On Wednesday 2nd November, the Group Stages of the Champions League wrapped up for another season this was over a month earlier than we normally see due the upcoming World Cup starting in November and concluding in December.

In true Kit Geek style I wanted to take a look at the kits worn by the 32 teams competing in these group stages.

Overall Kit Stats:

• 81 Kits worn in Group Stages – 96 games
• 36 Home Kits (29 first choice / 7 variations)
• 26 Away Kits (21 first choice / 5 variations)
• 15 3rd Kits (11 first choice / 4 variations)
• 4 “Cup” Kits (3 first choce / 1 variation)

Group A

• 10 Kits worn in the Group
• Napoli only team to use Home, Away and 3rd kits, including Champions League only “3rd Kit”
• Rangers in two home kit variations
• Liverpool Home kit most used, 5 out of the 6 Group matches

Group B

• 11 Kits worn in the Group – joint most this season
• Atletico Madrid and Club Bruges in Home, Away and 3rd kits
• Bayer Leverkusen in two home kit variations
• FC Porto Home kit most used, 4 out of the 6 Group matches

Group C

• 10 Kits worn in the Group
• Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen in Home, Away and 3rd kits – V.Plzen in first 3 games
• Every team in change kit for away games
• Each Team’s home kit used 3 times

Group D

• 11 Kits worn in the Group – Joint most this season
• Sporting CP in 4 different kit variations, all used in first 4 games and the most used in Group stages
• Marseille in Home, Away and 3rd Kits
• Eintracht Frankfurt in Champions League kit (away) for first 5 games, most used kit in the group

Group E

• 11 Kits worn in the Group – Joint most this season
• No team wore three different kits (Home, Away, 3rd)
• All teams wore variations of either Home, Away or “Cup” Kit
• Red Bull Salzburg in “Cup” Kit in all 6 games, with 1 variation of socks

Group F

• 8 Kits worn in the Group (fewest in this season’s competition)
• No team wore three different kits (Home, Away, 3rd)
• Each team in just 2 kits
• Real Madrid in change kit in group stages for the first time since 2019

Group G

• 10 Kits worn in the Group
• Borussia Dortmund in just 1 kit, only one of two teams this season to do this
• Sevilla only team to use Home, Away and 3rd kits in the group
• Manchester City one of 5 teams to use alternative shorts with their home kit this season

Group H

• 10 Kits worn in the Group
• PSG in just 1 kit, only one of two teams this season to do this
• Juventus and Maccabi Haifa in Home, Away and 3rd kits in the group
• Benfica only team in the group to use a variation kit, with alternative shorts with home kit

Matchday Breakdowns:

Match Day 1

Match Day 2

Match Day 3

Match Day 4

Match Day 5

Match Day 6

Kit Highlights:

Looking at some of my favourite Kit highlights of the Group Stages.

The three teams playing at Chelsea in Group E all used variations of socks with their kits

Every game in Group C the away team played in a change kit….

The only two teams to wear just one kit were Borussia Dortmund and Paris St.Germain, with Dortmund wearing their European Cup Kit.

Tottenham Hotspur and Olympique de Marseille in some what a flip / reverse kit match up, each doning all white v all sky blue in their two fixtures.

There we have it, my round up of this season’s Champions League Group Stages, let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek