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Champions League – Match 8

Kit Highlights:

Looking at some of my favourite Kit highlights of the League Phase of the competition…

There were two teams that wore five different Kit variations in their eight games, Bayern Munich and Sporting CP.

Bayern Munich, who wore Home, Away and three different variations of their 3rd Kit.

Sporting CP wore two variations of their Home Kit, Away, 3rd and a Charity Kit.

Bayer Leverkusen were the only team to wear a single Kit Look through this phase of the competition.

PSG were the only team to wear four distinct kits with no variations, wearing Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kit in their eight games!

AS Monaco wore three different Home Kit looks, using red / white shorts and socks in different combinations.

Benfica were the only team to wear just their Home Kit in all of their matches, they did this in two different looks, wearing default look (white shorts) six times and alternative red shorts twice.

Borussia Dortmund as with traditional over the recent seasons wore a Cup Kit, they did this in two different variations, only wearing alternative shorts the once in the opening game against Juventus.

Juventus wore their 3rd Kit more than any other look, wearing it four times including once at Home.

There were three examples of “European” Change kits, with Napoli having dedicated European Away and 3rd Kits (a shame we did not get to see that wonderful brown 3rd Kit in Champions League Action) and Union Saint-Gilloise used a “European” Away Kit.

Manchester City wore a 4th Kit for second season in a row, this season wearing it three times in total for their most used look away from Etihad Stadium.

That’s it, the Champions League “League” Phase has now been completed!

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Champions League 25/26: Match 8, Kit Review

Jan 29, 2026Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Bayern, Benfica, Champions League, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, Sporting CP, sports, UCL, UEFA3 Comments

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..

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Champions League 25/26: Match 7, Kit Review

Jan 22, 2026Jan 28, 2026Posted in Kit HistoryTagged AS Monaco, Benfica, Champions League, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Premier League, PSG, Soccer, sport, sports, UEFA5 Comments

For the second time we are seeing the expanded Champions League have it’s final fixtures in January, with the seventh round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 20th January and Wednesday 21st January 2026.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

Match 7 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 107
2 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 2 new kits this week were the following:

AS Monaco in their Away

Pafos in 3rd Kit with Away socks

Kit Highlights

Bayer Leverkusen remain the only team to wear a single kit look in this phase of the competition.

AS Monaco wore a change kit for the first time in this season’s Champions League, having worn 3 different Home Kit looks in their previous 6 games. This then being their 4th different kit look, the joint most so far this season.

Manchester City wore their 4th Kit for the 3rd time, they have now worn this kit has much as their Home Kit in the competition this season.

Newcastle United wore an alternative Home Kit look at Home against PSV Eindhoven, wearing white shorts and socks.

Benfica have only worn their Home Kit in the competition so far this season, they wore alternative red shorts for the 2nd time playing Juventus.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Sporting CP and PSG, the PSG 3rd Kit is one of my favourite kit looks of the season, combined with the classic Sporting look was always going to be a great Kit Match up.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

24 Home Kits
4 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
1 “Cup” Kit
1 4th Kit

There were just 6 Kit Variations seen this week…

Galatasaray – Home with Away Shorts, 2nd time used
Union Saint-Gilloise – 3rd with Home Socks, 2nd time used
Pafos – 3rd with Away socks
Juventus – Home with alternative white shorts & socks, 3rd time used
Benfica – Home with alternative red shorts, 2nd time used
Newcastle United – Home with alternative white shorts & socks, 2nd 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 back after the final round of Champions League games , with Round 8 on 28th January 2026.

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Champions League 25/26: Match 5, Kit Review

Nov 27, 2025Dec 9, 2025Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Ajax, Athletic Club, Benfica, Champions League, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, la-liga, Newcastle United, News, Soccer, sports, UCL, UEFA15 Comments

We are now over half-way through the League Phase of the Champions League this season, the fifth round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th November 2025.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

Match 5 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 98
15 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 15 new kits this week were the following:

Ajax – 3rd
Benfica – Home, All Red
Union Saint-Gilloise – Away (European Version)
Villarreal – Away
Barcelona – Away
Newcastle United – 3rd
Napoli – Away (European Version)
Athletic Club – Away
Monaco – Home with alternative red shorts / white socks
Bayern Munich – 3rd with green socks
Inter Milan – Home with white socks
Real Madrid – 3rd
PSG – 4th Kit
Tottenham Hotspur – 3rd
Club Brugge – 3rd

Kit Highlights

There are just two teams have just worn a single kit look in the five games so far, both from Germany – Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt

The game between Ajax and Benfica was a game that gave us plenty of talking points in terms of kits. Firstly, Ajax were the Home Team and wore their 3rd Kit, the reason given for this was the lack of Kit Options from Benfica (who have a light grey Away Kit and white 3rd Kit).

