armband

käsivarsinauha A band worn around the arm usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
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puhekieltä A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
2015, Louise Taylor, Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans spitting row mars Manchester United’s win over Newcastle (in The Guardian, 4 March 2015)http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/04/newcastle-united-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report

The biggest cheer of the night came shortly afterwards. St James’ Park finally found its voice to welcome back Jonás Gutiérrez into a Newcastle side for the first time since his diagnosis with testicular cancer 17 months ago. Hugged by his friend Coloccini, Gutiérrez was handed the captain’s armband after replacing Ryan Taylor at left-back and promptly collected a booking for fouling Adnan Januzaj – on for a frustrated Angel Di Maria.