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With club football returning to the menu across Europe, it may not be long before the 2024-25 season begins in the Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.
You may wonder if Real Madrid will hold off against Barcelona to retain their title, if Bayern Munich will regain their domestic dominance after Bayer Leverkusen’s historic year, or who, in the open field, reigns the ideal queen in Italy.
To which we would say: doesn’t it matter? The most important thing is how all those groups will dress this season.
With that in mind, we take a close look at all the on-field kits (home, away and third) released across clubs in Europe’s top leagues that will be competing in the new Champions League this season.
As with our Premier League kit rankings (which are not included in this ranking), each club’s combined kit production has been ranked in the countdown to number 1, however this order may change. So check back here for the newest uniforms. They are added as they are revealed and see how they have an effect on the leaderboard.
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Home: Some clubs don’t have much wiggle room when it comes to revamping their home kit. Stuttgart is one of them: its white shirt with a horizontal red stripe has remained more or less intact since the 1920s. There hasn’t been much change since last season, either, other than the removal of the domino/spray effect that dotted their 2023-24 jerseys.
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Away: The blouse in question is the midfield blouse here (the other two are this season’s goalkeeper kits), which is an undeniable reversion of the home blouse. Stuttgart has an ambitious pop of black in the mix, but that doesn’t even come to us this year.
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At home: Brest did a marvel on the last day of Ligue 1 by overtaking Lille in third place and thus qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in its history. Alas, their maiden voyage to Europe’s biggest club festival will come in a dull package that will also likely be stripped of its mosaic of sponsor logos to comply with strict UEFA rules.
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Away: True to their nickname of Les Pirates, Brest have at least put a little conceptual idea into their away kit. It is presented as a birthday party for the maritime history of the French port city and, specifically, for the classic Breton striped shirts worn by the sailors of the region.
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Third: Caution has obviously been thrown out the window when it comes to Brest’s third kit, which features a metallic gray bed covered in dark blue dots in a descending pattern. The result looks like anything Ligue 1’s most illustrious rival Lyon would have rejected, but we applaud Brest for trying to come up with something a little more esoteric.
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Start: There’s nothing revolutionary about Atalanta’s new home kit; It’s necessarily a collarless edition of the trusty black and blue striped blouse they wore when they won the Europa League final last season. This time, however, it’s emblazoned with the oversized red logo of an Italian mineral water logo that was once plastered on the shirts of Serie A rivals, Napoli.
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Away: Atalanta are achieving some artistic expression when it comes to their away kits, their 2024-25 effort rarely being the most elaborate shown here. It is white with a black and blue horizontal stripe that is attached to the chest and is revealed. on the collar and cuffs. Simple but effective.
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Home: Almost the same as their 2023-24 house blouse, but without the lapel collar, Bologna returns to dressing in modern Rossoblù stripes, in the same way they have done since the early 1960s. Nothing has replaced a lot since then, that this season they will wear them for the first time in the Champions League.
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Away: After experimenting with a shawl last season, Bologna’s new away kit features their club’s colours in a horizontal stripe on the chest. The sash is a nod to the shirts worn by the club in the 1924-25 season, in which they won the first of their seven Scudettos. Of course, they didn’t have the sponsor’s logo on the front then.
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Home: RB Leipzig are rarely discreet when it comes to their kits and this year’s batch is no exception. The home shirt is usually white with what looks like bloodstains frantically spread across the front. In fact, the wavy zigzags are intended to resemble the panels of the main building of the University of Leipzig. . . This would have been our hypothesis at the time.
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Away: With complementary sun tones of burgundy, brown and red brushed diagonally over the blouse, Leipzig’s away blouse proves that Bayern are rarely the only club in Germany that can make red-on-red blouses work.
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Third: Unveiled in downtown New York City, Leipzig’s third kit is a visual encapsulation of the bright lights and frenetic power we tend to have to endure in big cities. It’s an amazing effort, even if it looks like any of the most stylish teams in Formula 1 can wear it on race day.
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Start: The wavy stripes are taken from the club’s crest, which in turn is based on the official crest of the city of Girona. The design is intended to represent the Onyar River, which flows directly through the city center. The club will excel in its Champions League debut this season.
