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Champions League – Match 1

Champions League 2024 / 25: League Phase Overview

Jan 31, 2025Feb 11, 2025Posted in Kit History, Kit NewsTagged Arsenal, Bayern, Champions League, Dortmund, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Premier League, Real Madrid, Soccer, sports, UEFA9 Comments

On Wednesday 29th January 2025 the first League Phase of the Champions League came to it conclusion, with the 36 Teams playing 8 games each for a total of 144 games.

Overall Kit Stats:

104 Kits worn in Group Stages – 144 games
36 Home Kits (31 Default / 5 variations)
34 Away Kits (27 Default / 7 Variations)
28 3rd Kits (19 Default / 9 Variations)
4 “Cup” Kits
2 4th Kits
2 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
8 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
12 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
12 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
2 Teams in just 1 Kit

Team Breakdowns

Below you will find the Kit Log of all 36 Teams, I have these in alphabetical order.

AC Milan to Benfica

Bolonga to Inter Milan

Juventus to RB Leipzig

RB Salzburg to BSC Young Boys

Match Day Breakdowns:

Match 1

Match 2

Champions League – Match 2

Match 3

Champions League – Match 3

Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Match 5

Match 6

Champions League – Match 7

Match 7

Match 8

Champions League – Match 8

Kit Highlights:

Looking at some of my favourite Kit highlights of the competition so far…

There were two teams that wore five different Kit variations in their eight games.

Feyenoord wore Home Kit and two variations of Away and 3rd Kits.

Sparta Prague wore Home Kit, Away Kit and three different variations of their 3rd Kit.

Borussia Dortmund (Cup Kit) and Real Madrid were the only two teams to wear a single Kit Look through this phase of the competition.

During Match 7, there was a rare kit site of 4th Kit v 4th Kit with PSG and Manchester City’s game. PSG also played all eight of their games in Blue, six in Home Kit and their last two in their 4th Kit.

Bayern Munich did not wear their Home Kit during this stage of the competition, wearing their 3rd Kit in seven games and Away just once!

Slovan Bratislava were the only team to wear four distinct kits, wearing Home, Away, 3rd and a Cup Kit in their eight games!

Girona gave us one of the more interesting Kit Mash ups, with 3rd Kit (Pink) being worn with Away socks (Navy) when they played at PSV in Match 4.

AC Milan wore their 3rd Kit in three of their four Home games, only wearing their Home Kit once in the opening round of fixtures.

That’s it, this the first Champions League “League” Phase has now been completed! Links to all the weekly reports can be found above.

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Champions League: Match 8, Kit Review

Jan 30, 2025Posted in General, Kit NewsTagged Arsenal, Celtic, Champions League, Feyenoord, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, News, Premier League, Real Madrid, Soccer, sports, UEFA2 Comments

The Champions League reaches the end of the league phase, Match 8 saw all 36 teams play on the same day at the same time, much as we see in other competitions on the final round of games.

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 8 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 104 (+8 from Match 6)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were eight new Kits on show in these final round of matches

Celtic – 3rd
Sparta Prague – Away
Shakhtar Donetsk – Away / Home shorts
Arsenal – Away
Feyenoord – 3rd with alternative white shorts & socks
Club Brugges – 3rd / Home socks
PSV – Home with alternative white shorts
Bologna – Away / Home shorts

Kit Highlights

Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund were the only teams to wear just the one kit in their eight league games.

There were two teams that wore their 5th Kit Variation of Competition so far…

Feyenoord, wore their 3rd Kit with alternative white shorts and socks, having now worn 1 Home Kit Look, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kits.

Sparta Prague wore their Away Kit for the first time, ending their run in the competition with 1 Home Kit, this Away Kit and 3 different 3rd Kit looks.

Celtic and Arsenal wore change kits for the first time in the competition this season.

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between Manchester City and Club Brugges, regular followers and readers will know that I am partial to a kit that has contrasting socks, so with both teams in this look it was always going to be this game!

Kit Stats

Overall this Matchweek we have seen the following kits…

Home Kits – 18
Away Kits – 8
3rd Kits – 5
“Cup” Kits – 4
4th Kits – 1

There were 5 Kit Variations used this week

Shakhtar Donetsk – Away with Home shorts
Feyenoord – 3rd with alternative white shorts & socks
Club Brugges – 3rd with Home socks
PSV – Home with alternative white shorts
Bologna – Away with Home shorts

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I will be back later this week with a more detailed look at the Kits worn by the teams in this phase of the competition.

