Kit Porn! La Liga Nueva Camisetas 2011/2012

We have gathered here today all our dearly beloved kits for the new season! All in one post, from A to Z - here ya go!


ATHLETIC BILBAO

ATLETICO MADRID

FC BARCELONA

REAL BETIS

RCD ESPANYOL

GETAFE CF

GRANADA CF (still no official release)

UD LEVANTE

MALAGA CF

RCD MALLORCA

CA OSASUNA

RACING SANTANDER

RAYO VALLECANO

REAL MADRID

REAL SOCIEDAD

SEVILLA CF

SPORTING GIJON

VALENCIA CF

VILLARREAL

REAL ZARAGOZA

CA Osasuna New Kit/Nueva Camiseta 2011/2012

Osasuna has released their new kit for the upcoming season. The manufacturer is Astore. They currently do not have a shirt sponsor. The home kit is the traditional red kit with black shorts and socks. (See prodigal son, Raul Garcia, back on loan, donning the home kit).

The away kit is a sky blue with white trimmings, and a v neck, along with white shorts and socks. (See captain Paxti Puñal modeling the new uniform).

Both jerseys looking smart, sleek and simple. I personally like the new look. What do you think? Do you like these soccer kits?

RAYO VALLECANO nueva camiseta/new kit 2011-2012

Rayo is a humble team that has had horrendous managment, severe financial troubles and fantastic fans. Their poor players continued on even though they had not seen a paycheck for over a year. Now with a new owner, they are in ley concursal or voluntary bankruptcy. The judge appointed administrators are reviewing the club's financial position and are most likely going to make some drastic decisions that could include releasing the coach, sporting director and the 5 highest paid players, due to economic hardship. More to come.

All things considered, time to bring a little levity and a bit of the silver lining, because Los Piratas have come out with their latest kits!!!

The home kit is the typical all white, with the red traditional sash crossing the chest, with the logo emblazoned nicely. The socks are all black in contrast. The manufacturer is now Royal Sport. The look is very smart looking, to be honest.

The away kit is all black with a blue sash crossing the chest along with the all black socks.

Welcome back to La Primera! Here's to better times and less suffering!

RCD MALLORCA new kit/nueva camiseta 2011-2012

El Bermellon have released their new kits for the season. The shirt maker is Macron and the sponsor is Bet-at-home.com.

From left to right, Juan Calatayud ( new goalkeeper), Sergio Tejera (midfielder) , Gianni Zuiverloon (new rightback), Emilio Nsue (winger and canterano) and Pep Martí (vice captain & midfielder) displayed the latest kits this week.

The new home jersey worn by Pep Marti, is red with a retro 'V' collar and black shorts. The away kit modeled by Zuiverloon is all white, also with a retro 'V' collar.

The team has also released a new training kit (modeled by Emilio Nsue) and new leisurewear (see Sergio Tejera). The new goal keeper uniform is all orange as demonstrated by Juan Calatayud. (This color is quite popular this year in La Liga.)

REAL ZARAGOZA new kit 2011-2012

Los Maños have released their new jersey, continuing with Adidas. The home is the traditional white with blue trimming and blue shorts. The away kit is the return of the "bee". Yellow and black stripes with yellow sleeves and black shorts and yellow piping. Yellow socks complete the look. The away kit is another retro or traditional look for Los Blanquillos. For the first time, Zaragoza has released a third kit. The all orange uniform with a black collar is NOT a fan favorite at all. In fac,t it reminds the supporters of a certain team just to the south east (a-hem Valencia).

Check out the added bonus video too!



What do you think of the new shirts? I think they are pretty sweet and show a lot of character. I would love to hear your thoughts.

SEVILLA FC 2011-2012 New Kit/Nueva Camiseta

As previously reported, Sevilla FC has joined up with Chinese kit manufacturer Li-Ning for the 2011-2012 season. The new kits look sleak, simple and classy. El Nervion used this opportunity to bring in the new signings to show off the new jerseys.

