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.