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Champions League 2023/24: Group Stage, Kit Overview

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On Wednesday 13th December, the Group Stages of the Champions League wrapped up for the final time, with 32 teams becoming 16 for the Knock Out Stages starting in February.

The format of the competition is changing from next season will see the removal of the group stages as we know them.

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:

  • 90 Kits worn in Group Stages – 96 games
  • 38 Home Kits (27 first choice / 11 variations)
  • 22 Away Kits (19 first choice / 3 variations)
  • 21 3rd Kits (18 first choice / 3 variations)
  • 9 “Cup” / 4th Kits (7 first choce / 2 variations)

Group A

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • Manchester United the only team to use Home, Away and 3rd Kits, with 2 Home variations used 4 variations in total (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Bayern Munich and FC Copenhagen in just Home and Away Kits
  • Galatasaray in two variations of Home Kit (one with Alternative Shorts)
  • Most worn Kits in the Group Galatasaray Home and Bayern Munich Away – 4

Group B

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • No team wore Home, Away and 3rd kits, just two kits with some variations!
  • All teams wore alternative white socks when playing at Sevilla, all the only alternative worn by that team
  • All teams wore change kits in away games
  • Most worn Kit was all Home Kits (Cup Kit for RC Lens) and Sevilla 3rd Kit – 3

Group C

  • 10 Kits worn in the Group
  • No Team wore Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Two Home Kit Variations worn, Napoli and SC Braga with Alternative Shorts
  • Real Madrid in 3rd Kit in all Away games
  • Most worn Kit, All Home Kits and Real Madrid Away, Union Berlin Cup Kit

Group D

  • 12 Kits worn in the group
  • Inter Milan and Real Sociedad in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
  • RB Salzburg in Home Kit for just one game, wearing Cup Kit 5 times in 2 variations
  • Real Sociedad only team to play in change kits in all away games
  • Most worn kit in the group, Inter Milan Home – 4

Group E

  • 12 Kits worn in the group
  • Celtic and Atletico Madrid only teams to wear 3 different kits, Celtic (H, A, 3rd) and Atletico (H, 3rd, Special)
  • Atletico Madrid in Special Kit against Celtic
  • Celtic wore plain teamwear socks with Home Kit (x3) and Away Kit (x1) meaning 4 different kit variations used (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Most worn kit in the group, Lazio Home – 5

Group F

  • 11 Kits worn in the Group
  • PSG and AC Milan used Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Borussia Dortmund in just Cup Kit in all group games, using alternative yellow shorts in all away games
  • Newcastle United in alternative white shorts in 3 games, including one home game and only used change kit once
  • Most worn kits in group, PSG Home, Borussia Dortmund Cup kit (both variations), AC Milan Home, Newcastle United Home with white shorts – 3

Group G

  • 9 kits worn in the group (lowest in Group Stages)
  • BSC Young Boys in Home Kit in all games, only team to do so in Group Stages
  • RB Leipzig only team to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • Red Stat Belgrade in 2 variations of Home Kit, Red shorts and socks (4), White shorts and socks (1)
  • Most worn kit in Group, BSC Young Boys Home – 6

Group H

  • 14 Kits worn in the group (Highest in Group Stages)
  • FC Barcelona only team in Group Stages to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits, a different change kit in every away game
  • Shakhtar Donetsk in Home, Away and 3rd Kits
  • FC Porto in 4 different kit variations (joint highest in Group Stages)
  • Most worn kit in the Group, Shakhtar Donesk Home Kit – 4

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.

In Group B, Sevilla’s default look with black socks with their white home kit meant that each of the teams visiting The Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium wore alternative white socks with their change kit!

When Atletico Madrid visited Celtic, they wore a Special All Red Shirt with Home Shorts and Socks. It is the same as the special kit from the 2021-22 season, with a different sponsor and without the 75th-anniversary logo. The red also means Atletico pay homage to the red kit worn in the famous battle away against Celtic 50 years ago.

When Manchester United visited Galatasaray, they wore their 3rd kit with alternative red shorts… this gave us a unique look of White / Red / White for The Red Devils, Red shorts not being used since 1956/57 season when an all red look was used by Sir Matt Busby – Details about this can be found on Museum of Jerserys here

FC Barcelona used four distinct kits within the Group Stages, using a different change kit in each of their away games, this included their 4th Kit (Senyera Kit) which has been used by the club since 2022/23 Season.

