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Champions League 25/26: League Phase Overview

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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…

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

Champions League 25/26: Match 6, Kit Review

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We are now three quarters of the way the League Phase of the Champions League this season, the sixth round of fixtures being played on Tuesday 9th December and Wednesday 10th December 2025, the final Champions League games of this calendar year.

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

Match 6 Fixtures

Total Kits Used

  • Kits Worn in Total – 105
  • 7 New Kits used this Matchweek

New Kits this Matchweek

The 7 new kits this week were the following:

  • Eintracht Frankfurt – Away
  • AS Monaco – Home with white socks
  • Slavia Prague – Away
  • FC Copenhagen – Away
  • Newcastle United – Away with alternative white socks
  • Napoli – Euro Away with alternative blue shorts
  • Bodø/Glimt – 3rd

Kit Highlights

100 Kits has been hit this match week, and it’s 105 Kits used in 108 games in total.

Bayer Leverkusen are the only team to wear just a single kit look in the six games.

Eintracht Frankfurt wore a change kit for the first time in the competition this season.

AS Monaco wore their 3rd different kit look, all of the being Home Kits with different combinations of red / white shorts and socks, they wore white shorts and socks at Home to Galatasaray.

Manchester City used their 4th Kit for the 2nd time in the competition in their game at Real Madrid.

There are ten teams that have now worn four kit looks in the opening six games, Galatasaray and Sporting CP (who used four in four games), Ajax, Athletic Club, Bayern Munich, Napoli, Newcastle United, PSG and Union Saint-Gilloise

My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between PSV and Atletico Madrid, a nice contrast of kits and the Atletico 3rd Kit is a wonderful example of the current T90 Nike 3rd Kits.

Kit Stats

Overall we have seen the following kits…

  • 20 Home Kits
  • 10 Away Kits
  • 4 3rd Kits
  • 1 “Cup” Kit
  • 1 4th Kit

There were just 5 Kit Variations seen this week…

  • Chelsea – Away with alternative socks, 2nd time used
  • AS Monaco – Home with white socks
  • Newcastle United – Away with alternative white socks
  • Napoli – Euro Away with alternative blue shorts
  • Juventus – Home with alternative white shorts, 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 next round of Champions League games in January, with Round 7 on 20th and 21st January 2026.

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Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Champions League – Knock Out Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

Premier League – Matchweek 9

Premier League – Matchweek 12

Premier League – Matchweek 13

Premier League – Matchweek 14

Adidas World Cup Kits

England Kit History: 2020-2024

Champions League 25/26: Match 3, Kit Review

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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.

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Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Knock Out Phase 24 / 25 Kit Review

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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 2024 / 25: Knock Out Phase Kit Overview

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On Saturday 31st May, Paris St.Germain lifted the Champions League trophy for the first time.

This ended competition in it’s first season of the revamped format with the expanded league, where each of the teams played 8 games and a total of 144 games at that stage.

Kit Details can be found here.

The Knock out phase also gave us a new round of games, where teams finishing in 9th to 24th place played in two-legged fixture, which gives a total of 45 Knock-Out Games!

Overall Kit Stats:

  • 116 Kits worn in total – 189 games
  • 12 New Kit Looks in Knock-out games
  • 39 Home Kits (31 Default / 8 Variations)
  • 36 Away Kits (28 Default / 8 Variations)
  • 34 3rd Kits (23 Default / 11 Variations)
  • 5 “Cup” Kits (4 Default / 1 Variation)
  • 2 4th Kits
  • 1 Team in 6 Kit Variations
  • 3 Teams in 5 Kit Variations
  • 10 Teams in 4 Kit Variations
  • 11 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
  • 11 Teams in 2 Kit Variations

Team Breakdowns

Below you will find the Kit Log of all 36 Teams, I have these in alphabetical order and shows all matches that each team competed in.

AC Milan to Benfica

Bologna to Inter Milan

Juventus to RB Leipzig

RB Salzburg to BSC Young Boys

Knock-Out Rounds:

Knock Out Round

This new round of fixtures saw both Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund who just wore the single kit in the League phase in new looks, with Madrid in their Away Kit and Dortmund using alternative yellow shorts with their European Cup Kit.

One of the more interesting Kit used for the first time in this round was AC Milan who wore their 3rd Kit with its alternative socks, which were pink to match some of the detailing within the shirt (sponsor / collar inlet).

