag — a flag of predominantly blue with horizontal stripes of white and red, and a circle of ten five-pointed yellow stars representing the ten islands of the archipelago. The blue represents the Atlantic Ocean — the vast body of water that surrounds all ten volcanic islands of Cape Verde, that connects the islands to each other and to the wider world, and that has been the medium through which Cape Verde has maintained its extraordinary cultural and human connections across centuries of maritime history. Cape Verde sits at the crossroads of the Atlantic world — the islands were uninhabited before Portuguese settlement in 1462, and the resulting Creole culture that developed over centuries of Atlantic trade, migration and cultural exchange produced a people of extraordinary cultural richness, a music tradition (morna, as personified by Cesária Évora — the "Barefoot Diva" and Cape Verde's greatest cultural ambassador) recognised by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage, and a football identity that draws on the diaspora communities spread across Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and the United States. In DLS, the Cape Verde blue home kit is one of the most downloaded small-nation designs in the game — driven by the drama of AFCON 2013 (quarter-finals, first ever AFCON appearance), AFCON 2021 (quarter-finals again), and the wonder of a 560,000-person nation competing at the same level as countries fifty times its size.
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Cape Verde Away Kit DLS 2026 Away
Cape Verde's away kit for DLS 2026 uses white or red — the stripes of the Cape Verdean flag alongside the dominant blue — with blue detailing that maintains the Blue Sharks identity in a contrasting palette. The white away kit is worn for Cape Verde's CAF away fixtures — AFCON qualifying rounds across Africa, and the continental tournament matches played in larger stadiums across the continent where Cape Verde's passionate travelling supporters create an atmosphere far larger than their island population would suggest. The away kit sees elevated DLS downloads during AFCON tournaments where Cape Verde's performances consistently exceed all expectations.
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Cape Verde Third Kit DLS 2026 Special Edition
Cape Verde's third kit for DLS 2026 is a special edition design used for colour clash situations. The FCF uses the third kit slot to celebrate Cape Verde's extraordinary cultural identity — the morna music tradition of Cesária Évora and the poets of São Vicente island, the pano de terra (strip woven cloth) textile tradition of the Santiago island weavers, the volcanic landscapes of Fogo island and its active stratovolcano, or the ten yellow stars of the national flag representing each of the inhabited islands. Cape Verde's third kit in DLS is a premium design for one of the Atlantic world's most culturally and musically rich small nations — an archipelago whose cultural output has been disproportionate to its size in the same extraordinary way that its football output has been.
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How to use the Cape Verde logo in DLS
Copy the logo URL
Tap Copy Logo URL above. The direct link to the 512x512 PNG Cape Verde FCF shark crest is saved to your clipboard instantly.
Open DLS and go to Edit Logo
Launch Dream League Soccer, tap My Club, then Customize Team, then Edit Logo. Tap the Download button.
Paste and confirm
Paste the URL into the logo field and tap Confirm. The Cape Verde badge appears on your team instantly.
How to use Cape Verde kits in DLS
Copy the kit URL
Tap Copy URL under any kit above — home, away, third, or goalkeeper. The link goes to your clipboard instantly.
Open DLS and go to Edit Kit
Launch Dream League Soccer, tap My Club, Customize Team, then Edit Kit. Choose Home, Away, or Third.
Paste and confirm
Tap Download, paste the URL, then hit Confirm. The Cape Verde blue shirt appears on your squad immediately.
Step by step import guide
Open Dream League Soccer. Tap My Club on the main screen. Go to Customize Team. For the badge, select Edit Logo and tap Download. For kits, select Edit Kit, choose Home, Away, or Third, then tap Download. Paste the URL from this page and tap Confirm. You will see "Image successfully downloaded" and the Cape Verde badge or kit appears instantly. Repeat for each slot — logo, home, away, third, and all goalkeeper variants.
Cape Verde football badge history — Blue Sharks, the Atlantic underdog and the football miracle of 560,000 people (1982–2026)
The Cape Verde national football team badge carries the blue, white and red of the Cape Verdean flag — the colours of an island nation whose Atlantic location has made it a crossroads of peoples, cultures and migrations for over five centuries — and the Blue Shark that connects the football team to the vast ocean that defines every aspect of Cape Verdean life. The FCF badge represents one of the most extraordinary stories in African football: a country of 560,000 people — smaller than the population of Newcastle upon Tyne or the city of Lisbon — that has competed at the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals, produced players for the top leagues of Portugal, Spain, France and England, and built a football identity that contradicts everything conventional football development wisdom says about the relationship between population size and international competitiveness.
