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The [[Flag of Europe]], designed in 1955 on behalf of the [[Council of Europe]] (CoE) and adopted by the [[European Communities]] in 1985 (and thus inherited as the flag of the [[European Union]] upon its creation in 1993) has a circle of twelve [[Or (heraldry)|yellow (gold)]] [[star (heraldry)|stars]] on a [[azure (heraldry)|blue (azure)]] field.<ref>The EU inherited the flag's use when it was formed in 1993, being the successor organisation to the EC. It has been in wide official use by the EU since the 1990s, but it has never been given official status in any of the [[Treaties of the European Union|EU's treaties]]. Its adoption as an official symbol of the EU was planned as part of the proposed [[Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe|European Constitution]], which failed to be ratified in 2005. [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2007:306:0231:0271:EN:PDF Official Journal of the European Union, 2007 C 306–2 , p. 267]</ref>

In [[association football]], there is a tradition of using [[Star (football badge)|five-pointed stars in team badges]] to represent victories. The first team to adopt such a star was [[Juventus F.C.FC|Juventus]], in 1958, to represent their tenth Italian Football Championship and [[Serie A]] title.<ref name=FIFA>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2007/news/newsid=687173/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215104842/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/clubworldcup/japan2007/news/newsid=687173/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2014|title=FIFA awards special 'Club World Champion' badge to AC Milan|publisher=[[Fédération Internationale de Football Association]]|date=7 February 2008|access-date=15 December 2014}}</ref> The star was later formally adopted by some organisations as a symbol for ten titles, and the ratio of one star for ten titles has become the most common arrangement.<ref name = "Talksport FC Bayern">{{cite news|title=Why Bayern Munich have only four stars on their shirt|work=talkSPORT|date=11 March 2014|access-date=17 June 2016|url=http://talksport.com/football/why-bayern-munich-have-only-four-stars-their-shirt-14031183047}}</ref>