Last 16

Feyenoord became the team with the most Kit Variations in this season’s competition when they wore their 6th Kit Look, with Home Kit and alternative white shorts and socks.

There were a couple of other new looks in these fixtures, Arsenal in alternative white shorts with their Away Kit, Inter Milan went all yellow with alternative shorts with their 3rd Kit and Benfica used their 3rd Kit for the first time in the competition.

Quarter Finals

Real Madrid wore their 3rd Kit, one of Adidas Trefoil 3rd Kits for the first time in the competition at Arsenal.

Barcelona wore their only their only alternative kit variation in their quarter final game at Borussia Dortmund, wearing “off white” shorts with their Home Kit for one of the more unusual looks seen by club, but one that goes back into their history with their first ever kits taking this look.

Semi Finals

PSG continued to use their 4th Kit in an away games in the competition, this has been the way through out the knock out rounds (they are the only team to make from the initial knock out rounds) and have used in their final two group games, one home and one away.

Barcelona wore their 3rd Kit for the first time this season in the Champions League.

Final

PSG have only worn blue in the competition this season, wearing their Home Kit 11 times and their 4th Kit 6 times in their 17 games in total, with Inter Milan in their 3rd Kit with alternative shorts for the 2nd time.

Kit Variations:

Below you can find all 116 kits used by the 36 teams in this season’s competition.

Thats it, the Champions League has now been completed for this season!

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

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

Champions League – League Phase

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Champions League – Match 6

Champions League – Match 7

Champions League – Match 8

Champions League 2024 / 25: League Phase Overview

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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

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 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.

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

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

Champions League: Match 8, Kit Review

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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

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

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek

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.

Other posts that you will find interesting….

Champions League – Match 1

Champions League – Match 2

Champions League – Match 3

Champions League – Match 4

Champions League – Match 5

Champions League – Match 6

Champions League – Match 7

Premier League – Matchweek 23

England Kit History

Champions League 2023/24: Kit Overview

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On Saturday 1st June 2024, Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 6th time in 11 years and 15th time overall in the history of the tournament.

I wanted to follow my overview of the kits worn in the Group Stages with a Kit Overview of the Knock Out Stages of the competition, as well as a final overview of the competition from The Group Stages

Knock Out Round Kit Stats

  • 31 – Kits worn in Knock Out Stages – 29 games
  • 17 – Home Kits (15 Default / 2 Variations)
  • 7 – Away Kits
  • 5 – 3rd Kits
  • 1 – 4th Kit
  • 1 – Cup Kit
  • 5 New Kit Variations used in Knock Out Stages

Overall Kit Stats (Including Group Stages)

  • 95 Kits worn – 125 games
  • 40 Home Kits (15 Default / 11 Variations)
  • 25 Away Kits (22 Default / 3 Variations)
  • 24 3rd Kits (19 Default / 5 Variations)
  • 3 4th Kits
  • 3 Cup Kits used (2 Defaults / 1 variation)

Kit Overview

Group A / Group B

Group C / Group D

Group E / Group F

Group G / Group H

Knock Out Fixtures

Group Stage Fixtures can be found here

The 5 “New Kits Variations” seen in the Knockout Stages:

Arsenal wore their home kit with alternative socks against FC Porto in their Last 16 Game.

FC Porto returned the alternative Home Kit look in the return leg of their match up with Arsenal, these were the only two alternative kit looks used in the Knock-Out games of the Champions League this season.

Napoli wore their away for the first time in the competition this season when they Barcelona.

Atletico Madrid wore their away in game against Borussia Dortmund, this meant they were the 2nd team to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits in the competition, Barcelona being the first.

It took Real Madrid to the 2nd Leg of their Quarter Final against Manchester City to wear their Away for the first time, they then wore it again in their next game against Bayern Munich.

