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Champions League 25 / 26: Match 4, Kit Review

Nov 6, 2025Posted in UncategorizedTagged Champions League, Football, Football Kits, Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports, UCL1 Comment

We are now at the half-way stage of the League Phase of the Champions League this season, the fourth round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November 2025.

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

This gives 107 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, with a couple of 4th Kits already used in the competition so far this season.

Match 4 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 83
12 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 12 new kits this week were the following:

Arsenal – Away
Union Saint-Gilloise – 3rd with yellow (Home) socks
Juventus – Home with white shorts
Sporting CP – Away
PSV Eindhoven – Away
Bayern Munich – Away
FC Copenhagen – 3rd
Chelsea – Away with alternative socks
Galatasaray – 3rd
Inter Milan – 3rd
Kairat – Away
Athletic Bilbao – 3rd

Kit Highlights

Six teams have just worn a single kit look in the four games so far – Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt, Moncao, Real Madrid and Villarreal.

Sporting CP, who by wearing their Away Kit against Juventus means that they have now worn four different kits in their opening four games. This was also the first time Juventus have worn their Home Kit in this season’s competition.

Galatasaray are another team that made it four kit looks in four games, with them wearing their 3rd Kits at Ajax.

Inter Milan wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Kairat, this was their 3rd different Kit look of the competition

Overall, there have been 13 Clubs that have worn 3 different kit looks in their opening 4 games and 15 Teams that have worn just 2 kits.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Olympiacos and PSV Eindhoven, a nice balance of kit colours and with the red and white detailing in the PSV kit gives a nice look to their Away Kit.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

22 Home Kits
6 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kit

There were just three Kit Variations seen this week…

Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts
Union Saint-Gilloise – 3rd with yellow (Home) socks
Chelsea – Away with alternative 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 25th and 26th November.

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Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Knock Out Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 10

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Champions League 25/26: Match 3, Kit Review

Oct 28, 2025Oct 28, 2025Posted in GeneralTagged Champions League, England, Football, Football Kits, Galatasaray, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, News, Premier League, Real Madrid, Soccer, sports, UCL, UEFA3 Comments

Slightly delayed here is my look at Matchweek 3 of Champions League, completed on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October.

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 will see in use over the coming months!

Match 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 71
10 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 10 new kits this week:

Olympiacos – Away
Pafos – 3rd
Atletico Mardid – Away
PSG – 3rd
Inter Milan – Away
Manchester City – 4th
Galatasaray – Home / Away Shorts
Bodø/Glimt – Away
Ajax – 3rd / Alternative dark blue socks
Sporting CP – 4th

Kit Highlights

There are eight teams that have worn three different kits in their opening three games of Champions League – Ajax, Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray, Manchester City, Olympiacos, Pafos, PSG and Sporting CP.

Nine teams have just worn a single kit look in the three games so far – Bayer Leverkusen, Benfica, Chelsea, Copenhagen, Eintracht Frankfurt, Kairat, Moncao, Real Madrid and Villarreal.

This was the Matchweek where we saw the use of 4th Kits for the first time this season, however for two very different reasons..

Manchester City’s 4th Kit is in collaboration with EA SPORTS FC.

Sporting CP’s 4th Kit was a Charity Kit raising awareness for Brest Cancer for Pink October.

Galatasaray wore a nice variation of their Home Kit, which was paired with their white Away shorts.

Juventus are yet to wear their Home Kit in the competition so far this season, having worn their 3rd twice (including once at Home) and Away Kit.

PSG are one of the teams to make it three kits in three games, with their 3rd Kit, which is my favourite of the T90 Nike 3rd Kits this season.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Chelsea and Ajax, as regular followers will know I do enjoy a contrasting sock colour with a kit look, so both teams going for this was always going to be a match up I enjoyed.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

21 Home Kits
5 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kit
2 4th Kits

There were just two Kit Variations seen this week…

Galatasaray – Home, with white (Away) shorts
Ajax – 3rd, with alternative dark blue socks

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.

If you liked this, then check out the below posts that have recently been published on the site…

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Knock Out Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – Matchweek 7

Premier League – Matchweek 8

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Champions League 25/26: Match 2, Kit Review

Oct 2, 2025Oct 2, 2025Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Champions League, Dortmund, Football, Football Kits, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Newcastle United, Premier League, PSG, Soccer, sport, sports, UCL, UEFA7 Comments

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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Champions League – Match 1

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Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – Matchweek 5

Premier League – Matchweek 6

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Champions League 25 / 26: Match 1, Kit Review

Sep 19, 2025Posted in GeneralTagged Arsenal, Bayern, Champions League, Dortmund, England, Football, Football Kits, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Napoli, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur, UCL, UEFA10 Comments

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.

