Just like all football fans the world over, we simply cannot wait to see which country emerges victorious in the ultimate showdown: by which, of course, we mean the battle to be crowned the team with the best kits in the competition. Below we have compiled each kit registered by every nation at Euro and ranked them all the way from the group stage to the final. Following UEFA's own tournament format , the group winners and runners-up will advance along with the four best third-placed teams, and then it's a straight knockout tournament.
Home: Turkey don't tend to experiment much when it comes to their kits, with their Euro ensemble following a familiar template.
The home shirt is white with a red band across the midriff that bears the iconic crescent moon and star emblem found on the national flag. One very subtle change from previous designs sees the size of crescent and star increased in a bid to, according to Nike, "capture the incredible passion for football in Turkey.
Away: Rather than simply flipping the colours, the Turkey away shirt is two-tone red with a slightly darker shade to the collar and the chest band. The moon-and-star emblem, which dates back to the days of the Ottoman Empire, is again present. Both jerseys have the phrase " Turkiyem " "My Turkey" printed on the inside. Home: Italy have leant heavily on their artistic and cultural heritage for their kits, with Puma's design for the blue home shirt inspired by the traditional mosaics and architecture of the Renaissance period.
The Azzurri 's jersey features a delicate, floral tile motif similar to those you might find adorning the walls of the nation's opera houses, galleries and 15th-century cathedrals. Away: Italy had played with a similarly themed away kit in the build-up to the tournament, a white base embellished by an ornate chevron pattern, but that has been replaced for the tournament by a simple yet effective version of a template that we'll see a few other teams using as well.
Italy also wore a third alternate shirt during their qualification campaign, a gloriously opulent deep bottle green-and-gold design. It's only the second time in their history that the Italian national team have worn green, after the Azzurri transformed into the Verdi for a friendly against Argentina in Alas, their emerald third shirt won't actually be used at Euro due to UEFA directives only allowing country's to register two strips for the tournament home and away , but it's a stunning little number regardless.
Home: Wales' home kit positively smoulders in the vibrant red and gold found upon the ancestral shield of national hero Owain Glyndwr, who led an uprising against British rule in the 15th century. Plus it's hard to go wrong when your national flag and crest features a dragon. The only thing that lets the Cymru kit down is that once you strip the trim away, it's based on a fairly generic V-neck template. Away: Wales away shirts tend to be one of two colours, white or yellow, and this continues that tradition.
Redolent in golden yellow, this jersey also has a subtle two-tone brushstroke pattern and a small daffodil the national flower printed on the nape of the neck. Home: According to Puma, this design applies the minimalist principles of the renowned Swiss style schools of the s. However, the jersey is so stripped back that essentially what we're left with is a plain red jersey with basic white trim that is fairly boring, whichever way you slice it.
Away: The accompanying away shirt is not any livelier, with Puma assigning Switzerland the most underwhelming iteration of their template for alternate jerseys. Home: Predominantly red with white raglan sleeves, the Denmark home shirt sees the return of the Hummel chevrons running down the shoulders, just as they were when they shocked Europe by winning Euro ' There is the subtle addition of a soundwave graphic across the torso, a representation of the Danish fans singing their national anthem at a packed Parken Stadium in support of the team.
Away: The away shirt also features the same soundwave, though as a silvery detail on a white background it is a little harder to spot. The two jerseys are pleasingly clean and uncluttered designs. Denmark also have a third alternate shirt which is directly inspired by their famous World Cup kit, still vaunted as one of the most popular football shirts ever designed. The version takes the half-and-half shirt worn by such luminaries as Michael Laudrup, Allan Simonsen and Jan Molby, and re-renders it in two-tone red.
The Danish FA claims the third shirt is a special tribute to their fans, and to that end the phrase " Den Rode Mur " "The Red Wall" is written inside the neck to pay homage to the supporters who fill the stands at every game.
Home: The home shirt of the Huuhkajat eagle owls is inspired by the Nordic nation's flag, with a vast blue cross dominating the white behind it. The gold trim is a nice touch, and overall the design is a little more interesting than the procession of near-identical white-with-blue-trim designs that Finland have worn in recent years.
Away: The obvious approach for the away shirt would be to flip the colours, but instead Finland have gone for a button-up polo neck that is almost smart enough to wear to a formal occasion.
Home: The most notable aspect of the latest Belgium shirt is the bold two-tone brush stroke graphic that slashes back and forth across the front to create a stylised letter "B.
Away: Another chunky V-neck, the white away kit manages to look like both a throwback from the s and a design fitting for the modern era. This is thanks in part to the simple, classy trim being offset by the splotchy two-tone graphic that covers the shirt. Home: Russia's home shirt for Euro had to undergo a hasty redesign in the immediate aftermath of its release in This was after the Russian Federation complained that the blue-and-white trim on the sleeves wasn't arranged in the correct order, and the effect therefore resembled the Serbian flag rather than their own.
