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Posted: 2022-09-29 00:02:22

Socceroos' World Cup group-stage opponents Denmark will wear jerseys that protest the human rights record of host nation Qatar, with a black option unveiled on Wednesday to honour migrant workers who died during construction work for the tournament.

"The colour of mourning," kit manufacturer Hummel said in a post on Instagram releasing the black third-choice design.

"While we support the Danish national team all the way, this shouldn't be confused with support for a tournament that has cost thousands of people their lives," the company said.

The designs seem to complete a promise made by the Danish football federation last November to wear clothing with "critical messages" at the tournament in Qatar.

Although FIFA's World Cup rules prohibit political statements on team uniforms, the three Denmark shirt designs in all-red, all-white and all-black appear to comply with no words or symbols that are an explicit statement.

Hummel's black Denmark kit
Hummel says black, "the colour of mourning", is "the perfect colour for Denmark's third shirt for this year's World Cup". (Supplied: Hummel Sport)

The national team badge, Hummel logo and decorative white chevrons — a famous feature of the Denmark shirt since the 1980s — are faded into the same single colour as the shirt as the company "toned down" its distinctive branding.

"We don't wish to be visible during [the] tournament," Hummel said.

"We support the Danish national team all the way, but that isn't the same as supporting Qatar as a host nation."

The gas-rich emirate has been fiercely criticised in the past decade for its treatment of migrant workers, mostly from south Asia, that have been needed to build tens of billions of dollars' worth of stadiums, metro lines, roads and hotels.

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