And here we go…. just as last season’s competition, the first round of fixtures were played over three days, 16th to 18th September 2025.

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 1 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 36

New Kits this Matchweek

As the first week of the Competition, all 36 kits are being used for the first time!

Kit Highlights

Arsenal wore an alternative silver shorts and socks for their game at Athletic Bilbao, not a unique look for the club as it was reminiscent to one worn by the Gunners in 2002 when they visited AS Roma, thanks to our friend Denis at Museum of Jerserys for calling this out.

Juventus wore their new 3rd Kit in their home game against Borussia Dortmund, this also meant the Dortmund (wearing their Cup Kit, which has become the norm for European Games) wore alternative yellow shorts, a look they did not use until the knock phase of the competition last season.

Tottenham Hotspur kicked off their campaign in their traditional European “All White” look, which we are expecting to see in all home games this season in the competition.

Bayern Munich wore their Home Kit in the Champions League for the first since Semi Final of 23 / 24 season, having worn 3rd Kit in majority of their games last season. Given that the home kit of 2023 / 24 season was the white shirt with red sleeves, this is the first time they have been in all red since the 22 / 23 competition, 883 days in total.

Eintracht Frankfurt are one of the teams wearing a “Cup Kit” during this season’s competition with an all black kit acting as their first choice look.

Napoli will not be wearing their wonderful 3rd kit in the Champions League this season (the love for this kit was discussed in the latest Episode of The Football Kit Podcast), instead they have a European Away and 3rd Kits, with the all navy 3rd kit being worn at Manchester City.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, the new Liverpool Adidas Home Kit is really delivering in its look (especially in long sleeve), and one of the best examples of the T90 3rd Kits from Nike on show together, it was always going to be this game!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

19 Home Kits
4 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kit

Kit Variations seen this week

Union Saint-Gilloise – Home, alternative yellow shorts
Arsenal – Away, alternative silver shorts & socks
Borussia Dortmund – Cup, alternative yellow shorts
Sporting CP – Home, with 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 30th September and 1st October 2025.

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Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Champions League: Match 3, Kit Review

Oct 24, 2024Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged AC Milan, Champions League, Football, Football Kits, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Premier League, Soccer, sports, UCL8 Comments

The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 3 of the League phase, after the second international break of the season, with the new version of the competition starting to bed in with clubs and fans alike.

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) with Atalanta, Bologna, PSG and Red Star Belgrade (FK Crvena zvezda) releasing their 3rd Kits and Feyenoord confirming their 3rd Kit Shorts and Socks inbetween Match weeks.

Match 3 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 72 (+13 from Match 2)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 13 Kits on show this week

AC Milan – 3rd
Club Brugge – Away
Red Star Belgrade – Away
Shakhtar Donetsk – Away
SK Slovan Bratislava – Cup Kit
PSV – 3rd Kit (All White)
Sporting CP – Away
Bayer Leverkusen – 3rd
Lille – 3rd
Feyenoord – 3rd
Manchester City – Home
Sparta Prague – 3rd / Away socks
Inter Milan – Away

Kit Highlights

Slovan Bratislave wore an unexpected kit, is it a 4th Kit or a Cup Kit, time will tell but it was not expected at Girona.

PSV went for All White look at PSG, wearing alternative white shorts and socks to give the clean overall look at PSG.

AC Milan went for their 3rd Kit at Home against Club Brugge, another look not expected and meant they used Home. Away 3rd Kits in their opening 3 games.

Thanks to @SVBJude04 who shared that Bayer Leverkusen Goalkeeper Matěj Kovář who wore the Leverkusen Away Kit, with the team in their 3rd Kit at Brest, they went with outfield change kit as their choice for evening… something we are certainly behind in Kit Geek Towers.

11 Team in total have worn three different kit looks in their opening three games.

There 7 seven teams that have worn Home, Away, 3rd Kits are AC Milan, Feyenoord, Lille, PSV, Red Star Belgrade, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sporting CP.

Manchester City and Slovan Bratislava have worn three different kits, with 4th / Cup Kits being used.

Bayer Levekusen and Sparta Prague have both worn their 3rd Kits in two different variations to give their three different looks.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Juventus and Stuttgart, there were plenty of nice kit match ups on show this week but this one was my favourite, Juventus appear to be using white shorts / socks in Europe this season and paired with a classic looking Stuttgart Away kit gave us a nice balance in their game!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

18 Home Kits
7 Away Kits
9 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kits

There were 3 Kit Variations used this week

Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts and socks
PSV – 3rd, All white
Sparta Prague – 3rd / Away socks

11 Clubs in total have worn the same kit in their opening three fixtures of the competition

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 22nd / 23rd October 2024.