Kit Variations Stats

Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Champions League Teams

  • FC Porto in 5 Kit Variations (8 Games): Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
  • 6 Teams in 4 Kit variations
    • Manchester United (6 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Arsenal (10 Games): Home Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
    • Napoli (8 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Atletico Madrid (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
    • Celtic (6 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
    • Barcelona (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
  • 17 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
    • 8 Teams in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
    • 9 Teams using a variation of one their kits to give 3 variations in total
  • 7 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
  • 1 Team in just 1 Kit – BCS Young Boys
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 3 (FC Porto)
  • Most variatons of Away Kit – 2 (RC Lens / Feyenoord / Celtic)
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 2 (Arsenal / PSV / RB Salzburg)
  • Most variations of Cup Kit – 2 (Borussia Dortmund)
  • 17 Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away, 3rd, 4th or Cup Kits
  • Most worn Home Kit – 7, Real Madrid (13 Games) / PSG (12 Games)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 7, Bayern Munich (12 Games)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 5, RB Salzburg (2 Variations in 6 Games)
  • Most worn 4th Kit – 3, Barcelona (10 Games)
  • Most worn Cup Kit – 13, Borussia Dortmund (2 Variations in 13 Games)

All Kit variations and the number times they were worn by Group…

Kit Highlights:

There was an increase in overall kits used from last season, increasing from 87 to 95 (9%) with 24 of the 32 teams using at least 3 Kit Looks, and just 8 teams using a maxium of 2 kits.

Only one team, BSC Young Boys wore just one kit look in their Champions League Campaign, which lasted their 6 Group Games.

Borussia Dortmund’s run to the final saw them only use their Cup Kit through-out their 13 games in two variations (Black Shorts and Yellow Shorts)…

FC Porto wore the most Kit Variations in this season’s competition, with 5 kit looks including 3 different Home Kit variations…

Let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups of the 2023/24 Champions League in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

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

Champions League 2021/22 – Kit Overview

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On Saturday 28th May 2022, Real Madrid won their 14th Champions League (European Cup) against Liverpool in the Final at Stade de France in Paris. I wanted to follow my overview of the kits worn in the Group Stages with a Kit Overview of the Knock Out Stages of the competition, as well as a final overview of the competition from The Group Stages

Knock Out Round Kit Stats

  • 30 Kits worn in Knock Out Stages – 29 games
  • 17 Home Kits (13 first choice / 4 variations)
  • 5 Away Kits (3 first choice / 2 variations)
  • 8 3rd Kits (7 first choice / 1 variation)
  • 7 New Kit Variations used in Knock Out Stages

Overall Kit Stats (Including Group Stages)

  • 96 Kits worn in Group Stages – 125 games
  • 48 Home Kits (30 first choice / 18 variations)
  • 30 Away Kits (21 first choice / 9 variations)
  • 17 3rd Kits (15 first choice / 2 variations)
  • 1 4th Kit used

Kit Overview

Group A / Group B

Group C / Group D

Group E / Group F

Group G / Group H

The 7 “New Kits Variations” seen in the Knockout Stages:

Atletico Madrid – Home Kit, with red shorts and socks at Manchester City

Real Madrid – Home Kit with away socks at Chelsea

Real Madrid – Away Kit at Manchester City

Benfica – 3rd Kit at Ajax

Benfica – Away at Liverpool

Lille OSC – Away with black socks at Chelsea

Chelsea – Away with alternative yellow shorts (at Lille OSC and Real Madrid)

Kit Variations Stats

Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Champions League Teams

  • Four Teams in 5 Kit variations
    • AC Milan (6 Games) – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Manchester United (8 Games) – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Atletico Madrid (10 Games) – Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
    • Benfica (10 Games) – Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
  • Three Teams in 4 Kit variations
    • Zenit St.Petersberg (6 Games) – Home Kit, Away x3
    • Lille OSC (8 Games) – Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit x2
    • Chelsea (10 Games) – Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
  • 14 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
    • 4 Teams in Home, Away, 3rd Kits (Manchester City, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Red Bull Salzburg)
  • 11 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
  • Most variations of Home Kit – 3
    • AC Milan
    • Atletico Madrid
    • Manchester United
  • Most variatons of Away Kit – 3:
    • Zenit St.Petersburg
  • Most variations of 3rd Kit – 3:
    • Lille OSC
  • 14 Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away, 3rd, 4th or Cup Kits
    • Club Brugges
    • Manchester City
    • Paris St.Germain
    • Liverpool
    • Ajax
    • Inter Milan
    • Shakhtar Donesk
    • Sheriff Tiraspol
    • Barcelona (Cup Kit and 4th Kit)
    • Dynamo Kyev
    • Bayern Munich
    • Villarreal
    • Young Boys
    • Red Bull Salzburg
  • Most worn Home Kit – 11, Villarreal (out of 12 games)
  • Most worn Away Kit – 3, Young Boys (6 Games)
  • Most worn 3rd Kit – 4, Sporting Lisbon (8 Games) / Manchester City (12 games)
  • Most worn 4th Kit – 2, Barcelona

Knock Out Fixtures

Group Stage Fixtures can be found here

Kit Highlights:

Villareal wore their home kit in 11 of their 12 fixtures

Atletico Madrid wore three different home kit variations in the Champions League all against English opposition.