The national flag of Cape Verde is a field of blue — the Atlantic Ocean — crossed by two horizontal stripes of white and red near the base, with a circle of ten five-pointed yellow stars positioned on the blue field to the left of centre. The flag was adopted at independence from Portugal in 1975. The blue represents the ocean and the sky over the archipelago. The white and red stripes represent the path toward national building, with the white symbolising peace and the red the effort and struggle of the people. The ten yellow stars represent the ten islands of the Cape Verde archipelago — Barlavento (windward) group: Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal and Boa Vista; and Sotavento (leeward) group: Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava. Each star is one island, each island is part of the circle of the nation. The blue of the flag gives the football team its dominant colour and its profound connection to the sea.
Cape Verde was uninhabited when Portuguese explorers arrived in 1462 — the islands had no indigenous population, making it one of the few countries in the world whose entire population descends from settlers and enslaved people brought to the islands over centuries. The resulting Creole culture — a blend of Portuguese, West African, and various Atlantic influences from centuries of maritime trade — produced one of the world's most distinctive small-nation identities. The Cape Verdean Creole language, the morna music tradition, the saudade (longing) that permeates Cape Verdean cultural expression, and the extraordinary tradition of emigration — with more Cape Verdeans living outside the islands than on them — are the cultural foundations of a people who have always oriented themselves toward the horizon and built their identity through movement, connection and adaptation. These same qualities — resilience, adaptability, connection to wider world — are reflected in the football team that draws its players from diaspora communities across Europe and America.
Cape Verde gained independence from Portugal on 5 July 1975, the same day as the other Portuguese African colonies (São Tomé and Príncipe, Mozambique, Angola). The Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol was established around independence and joined FIFA in 1986 and CAF in 1986. Football had been played in Cape Verde since the Portuguese colonial period and the domestic league — centred on Santiago (Praia) and São Vicente (Mindelo) islands — developed a genuinely competitive tradition. The key to Cape Verdean football's international development was the diaspora — players born to Cape Verdean parents in Portugal, the Netherlands, France and the United States who chose to represent the islands of their heritage.
Cape Verde's secret to international football success is straightforward but extraordinary in its scale: there are more Cape Verdeans living outside Cape Verde than on the islands themselves. The diaspora communities in Portugal (approximately 500,000), the Netherlands (approximately 20,000), France, Luxembourg and the United States collectively produce a far larger talent pool than the island population alone. Cape Verdean footballers in the Portuguese, Dutch and French professional leagues are the backbone of the national team. Players like Ryan Mendes, Garry Rodrigues, Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), Pepe (the senior Portugal international who chose Cape Verde in the later part of his career) and others represent this diaspora pipeline. The FCF's ability to attract diaspora players — by building a national team identity strong enough to make players choose Cape Verde over Portugal or the Netherlands — is one of football's most effective small-nation development stories.
Cape Verde qualified for their first ever Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 in South Africa — and immediately reached the quarter-finals, defeating Morocco in the round of 16 in one of the tournament's greatest upsets. In the quarter-finals they faced Ghana and lost 0-3, but the achievement of reaching the last eight at their first ever continental tournament — with a squad drawn largely from Portuguese and Dutch professional football, representing a country of under 500,000 people — was one of the most celebrated stories of the entire competition. The blue shirt from AFCON 2013 is the most downloaded Cape Verde DLS design of all time and the moment that introduced the Blue Sharks to the wider world of African football.
The generation of Cape Verdean players who built the team around the 2013 AFCON success were technically gifted players from the Portuguese professional league ecosystem. Héldon — the technically inventive attacking midfielder and forward who became one of Portugal's most creative players at various clubs — was the most celebrated creative figure of that generation. Ryan Mendes brought pace and directness from the wing. Nuno Rocha and Bebé (the former Manchester United winger, born in Portugal to Cape Verdean parents, who chose Cape Verde) added quality and profile. Together they represented a generation that made AFCON quarter-finals a genuine aspiration for a nation that most football maps didn't even mark as an AFCON participant.