The home kit is the traditional white with red trim (sported by new midfielder Piotr Trochowski in the photo). The away kit is red with white trim (modeled by new winger Manu de Moral). The third kit is black with red trim (worn by new boy Emir Spahic) and the goalkeeper uniform is all yellow (as demonstrated by Dani Jimenez).

Li-Ning claims to have the latest technological advances in sportswear - anti-bacterial, temperature control, light, comfort, and player names in Spanish and Chinese.

Video camisetas Li-Ning Sevilla FC temp. 11/12 from www.sevillafc.es on Vimeo.

I, for one, really like the new uniforms and feel that it was a good move from a fashion and global perspective to move from Joma to Li-Ning. What do you think?

Racing de Santander Kits 2011-2012

Dear God where to start? this looks really amateur-ish, like those kits the young kids get to play football in a small town's plaza.

The first time I heard about the brand SLAM and the last I wish to see from them.



The material looks cheap and the green doesn't look as bright as it should, the shorts are badly made and the shield in the socks is not well embroidered.



The second kit keeps with the trend of the ugly colors and the black collar looks like those fake bowties kids get when they wear a tuxedo for the first time, the socks are from a different material from the first kit.



The third kit is better because well, it's hard to screw up with an all black ensemble, I don't like how the sponsor's name goes in a white background, in the other two it blends with the shirt, in here it looks as if this is a last minute printing.



This is one of the goalkeepers' kits, the other three are green, fuchsia and blue.
Not bad compared to the field players kits but I still think the fabric looks too cheap.

I know Racing isn't a powerful team and that they are not in the best economic situation but if they wanted they could have gotten someone like JOMA or Lotto or anything that isn't too big, this is just sad and they will look bad next to many of the teams in la Liga.

Thoughts?

Athletic Club 2011-2012 first kit revealed

After all the craptastic disasters Nike (who owns Umbro BTW) has designed this season, I didn't have high expectations about the new first kit for the team, specially not after the beautiful ikurriña-based shirt that is our away kit.

Well, I was proven wrong.

The new kit keeps the same red and white lines, without any electric based theme (yes Real Sociedad, I'm looking at you), last season's shirt had a polo neck, this time it is a deep collar in black, the sleeves also have some black on them, Petronor keeps being the sponsor (€2.5M/year).





The shorts keep being black, with the Umbro brand embroidered in gold and the club's shield, both opposite to the placement in the shirt's design.



The best part was the socks though, many of us didn't like the black socks so we were very happy to see how the original txurigorri socks made a triumphant return.



The goalkeeper's kit is completely light grey with black collar and cuffs.

What do you think of the kit? I quite like it and it has a refreshing old school style, reminiscent of the last Liga won by the team.

Villarreal 2011-2012 kit - leaked!

The traditional Yellow home jersey is looking good. The designer for the new season is XTEP, a Chinese company and no sponsor as of yet. The away kit is blue with yellow trim around the collar and bottom of the shirt.

What do you think of the jerseys?


Chinese brands are really targeting La Liga clubs. It will be interesting to see if there are any piracy issues in the future. (just saying) The official kit presentation is expected in the next few days.

Espanyol Kit 2011-2012

The new kits for 2011-2012 were revealed today at the stadium at Cornellà-El Prat. Li-Ning continues to be the kit sponsor and Interapuestas.com will likely return as shirt sponsor even though their logo is not on any of the kits.

Home kit: The shirt is the same as expected, reported here last week. One blue stripe bisects the white panel in front giving the illusion of our classic striped kit. I don´t usually go for kits with panels but Li-Ning got the design just right. It reeks of class and the right sort of nostalgia. It reminds me of a kit we might have had in the early seventies or late sixties. The details are very classy. I like the badge on the shorts. I like the placement of the Li-Ning logo and how unobtrusive it is. I especially like the perico logo on the side and the slogan written on the sleeve: ¨la força d’un sentiment.” Behind the neck is also the cross of St. Jordi. A great home kit.


