Champions League 2023/24: Kit Overview

On Saturday 1st June 2024, Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 6th time in 11 years and 15th time overall in the history of the tournament.

I wanted to follow my overview of the kits worn in the Group Stages with a Kit Overview of the Knock Out Stages of the competition, as well as a final overview of the competition from The Group Stages

Knock Out Round Kit Stats

31 – Kits worn in Knock Out Stages – 29 games
17 – Home Kits (15 Default / 2 Variations)
7 – Away Kits
5 – 3rd Kits
1 – 4th Kit
1 – Cup Kit
5 New Kit Variations used in Knock Out Stages

Overall Kit Stats (Including Group Stages)

95 Kits worn – 125 games
40 Home Kits (15 Default / 11 Variations)
25 Away Kits (22 Default / 3 Variations)
24 3rd Kits (19 Default / 5 Variations)
3 4th Kits
3 Cup Kits used (2 Defaults / 1 variation)

Kit Overview

Group A / Group B

Group C / Group D

Group E / Group F

Group G / Group H

Knock Out Fixtures

Group Stage Fixtures can be found here

The 5 “New Kits Variations” seen in the Knockout Stages:

Arsenal wore their home kit with alternative socks against FC Porto in their Last 16 Game.

FC Porto returned the alternative Home Kit look in the return leg of their match up with Arsenal, these were the only two alternative kit looks used in the Knock-Out games of the Champions League this season.

Napoli wore their away for the first time in the competition this season when they Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid wore their away in game against Borussia Dortmund, this meant they were the 2nd team to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits in the competition, Barcelona being the first.

It took Real Madrid to the 2nd Leg of their Quarter Final against Manchester City to wear their Away for the first time, they then wore it again in their next game against Bayern Munich.

Kit Variations Stats

Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Champions League Teams

FC Porto in 5 Kit Variations (8 Games): Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
6 Teams in 4 Kit variations
- Manchester United (6 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
- Arsenal (10 Games): Home Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
- Napoli (8 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
- Atletico Madrid (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
- Celtic (6 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
- Barcelona (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
17 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
- 8 Teams in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
- 9 Teams using a variation of one their kits to give 3 variations in total
7 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
1 Team in just 1 Kit – BCS Young Boys
Most variations of Home Kit – 3 (FC Porto)
Most variatons of Away Kit – 2 (RC Lens / Feyenoord / Celtic)
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 2 (Arsenal / PSV / RB Salzburg)
Most variations of Cup Kit – 2 (Borussia Dortmund)
17 Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away, 3rd, 4th or Cup Kits
Most worn Home Kit – 7, Real Madrid (13 Games) / PSG (12 Games)
Most worn Away Kit – 7, Bayern Munich (12 Games)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 5, RB Salzburg (2 Variations in 6 Games)
Most worn 4th Kit – 3, Barcelona (10 Games)
Most worn Cup Kit – 13, Borussia Dortmund (2 Variations in 13 Games)

All Kit variations and the number times they were worn by Group…

Kit Highlights:

There was an increase in overall kits used from last season, increasing from 87 to 95 (9%) with 24 of the 32 teams using at least 3 Kit Looks, and just 8 teams using a maxium of 2 kits.

Only one team, BSC Young Boys wore just one kit look in their Champions League Campaign, which lasted their 6 Group Games.