The only team in the Group Stages to wear just one kit (with one variation) was BSC Young Boys, their home kit being worn in all six group games.

There we have it, my round up of this season’s and the final ever (?) 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

Premier League: Matchweek 16 Kit Review

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The third round of fixtures in the last week have been completed and we are closing in on the half way stage of the season, so take a few minutes with me and lets take a deeper look at the Kits from this weekend’s Premier League Fixtures.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 16 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 81 (+2 from Matchweek 15)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (No change from Matchweek 15)

New Kits this Matchweek

A couple more new kit looks on show through this round of fixtures

Nottingham Forest used their 3rd kit for the first time this season in their visit to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Newcastle United wore their 3rd Kit in a variation of Navy / Navy / Yellow when they played Tottenham Hotspur, although the 2nd time the 3rd shirt has been worn this season, it is the first in this look.

Kit Highlights

Chelsea used a change kit for just the 2nd time this season, both times being their 3rd kit, with The Blues yet to use their Away kit this season, one of five kits yet to be used by the teams this season!

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United again used the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this has now been used 5 times in a row (with Home Kit).

West Ham United were the only team this weekend to play in their Home Kit in an away match, this meant in the 10 games, we saw four Away Kits and five 3rd Kits in action!

The five 3rd Kits in action were the following from AFC Bournemouth, Brentford, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea and Newcastle United, this is most 3rd Kits in action in one matchweek since MW32 of 2022/23 Season.

This was the first time that Arsenal dropped points wearing their Away Kit this season, with their defeat against Aston Villa being the fifth time that The Gunners have used the Kit, winning the previous four games.

My favourite Kit Match Up of this round of fixtures was the first game of the weekend with Crystal Palace playing Liverpool, both kits being right up there as some of the best on show this season in The Premier League.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 5 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

There were just the two Kit Variation on show this week…

  • Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 6th time this has been used
  • Newcatle United’s 3rd kit with alternative yellow socks

Kit Grid – Up to 10th December

Kit News

Crystal Palace have launched a special 4th / Charity Shirt. The shirt will raise funds for the Palace for Life Foundation and will help the charity expand and enhance its outstanding work in the local community, with the goal of improving the lives of young South Londoners.

There are only 1000 shirts made with unique numbers on each of the shirts, all profits going to the charity and will be worn by both Women’s and Men’s teams in their respective FA Cup Fixtures, Women against Chatham Town on 10th December 2023 and Men against Everton on 4th January 2024.

With only a day between the end of Matchweek 15 and start of Matchweek 16 we thought there would be no kit news so thank you Crystal Palace…!!

That wraps up Matchweek 16, European Club Football returns this week, so expect to see some in depth kit reviews of the Group Stage of The Champions League at the end of the week.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League – Matchweek 15

Premier League: Matchweek 15 Kit Review

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The first round of midweek fixtures of the 2023/24 season have been completed and just like Amazon’s Sub Counter, we want to take Kit Reviews the next level… so here is the review of Matchweek 15 Kits!

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 15 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 79 (+2 from Matchweek 14)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (No change from Matchweek 14)

New Kits this Matchweek

A couple more new kit looks on show through this round of fixtures/

Burnley used their third kit for the first time this season at Wolverhampton Wanderers, a nice alternative kit for Burnley with a touch of the Sky Blue within the body of the shirt.

Liverpool used their purple 3rd kit for the first time in the League this season at Sheffield United, having worn it in the Europa League once this season.

Kit Highlights

Manchester City are now the only team that have worn just two kits so far this season, with Home being worn 11 times and Away 4 times!

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United again used the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this has now been used 5 times in a row (with Home Kit).

My favourite Kit Match Up of this round of fixtures, was the clash between Everton and Newcastle United, a classic look for both teams, especially with Newcastle United in their alternative black socks!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 3 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

There were two Kit Variations on show…

  • Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 5th time this has been used
  • Newcastle United in alternative black socks with their Home Kit, the 2nd time used this season, first being in MW2

Kit Grid – Up to 8th December

Kit News

Bukayo Saka made his 200th Appearence for Arsenal in their visit to Luton Town on 5th December, to mark the occasion his shirt contained “200” inside the collar… thanks to @ArsenalShirt for highlighting this!