Away Kit: for all I have said about the home kit and how much I liked it, I have to retract almost all of it. I´m not a big fan of horizontal stripes as it is, but these look wretched like something out of Tron. The colors don´t sit well together and the spacing is off between the dark blue background and the lighter stripes. The only consolation is that it isn´t a pink and black striped kit like we had a few year´s back.

Goalkeeper´s Kit: Just a blander, less obtrusive version of the away kit. The gray stripes on black background are nicer and less-jarring.


Grade: for the home kit alone I give it five stars out of five. They knocked it out of the park. Add the annoying away kit and I need to drop it to three out of five stars. A rank release almost torpedoes the best kit design of the Summer.

Getafe CF Kits 2011-2012!!

Getafe officially presented their new kits for the 2011-2012 season. Joma is the kit maker and Burger King is still the sponsor of the club. The home or first kit is traditionally blue, however the second and third kits have changed to yellow and pink respectively. The goal keeper jersey is all black.

Joma kits are made for versatility, comfort, minimal collection of perspiration and the ability to maintain a constant body temperature.

What do you think of the latest kits? Do you like the new vibrant colors? No sign of the Team Dubai insignia?

Valencia CF Kit 2011-2012: It's Official

Valencia released their new kit today with a bang and plenty aplomb. The four models: Soldado (in home gear), Albelda (in away gear) Aduriz (in 3rd outfit) and Guaita (in Goalie garb) modeled the latest from new Spanish sportswear maker Joma.

The 1st kit is white with black pants and very traditional. The 2nd kit is all black (the latest rage). The 3rd kit is in Valencia orange, with white shirts. The Goal keeper outfit is all in blue. Very smart looking jerseys in my opinion.

But check this out - a very cool video Joma presents the new Valencia jersey for 2011-2011 in 3D. I am liking the Hollywood meets superhero effect!

Atletico Madrid Kit 2011-2012

This is what I wrote almost three weeks ago when pictures were leaked of the Atlético Madrid kits for 2011-2012.
What can I say that hasn´t already been said by people much more in tune and with a much higher emotional stake in Atléti than I? If you were cross-eyed, far-sighted and maybe even color blind you might possibly think this was this short of passable. For me though, it looks like they gave two sets of instructions to two separate seamstresses, one sewing from the top down and the other from the bottom up, and asked them to meet up somewhere in the middle.

It also looks like somebody put on their striped barbecue apron over their red shirt or like they´ve tucked a white bib on at a family dinner. Stripes can make you look fat, but these will make you right corpulent. Are they going to play in chef´s hats? How about some nice dark-blue MC Hammer style cargo pants? Only that would make this kit any worse.

It´s a travesty. My eyes are burning and my eyeballs are crossing. The collar is infantile; a far-cry from the classy white collar of last year´s kit or a similar red-collar from the year before. The sleeves are too red; no stripes. The vertical stripes are uneven, there is far too much white on the shirt as it is, and the red stripes are drowned out by that severe swath of white that is superimposed at an angle over the red sections. It creates an imbalance in the force.

Don´t minimize what´s happened here. Atléti´s mojo has been seriously damaged, but on the other hand, at least they´re keeping their best players and hiring atop-quality coach to replace Quique Sanchez-Flores, no? Dóh!

Now, I´m not saying that I had any hand in it. There are plenty supporter´s of Atléti who were outraged that the club would release that sort of design on us. Well, apparently they haven´t. The kit looks actually, surprisingly like last year´s kit. The secondary kit is all black, but I am happy to say that the colchonero image has been maintained. This is one of the classiest kits in La Liga. Simple, direct, stylish and filled with loads of nostalgia which is great because the club will be celebrating their centenario or 100 anniversary in red-and-white. Remember that the club first played with blue-and-white stripes.

