Champions League 25/26: League Phase Overview

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.

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Champions League 25/26: Match 8, Kit Review

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.. 

X – @kit_geek or Bluesky – Kit Geek and I will be taking a deeper look into the Kit Usage through out the League Phase of the Champions League in future post coming soon.

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