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Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 5

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Premier League – Matchweek 23

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Premier League: Matchweek 23 Kit Review

Jan 27, 2025Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Brighton, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Leicester City, Manchester City, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports6 Comments

The Premier League games completed for January with Matchweek 23, and we are 60% of the way through the season! These were the reverse fixtures from the opening weekend of the season, Matchweek 1.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 23 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 90 (No new Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 69 (+1 New Kit this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were no new outfield kits this weekend, only the second Matchweek that this has happened this season (first being Matchweek 19).

There was one new Goalkeeper Kit used, with Manchester City debuting their AI Designed Kit (designed by Ederson, Stefan Ortega and Rico Lewis).

Kit Highlights

Leicester City became the first team to use a Kit 20 times this season, in just 23 games they have worn their Home Kit 20 times!

Some interesting sock usage by Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye, with what appears at first glance to be an alternative pair of socks used (yellow) with rest of the team being in dark grey socks. Thanks to @_luke1878_ on “X” the answer seems to be “cuts his socks short and wears them upside down, so it looks like his socks are a different colour” – it also he appeared he done the same thing when Everton played Manchester City wearing alternative yellow socks with this kit, his socks looked the opposite!

This week saw 15 teams in their Home Kit, this was the most Home Kits used in a single Matchweek since the first round of fixtures, which were also the reverse round of fixtures

My favourite Kit Match Up of this Matchweek was the game between Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton, a nice of balance of colours and with the accents of yellow on both kits, it seems to work well!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 3 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There was just the single variation seen over these fixtures.

Newcastle United – Away with alternative white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 27th January

Kit News

Manchester City who used their AI Generated Goalkeeper kit this weekend have also announced the 10 options for their 3rd Kit for 2026 / 27 season, which was created via AI by fans and kit designers out there… you can vote for your favourite here

(I may have already made my vote!!).

Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or over at my Socials…

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Premier League: Matchweek 18 Kit Review

Dec 28, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Aston Villa, England, EPL, Everton, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Premier League, Soccer, sports6 Comments

The Premier League Boxing Day Fixtures are one of the highlights of the season, with all teams playing over two days after Christmas, lets take a deeper look into the kits worn in these games.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 18 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 83 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 66 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Everton wore alternative yellow socks with their Away Kit

West Ham United wore their Away in it’s default all black look for the first time.

Two new Goalkeeper Kits seen this weekend:

Aston Villa – Yellow Adidas Template
Manchester United – Black Adidas Trefoil Template

Kit Highlights

Manchester United have now worn 6 different Goalkeeper Kit looks this season, this includes 3 different Adidas Trefoil looks with their 3rd Kit.

Aston Villa were another team to wear a new goalkeeper kit, they used the yellow version of the current Adidas Template, their 4th different version and they have also each of these kits in the last 4 games!

West Ham United and Everton now have worn 6 Kit variations each, both joint 2nd Highest in Premier League so far this season!

Only four teams have worn the same kit in their last 2 games, Aston Villa Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Liverpool have worn their Home Kit in previous 2 outings!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Everton, contrasting socks is always a winner in my eyes, so both teams in this look makes this Kit Geek very happy!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures, one Home, one Away and one 3rd!

Everton – Away with alternative yellow socks
Fulham – Home Kit with alternative black socks, 2nd time used
Manchester United – 3rd Kit with alternative off white shorts, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 22nd December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week, although there are plenty of rumours and leaks for next seasons kits but as always this is something we will not share here until things are confirmed.

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

Thank you for all your support this year, and wishing you and your families a wonderful Christmas!

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Premier League: Matchweek 16 Kit Review

Dec 17, 2024Dec 17, 2024Posted in General, Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Manchester United, News, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United6 Comments

The Premier League has now completed Matchweek 16 and we are a week away from the start of Christmas Period of games and the halfway point of the season! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in this weekend.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 16 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 77 (+4 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 62 (No New Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were four new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Aston Villa wore their 3rd Kit for the first time in Premier League this season, although they did use alternative white socks at Nottingham Forest. This is their 7th different kit variation of the season, the highest now in the League.