Cape Verde reached the quarter-finals of AFCON 2021 in Cameroon — their second appearance in an AFCON quarter-final, confirming that the 2013 run was not a one-off miracle but the expression of a genuinely competitive national team. Cape Verde defeated Ethiopia in the group stage and then knocked out Cameroon — the tournament host and five-time AFCON champion — in the round of 16, before losing to Senegal in the quarter-finals. The victory over Cameroon in front of their own home crowd was one of AFCON 2021's most stunning results and drove the largest DLS download spike for Cape Verde in the modern era. The blue shirt from that tournament is the second most downloaded Cape Verde DLS design after 2013.
While not directly a football story, Cesária Évora — the Cape Verdean singer born in Mindelo, São Vicente in 1941 who sang morna (Cape Verde's most beloved musical genre) barefoot on stages around the world as a protest against world poverty — is Cape Verde's most celebrated cultural figure and the person who put the archipelago on the world cultural map before the football team did the same for sport. Évora's voice — raw, melancholy and hauntingly beautiful — carried the saudade (longing) of Cape Verdean culture to audiences worldwide, winning a Grammy in 2003 and performing until her death in 2011. In the same way that Évora made the world know Cape Verde's name through music, the Blue Sharks have made it known through football. Both stories are about the same thing: the extraordinary capacity of small places to produce large things when the culture is rich and the people are determined.
The current Cape Verde logo for DLS 2026 uses the modern FCF shark crest at 512x512 PNG with transparent background. The blue, the white and red stripes, the ten stars, and the FCF identity are all present — the badge of one of football's greatest small-nation stories, the Blue Sharks of the Atlantic still circling for their next quarter-final and dreaming of something even bigger.
What does the Cape Verde FCF badge symbolise?
The FCF badge carries the blue shark — a powerful predator of the Atlantic waters that surround Cape Verde, giving the team a nickname that perfectly captures both the geography of island life and the predatory competitive spirit of a team that hunts down opponents far larger than itself. The blue of the badge mirrors the dominant blue of the national flag — the Atlantic Ocean that connects Cape Verde's ten islands to each other and to the wider world of 600,000 Cape Verdeans in the diaspora. The ten stars of the flag represent the ten islands and their inclusion in the badge design connects the football team to every part of the archipelago. In DLS, the Cape Verde badge at 512x512 PNG represents one of the sport's most inspiring stories — 560,000 people competing at the quarter-final level of a continental championship and proving that in football, as in music, small islands can produce sounds that carry across the entire ocean.
Cape Verde kit history — blue since the modern era
The blue of Cape Verde's football kit has been the team's primary colour since the federation joined FIFA in 1986 — the blue of the Atlantic Ocean that is the defining feature of island life, carried through the development years, through the first AFCON qualification and the 2013 quarter-final miracle, through the 2021 AFCON quarter-final win over Cameroon, and into the current generation that continues to make the Blue Sharks one of CAF's most beloved underdogs. The blue shirt of Cape Verde is one of the most memorable small-nation designs in African football — instantly associated with the extraordinary story of 560,000 people competing at continental level.
Various manufacturers have supplied Cape Verde kits across different eras, with Portuguese sportswear influence given the historical and diaspora connection. The AFCON 2013 quarter-final kit — the blue shirt worn in the defeat of Morocco and the quarter-final against Ghana — is the most downloaded Cape Verde DLS design of all time. The 2021 AFCON kit worn in the victory over Cameroon is the second most downloaded.
Cape Verde 2026 kit details
| Kit | Base Colour | Key Detail | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Deep blue | FCF shark crest, ten stars, Cape Verdean flag colours | Various |
| Away | White or red | Blue detail, flag-inspired contrast | Various |
| Third | Special edition | Morna cultural heritage or volcanic islands design | Various |
| GK Home | Contrasting colour | Unique goalkeeper design | Various |
| GK Away | Contrasting colour | Coordinated with away palette | Various |
| GK Third | Contrasting colour | Coordinated with third palette | Various |
Cape Verde in DLS 2026 — the Blue Sharks, the world's greatest small-nation football story
Cape Verde are African football's most extraordinary small-nation story — a country of 560,000 people on ten Atlantic islands that has reached consecutive AFCON quarter-finals, beaten Morocco, beaten Cameroon (in Cameroon), and consistently produced players for European professional leagues from a population smaller than most European cities. In DLS, the blue badge and kit are downloaded by the Cape Verdean community and by football fans worldwide who love the Blue Sharks for what they represent: the triumph of culture, diaspora and determination over population and resources.