Champions League: Match 2, Kit Review

Oct 3, 2024Oct 3, 2024Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Adidas, Arsenal, Bayern, Champions League, fashion, Football, Football Kits, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, News, PSG, Soccer, sports, UCL, UEFA9 Comments

The 2024/25 Champions League returns for Match 2 of the League phase, all teams now playing Home and Away in this new version of the competition. So it is that time again to look at the Kits worn this week.

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

Match 2 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 59 (+23 from Match 1)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were 23 Kits on show this week

Suttgart – Cup Kit
Sparta Prague – 3rd
Barcelona – Home
BSC Young Boys – Away
Bayer Levekusen – Home
AC Milan – Away
Red Star Belgrade – 3rd
PSV – Home
Sporting CP – 3rd
Slovan Bratislava – 3rd
Manchester City – 3rd
Feyenoord – Away
Shakhtar Donetsk – Home
Aston Villa – Home
Bayern Munich – Away
Benfica – Home
Atletico Madrid – 3rd
Lille – Home
Liverpool – Home
Bologna – 3rd
RB Leipzig – Home
Juventus – 3rd
Strum Graz – Home

Kit Highlights

Stuttgart followed a tradition we often see with German teams in Europe and used a dedicated European Kit for the first time, with gold details and paired with red socks (different from their Away Kit socks).

On Tuesday 1st October, out of the 18 teams that played 7 in total wore the same kit as in Match 1, with 6 teams playing against each other, with RB Salzburg v Brest, Arsenal v PSG and Borussia Dortmund v Celtic, the only other team that wore the same kit was Inter Milan!

Slovan Bratislava wore their 3rd Kit at Home against Manchester City, who also wore their 3rd Kit so the rare sight of a 3rd Kit v 3rd Kit match up!

BSC Young Boys wore a change kit in The Champions League for the first time since 8th December 2021 when they played Manchester United, they used their all white Away against Barcelona on Tuesday 1st October.

Bayern Munich have yet to wear their Home Kit in the competition, having worn 3rd Kit in first game and now Away kit at Aston Villa.

Bologna launched their 3rd Kit on Monday and debuted it in their game against Liverpool.

One of the Kits of the season, Juventus’ 3rd Kit was used for “The Old Lady’s” visit to RB Leipzig, the second of the possible four Trefiol Kits to used in the Competition, and it looks great in action.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between PSV and Sporting CB, a classic look for PSV Eindhoven and the Sporting Kit being something a little different produced a nice Kit Match up with a real European feel… loved it!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

21 Home Kits
4 Away Kits
9 3rd Kits
2 “Cup” Kits

There were no Kit Variations used this week, all 36 Kits were in their default look.

13 Clubs in total have worn the same kit in their opening 2 fixtures of the competition

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 22nd / 23rd October 2024.

Gianluca Vialli – My Tribute

Jan 6, 2023Posted in GeneralTagged Chelsea, Football, Football Kits, Italy, Juventus, Kits, Sampdoria, Soccer, VialliLeave a comment

Friday 6th January 2023 saw the sad passing of one the games greats, Gianluca Vialli after his battle with pancreatic cancer since 2017.

For people like me of a certain age, Vialli was one the footballers of our youth, Italia 90, Football Italia on Channel 4, that Champions League winning Juventus team, Player Manager of Chelsea… so many wonderful memories of football for me!

A total of 673 Club Appearences, with 259 goals and 58 International Caps with 16 goals… a rare winner of all European Competitions with Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup as a player and European Super Cup as a Manager. Add to that Domestic success with Serie A, Coppa Italia, FA Cup and English League Cup titles.

I wanted to create my own small tribute to a football man that gave me so much joy over the years!

Gianluca Vialli’s club career

So many classic kits are linked to Vialli over the years…. here are some of my favourites!

Cremonese – 1980 to 1984. 113 Appearences / 25 Goals

Sampdoria – 1984 to 1992. 327 Appearences / 141 Goals

The first time I heard of Vialli was his time with Sampdoria, that timeless classic look…

One of the most classic European Cup / Champions League Final Kit Match ups…

Juventus – 1992 to 1996. 145 Appearences / 53 Goals

Winning the Champions League in 1996

Chelsea – 1996 to 1999. 88 Appearences / 40 Goals

A Player Manager, it does not get more fairytale than that for me…. Another reason why I love Vialli was his stint as Player Manager, winning four cups with Chelsea.