I have made another attempt to gather all of the La Liga kits into one place. This season I have modeled my page on Kit Nerd’s posts on EPL and MLS kits. I have gathered as many images as I could and commented on almost every kit for the upcoming season. There are plenty of great sites that have breakdowns, information and pictures of this season’s kits. Please visit the links for even more info.
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Almería (Courtesy of UD Almeria website)
Home / Away / Third
Surprisingly Nike makes the kits of newly promoted Almeria. Although the club uses templates and previous designs, the range is decent. The home kit is a very simple shirt of red and white veritcal stripes with a ring collar, red shorts and white socks. The away kit is almost identical to the Malaga away kit from 2011/12. The third kit is Nike’s recent V template that began with Manchester United. A light royal blue is the base of the shirt and socks and is finished off with white shorts. According to the website this was used last year as well. Hopefully the rojiblancos stay away from the fuchsia kit as much as possible.
Athletic Bilbao (Courtesy of Football Kit News and Football Fashion)
Home / Away
Athletic switch to Nike from Umbro this season, and Phil Knight’s men have given Los Leones a nice foundation. The home strip is relatively standard, with the traditional red and white stripes and black shorts. The away strip is all royal blue, which I like, but the shirt unfortunately suffers from the Nike sleeve syndrome.
Atlético Madrid (Courtesy of Footy Headlines and Football Fashion)
Home / Away
Atleti head into this campaign with a typical home kit—red and white striped top and blue shorts— with the post from Footy Headlines noting, “The red and the blue are darker than usual to celebrate the Spanish League and Spanish Cup title won in 1965/66.” As for the away strip, it’s quite different and I’m not familiar with this color palette for Los Colchoneros at all. Like the pairing of the navy blue and yellow top with the navy blue shorts but not sure how the yellow socks are going to look.
Barcelona (Courtesy of Footy Shirt Culture, Total Barca and Football Fashion)
Home / Away
Quick summary: The Blaugrana and the Swoosh are back on the right track. The home kit returns to its roots, while the away is a one off historical gesture. Would have preferred they used the senyera as a third kit, but there’s always next year. Full comments can be found here.
Betis (Courtesy of Football Kit News, Inside Spanish Football and Real Betis Website)
Home / Away / Third
Macron has produced an interesting range of kits for the verdiblancos. The home shirt is the traditional green and white vertical stripes and removes the solid green block that ran from the chest to shoulders last year. The away strip swaps white for black and slightly darkens the green, which according to ISF, “is to honour the 100 year anniversary of the club (1914) as we know it today.” The third kit is all sky blue accented by the green and white colors of the club and looks nice.
Celta de Vigo (Courtesy of Footy Headlines and Football Fashion)
Home / Away / Third
The Galicians have used a sky blue and black palette to good effect for the upcoming season. The home shirt is sky blue with black trim along the shoulder and around the neck. The away top is black with a sky blue design around the neck and shoulders. Both kits sport a Triskele, which thanks to Wikipedia, I learned is “a motif consisting of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs.” The club also has a third kit that was released early in 2013 which uses the Campeon 13 template by adidas (see Spain’s Confederations Cup shirt).
Elche (Courtesy of Football Kit News and Diario Franjiverde)
Home / Away / Third
This team from Valencian Community returns to the top flight for the first time 1988/89. The kit line is produced by Italian company Acerbis and the range isn’t too bad. The home kit is very simple white kit trimmed in green. The away kit uses royal blue and red, which appears to be homage to the team’s badge. The third kit replaces the white of the home with black and kinda reminds of a Green Lantern uniform. All of the kits will have a logo at the back of the neck commemorating the club’s 90th anniversary. Finally, not sure “Have a Nice Day” across the front of your shirt is the way to go.
Espanyol (Courtesy of Football Fashion)
Home / Away / Third
The home kit of los pericos is solid, using thicker royal blue and white vertical stripes than usual. No complaints with this strip. The other two however are sketchy at best. The away shirt looks like a t-shirt but creates a nice strip with black shorts and socks. The third kit almost seems to be trading on the Seattle Sounders designs. Pics on numerous sites show the entire kit with turquoise shorts, while the socks are turquoise/lime green hooped. Be interested to see how it translates to HD TV.
Getafe (Courtesy of Football Fashion, Football Kit News and Getafe CF)
Home / Away / Third
Spanish manufacturer Joma provides the kits for Getafe, who are celebrating ten years in the top flight. Gone is the Burger King sponsorship in the middle of the shirt, which is sadly missed. The home and away kits are understated, with a light royal being used for the home uniform and a deep red for the away kit and each shirt is trimmed in gold. The third strip is a lime green which does not work for me.
Granada (Courtesy of Football Kit News)
Home / Away / Third
The Granada kits are made by Spanish sportwear company Luanvi, which I know nothing about. The range of kits is relatively simple and straightforward, with the home kit using horizontal red and white stripes and blue shorts. A Spanish club equivalent of the Where’s Waldo USMNT jerseys. I really like the away kit, which is all white with red and green accents. The third strip is just ok for me, using a metallic blue with black. Maybe up close it will appeal to me more. The goalkeepers have a choice of four different kits, which seems excessive to me.
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The club chose to go for more classic designs this season, hence the simplicity of the styles. More akin to the simple horizontal hoops of the 70’s & 80’s, which is more popular with the fans, than the “barcode” design of last season.