Real Sociedad Kits 2011-2012

They released the Real Sociedad kits for 2011-2012. You can see by the picture below that it is even scarier than at first imagined from the unveiling. It is a typically beautiful blue-and-white striped shirt, I am particular of course to blanquiazul so sue me, but Nike are really starting to bother me with their design choices. The stripes are fine in width, I like the thicker blue and white lines, but why electrify them? Which Nike guru approved this monstrosity? The white shorts are classy, but I dislike the blue rectangle on the back of the shirt. Stripes are good. Stripes are nice. Leave them alone. I commend what Atlético Madrid did with their kit by basically telling Nike, ¨No, we don´t like the cellphone stripes that you gave us. No, I don´t care that FC Barcelona got theirs that way. Just `cause you think it´s all the rage, doesn´t mean we do. Switch it back to a classy look. Thank You. As you see by the other post today, they did.¨

As for the other kits, what can I say. Nothing memorable. The yellow on the secondary kit is almost flammable or ready to wear for roadside clean-up. The third kit and the goalkeeper´s kit look almost cut from the same cloth except for the blue swath of color in the front of one or the other. I don´t know which is which honestly.

In the end, a very pedestrian set of design choices by one of the leading kit design firms in the world. Frankly, I don´t know how they keep getting work.

Sporting Gijón's 2011-2012 kit preview?

Sporting announced back in May that Kappa, the Italian sport company, would dress the Asturian team for three years, effective the summer of the 2011-2012 season. Kappa previously dressed Valencia CF. The official presentation is expected in July.

The first kit (see middle shirt in the photo above), is in the traditional striped red and white motif. The stripes are a bit narrower, but still do not veer to far from the historical kit, Sporting fans know and love.

The second kit (see shirt on the left side) uses red as it's base with a gold trim around the collar and on the left sleeve. The gold strip is on the top left side. It runs down the neck and shoulder to the sleeve on the short sleeved version and runs down the side of the shirt as well, on the long sleeve version. Very smart looking in my opinion.

The third kit (see shirt on the right side of the photo above) replaces the blue kit from this season. The jersey is white with two horizontal red stripes that cross the chest.

The kits are designed in the Kappa style and remind me quite a bit of AS Roma's kit with a very smart and attractive look. The local region Gijón/Asturias continues to be the main sponsor of the team.

Kappa also released this cool sketch of David Barral in the first kit, Miguel de las Cuevas in the second kit and Nacho Cases in the third kit in classic poses from this past season.



All three are extremely cool and smart. I really like these jerseys. What do you think?

Sevilla FC´s new sponsor

Sevilla FC had announced back in March that they were considering an offer to change shirt companies. They dropped their long-term sponsors Joma for a five year deal with the Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning. The Chinese firm has had limited contracts with RCD Espanyol, Celta de Vigo and the Spanish National Basketball team, but this looks to go beyond that. Two million euros or so per year apparently
to make the switch.

After ten years with Joma, and months of secrecy, the company will finally reveal the new kit designs during the club´s pre-season preparations in Costa Rica. I´m excited. I don´t know about you, but I´m looking forward to this move, especially considering the all-orange kits, the famous tomato kits, the kit with the tiger striped shoulders or the blue and white half panels with red shorts, that Joma might just step aside from inflicting more damage on us and let another set of designers in on the action. Li-Ning has some nice designs, I liked their commemorative strip that they put together for Espanyol last year, and any company that has a branch office in Portland, Oregon, Nike territory is right with me.

Athletic Bilbao 2011 - 2012 Second Kit

With the regional flag kits, the latest rage in Spain. I realized that I forgot to give Athletic Bilbao's presentation of their second kit for the 2011 - 2012 based on the Ikurriña (Basque region or Euskadi flag) from April, it's proper due. Current President Macua most likely decided on the early release to kick start his election campaign.