In the run-up to the tournament Russia have continued with their previous home kit, which they wore en route to reaching the quarterfinals of the World Cup on home soil, but they now have a modified version of the new kit ready for the big kick-off. Away: Thankfully, Adidas got the Russian national colours right first time with the away kit, with the white shirt forming the tricolour in conjunction with the blue and red bands across the centre of the design.
It's simple, effective and -- for extra patriotism points -- reminiscent of the same country's national ice hockey team's uniform. Home: The Netherlands' orange home shirt is festooned with a geometric outline of a lion, echoing the emblem of the Dutch football federation KNVB.. As star defender Virgil van Dijk - who is missing the tournament through injury - puts it: "We need to have the mentality of lions to be successful.
Away: The Dutch rarely miss the mark when it comes to their away kits and this offering is no different. This slick black-and-orange button-up shirt effortlessly takes its place alongside such classics as electric blue , the one with the sash , pale blue , white with red and blue chevrons , and white with red-and-blue rhomboids. Home: Ukraine unveiled their new kit on the weekend before the start of the tournament, and it has caused a diplomatic incident.
The jersey is modification of the previous design, with the crest moved into the centre of the chest and surrounded by an embroidered outline of Ukraine which includes the region of Crimea.
Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in Moscow considers the peninsula part of Russia, but it is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine. Dmitry Svishchev, a Russian parliamentarian, branded the design was "a political provocation. Away: The away jersey is a straight-forward reversal of the home shirt. It's serviceable, but feels like an opportunity was missed to do something different.
Home: You could easily squint at the Austrian home shirt and mistake it for an old Arsenal kit thanks to the red body and white block sleeves. However, the details do help it stand out, with the print inspired by traditional Alpine dress as well as the Vienna Secession movement of the late 19th century founded by artists such as Gustav Klimt, according to Puma. Finally, a new Austrian FA OFB badge adorns the chest -- a ten-winged eagle with each wing representing one of the nine regional football league administrations of Austria, along with the Bundesliga itself.
Away: The away kit is moody and mysterious. The dark black shirt has the OFB crest in the centre and then repeated down the rest of the torso in a subtle, faded pattern. Home: Group C is clearly the group of kit controversies. On the eve of their first-ever major finals, North Macedonia released a new line of kits -- three jerseys all featuring the image of a Balkan lynx across the torso.
However, there was such a backlash against the new burgundy home shirt that they immediately reverted to the previous designs , which are based on the "new sun of liberty" emblem on their national flag. The home kit is a simple yet striking and distinctive all-red outfit.
There are, however, no set official rules on determining what exactly constitutes a kit clash such as colours , which results in the lack of consistency. But something that is important, yet might often be overlooked, is the kit clash with shorts and socks worn by footballers. It is especially important for players from opposing teams to wear shorts and socks of distinctive colours, as linesmen and referees need to be able to see which player is past the final line of defence to judge whether or not they have been offside.
Players from opposition sides cannot wear the same white socks and red shorts, combo, for example, which would explain why certain teams wear away kits even if their usual home kit or third kit seemingly does not clash with the home team.
There is an amusing instance of kit clashing when Chelsea faced off against Coventry City away at Highfield Road on April 9, How would the match have been conducted? Hence, teams have 3 kits. It is very rare that both the teams playing would have all their three kits similar. This has not happened so far. UEFA can also ask clubs to wear certain jerseys on match days. For example, when Athletico Madrid took on Barcelona in the quarterfinals in , UEFA asked both the clubs to wear the away kits on both the occasions.
This was done to differentiate the teams for both the referees and the spectators and also to improve visibility. A jersey's main significance is to avoid confusion in the game. The home kit is a team's main kit which also represents the heritage of the club i. The colour of the home kit does not vary every season. Clubs follow the traditional colour for decades with slight modifications every now and then. With new sponsors, the design of the kits change but the colour combinations remain the same.
They tend to vary over time or even by tournaments as well. There has also been a case in the past where Chelsea had gone to play an away match and soon they realised that both the teams had a similar kit. Officials then asked the Chelsea players to change and wear another kit as they were also wearing the home kit. But Chelsea did not have any other kit and finally had to use the kit of the opposite team to complete the match. There have been more cases like these which were reported in the past.
In in England, The Football League had a rule that no two teams could register with the same colour so as to avoid confusion during the game. It was later changed and teams could have a second kit with a different colour which was available. The Scottish Football Association had a different solution for this. In , they said that the home team must wear white shorts and the away teams must wear black shorts, but this rule rescinded in
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