For the second time we are seeing the expanded Champions League complete it’s “League Phase” with the 36 Teams playing a total of 144 game, with these final round of fixtures being played on a single day, Wednesday 28th January 2026.
The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.
Match 8 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
- Kits Worn in Total – 113
- 6 New Kits used this Matchweek
New Kits this Matchweek
The 6 new kits this week were the following:
- Sporting CP – 3rd
- Real Madrid – Away
- Qarabag – Away
- Chelsea – 3rd
- Bayern Munich – 3rd with red shorts & black socks
- Slavia Prague – Home with alternative red shorts
Kit Highlights
Bayern Munich wore a wonderful mash up, their 3rd was worn with what appears to be their third goalkeeper kit shorts and black trefoil socks! This was the 3rd different pair of socks worn with this kit in the competition this season and their 5th look used overall, the joint-highest in the Champions League this season
Sporting CP wore their 3rd Kit for the first time, this was their 5th different look (joint-highest), having worn 2 different Home Kit looks, Away and a Charity Kit.
Bayer Leverkusen remain the only team to wear a single kit look through the League Phase.
One of the most common goalkeeper templates across Europe this season, but it a goal scoring one now and we love a goalkeeper scoring!
My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between PSV Eindhoven and Bayern Munich, of it was… that wonderful looking Bayern Kit gives a nice balance with PSV’s classic look.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen the following kits…
- 25 Home Kits
- 4 Away Kits
- 5 3rd Kits
- 2 “Cup” Kit
There were just 3 Kit Variations seen this week…
- Bayern Munich – 3rd with red shorts & black socks
- Slavia Prague – Home with alternative red shorts
- Newcastle United – Home with alternative white shorts & socks, 3rd time used
Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at my socials..
X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek and I will be taking a deeper look into the Kit Usage through out the League Phase of the Champions League in future post coming soon.
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