Barcelona Football
Shirts
Since UKSoccershop was formed in
2004, Barcelona have been consistently our bestselling soccer jersey. The
club’s popularity has grown as a result of the style implemented by Pep
Guardiola and the numerous world class players who have worn the red and blue
jersey, including Lionel Messi, Xavi, Andres Iniesta, Neymar, Luis Suarez and
Ronaldinho.
During this period, Barcelona
have been the most dominant club side in European football, winning multiple
Champions League, La Liga and Copa del Rey trophies. The club play at the Camp
Nou and a visit to this iconic stadium is a must for even a non-Barcelona
supporting football fan.
Barcelona were one of the last
teams to give in to the commercialism of modern day football and it was not until
2006 that any form of sponsor logo was displayed on the football shirts. The
club agreed a five year deal with UNICEF, which would actually see FCB donate
1.5 million euros each year to the charity. In 2011-12, Barcelona announced
their first corporate sponsorship when they signed a five year, 150 million
euros deal with Qatar Sports Investments. Although the club were criticised for
going against the “Mes que un Club” (more than a club) principles, supporters
realised that the additional investment was necessary to compete with the
increasing financial power of the English Premier League.
Barcelona Home Shirt
The famous Barcelona jerseys are
blue and maroon and have featured vertical stripes almost since the club’s
inception in 1899. In their inaugural match in 1900, the Catalans wore blue and
maroon rugby shirts and the colour combination proved a winning one as it has
stuck throughout their history.
The club’s colours has led to the
nickname of Blaugrans. The origins of
the colour scheme are unknown but a popular theory is that they were chosen by
founder Joan Gamper as they replicated the colour scheme of his previous club –
Swiss side FC Basel.
In the early years, the shorts
were white, before being replaced by black ones in 1913, but since 1920, the shorts
have been blue until 2005-2006, when the club released red shorts for
commercial reasons.
In the 2015-2016 season,
Barcelona took the controversial decision to break from tradition and release a
horizontally striped kit – instead of the normal vertical stripes – for the
first time in their history. Although the kit continued to sell well, such is
the global appeal of the club, it was met with a mixed reaction and the club
returned to vertical stripes for the 2016-2017 campaign.
Barcelona Away Shirt
To say the club have had some
interesting colour schemes for their change kit over the years would be quite
the understatement. Among the colours used in recent years were pale green,
illuminous yellow, bright orange, purple and light pink.
One of the most popular away kit
designs, which tends to be released ever 2-3 years, is the red and yellow
colours of the Catalan flag. Such is strong association with Catalunya for the
club that this colour combination generally outsells all other variations of
the away kit.
Barcelona Kit History
Barcelona have only ever had
three shirt suppliers in their history. From inception until 1982, there was no
kit supplier before local manufacturer Meyba took up the contract until being
replaced by Kappa in 1992. They produced a number of memorable kits, including
the 1992 European Cup winning jerseys, but were replaced by Nike in 1998, who
have held the contract ever since.
Barcelona Shirt Printing
Such is the
popularity of the Barcelona jerseys, that in recent seasons, as many as 5 of
our top 10 bestselling player shirts have come from the Camp Nou. With superstars such as Lionel
Messi, Luis Suarez, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta and
Carlos Puyol among the many superstars to choose from, it is not surprising that
the Barcelona kit has been the most popular with children around the world who
love the playing style of the Catalans.
At UKSoccershop, we offer official Barcelona shirt printing for the home,
away and third shirts in adult, womens and childrens sizes, right down to
infant and mini kits for little kids. You can also personalise your jersey with
your own custom name and number in the authentic printing style.
Barcelona Training Kit
An extensive range of training clothing is available to buy in our FC Barcelona
store. The most popular item is the Barcelona tracksuit, but polo shirts,
training jerseys, sweat tops, hoodies and t-shirts also sell extremely well and
are available in a wide variety of colours.