It is another quiet week on the Premier League Kit News, a few leaked kits coming through but as previously mentioned we will not share these until it the offical kit launches but they can found easily if you look for them!

That wraps up Matchweek 15, the first midweek fixtures of the season and we will back early next week with MW16!!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Premier League: Matchweek 14 Kit Review

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Its December and the Premier League fixtures are coming in thick and fast, so here a look at the Kits worn in Matchweek 14.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 14 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 77 (+2 from Matchweek 13)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 54 (+1 from Matchweek 13)

New Kits this Matchweek

A couple more new kit looks on show this week,

Brighton & Hove Albion used their away kit with alternative white shorts, this was the first time this look has been used in a competitive game this season and becomes the 3rd different look used The Seagulls this season in the League.

Luton Town, now this is the kind of kit usage that got me interested in Football Kits all those years ago, The Hatters have given us an “Ultimate” Kit Mash, with elements of all three kits being on show in one game! This was the first time that we have seen the 3rd Shirt in the League this season, however it was paired with Away Shorts and Home Socks…. simply Wonderful!

This also becomes the 6th Kit Variation used by The Hatters this season, joint 2nd highest in Premier League.

There was one new Goalkeeper Kit on show, which was Crystal Palace who used their 3rd different Goalkeeper Kit with an Orange alternative kit.

Kit Highlights

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United going for the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this now seems to the sock of choice now, having been used 4 times in a row (with Home Kit).

Aston Villa using their away kit in an all white format means that they have used four different kit looks in their last four games.

Crystal Palace have now worn their Away Kit 3 times in the last four games

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Luton Town, it was always going to be this game this week with that Luton Town Mash Up…

This gives me another excuse to share a picture of it!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

There were six variations on show, three Home, two Away and one 3rd, this the most variations seen in one matchweek, the 2nd time this season we have seen this (first being MW6).

  • Aston Villa using white shorts with their Away Kit to give an all white look, the 2nd time this has been used this season.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion, used an alternative look for the first time in Premier League, using white shorts with their away kit
  • Everton in All Blue, the 2nd time this look has been seen in League.
  • Fulham using alternative white socks and again the 2nd time this look has been used this season
  • Luton Town with their wonderful mash up… 3rd Shirt / Away Shorts and Home Socks
  • Manchester United in Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks with their Home Kit, the 4th time this has been used

Kit Grid – Up to 4th December

Kit News

It is another quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front over the last few weeks.

That wraps up Matchweek 14 and with the first set of mid week fixtures taking place this week, the next review will be out this coming Friday!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League: Matchweek 13 Kit Review

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The Premier League returns after the third International Break of the season and this weekend kicks off a run of 8 Matchweeks between now and the end of 2023… so strap yourselves in as we take a more detailed look into the kits worn this weekend!

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 13 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 75 (+2 from Matchweek 12)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (No Change from Matchweek 12)

New Kits this Matchweek

The new kit looks are still trickling in, with two new kits variations on show this week, both variations of Home Kits.

Aston Villa in their third different Home Kit look this season, using alternative claret shorts and socks for their visit to Tottenham Hotspur.

Manchester United used their home kit with alternative black shorts and Teamwear (2023 version) socks for the first time, the second Red / Black / Black look of the season but first with these socks.

Kit Highlights

“Sock Watch”, with Manchester United going for the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this week but with alternative Black shorts meant a new kit variation (see above), this is the 6th different Home Kit look of the season for Manchester United and the 9th in total in just 13 games!

Aston Villa have now worn six different kit variaions so far this season, 2nd highest in the Premier League… they have used 2 Home Kits, 2 Away and 3rd kit in the first 13 games of the season, yet to wear their default Home Kit look on the road this season.

AFC Bournemouth played in a change kit for the first time in eight games against Sheffield United, which was almost 3 months ago on September 2nd against Brentford.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brentford and Arsenal, a nice balance between the two kits and both using black shorts which adds to the aesthetic to me, plus the Arsenal away kit keeps growing on me, I really do like seeing it in action!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and again just the 1 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there was four variations on show, all home kits..!

  • Chelsea with all blue look for the 2nd time this season
  • Aston Villa with alternative claret shorts and socks (again mentioned above)
  • Manchester United with black shorts and Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks (as mentioned above)
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers used their alternative shorts to create an all “Old Gold” look

Kit Grid – Up to 27th November

Kit News

It is a quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front over the last few weeks.