This was also the 4th Kit Look Ajax have used so far in the competition (joint highest) and was the first alternative look worn by Benfica.

Two teams wore “European” Away Kits for the first time in the Champions League. Union Saint-Gilloise wore a plain white shirt (their domestic Away contains a map of the area in the body of the shirt) and Napoli wore an All White Away, with their domestic Away being cream in colour.

Newcastle United wore a change kit for the first time in Champions League this season, using their “Trefoil” 3rd Kit against Olympique Marseille.

Athletic Club wore their Away Kit at Slavia Prague, this was their 4th different Kit Look so far this season in the competition, the joint highest from a club.

It was 4th Kit v 3rd Kit, when Tottenham Hotspur visited PSG, who debuted their 4th Kit for this season (something we have seen them use in past few seasons in The Champions League). PSG are the first team to wear four distinct kits in the competition so far.

AS Monaco wore a different Kit variation for the first time this season, however it was still their Home Kit but paired with alternative shorts and socks, so red shorts and white socks, the opposite of their default look.

Bayern Munich wore their 3rd Kit for the second time in the competition, however this time with alternative green socks, rather than the default light gold / cream socks, this is the fourth Kit Look used so far.

There are eight teams that have now worn four kit looks in the opening five games, Galatasaray and Sporting CP (who used four in four games), Ajax, Athletic Club, Bayern Munich and PSG all mentioned above, with the other two teams Inter Milan (who wore white socks with their Home Kit) and Union Saint-Gilloise (European Away) making up the eight clubs.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Borussia Dortmund and Villarreal, the Spanish team are not one for changing their kit but against Dortmund was one of times when it was needed, so the Kit Match up looked good in action.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

19 Home Kits
7 Away Kits
7 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kit
1 4th Kit

There were just 4 Kit Variations seen this week…

Benfica – Home, All Red
Monaco – Home, alternative red short / white socks
Bayern Munich – 3rd, alternative green socks
Inter Milan – Home, white socks

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 back after next round of Champions League games on the 9th and 10th December.

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Champions League: Match 6, Kit Review

Dec 12, 2024Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged AC Milan, Aston Villa, Bayern, Benfica, Bologna, Champions League, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, sports, UEFA12 Comments

The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 6 of the League Phase and the final round of fixtures in 2024, before we move into new territory with the final two rounds in January.

The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, (111 including Cup and 4th Kits).

Match 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 91 (+3 from Match 5)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 3 new Kits on show this week

Aston Villa used their 3rd Kit in it’s default look for the first time this season, having previously worn with alternative white shorts.

AS Monaco wore their Away kit for against Arsenal.

Sparta Prague wore another mash up, this time with 3rd shirt and away shorts and socks.

Kit Highlights

Bayern Munich used their 3rd kit for a 5th time out of the 6 games, still yet to wear their Home Kit!

Sparta Prague have now worn their 3rd Kit in three different variations, all black, with away socks and now with away shorts and socks.

AC Milan v Red Star Belgrade gave us both team in their 3rd Kits!

Seven Teams in total have worn four different kit looks in their six games, AC Milan, Aston Villa, Bayer Leverkusen, Feyenoord, Manchester City, Slovan Bratislava and Sparta Prague.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Benfica and Bolonga, a classic Benfica look and a wonderful Bolonga 3rd Kit was a great look on the pitch and the stand one of this week!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

20 Home Kits
6 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
4 “Cup” Kits

There were 2 Kit Variations used this week

Juventus – Home Kit with alternative white shorts and socks
Sparta Prague – 3rd with Away shorts and socks

There are still 6 Clubs in total that have worn the same kit in their opening six fixtures of the competition (Borussia Dortmund, Celtic, Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, RB Salzburg).

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.

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