Glentoran Football Club is a professional Northern Irish football club based in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The team competes in the NIFL Premiership, the top tier of Northern Irish football, and is one of the country's popular clubs. This unofficial Glentoran FC flag (Irish: bratach neamhoifigiúil Glentoran FC) features the club's official emblem set on a green background with two thin black-and-red horizontal stripes running through the middle, a design inspired by the team's home jersey and long-standing visual identity.
| Flag Proportion: | 3:5 (standard flag ratio) |
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| Flag Format: | Animated GIF (25-frame loop) |
| Flag Usage: | Fan-made / unofficial digital flag |
The Glentoran FC logo is based on a shield divided diagonally into black, red, and green sections, with a large stylized white cockerel at its center. The cockerel is derived from the family crest and signet ring of Victor Coates, one of the club's founding figures, who established the Belfast club in 1882. Adopted from the Coates family heraldry, the cockerel became an enduring symbol of the club and inspired one of Glentoran's traditional nicknames, "The Cock and Hens". An inclined oval white band across the upper section of the shield bears the club name "GLENTORAN", with "FC" displayed directly beneath it, while a band below the shield carries the French motto "le jeu avant tout", meaning "The Game Before All Else". A gold star positioned above the shield commemorates Glentoran's historic victory in the Vienna Cup of 1914, regarded as football's first European club competition. The red, green, and black colors form the club's distinctive traditional identity and have been worn by generations of Glentoran players and supporters at The Oval. Together, the cockerel, shield, motto, championship star, and distinctive tricolor palette connect the emblem with the club's founding heritage, traditions, and long-standing football identity.
| Team name: | Glentoran Football Club |
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| Team nicknames: | The Glens, The Cock and Hens |
| Team abbreviation: | - |
| Founded: | 1882 |
| Location: | East Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Stadium: | The Oval |
| Capacity: | 15,293 |
| League: | NIFL Premiership |
| Team Colors: | Green, black and red |
| Championships: | 1 |
| Mascots: | Cockerel |