Borussia Dortmund were the only team in the competition not to wear a change kit, only wearing their home kit with two pairs of shorts, default black and alternative fluro yellow.

There we have it, the final kit report of the 2021 / 22 Season, congratulation to Real Madrid on their victory.

Let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups of the 2021 / 22 Champions League in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek

The Heat Press – Issue 12

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Time for Issue Number 12 of The Heat Press – a brief roundup of news in the Kit World and Kit Community, to catch up on Issue 11 click here

The Headlines

  • Real Madrid – 120th Anniversary Kit
  • Canada Premier League Kit Launch
  • Denmark
  • Colchester United – Special Kit
  • Inverness Caledonian Thistle – 2022/23 Kit Launch

Real Madrid – 120th Anniversary Kit

Real Madrid have released a special kit to celebrate their 120th Anniversary, the kit which was designed in collaboration with Yohji Yamamoto under the Y-3 Brand. The all black kit is one for collectors with the price of the shirt alone being £160 / €180 and if you wanted to pick the whole kit up it will cost over £300.

The kit was worn last weekend in “El-Clásico” against rivals FC Barcelona, who themselves wore their “Senyera” kit which is in it’s 4th calendar year of use, this gave us one of the world’s classic derby matches a very unique look…

Canada Premier League

The was a large kit launch across the Atlantic last week with the launch of the Primary Kits for the Canadian Premier League. All kits are produced by Macron and they have delivered some great looks for the eight teams in the competition…

My favourite looks are…

FC Valour

And York United

The “Secondary” kits are launched over the next week, ready for the League to kick off in the first week of April, so we will take a look at those kits in the coming weeks but interested to see what they produce in follow up to the “Primary” kits.

Denmark – Special Edition Kit

Hummel have teamed up with fashion brand “BLS Hafina” to produce a special kit for the Denmark’s national team, this kit is to pay tribute to a new generation and will be worn on 29th March 2022 in their friendly against Serbia.

Check out Hummel‘s tweet about the kit below….

Colchester United – Special Kit

On Monday 21st March, Colchester United took to the field in their League Two game against Forest Green Rovers in a special kit to show their solidarity with the people of Ukraine. The team wearing the yellow and blue kit, as will has ticket proceeds and other fund raising raised over £65,000 for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, via the British Red Cross.

Full details can be found here

Inverness Caledonian Thistle – Kit Launch

One of the first kit launches of the 2022 / 23 season has now happened, with Inverness Caledonian Thistle have launched their home kit for next season, which the club are stating…

“Inspired by the fans who follow the Caley Jags both at home and on our travels, our “Inverness is Wonderful” song” with the words “Inverness is Wonderful” wovern into the shirt.

More details can be found here but the team are currently in the playoff positions in the Scottish Championship so will be hoping this kit is one we see in the Scottish Premier League next season.

And Finally….

Whats happening in the Kit Community.

I like to end each issue with some of the “going ons” within the Kit Community.

The Spark Academy have now taken their wonderful “Kit Breakdown” across to YouTube where they are looking at the authenic and replica versions of the Manchester United 2021 / 22 home shirt.

Watch the video here

Our friends over at the Kit Mag have recent tweeted about contributing in future issues of their magazine, if you are interested take a look at their site and just follow the instructions laid out here – I think I might even try and submit something myself….

@ArsenalShirt shared an interesting tweet this week, where the club were offering fans who hold “fan tokens” the chance to vote for what kit the team should wear in their game against Southampton on 16th April… interesting to see and is this the future??? (I would go 3rd kit, the more we see that the better in my eyes)!

Let me know your thoughts and comments and if there is any content that you would like me to share in future issues, please message me and let me know the details or use the comments field below or contact me over on @Kit_Geek on Twitter