We are starting to see some leaks for next season’s kits hitting Social Media, I am not one to share until we have offical launch pictures however there are some interesting colour / crest choices for clubs if the leaks are accurate.

That wraps up Matchweek 13 and watch this space for future Premier League Kit Reviews.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League: Matchweek 12 Kit Review

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Matchweek 12 is completed and we are just under a third of the way through the season, time to take a deeper look into some of the kits worn this weekend in the Premier League.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 12 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 73 (+3 from Matchweek 11)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 53 (+1 from Matchweek 11)

New Kits this Matchweek

The new kit looks keep rolling in, with three new kits variations on show this week with a couple of default away kits seen for the first time and one incredible away kit alternative, there was also a new goalkeeper this week!

Tottenham Hotspur used their away kit in it’s default look of all navy blue for the first time this season, the kits previous outings have been with white (Home) socks.

Luton Town were the other team to use their away kit in its default look for the first time as well, the all white kit used at Manchester United for the first time, the interchangablilty of the Luton Town kits have meant this is the first time in the kits five uses the all white look has been used.

Sheffield United provided one of the best kit looks of the season so far with this combinaton used at Brighton & Hove Albion, the yellow away shirt paired with alternative red shorts and socks, given us a kit reminiscent of their away kit in the very first Premier League season!

Fulham gave us our only new goalkeeper look of the weekend, this is 3rd different keeper kit of the season and matches the others in the current Adidas Goalkeeper template in blue, the same kit used by Arsenal as an alternative goalkeeper kit.

Kit Highlights

First place to start this week with with Luton Town, who have worn four different kit looks in their last four games, with three different away kit looks and one home kit!

“Sock Watch” at Old Trafford, with Manchester United going for the Teamwear socks with the new Adidas logo this week, this is the 3rd time that these socks have been used this in Premier League this season!

Sheffield United continued their run of change kits in all away games this season, with their 3rd kit look on the road in their six games so far, this was the first point won in an away game for The Blades, therefore the first points in change kits this season… and well it gives me another excuse to share a picture of this kit!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Everton, this fixture has given us the only “halved shirt” derby of the season, with two cracking kits on show… it was always going to be my choice of Kit Match up of the weekend!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 7 Away Kits and 1 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there was three variations on show

  • Manchester United, Home with white shorts and Teamwear (new Adidas Logo) black socks
  • Newcastle United used their away kit with alternative white socks for the second time this season
  • Sheffield United and that wonderful away kit look of Yellow / Red / Red

Kit Grid – Up to 14th November

Kit News

It is a quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front this weekend, with no stories reaching Kit Geek Towers this week, so what this space over the coming two weeks for any updates!

And Finally, the latest Episode (Ep.23) of The Football Kit Podcast is out now, in this episode we are joined by well known Kit Guru and all round good guy Phil Delves and discuss the Kits of the 00’s, often a forgotten decade when it comes to kit designs!

The Podcast can be downloaded in your Pod Catcher of Choice here

That wraps up Matchweek 12, and we have reached the final International Break of 2023, so I will return in two weeks time!

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek 

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – Matchweek 11

Premier League: Matchweek 11 Kit Review

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The clocks have changed, we are now into November and the Premier League Winter Ball is in action… but what happened on the Kit front in this week’s Premier League Fixtures….

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 11 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 70 (+6 from Matchweek 11)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 52 (+2 from Matchweek 11)

New Kits this Matchweek

After two weeks of four new kits on show we had one better with this weekend with six new outfield kits, meaning over half the games fielded a kit look we have not seen yet this season, plus a couple new Goalkeeper kits in their as well!

Manchester United, sporting their 5th different Home Kit look of the season (8th Overall) with one of their more traditional Home Kit Variations, using white shorts and socks against Fulham.

West Ham United used their 3rd Kit for the first time this season in the League, having previously used it in Europe.

Wolverhampton Wanderers used alternative shorts to create an all “Old Gold” look on the road, this was the first time we have seen this kit colour variation since 2018/19 Season against Southampton (13th April 2019).

Aston Villa were another team to use their 3rd Kit for the first time in the league having previously used it in Europe this season.

Liverpool used a change kit for the first time this season in their visit to Luton Town, using their away kit!