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Away: A deep military shirt is divided in two through a belt running diagonally across the torso with the yellow and red stripes of the Catalan flag, La Senyera. It is a unique and modern tribute to the club’s Spanish region, and the shirt posted on social media with the slogan: “Proud of qui som” (“Proud of who we are”).
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Third: There’s no big concept or overarching theme at play here, just a fundamental Puma style that’s been given a palette of pink and purple. He gets the job done, but it’s not spectacular.
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Start: You’d think it would be a mincemeat of Inter’s iconic aesthetic, but the club continues to confuse us again and again. Rather than remain undeniable and traverse less difficult circuits, the Nerazzurri unfortunately ruined what was almost a perfectly stylish blouse by adding a quadrant of offset stripes on the left side of the torso and adjacent sleeve. So close and so far.
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Away: Fortunately, Inter’s away kit is more classy. The richly textured T-shirt is the lightest of grays, has an elegant folded collar and dark white lines on the sleeves and shoulders. According to Nike, the inspiration comes from the city’s history of tailoring and fashion. Who are we to argue when the result is like this?
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Home: The classic design of Dortmund’s new home kit will certainly come as a relief to those who struggled with last season’s stylised tribute at Signal Iduna Park. The diversity of striped fabrics is encouraged through the old neon yellow jersey worn by the German club when they won the Champions League in 1996-97. To be honest, the resemblance is incredibly vague, but it’s a blouse forged in its own right.
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Third: Clean as a whistle and elegant as a tack, the third white kit is a triyete from Dortmund’s first ground, known as ‘The White Meadow’ and which served as the club’s base in the 1920s and 1930s. It looks fabulous, but we can only believe this will be a magnet for dust and grass stains once the weather starts to change.
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Cup: As always, Dortmund have released an exchange edition of their home shirt for use in cup competitions. This year’s effort is a gruesome hodgepodge (seriously, do they still look good?) that combines asymmetrical samples from several other home and cup kits that Puma has provided to the club since taking the reins in 2012. Well done.
Home: After going through a trophyless year until last season, Bayern rushed to ditch their cursed white house blouse and update it with a revamped design that is unlikely to get any redder. In fact, there are 3 shades of red sunshine, which will appeal to all enthusiasts irritated by the club’s abandonment of its iconic colour last season. However, none of this will matter if the Bavarians don’t return to the winning tactic by dressing with him.
Away: Bayern’s new away shirt takes on an old appeal through the gigantic statue of the Spirit of Bavaria that has stood in the centre of Munich since the 19th century. In reality, it is a kind of marbled and crisp effect intended to reflect the ancient patina that covers the 18-meter monument. It’s not good. In fact, it is unsightly and turns out to withstand rigorous washing.
Third: The antidote to this statue-inspired disaster is one of the most beautiful kits in Europe this season. Bayern’s third kit is a striking off-white number with a two-tone red trim and a woven diamond trend that takes inspiration from the club’s 70s crest implemented on the chest.
Home: Barcelona celebrates its 125th anniversary with an adorable half-and-half jersey similar to the one they wore in their first match in 1899. They then revived the design in 1999-00, the club’s centenary, and back in 2008-09. when a young aspiring coach named Pep Guardiola led his team to Spanish football’s first treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League.
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Home: After experimenting with wave effects and brushstrokes on their famous red and white stripes in recent years, Atletico have once again opted for a non-traditional technique for 2024-25. This season, its stripes will be bordered with thin blue outlines, while thin stripes running through the colors of the spectrums pass through the center of the white sections.
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Exterior: A cool gray gives the Atleti shirt an undeniable air of style, with the ambitious red and white trim providing the details needed to elevate the design above the ordinary. The textured trend of the fabric gives the impression that the shirt is made of concrete. , which fits with a team built with the tough symbol of coach Diego Simeone.
Home: Having been pounded around the shirt, inverted and even finished at the sleeve cuffs at one point in recent years, PSG’s iconic “Hechter” stripe has been restored to its rightful position in the middle of its new home shirt. There is a slight brushstroke effect, but we hope it will be sophisticated enough to appease the club’s ultras, who in the past complained about the lack of respect for their hallowed red-and-white stripe.
Exterior: As if straight out of an old Parisian tourist brochure, PSG’s away jersey is ruled by a stylized Eiffel Tower symbol. This dated aesthetic is deliberate, as the “painting” of the iconic monument is a throwback to a very similar era Graphic design that gave the impression of two PSG uniforms in the early 1990s.
