As we inch nearer to the June 2023/24 Champions League ultimate, 433 Futbol critiques among the most iconic Champions League-winning shirts ever. Which is your favourite?
10. Borussia Dortmund 1997
Borussia Dortmund’s 1996/97 Champions League successful equipment is undoubtedly a fan favourite.
The house shirt featured heavy black shoulders draped over the enduring yellow with the stylized letter C for German sponsors Die Continentale, making it seem like a hockey jersey. The inclusion of the collar screams the late Nineteen Nineties. Nike additionally acquired their first Champions League nod on this winner’s outfit.
9. Marseille 1993
The Adidas Olympique Marseille 1993 successful equipment is so simple as they arrive. It is also the primary official Champions League winners equipment, with the induction of the event beginning throughout the 1992/93 season.
The Three Stripes appeared mild blue on the shoulder, accompanied by the Adidas gear brand beneath the collar. The membership’s “Droit Au However” emblem flashes throughout the center. Panasonic appeared as the unique dwelling shirt sponsor on the time, though UEFA had stricter rules on logos throughout this era — therefore why Panasonic was lacking on the finals equipment. There was additionally a protracted sleeve model of this magnificence 🤤
8. 1995 Ajax
Umbro’s 1995 Ajax away equipment is an incredible exploration of font sorts and badge placement. It was the primary time the official Champions League Starball patch appeared on the equipment. The blue and purple equipment additionally stood out for the vertical sponsor ABN AMRO working down it.
Patrick Kluivert, Clarence Seedorf, Frank de Boer, Edgar Davids — wanting good legends!
7. Manchester United 1999
Rise up, look SHARP. Manchester United’s Champions League successful equipment is a should for any die-hard Manchester United fan. Beckham, Giggs, Neville — Fergie’s Fledglings celebrated the treble in 1999 on this iconic purple Umbro dwelling shirt.
The whole lot was BIG on the shirt, from the outsized collar to equipment maker UMBRO to the Pink Devils badge and, most memorably, the SHARP brand spelled throughout the shirt. Final minute winner, anyone?
6. Actual Madrid 1998
Mic TEKA… bear in mind this? Actual Madrid’s 1998 dwelling shirt made by KELME is the stuff of legends — Guti, Hierro, Redondo, Robert Carlos, and a younger Raul Gonzalez! Whereas it might not be one in every of our all-time favourite Actual Madrid kits, it definitely ranks on the all time Champions League winners’ kits listing.
That trace of purple on the colour and the one-button collar snap was simply “so so so good,” as Mourinho says.
5. Barcelona 1992
There is not any disgrace in followers glorifying kits from a trophy-laden previous, particularly if it is the first-ever Champions League trophy. The 1991-92 Dream Crew, led by coach Johan Cruyff, was no exception.
That staff, that includes Pep Guardiola, excelled within the vibrant orange away jersey, the final equipment produced by native model Meyba for Barca — see the minimal M brand? The blue-shaped V-collar on the shoulders and Blaugrana aspect stripes additionally made this one pop.
4. Actual Madrid 2002
Why is the Actual Madrid 2001/02 equipment so memorable? It is due to one man with an unforgettable volley end. Zinedine Zidane broke AC Milan’s hearts on this wondrous white equipment when he completed a one-time golazo off an arching Robert Carlos cross.
This black and white shirt — simplistic, glowed on the entrance whereas the elongated Adidas three stripes spoke by themselves, working down the shoulder. This shirt is up there with one of the best Actual Madrid kits ever.
3. Barcelona 2009
This distinctive half-stripe, half-solid design dwelling equipment marked Barcelona’s unprecedented triumph in successful the Copa del Rey, La Liga, and the Champions League — a first-ever treble in Spanish soccer. It was additionally Pep Guardiola’s first season as head coach.
The shirt additionally featured the UNICEF brand, showcasing the membership’s dedication to charitable causes earlier than it bought its soul a decade later.
2. Juventus 1996
Juventus 1995/96 Champions League successful equipment belongs within the _________. You fill within the museum. This jersey was a Kappa gem, accentuated with yellow trim and worn by legends like Alessandro Del Piero and Zinedine Zidane. Massive stars donned the shoulders just like the legends they had been, and a conspicuous Sony sponsor threw throughout the chest. Yup, this was the 90s, the PlayStation and Discman period.
1. AC Milan 2003
AC Milan has gained the Champions League 5 instances since 1989. Unusually sufficient, none of these kits had been the house equipment; as an alternative, they had been all of the white away.
However one particularly stands above the remaining and tops our complete Champions League finals kits listing: the 2002/03 Rossoneri Adidas winners shirt. The jersey was the fruits of simplicity and modernity, ushering in an period of balanced logos, sponsors, and tricolor stripes. It was captain (and stud) Paulo Maldini’s 4th European title, and Carlo Ancelotti was beginning his Champions League predominance.
