Atletico Madrid Football Shirts

Atletico Madrid Football Kits

In a league dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid, the Diego Simeone era at Atletico Madrid was a breath of fresh air as Atleti not only took on their financially superior rivals, but won the La Liga title and reached two Champions League Finals. They have become one of the most fashionable teams to support in recent seasons and sales of Atletico Madrid kits have skyrocketed.

Despite their relatively modest financial power, Atletico Madrid have attracted a host of top players to the club in recent times including Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao, Antoine Griezmann, Arda Turan and David Villa, all of whom starred in the Simeone era.

Atletico Madrid Home Shirt

Atletico de Madrid are famous for their distinctive red and white striped shirts, one of the most beautiful jerseys in world football, however this has not always been the case. The club were formed in 1903 by three Basque students and as such had strong like with Athletic Bilbao. Strangely, Bilbao were at this time playing in blue and white striped shirts and as a result, this design was copied for Atletico in their formative years.

It was not until 1920, when the club began fully independent, that the switch was made to the red and white, with various theories being put forward as to why this happened. The official line from the club is that their director, who had been sent to England to pick up a new kit, was unable to find blue and white shirts and returned with red and white instead. However, it is widely thought that the real real was that red was cheaper to manufacture as the same cloth was being used in making bed mattresses. Atletico’s nickname ‘Los Colchoneros’ which means ‘The Mattress Makers’ may be a less than subtle clue in that regard!

Whatever the reason, the Atletico Madrid home shirt has evolved into one of the most iconic and one of the bestselling football shirts of the modern era. The shirt is paired with blue shorts and red socks.

Atletico Madrid Away Shirt

To contrast the home jersey, Atletico generally favour a dark coloured away jersey with black, navy and dark blue being among the colours chosen in recent years.

However, they have at times experimented with lighter colours and a wolf grey version was released but this did not sell as well as the darker colours and they quickly made a return.

Atletico Madrid Football Shirt Printing

Such is the popularity of the club that shirt printed Atletico Madrid shirts are in high demand. In recent years, the likes of Torres, Griezmann and David Villa have all been in our top 10 La Liga shirts list.

We offer official name and numbers for the Atletico Madrid home & away jerseys and you can even customise the shirt with your own custom shirt printing.

Nike Atletico Madrid Shirts

Although Atletico have had many kit partners over the years, they are best associated with Nike, who have manufactured the jerseys throughout the period with the La Liga victory and Champions League finals. As well as supplying the official jerseys, Nike also release a range of training wear which includes tracksuits, jackets, polo shirts and t-shirts, all of which are available to buy online at UKSoccershop.