On Tuesday 16th February we see the knock out phase of The Champions League start, so I felt it was a good time to look back at the Group Stages and kits that were worn by the 32 teams competing.

Overall Kit Stats:

• 89 Kits worn in Group Stages – 96 games
• 42 Home Kits (30 first choice / 12 variations)
• 27 Away Kits (23 first choice / 4 variations)
• 19 3rd Kits (15 first choice / 4 variations)
• 1 4th Kit

Group A

• Atletico Madrid using 4 different kits in first 4 games
• Bayern Munich in 3rd kit mash up with home shorts at Atletico
• Red Bull Salzburg used last seasons Euro away kit (Black)

Group B

• Only 7 kits used in whole group
• Real Madrid only team to wear just one kit in Group stages
• No 3rd kit used in this group
• Shakhtar Donesk used last season’s kits

Group C

• Porto used home kit with white shorts not normal blue and all navy for away kit, instead of yellow shorts
• Olympiakos used 4 different kit variations
• No team wore a home kit away from home, change kits used in all 12 games

Group D

• Only 8 kits worn in this group, 2 for each team
• Ajax only team to wear change kit twice (x2 3rd kit)

Group E

• 14 Kit variations worn in this Group
• Chelsea, Krasnodar and Stade Rennes all wore 4 kit variations
• Sevilla only wore home kit, using alternative red socks in last game at Rennes

Group F

• Only kit variation used in group was Borussia Dortmund Home kit with alternative yellow shorts
• Lazio wore 3rd kit at home to Zenit

Group G

• Barcelona used 4 different kits (home, away, 3rd and last season’s 4th)
• Dynamo Kyiv only used change kit once
• Ferencvaros wore away kit at home to Dynamo Kyiv

Group H

• 15 kit variations worn in the group
• Manchester United wore 5 kit variations in their 6 games (only 3rd kit was worn twice)
• Basaksehir / RB Leipzig both wore 3 varations of home kit in first 3 games

Matchday Breakdowns:

Some of my favourite kit match ups in the group stages.

Zenit St Petersburg v Lazio from Match Day 2 and Juventus v Ferencvaros from Match Day 3.

Any kit highlights from you from the Champions League within the Group stages, let me know on the comments below or over at twitter on https://twitter.com/kit_geek