The Cape Verde squad for 2026 is the deepest and most technically accomplished in the country's history, drawing on the expanding diaspora pipeline from Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and the United States. Nuno Tavares (Arsenal/Nottingham Forest) — the attacking left-back whose Premier League presence gives Cape Verde their most prominent current player in English football — brings athleticism, pace and delivery from the left side. Ryan Mendes remains an experienced figure. Garry Rodrigues, Kenny Rocha Santos and Patrick Andrade give the squad quality across midfield and attack. Goalkeeper Josimar Dias has been one of AFCON's more reliable keepers in recent tournaments. Under coach Pedro Brito or his successor, Cape Verde target a first-ever AFCON semi-final — a result that would complete the Blue Sharks' transformation from impossible story to established continental power.
Cape Verde DLS 2026 — key facts
| Category | Detail |
|---|---|
| Confederation | CAF — Confederation of African Football |
| Governing body | FCF (Federação Cabo-verdiana de Futebol, founded 1975) |
| FIFA member since | 1986 |
| Independence | 5 July 1975 (from Portugal) |
| Population | ~560,000 — one of Africa's smallest national team populations |
| Islands | 10 inhabited volcanic islands in the Atlantic, 570km from Senegal |
| Home colours | Deep blue (from Cape Verdean flag — the Atlantic Ocean) |
| Nickname | Blue Sharks (Tubarões Azuis) |
| AFCON quarter-finals | 2013 (first ever AFCON) and 2021 (beat Cameroon in R16) |
| 2013 AFCON debut | Beat Morocco in R16, lost to Ghana in QF — first AFCON appearance |
| 2021 AFCON | Beat Cameroon (hosts, 5× AFCON champions) in R16 in Cameroon |
| Diaspora | ~500,000 in Portugal, plus Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, USA |
| Cesária Évora | Morna singer, Grammy winner 2003 — Cape Verde's greatest cultural ambassador |
| Key players 2026 | Nuno Tavares (Arsenal/Forest), Ryan Mendes, Garry Rodrigues, Patrick Andrade |
| Fogo island | Active stratovolcano — last erupted 2014–2015 |
| Kit supplier | Various |
| DLS Logo Size | 512x512 PNG |
| Most downloaded DLS resource | Blue home kit — AFCON 2013 debut quarter-final era |
Cape Verde DLS logo and kit size requirements
Dream League Soccer requires both the logo and kit images to be exactly 512x512 pixels in PNG format. The FCF badge — with the Blue Shark crest, the blue, white and red of the Cape Verdean flag, the ten island stars, and the federation lettering — needs the full 512x512 resolution to render all details sharply. A transparent PNG background is essential so the badge sits cleanly on the blue home shirt without a coloured box around it.
| Requirement | Logo | Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Width | 512 pixels | 512 pixels |
| Height | 512 pixels | 512 pixels |
| Format | PNG | PNG (preferred) or JPG |
| Background | Transparent (essential) | Transparent recommended |
| File size | Under 1 MB | Under 1 MB |
| URL type | Direct .png link | Direct .png or .jpg link |
Cape Verde DLS logo and kit not loading? Fix it here
If your Cape Verde logo or kit URL is not loading in DLS, the problem is almost always the URL format. The game needs a direct link ending in .png or .jpg that opens the image by itself in a browser with no surrounding webpage.
| Error | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| "Failed to import" | Wrong URL type or size | Use a direct .png URL, 512x512 only |
| Logo looks blurry | Image smaller than 512x512 | Use the URLs on this page |
| Box around badge | PNG without transparency | Use the transparent PNG version above |
| "Image not found" | Host blocks hotlinking | Use Imgur, ImgBB, or our URLs |
| Shows wrong kit | Old URL still cached | Re-paste the 2026 URL from above |
| URL won't paste | Clipboard issue | Re-copy using the button above |
Most-searched Cape Verde DLS assets this month
- Cape Verde DLS kit 2026: blue Blue Sharks home — the most remarkable small-nation kit in African football
- Cape Verde DLS logo 512x512: FCF shark badge searched from across the archipelago and the global diaspora
- Cape Verde AFCON 2013 kit DLS: the debut quarter-final — most downloaded Cape Verde DLS design ever
- Cape Verde AFCON 2021 kit DLS: beat Cameroon in Cameroon — second most downloaded design
- Nuno Tavares Cape Verde kit DLS: Arsenal/Nottingham Forest left-back drives Premier League downloads
- Ryan Mendes Cape Verde kit DLS: longstanding winger generates sustained download traffic
- Cape Verde away kit DLS 2026: white or red for CAF qualification and AFCON fixtures
- Cape Verde goalkeeper kit DLS 2026: all GK variants searched regularly
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Cape Verde DLS Logo & Kits FAQ
What is the Cape Verde DLS logo URL for 2026?