Chelsea used a variation of their Home Kit for the first time this season, pairing it up with alternative blue socks, to give an all blue look, something not seen since 2021/22 season, as navy socks (from the Away kit) were used as alternative last season

There were two new goalkeeper kits also used for the first time this weekend, both shades of purple…. Having used just one kit for the first nine games of the Season Everton made it three kits in three games for Jordan Pickford and Luton Town used a purple keeper kit, interestingly it was the keeper template from last season that they used not the current Umbro goalkeeper offering!

Kit Highlights

Nottingham Forest have now worn their default Home Kit (Red / White / Red) six times in total and are unbeaten this season in this look, winning three and drawing three of their games!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Luton Town and Liverpool, Liverpool in one their best away kit looks of recent years, matched up with Luton Town’s retro inspired home kit just worked for me and looked great in action.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there was four variations on show, all from home kits

  • Manchester United, Home with white shorts and socks
  • Arsenal used their Home kit with alternative red socks, this was the 3rd time this has been used this season
  • Wolverhampton Wanderers and their All Old Gold look
  • Chelsea in all blue using alternative blue socks with their home kit

Kit Grid – Up to 7th November

Kit News

Something we have been looking into is the Manchester United sock situation, well we may have some more insights on what is going… Kit Guru Phil Delves has got some inside information, which appears to be that the players are not happy with the default socks, complaining that they are too tight, this being the reason behind the use of Teamwear Socks.

There may be some interesting looking logos for some teams next season, it is rumour that Adidas will bring back the “Trefoil” Logo for their teams third kits next season likely to be Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League.

Nike also looking to do something different with their logo, having used the “Futura” logo a couple of seasons ago, this time it is rumoured that Nike shirts will have a double tick, and possibly have it on its side (potrait view rather than landscape if you will)… I guess we will find out next summer but interesting both stories being reported in the same week!

That wraps up Matchweek 11, plenty of new kits to look back on both outfield and goalkeepers.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Rugby World Cup 2023: Kit Overview

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The 2023 Rugby World Cup held in France ended with South Africa taking a record 4th Title with an 12-11 Victory against New Zealand.

The tournament was held between 8th September and 28th October 2023, with 20 teams playing in total of 48 games during 7 week Tournament.

I shared some regular updates on the Kits used during the competition, but wanted to consildate this in one place for your perusal.

Overall Kit Stats:

  • 20 Teams
  • 37 Kits worn in the Tournament
  • 2 Teams in 3 Kits
  • 13 Teams in 2 Kits
  • 5 Teams in just the 1 Kit

Pool Stage, there were four Pools containg Five Nations, with the Top Two Nations moving to the Knock-Out Stages.

Pool Fixtures Overview

Knock-Out Rounds

Knock-Out Rounds, this consisted of Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals, 3rd / 4th Place Playoff and of course the final, so a total of eight fixtures in the final stages of the Tournament.

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals / 3rd & 4th Place / Final

Looking at the Nations in more detail, I will look at each Pool and the Kits worn by the Nations here!

Pool A

Pool A provided four Nations with Blue as their Primary Colour and New Zealand in their traditional “All Black” look, so there was plenty of Alternative Kits on show from this group, with a total of 9 Kits seen in the Pool Stage here.

Uruguay and Italy both used their Alternative Kit in 3 of their 4 Pool Matches, with Namibia using their two kits twice each and Tournament Hosts France only using their Alternative Kit once, in the opening game of the Competition against New Zealand.

New Zealand who reached the final ended playing all seven of their games in their Primary All Black Kit

Pool B

Pool B provided the most Kits used in the Pool Stage, with a total of 10 Kits used by the Nations here.

South Africa were one of two teams to use three kits through the tournament, and the only Nation to use three different shirts, with their Alternative Shirt deemed to contain too much green when they played Ireland, this also meant they wore three different kits in their opening three games.

Ireland, Romania and Tonga all wore two kits in total, with their Primary used three times and their alternative kit worn just the once.

Scotland the other team in the group only appeared in their Primary kit, unusual as even in the 6 Nations Tournament they are one of three teams who play in Blue but with Pool A taking a large portion of the teams in Blue meant it was only the Primary Kit this time around for the Scots.

Pool C

Pool C was another Pool with 9 Kits used, however only 8 were used in the Pool Stage with Fiji being the only Nation to use a kit in the Knock-out Stages that was not previously used in the Pool Stage, with their Alternative Kit used in the Quarter-Final game against England.

