Barcelona Football Shirts

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.