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Champions League 25/26: League Phase Overview

Jan 29, 2026Posted in General, Kit History, Kit NewsTagged Bayer Levekusen, Bayern, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Juventus, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Manchester City, Napoli, Premier League, Real Madrid, Soccer, Sporting CP, sports, UCL, UEFA2 Comments

On Wednesday 28th January 2026 the second League Phase of the expanded Champions League came to it conclusion, with the 36 Teams playing 8 games each for a total of 144 games.

Overall Kit Stats:

113 Kits worn in Group Stages – 144 games
44 Home Kits (33 Default / 11 variations)
33 Away Kits (30 Default / 3 Variations)
30 3rd Kits (23 Default / 7 Variations)
3 “Cup” Kits (2 Default / 1 Variation)
2 4th Kits
1 Charity Kit
2 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
11 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
14 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
8 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
1 Team in just 1 Kit

Team Breakdowns

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

Ajax to Benfica

Bodø/Glimt to Juventus

Kairat to Pafos

PSG to Villarreal

Match Day Breakdowns:

Match 1

Champions League – Match 1

Match 2

Champions League – Match 2

Match 3

Champions League – Match 3

Match 4

Champions League – Match 4

Match 5

Champions League – Match 5

Match 6

Champions League – Match 6

Match 7

Champions League – Match 7

Match 8

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!

Links to all the weekly reports can be found above.

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

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The Heat Press: My Top 5 Shirts of 2025

Jan 7, 2026Posted in Kit History, Kit News, The Heat PressTagged Adidas, Apparel, EA7, England, EPL, Football, Football Kits, Football Shirts, Germany, Hamburg SV, joma, Kit Geek, Kit Log, Kits, Napoli, Port Vale, Premier League, Puma, Soccer, sports, Swansea City, Top 57 Comments

Our friends over at They Think Kits All Over released their Top 50 Shirts of 2025 Podcast Episode earlier this week, where they ask their followers to send across their Top 5 (in order) which they then collate and create a list of the Top 50 shirts… with many other people sharing their Top Shirt Lists, I thought I would share mine which I submitted to the TTKAO gang!

So queue the countdown music, here are my favourite 5 Shirts of the year!

Number 5 – Hamburg SV Home

My countdown starts with HSV’s 2025 / 26 Home Shirt, as we see with most seasons now there is a look back to past, and this template has also been used by Club America in Mexico but this version in Hamburg’s Tri-Colour combination was my favourite and a great example of retro done right as based on 1994 / 95 3rd Kit.

Number 4 – Swansea City 3rd

Gulf colours are one of the most iconic colour schemes in sport, so when Swansea City built on the success of their commemorative fourth kit from the 2023 / 24 season, when the Gulf logo featured on the front of the Swansea City shirt celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Autoglass Trophy win, the third kit went fully in on the Gulf colours of racing blue and orange.

Number 3 – SSC Napoli 3rd

Brown Kits often be seen in “worst” shirt lists, you the one I mean… so this Napoli choice is a brave one in terms of colour but paired with the light blue detailing and logos just works wonderfully well. We discussed this kit in Episode 35 of The Football Kit Podcast and I called it out then as my favourite Kit from Serie A this season.

Number 2 – Germany 125th Anniversary Shirt

There were so many wonderful Anniversary Shirts from Adidas this season, this list easily could have been made up of the 5 shirts from that “Family”, however I decided I would only include one shirt and that one was the Germany 125th Anniversary Shirt. One of the most elegantly beautiful shirts of this century, and does exactly what you want an Anniversary shirt to do… a special call out the blue goalkeeper version as well (which I purchased, in long sleeve of course).

Number 1 – Port Vale Home

So my Number 1 was Port Vale’s Home Shirt, another Anniversary shirt, this time celebrating 150 Years of the club, with its retro club crest, no sponsor, it just looks amazing and when you take the whole Kit into consideration for me it is Kit Perfection. This Puma template is one the best templates of the season as well, with several clubs have great shirts with it but this one is the stand out in my eyes and my favourite shirt of 2025.

Well that’s it, My Top 5 Shirts of 2025 but I am just one single voice and would love to know what you think and what made your Top 5’s!

Again a huge call out and thanks to They Think Kits All Over Pod for their hard work in creating and sharing their list, also if you enjoy these kind list please also check out Friend of Kit Geek and The Football Kit Podcast @ChatShirt who created a wonderful Top 100 List that is worth spending the time reading – you can find it here

Any thoughts and comments, and what were your favourite shirts of 2025.

Please let me know over at my Socials…

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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, UEFA18 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.

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

Champions League – League Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

Champions League – Knock Out Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

Premier League – Matchweek 1

Premier League – Matchweek 2

Premier League – Matchweek 3

Premier League – Matchweek 4

Premier League – End of Season Report, 24 / 25

Diego Maradona – My tribute

Nov 25, 2020Nov 29, 2021Posted in General, Kit HistoryTagged Argentina, Barcelona, Diego, FIFA, Maradona, Mexico, Napoli, Serie A, world cupLeave a comment

Wednesday 25th November 2020 the footballing world lost one of it’s most iconic and gifted players to ever take to the field and I wanted to pay my own small tribute to him.

Diego Armando Maradona, as he was in my Panini 1986 World Cup sticker album was footballing royality, he almost single handedly won a World Cup for his country and a spearheaded Napoli to their only two Serie A titles.

His 21 year career saw play for six different clubs in three countries, making 588 apperances and scoring 312 goals, on top of that his 91 caps and 34 goals for his beloved Argentina and appeared in four World Cups.