Along with Fiji, Georgia, Portugal and Wales all used two kits, with Georgia and Portugal going with Primary and Alternative kits in two games each and Wales just the once in their game againt Portugal.

Australia were one of the five Nations to use just their Primary Kit after failing to progress from the Pool Stage.

Pool D

The final Pool, Pool D was one of the most interesting in terms of kits used.

In total their were 9 Kits used by the Nations here, however it was the only Pool that had two Nations that used just the one Kit, with Chile and Japan playing their four Pool games in their Primary Kits.

Argentina and Samoa would use both Primary and Alternative Kits in their Pool matches, with Argentina also using their alternative kit in a later game (we will come on to that below).

England however were the second team in the Tournament to use three different Kit Looks, this one being a little more subtle than the South Africans, as the Alternative red socks were used with the Primary shirts / shorts to create the only Kit Mash up of the competition, this look was used twice, once in the Pool game against Samoa and then in their second meeting against Argentina in the 3rd / 4th Placed Play-Off.

Kit Highlights

As mentioned there were two teams that used three different kits in the tournament:

South Africa Kits – Primary worn 5 times, Alternative worn 1 time and White Alternative shirt worn 1

England Kits – Primary Kit worn 3 times, Alternative Kit worn 2 times and Primary / Alternative socks worn 2 times

Argentina v England – The two nations met twice in the Tournament, in their opening game in Pool D and then in the 3rd / 4th Place Playoff game, so their final game of the tournament, each game game was played in different kits….

There we have it, the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Kits and congratulations to South Africa on their Record Victory.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

Premier League: Matchweek 10 Kit Review

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We are now in double figures for Matchweeks and over a quarter of the way through the season as Matchweek 10 is now completed.

As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 10 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 64 (+4 from Matchweek 9)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 50 (+3 from Matchweek 9)

New Kits this Matchweek

For the second Matchweek in a row, there were four new kit looks on show….

Sheffield United made an interesting Kit Choice to their visit to Arsenal, going for the first time this season with their light grey / off white 3rd kit paired with alternative red socks… The Blades have gone with their Yellow Away Kit for all their games on the road this season and maybe this would have been a better choice this week, as this look did create somewhat of an overall clash!

Newcastle United used their Away Kit in its default (Green / White / Green) look for the first time this season at Wolverhampton Wanderers

Everton used their wonderful 3rd Kit for the first time in their victory at West Ham United, the kit is part of the 100th Anniversary Celebration for Hummel and is a variation of their classic “Mexico” design. I wrote a detailed piece on all those kits which you can find here!

Fulham complete the new outfield kits on show this week, debutting their neon pink Away Kit at Brighton & Hove Albion, a kit ot brighten up those dreary winter days…!

There were also three new goalkeeper used for the first time this weekend… with Chelsea using the green version of the Nike Template for the first time and in the game at The London Stadium saw both Keepers in new kits, with West Ham United using the Pink Umbro template as seen by all Umbro Teams in the Premier League now and Everton moving from their green keeper kit for the first time this season by using their Black / Blue alternative kit!

This takes up to 50 Goalkeeper Used this season so far.

Kit Highlights

We will start as always with Manchester United “Sock Watch”, this weekend in the Manchester Derby it was a return the most recent Adidas Teamwear socks, with just the Adidas Logo… this was the 2nd time they have worn these socks with their Home Kit.

Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in their opening TEN GAMES, so currently have the longest running Kit Streak in the Premier League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Fulham, although the Brighton Home Kit is not one of my favourite kits of the season, the match up with the vibriant Fulham Away gave us a nice balance in kit looks and for me just worked well on the eye!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek, this was the second week in a row that we have seen this breakdown.

However there was one Home, Away and 3rd Kit Variation on show this weekend!

  • Manchester United, Home with Teamwear Socks (New Logo)
  • Luton Town, Away with Home Shorts & Socks, 2nd Time this variation has been used this season
  • Sheffield United, 3rd with alternative red socks.

As mentioned above Liverpool have now worn their Home Kit for all 10 games so far, therefore using just the one kit this season! This run is likely to end next weekend when they visit Luton Town so a change kit will be used there.

Sheffield United have used change kits in all five their Away games this season, using their Away kit four times and 3rd kit for the first time this weekend!