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Home: With the golden crests of the Bundesliga shining on the black sleeves, Leverkusen will protect their first name with a modern red shirt and will be compatible with the reigning champions. While the fundamental design is simple, the printing on the fabric has many attractive elements: from an aerial map of the city to the coat of arms of Leverkusen and the symbols discovered beneath the Leverkusen-Bürrig (a huge water tower shaped like UFO dominating the horizon).
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Away: There’s even more gold on the club’s new away jersey. However, the shiny crest and manufacturer’s logo refer to the club’s 120th anniversary celebrations, and was before Xabi Alonso’s team sealed their historic triumph last season.
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Third: Debuted in the recent friendly against Arsenal, the majority of Leverkusen’s new third-choice shirt is black with contrasting white panels under the arms, while the logos and sponsors are implemented in what amounts to a blue” toothpaste”. The curtains are a tribute to the graffiti art discovered on the city walls.
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Home: Monaco celebrates its centenary this year, so it is not surprising that it has opted for a home kit very similar to the one it has worn for most of its history. Instead of the old thick red belt on a white background, the red segment extends to the shoulders.
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Exterior: The dark green outdoor kit uses a sophisticated published trend to celebrate other elements of Monaco’s history at the time of its centenary. The motif is made up of silhouettes of the unconventional architecture of his Stade Louis II, main points of the discovered royal tapestries. in the throne room of the Prince’s Palace and other emblematic motifs taken from the 4 corners of the Principality.
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Third: Monaco’s ice-white third kit might seem at first glance like an undeniable design, but it features a graphic with a wavy definition. The aim is to evoke photographs of certain fresh architecture of the Principality such as the Le Stellos angeles tower, the Palos angelesis of the Plos angelesge angelesge or the Testimonio buildings. Very chic!
Home: It is possibly not a surprise to learn that Los Blancos have opted for a Los Blancos home kit this season. They also went through their approved mini-spectrum of finish colors and returned to black for 2024-2025. Houndstooth weaving is encouraged through the classic “Chulapo” jackets and vests worn by the people of Madrid at the annual San Isidro festival.
Away: Madrid’s new away shirt is a bright golden orange hue, similar to the one they wore in 2013-14, the season in which they ended their quest for La Décima by winning their 10th European Cup/Champions League. Now, a decade later, they have 15 wins to their name. The top also features an angular star-shaped graphic print, which is fitting since they added Kylian Mbappé to their team this summer.
Third: Part of the old-fashioned diversity of Adidas 3rd T-shirts with the ‘shamrock’ logo, the Real Madrid Edition is a trendy dark grey polo blouse covered in a stylish ‘RMCF’ monogram similar to the diversity of high-end luxury luggage.
Home: It’s not as if in the year of its 125th anniversary Milan abandoned the experimental stripes of 2023-24 in favor of returning to a timeless edition of its beloved Rossoneri stripes. It’s destined to be a winner among calcium purists and kit connoisseurs alike, which is rare.
Away: Revealed with a new ‘quick turnaround’ take on the recent pre-season friendly against Manchester City, Milan’s 2024-25 away kit is a nod to the club’s roots as a football and cricket club founded by English expats in the early 20th century. Set A nice and crisp white blouse is soft with tricks like a dress collar, sublime monochromatic logos and a flash of elegant red border complete the picture.
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Home: Having gone off the beaten path several times in recent years in house uniforms covered in animal prints and half-and-half arrangements, Juve have kept things grand and undeniable for 2024-25 in a classic pinstriped jersey. Just for fun, though, it features a rough graphic on the fabric that moves across the moon’s surface. Because of course it is.
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Exterior: The theme of the area continues in Juve’s new away kit, which according to manufacturer Adidas is fostered through interstellar exploration and galaxies beyond our own. This probably makes more sense from a marketing standpoint than telling the truth, which is that it’s obviously encouraged. through the packaging of a jar of margarine of another brand. However, when it works, it works.
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Third: Although the third replacement adheres as strictly to the astral concept as the other two (this dark blue t-shirt is meant to reflect the night sky), that hardly matters. The textured fabric adds to the sublime look of this polo shirt, while the golden silhouette of a prancing zebra (a symbol first used on Juve’s uniforms in the early 1980s) stands out beautifully.