The Cape Verde DLS logo URL for 2026 is in the logo section at the top of this page. Tap Copy Logo URL, open Dream League Soccer, go to My Club, Customize Team, then Edit Logo, paste and confirm. The FCF Blue Shark badge appears on your team instantly.
What is the Cape Verde DLS home kit URL for 2026?
The Cape Verde home kit URL for 2026 — the blue Blue Sharks shirt — is in the Kits section above. Copy the URL, go to Edit Kit in DLS, select the Home slot, paste and confirm. The Cape Verde blue shirt appears on your squad immediately.
How can Cape Verde compete internationally with only 560,000 people?
Cape Verde's football success comes from its diaspora — there are more Cape Verdeans living outside the islands than on them. Approximately 500,000 Cape Verdeans live in Portugal, plus significant communities in the Netherlands, France, Luxembourg and the United States. Players born to Cape Verdean parents in these countries are eligible for the national team and the FCF has been very effective at attracting diaspora players who choose Cape Verde over Portugal or the Netherlands. This diaspora pipeline — combined with a genuine love of football in the islands themselves — multiplies Cape Verde's effective talent pool far beyond what 560,000 island residents alone could provide.
What are the ten islands represented on the Cape Verde flag?
Cape Verde's flag has ten yellow stars representing the ten islands: the Barlavento (windward) group — Santo Antão, São Vicente, Santa Luzia, São Nicolau, Sal and Boa Vista — and the Sotavento (leeward) group — Maio, Santiago, Fogo and Brava. The largest island is Santiago, where the capital Praia is located. São Vicente hosts Mindelo, Cape Verde's most culturally vibrant city and the birthplace of the morna music tradition and Cesária Évora. Fogo has an active stratovolcano that last erupted in 2014–2015.
What happened at AFCON 2013 for Cape Verde?
AFCON 2013 in South Africa was Cape Verde's first ever continental tournament appearance — and they reached the quarter-finals. They beat Morocco in the round of 16 in one of the tournament's biggest upsets, before losing to Ghana in the quarter-finals. Reaching the last eight at their debut tournament, with a squad largely drawn from the Portuguese professional league, representing a country of under 500,000 people, was one of the most celebrated stories of the entire competition.
What happened at AFCON 2021 for Cape Verde?
Cape Verde reached the AFCON 2021 quarter-finals again — and produced the tournament's biggest upset in the round of 16 by defeating Cameroon in Cameroon. Beating the five-time AFCON champions in their own country, in front of their own home crowd, with a squad from a 560,000-person island nation, is one of the most remarkable results in AFCON history. They then lost to Senegal in the quarter-finals.
Who is Cesária Évora and what does she have to do with Cape Verde football?
Cesária Évora was Cape Verde's greatest cultural figure — a morna singer from Mindelo, São Vicente who performed barefoot on stages worldwide as a protest against poverty, winning a Grammy in 2003 and dying in 2011. She put Cape Verde on the world cultural map through music in the same way the Blue Sharks have put it on the world football map through sport. Both stories reflect the same truth about Cape Verde: that small places can produce extraordinary things when the culture is rich, the people are determined and the diaspora carries the home identity with them wherever they go.
Does the Cape Verde DLS logo URL work in DLS 24, DLS 25, and DLS 26?
Yes. The logo and kit import system is identical across DLS 24, DLS 25, and DLS 26. Any working 512x512 PNG URL used in one version works in all of them.
How many Cape Verde kits are there for DLS 2026?
Cape Verde has six kit variants for DLS 2026: the home outfield kit, the away outfield kit, the third outfield kit, the home goalkeeper kit, the away goalkeeper kit, and the third goalkeeper kit. All six are on this page with separate copy buttons.
Is the Cape Verde DLS logo free to use?
Yes, completely free. No signup, no payment, no limit. Copy as many Cape Verde logo and kit URLs as you need from this page.
Can I use the Cape Verde badge and all kits together in DLS?
Yes — and it gives the most authentic Blue Sharks experience. Go to Customize Team, use Edit Logo for the FCF shark badge, and Edit Kit for each shirt slot. Using both together means the Blue Shark crest appears correctly on every blue home, white away, and third shirt in every DLS match.
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