The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, competing in the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level of Australian rules football. This unofficial Collingwood Football Club flag features the team's official logo on a vertically divided background in the club's traditional black and white colours.
The Collingwood Football Club logo features a stylised magpie, the club's mascot and symbol, placed in front of a shield surrounded by a golden wreath and decorated with vertical black and white stripes. The magpie represents the club's identity and its nickname "The Magpies". It symbolises agility, intelligence, and teamwork, qualities associated with Australian rules football, and also reflects the club's long-standing cultural presence in the sport. The black and white colour scheme is strongly associated with Collingwood and reflects its traditional team colours, which have become an instantly recognisable visual identity in Australian football culture. Overall, the logo reflects the club's heritage, identity, and enduring presence as one of the most historically significant and widely supported teams in Australian rules football.
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| Team Name: | Collingwood Football Club |
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| Team Nicknames: | Magpies, Pies, Woods, Woodsmen, Maggies |
| Team Abbreviation: | COLL or COLLFC |
| Founded: | 1892 |
| Location: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| League: | Australian Football League |
| Team Colors: | Black and White |
| VFL/AFL premierships: | 15 |
| VFL/AFL seasons: | 126 |
| Ground: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: | 100,024 |
| Mascot: | Jock "One Eye" McPie |
