The revamped Champions League format is now in it’s second season, and this is also the second season we will review the kits worn in each Matchweek, much like the Premier League Kit Reviews.
Round 2 of the fixtures have been completed, with each team now playing home and away, so plenty of new kits on show over the two nights of fixtures.
The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.
This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits / Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!
Match 2 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
- Kits Worn in Total – 61
- 25 New Kits used this Matchweek
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 25 new kits this week:
- Atalanta – Home
- Club Brugge – Away
- Atletico Madrid – Home
- Tottenham Hotspur – Away
- Galatasaray – Home
- Liverpool – Away
- Slavia Prague – 3rd / Home socks
- Marseille – Home
- Ajax – Away
- Pafos – Home
- Bayern Munich – 3rd
- Qarabag – Home
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Home
- Newcastle United – Home / white shorts & socks
- Arsenal – Home
- Olympiakos – 3rd
- Barcelona – Home
- PSG – Away
- PSV – 3rd / white shorts & socks
- Borussia Dortmund – Cup Kit
- Athletic Bilbao – Home / White shorts
- Manchester City – Away
- Napoli – Home
- Sporting CP – Home
- Juventus – Away
Kit Highlights
As called out by The Football Kit Podcast Galatasaray’s shirt mirrored the shirts worn by the mascots in the pre-game line up.
Slavia Prague wore a “mash up” against Inter Milan, using their Home (white) socks with their 3rd Kit (who’s default socks are pale blue), for an all white look.
Holders PSG are using their current Away Kit for a second season, however this is the first time it has been used in the Champions League, having just worn Home and 4th Kits in victorious campaign last season.
Juventus are the only club not to wear their Home (or Cup) Kit yet in their opening two games, after wearing their 3rd Kit in their Home game last match week, they wore their Away at Villarreal.
There were 11 teams that have worn the same kit (Home or Cup) in the opening two games, meaning over 70% of clubs wore different kits in the two appearances so far.
5 Teams, Athletic Bilbao, Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United, Sporting CP and Union Saint-Gilloise have worn their Home (or Cup) Kit in opening two games in two different variations wearing alternative shorts (and socks in Newcastle’s case) with their Home Kit.
My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Borussia Dortmund and Athletic Bilbao, this season’s Cup kit for Dortmund is a simple classic looking kit, paired with Athletic Club wearing alternative white shorts with their Home Kit gave a wonderful looking match up.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen the following kits…
- 23 Home Kits
- 6 Away Kits
- 5 3rd Kits
- 2 “Cup” Kit
Kit Variations seen this week…
- Slavia Prague – 3rd, with Home (white socks)
- Newcastle United – Home, with alternative white shorts & socks
- PSV – 3rd, with alternative white shorts & socks
- Athletic Bilbao – Home, with alternative white shorts
Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 21st and 22nd October.
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