Petronor (the local oil company) is still the sponsor and Umbro is the kit maker. The new away shirt has a green color with a crew neck collar. The are two white and red horizontal stripes across the chest. The Umbro logo is on the right side with the club’s badge on the left. The black track suits (were by the lads) were also presented, along with the light grey goal keeper outfit.


The traditional red and white striped jersey will be retained as the 1st kit. The official presentation of all three kits will occur after Presidential elections in July.

Do you like the second kit based on Basque flag and colors? What do you think of the current regional flag kit fashion?

Valencia Kit 2011 - 2012 - leaked?

Is this one of the new Valencia kits for the upcoming season? Is the Senyera (Valencia flag) coming back in style?

The official presentation of the new kit has not happened as of yet. Valencia is most likely still finalizing a sponsor, but the official website has announced that Joma will be the new jersey producer and as part of the presentation of Adil Rami, they showed off the "Senyera for the fans".

The Senyera is an iconic shirt for the club and has been a big part of Valencia history. In fact, the Seyenera has brought a good deal of luck to Los Che as it was worn during the 1979 and 1999 Copa del Rey cup victories. President Llorente was also proud of the fact that Joma is a Spanish company.

The Senyera is becoming very popular as neighboring Levante are have also adopted it as part of their third kit.


Reflections: I personally love the colors, memories and patriotism evoked from la Senyera. The promotional campaign with fans sending in videos and photos donning their old school Senyeras is brilliant as well. I also like the fact that the sportswear company is from Spain and will generate business for the Spanish economy. I really hope the kit will be available for purchase and marketed worldwide.

Levante Kit 2011-2012

Levante UD came out with their new kits for 2011-2012 today; announced as you can see at the Valencia Aquarium. The microfiber material blend is from kit provider Luanvi, a local sportswear company from Valencia, Spain, and the Valencian Community is their shirt sponsor. The club have also added a logo commemorating their 100th anniversary "Fundación 100 anys" to all variations of their kit.
Primary Kit: the color order has been switched and the blue returns to a much lighter tone. Secondary Kit: the vertical stripes are gone, and the shirt goes to all black with one large vertical white strip over the badge. The third kit is similar in  tone to the first or primary kit, but the flag of Valencia sits right in the middle of the shirt, and the goalkeeper's kit is pink with black shorts.

Reflection: It's a nice kit. I like local sportswear companies when they design kits. They get the details right with just the right amount of innovation and it never seems like they created the kits off of a stock design.

Atletico Madrid Shirt 2011-2012

What can I say that hasn´t already been said by people much more in tune and with a much higher emotional stake in Atléti than I? If you were cross-eyed, far-sighted and maybe even color blind you might possibly think this was this short of passable. For me though, it looks like they gave two sets of instructions to two separate seamstresses, one sewing from the top down and the other from the bottom up, and asked them to meet up somewhere in the middle.



It also looks like somebody put on their striped barbecue apron over their red shirt or like they´ve tucked a white bib on at a family dinner. Stripes can make you look fat, but these will make you right corpulent. Are they going to play in chef´s hats? How about some nice dark-blue MC Hammer style cargo pants? Only that would make this kit any worse.

It´s a travesty. My eyes are burning and my eyeballs are crossing. The collar is infantile; a far-cry from the classy white collar of last year´s kit or a similar red-collar from the year before. The sleeves are too red; no stripes. The vertical stripes are uneven, there is far too much white on the shirt as it is, and the red stripes are drowned out by that severe swath of white that is superimposed at an angle over the red sections. It creates an imbalance in the force.

Don´t minimize what´s happened here. Atléti´s mojo has been seriously damaged, but on the other hand, at least they´re keeping their best players and hiring atop-quality coach to replace Quique Sanchez-Flores, no? Dóh!

***Addendum:  I don´t want people to think I´m ragging on Atléti or Atléti fans. I loved last year´s kit as you can see here. It´s a great design intrinsically. You don´t need to reinvent the wheel. Companies just need to stop mucking around with striped kits.