Football is affectionately called a beautiful game that unites the entire world. There are many popular sports, but none can match the popularity of football. There isn’t a single city or even village on this entire globe that doesn’t know about football. The game is omnipresent and the top level of football is played in European countries. Except for a few international breaks here and there, the footballing calendar has always been jam-packed with club matches. Be it weekend matches or English week matches, fans somehow manage time to watch their favorite team or if they can’t, they will listen to podcasts, analyses, and other such things. One such thing which keeps football fans connected to their beloved clubs is the club jersey. The jersey for them is more than just a shirt. Fans are emotionally attached to the colors, designs, logos, and everything present on their soccer jersey.
The footballing world has seen so many beautiful jerseys over the decades and in this article, we will look at the top football club jerseys of all time.
Top 10 Best Football Club Jerseys Of All Time
Chelsea Season 2021 Home Kit
Chelsea is an English club that plays in the English Premier League. They have had a rich history. Chelsea is one of the most followed clubs in England. The Blues won much silverware when they were owned by Roman Abramovich. Well, things haven’t been that promising enough after a Russian oligarch sold the club after unfortunate incidents between Russia and Ukraine.
In the 2021-22 season, their home kit was plain blue without any designs or color mixtures. The simplistic design and the typical Chelsea Blue color looked fantastic with the addition of the sponsors’ logo. The Chelsea Blue and white colored sponsors’ logos created a nice color combination.
| Pros | Cons |
| Dri-FIT technology | Not any cons |
| 100% recycled polyester | |
| Good breathability |
Atlético Madrid 2019-20 Away Kit
Atlético Madrid, rivals of Real Madrid, are known for their typical red and white jerseys. Those red-white jerseys have always been the center of attraction of the entire footballing world. However, their away kit in the 2019-20 season stole the show. The jersey was all black except for all the logos. Right from the Team’s logo to the sponsors’ logos, all were in orange. The contrast of colors was very striking and beautiful.
Fast-forward to the ongoing season, it has been a disastrous season for them. They ended up in the group stage of the Champions League right at the bottom. In La Liga, they are in 5th place 13 points away from the top-placed Barcelona.
| Pros | Cons |
| Quality material | Not any cons |
| Color doesn’t fade away after washing |
Borussia Dortmund 2020-21 Jersey
Bundesliga and Borussia Dortmund in particular are mines of talent. It’s fascinating how they keep producing world-class players through their youth system. Unfortunately for them, all these promising youngsters get huge contracts from the European Giants and hence BVB has never benefited from their talent mine in a big way.
-- Advertisement --BVB had an amazing jersey in the 2020-21 season. It had strips in the shape of lightning of black color on the BVB yellow background. The Puma logo is perfectly situated in one of such shapes. The contrast of blue and black looks magnificent for sure.
| Pros | Cons |
| Excellent color combination | Not any cons |
| 100% Polyester | |
| Borussia Dortmund sign-off label at the back of the neck |
Manchester City 2020-21 Home Kit
To be honest, the Manchester City Blue never gave the sporty look to any of their jerseys. Well, just look at Chelsea Blue, it is a vibrant color and does give a sporty look as well. However, in the 2019-20 season, the jersey was one of a kind. It was sky blue as usual, but there was something in it which was inexplicable. Manchester City sold 1,085,000 jerseys and made millions of dollars in 2020, endorsing the fact that there was some magic in it.
| Pros | Cons |
| 100% Polyester | Care needs to be taken while machine wash |
| Available in multiple size variants |
Bayern Munich 2021-22 Home Kit
The German Giants: Bayern Munich is known for its Bundesliga dominance and its habit to humiliate other European top clubs season in and season out. It’s incredible how efficient their work is, just fabulous from the Bavarian club.
Bayern came up with another fabulous jersey in the 2021-22 season. The typical Bayern red was accompanied by dark red in the shape of pointed strips pointing downwards. Bayern also had another beautiful home jersey for the 2019-20 season which had Allianz Arena-inspired graphic print on the front.
| Pros | Cons |
| Classic fit | Not any cons |
| V-Neck variant available | |
| FC Bayern heat-applied crest |
Juventus FC 2018-19 Home Kit
Juventus rocked the entire sporting world in 2018 when they announced that they have signed a certain Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid. Coincidentally, it was the season when they had their most beautiful jersey.
The jersey had 2 black stripes on the front. In between those black strips, there was one white stripe, and the remaining part of the jersey was all white. All the logos were strategically placed on the black part in the white font.
| Pros | Cons |
| Comfortable | Fitting could be a problem for many |
| Lightweight |
Arsenal 2021-22 Home Jersey
Arsenal had a very torrid time for the past few seasons. But this season, that is the 2022-23 season, they are flying high and have imposed a great threat to City’s title-defending season. This has already been a very successful season for Arsenal, everything about them has been ticking the boxes.
The jersey exhibits typical and traditional Arsenal colors i.e. red and white. But who says, traditional colors and traditional color combinations don’t look good in the modern age? Nowadays a number of teams are going back to their old jerseys under a ‘retro’ theme. The front side of this jersey is red in color, while the side of the jersey is white in color. There are shoulder strips in black color. The sponsor’s logo at the front is white in color, while the logo at the sleeves is black in color.
| Pros | Cons |
| Traditional theme looks awesome | Users might come across issues with size |
| Moisture absorbing material | |
| 100% recycled polyester piqué |
Real Madrid 2022-23 Home Kit
Real Madrid is perhaps the most followed, most celebrated, and most successful club in the entire world. They are the defending UCL champions. Los Blancos kept coming back in the second legs of all the knockout stages that too against the biggest European names and ultimately clinched the UCL title.
They do have one of the most simplistic jerseys for this season. The jersey is all white with bluish strips on the shoulders. The sponsors’ logos are black, while the Club’s logo has a regal appearance to it.
| Pros | Cons |
| Simple but fashionable | Not any cons |
| Durable | |
| Collared neck |
Manchester United 2022-23 Home Kit
Manchester United has been in the news for unwanted reasons for a while now. The Ronaldo Saga, bad results, fans’ hostility against the owners, and many more. In midst of this chaos, the one thing which the entire footballing world has been neglecting is their home kit for this season.
United had not been producing quality and likable kits for the past few seasons. But this kit has broken all the shackles. It is a typical ManU red with sponsors’ logos in white. The collar of the jersey is extremely attractive having an awesome combination of red triangles on white background. What fans liked most about the jersey is that the team logo has been enclosed in a white bordered square. The black strips on the shoulders do make the overall appearance of the jersey attractive and fashionable.
| Pros | Cons |
| Moisture-absorbing aero ready and mesh panels | Extremely expensive |
| 100% recycled polyester | |
| Different size options available as per the age groups |
Inter Milan Away Stadium Jersey 2016/2017
This jersey of Inter Milan has a completely separate fan base. It broke all the traditional rules of football jerseys, colors, and designs and is still liked by all football fans. It was really from another world, obviously in a positive way.
This jersey is completely different from the typical Milan Blue color. This jersey is predominantly white in color. This white color is accompanied by dark blue and black stripes at the sleeves, while the sponsor’s logo on the front side is in a lighter shade of blue. A small blue strip at the back side of the neck enhances the sporting look.
| Pros | Cons |
| The variation in color combination looks good | Not any cons |
| Dri-FIT technology. | |
| The team badge and Nike logo are embroidered |