Kit Grid – Up to 30th October

Kit News

The Arsenal x Maharishi collection was released in the last week, Maharishi were founded in London in 1994 and are known for using camouflage as in the heart of their designs. Another example of The North Londoners branching their “kits” across from the standard playing and training gear, with these items likely to be used as Pre-Match kit.

To the other side of North London, Tottenham Hotspur launched their “Legacy” Number initiative for their kits, this is wear players wear a unique number on their kit, the number represents their place in order of players to represent the club, something originally seen in Cricket and recently seen used by England National Football Team as well… will more clubs follow this lead, time will tell?

The Numbers will be on the back of the shirts, above the players name – See “805” for Son below!

That wraps up Matchweek 10 plenty new kits on show and some interesting Kit News for the week.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.

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Premier League: Matchweek 9 Kit Review

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The second International Break is completed and the Premier League returns reaching Matchweek 9 and we around a quarter of the way through the season..!

As always you can find Matchweek 8’s review – here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below, we now have all 60 shirts released… still waiting for confirmation of the shorts that will be used with Luton Town’s 3rd.

Matchweek 9 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 60 (+4 from Matchweek 8)
  • Goalkeeper Kits – 47 (No Change from Matchweek 8)

New Kits this Matchweek

There was quite a few new kits on show this Matchweek, with four new looks seen!

Brighton & Hove Albion were used their Away Kit for the 2023/24 season for the first time, this was the first time they have used any change kit this season.

Luton Town used another different combination of their Away kit, this one paired with Home Shorts created the third different look on the road this season with their change shirt!

Manchester United used their Away kit for the second time, this time paired with bespoke alternative White Shorts and socks. We will talk about this kit a bit more in the Kit Highlights….

West Ham United used their Away for the fourth time this season, however this look was paired with Alternative light blue shorts, likely to be also available to use with Home Kit too.

Kit Highlights

As with most weeks we will start with Manchester United, who wore their 7th Kit Variation in the opening 9 games of the season, with their Away Kit with alternative shorts and socks at Sheffield United

There was some controversy around this shirt choice given the impacts to colourblind fans / viewers (impacting 12% of Male population, 5% Female population), arguably it could be considered that the 3rd All “Off-White” Kit may have been a more suitbale alternative given the prodomentaly red Sheffield United Shirt.

Although there was no “new” goalkeeper kit on show, there was an interesting detail highlighed by Museum of Jerserys with Manchester United’s goalkeeper kit, with André Onana has now worn both the Competition and Pro versions of the yellow Tiro 23, wearing the Pro version of the shirt this weekend

Details of differences can be seen below in the illistration from MoJ. There is also a difference in fit, with the competition version being a more form fitting shirt, could this be the reason behind the choice in style of shirt?

Luton Town have now used their Away Kit with three different combinations and yet to use it in its default All White look. Each variation has only been used the once but we have seen the following (SHIRT / SHORTS / SOCKS):

  • Away / Away / 3rd at Chelsea
  • Away / Home / Home at Everton
  • Away / Home / Away at Nottingham Forest

My favourite kit match up of the weekend was the game was the Claret / Blue Derby with Aston Villa and West Ham United, the use of the alternative shorts by West Ham and the claret details in collar / cuff of their away shirt gave a nice overall balance against Aston Villa in their home kit, very pleasing on the eye (for me anyway).

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits, 5 Away Kits and 2 3rd kits in action in this Matchweek.

However there were a few variations on show as we looked in the new kits of the week!

  • Arsenal in alternative red socks with their home kit for the 2nd time
  • Luton Town, Away with Home shorts
  • Manchester United, Away with alternative white shorts and socks
  • West Ham United, Away with alternative blue shorts

Liverpool are now the only team to wear just one kit this season, now 9 games since the start of season in their Home Kit, being at Home Next week means this is streak will continue for 10 games.

And again Everton have used just the one Goalkeeper kit

Kit Grid – Up to 24th October

Kit News

A very quiet week on the Premier League Kit News front.

The only story that peaked our interest was after signing for Luton Town Andros Townsend is going for a slight change of name on his shirt for his new club, adding “Sr” to as a tribute his son (Andros Junior).

That wraps up Matchweek 8 and a few new kits on show, some interesting kit highlights.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek Kit Review will return next week.

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