Crystal Palace used their 3rd Kit for the first time at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Tottenham Hotspur used alternative navy socks with their Away Kit, based on the white trim my guess would be these are alternative Home socks but created an interesting look at Southampton!

West Ham United were another team to change their socks up, this time with their 3rd Kit which they combined with Home socks.

Kit Highlights

Everton wore alternative blue shorts to create all blue look, this was 3rd time this look was used in 5 games.

Brentford lost for the first time this season in their Home Kit, the 10th game they have worn it but their loss at Chelsea was the first!

West Ham United wore Home socks with their 3rd Kit, this means they have worn these socks with all three kits this season in the League.

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the Manchester Derby, tri-colour kits are one of my favourite kit things, so with Manchester City’s home already in this look and the Manchester United going for alternative shorts and socks, it was always going to be a winner in my eyes!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 16 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kits

There were five variations seen over these fixtures.

Everton – Home Kit in All Blue, 3rd time used this season
Aston Villa – 3rd Kit with alternative white socks
Manchester United – Home Kit with alternative black shorts and white socks, 2nd time used
Tottenham Hotspur – Away with Navy socks
West Ham United – 3rd with Home socks

Kit Grid – Up to 17th December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit news this week.

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Premier League: Matchweek 15 Kit Review

Dec 10, 2024Posted in Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Chelsea, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Premier League, Soccer, sports8 Comments

The Premier League games are coming thick and fast, with another round of fixtures completed as we close in on the halfway point of the season! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in these games.

There was just nine games this weekend, with The Merseyside Derby being postponed due to weather conditions and safety of the fans!

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 15 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 73 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 62 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Newcastle United in their Away kit with alternative white shorts and socks.

Arsenal in their 3rd kit’s default navy socks for first time.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Arsenal – Black Adidas Trefoil Kit

Kit Highlights

Arsenal used their 5th Goalkeeper Kit of the season, using the black version of the Adidas Trefoil kit for the first time, having used green previously.

Newcastle United have now worn 6 different kit variations this season, the joint highest in the league however they have used 2 Home, 2 Away and 2 3rd Kit looks for a nice balance in this usage!

Chelsea wore their Away socks with Home Kit for the 2nd game in a row for an all blue look!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Crystal Palace and Manchester City, two great kits against each other gives a nice look on the pitch, only the 2nd time Manchester City have used their Away Kit in the Premier League this season!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 4 Away Kit and 2 3rd Kits

There were three variations seen over these fixtures.

Newcastle United – Away with alternative white shorts and socks
Nottingham Forest – Away with alternative sky blue shorts, 2nd time used
Chelsea – Home / Away socks, all blue, 2nd time used

Kit Grid – Up to 10th December

Kit News

Interesting news breaking on Monday 9th December, with Manchester City offering fans the chance to design their 3rd Kit for the 2026/27 season by using Puma’s AI Creator, full details can found on the club site here and the goalkeeper shirt has already been planned with input from current Manchester City Goalkeepers Ederson and Stefan Ortega and Rico Lewis!

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Premier League: Matchweek 14 Kit Review

Dec 6, 2024Posted in Kit News, Premier League Kit LogTagged Arsenal, Chelsea, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham Hotspur7 Comments

The Premier League’s first mid-week fixtures of the season have now taken place, with all teams playing over 3 days this week! Here is our regular look at the Kits worn in these games.

You can find last week’s report here

The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.

Matchweek 14 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

Kits Worn in Total – 71 (+2 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 61 (+1 Kits this Matchweek)

New Kits this Matchweek

There were two new Kit looks this Matchweek..

Chelsea in their Home Kit with Away socks, to create an all blue look!

Nottingham Forest in alternative red shorts at Manchester City.

The one new goalkeeper kit on show:

Ipswich Town – White Umbro Template

Kit Highlights

Wolverhampton Wanderers have worn Home, Away and 3rd kits in their last three games!

Tottenham Hotspur have worn change kits just three times this season but have lost in all three of those games!

My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Nottingham Forest, Forest in red shorts is one of the little kit things that I just love, so seeing them in this look was always going to be a winner for me!

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 6 Away Kit and no 3rd Kits

There were two variations seen over these fixtures.

Chelsea – Home / Away socks, all blue
Nottingham Forest – Home with alternative red shorts, all red

Kit Grid – Up to 6th December

Kit News

There was no significant Premier League Kit News this weekend and will be back after this weekend’s games!

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