Along with a return to classic design, the club also wanted to recognise the city itself. The white away kit features a green & red trim, which are the colours of the city flag of Granada, whilst the Alhambra stencil on the upper chest is a nice touch, with Granada’s most famous landmark.
The third kit is something a little different for Granada in terms of the choice of colours, but a nice alternative I think.
Finally, I often see a lot of comments regarding Granada having a choice of four goalkeeper kits. Principally it’s to offer the goalkeepers themselves the choice of colours they like. 1st team keeper Roberto traditionally plays in pink, whilst the other three match the preferences of the backup & B team keepers, plus the women’s team keeper.
The women’s team gained promotion to the Primera last season. Their kits are the same design overall, but the shirts are made to fit the female form better, which is another nice feature from Luanvi.
Levante (Courtesy of Football Shirts)
Home / Away / Third
Kelme has released kits for Levante’s upcoming campaign, buidling on last year’s set of kits, and has promoted them using some sort of superhero motif. Weird but ok. The home kit is screaming Barcelona, even down to the huge bands at the edge of the sleeves, and if it wasn’t for the collar accent, you would be hard pressed to tell the difference. It does look sharp though. The away kit is black with alternating black and grey vertical stripes. Really like this shirt and it is enhanced by the club crest all in white. The third kit uses a couple of greens going horizontally, with the club colors of red and blue trimming the sleeves. Again a crest in white accents the kit. I like all three selections and hopefully Los Granotes can bounce back after a disappointing finish last season.
Málaga (Courtesy of Football Kit News and Football Fashion)
Home / Away / Third
Málaga had a mixed 2012/13 on and off of the field. Quarter Finalists in the Champions League and a sixth place finish in La Liga, but with players leaving and suspended from Europe for the upcoming season, things are uncertain at best. However, their kit selection is solid, so they’ve got that going for them. Navy blue is introduced to the home shirt and is an attractive change and accents the sponsor nicely. I love the away shirt. Much like Sevilla’s third kit last year, the navy blue is super sharp and there are almost no distractions. Nike is providing Los Boquerones with an orange third kit, which is a pleasant choice, better than the lime green of a couple of seasons ago, but the sleeves are a let down in typical Nike style. The post at Football Fashion has the layout of the full kit plus this little tidbit of info:
According to English language website: Málaga Club de Fútbol has chosen an exclusive design by NIKE, coaching sponsor of the Club, with the colours, light blue, navy and white, which will fill every part of La Rosaleda stadium. A new addition this season, is the slogan ‘Coraje y Corazón’ or ‘Courage and Heart’ printed on the back of the shirts, along with the flags of Spain and Andalucía.
Osasuna (Courtesy of Football Shirts, Football Kit News and Footy Headlines)
Home / Away
Osasuna switches to adidas for the upcoming season and the offering from the brand with the three stripes feels very MLS-ish. The shirt uses the traditional red but the blue trim and collar create a jersey that is right off of the American rack. It’s fine but the cow part of the sponsor is a little unsettling. The away strip is some sort of neon green. The pic in the hallway pregame doesn’t look that great but I found a team pic pregame and the strip looks great in the sunlight, with a bold shirt and black shorts and socks.
Rayo Vallecano (Courtesy of Football Fashion and Football Kit News)
Home / Away / Third
The Rayo Vallecano home shirt is iconic and standard–white base with red sash runninng from right to left. This year’s is no different, although I feel the diagonal is slightly wider. The away kit reverses out the white for black and looks sharp as well. The third strip is awful. Taking a page from the Norwich City palette, using predominately yellow with neon yellow highlights, and the socks must surely glow in the dark.
Real Madrid (Courtesy of Football Fashion and Real Madrid Shop)
Home / Away / Third / GK
Adidas introduced orange onto the white shirt of Real Madrid. Interesting for sure and looks good, especially combined with the charcoal trim. There are also horizontal pinstripes, which, Football Fashion notes, “presents a pattern of horizontal block building, giving the shirt a different texture and very attractive depending on how the light given.” Not sure that was necessary but we’ll see. Retro is the theme of the away kit, using an all royal blue strip. The orange trim is used on this shirt as well. Found it interesting that Morata was used in the advertising pictures. Liked his brief appearances last year and hope he gets more of a run this year. The third kit is an “energetic” orange. Could be nice if it comes across on the TV. Maybe a contrasting short would make strip not so sherbert-ish. The home goalkeeping kit uses the historical purple to create a dynamic look for Saint Iker (or whoever Carlo decides to play in goal).
Real Sociedad (Courtesy of Football Kit News)
Home / Away
Real Sociedad surprised many people with a surprise fourth place finish last year. Their kit launch featured kits with the Champions League logo, even though they will still need to qualify. Could get awkward if they fall at that important hurdle. For the jerseys themselves, the home kit is tried and true, sky blue and white vertical stripes. Nike didn’t do anything extravagant here. The away kit is almost all black. The top just has the crest and Nike swoosh and what appears to be the Basque flag at the back of the neck. The shorts have white trim just above the hem on backside. The socks are topped in white with an angled white design. Both kits are uncomplicated, which is a minor shock from Nike. The goalkeeper kit though. Yeesh. Some sort of electric pink from head to toe. Poor guy.
Sevilla (Courtesy of Footy Headlines and Football Fashion)
Home / Away
Warrior enters the La Liga fray this season as Sevilla switches from Umbro to a brand doing almost everything it can to ruin soccer kits (see Liverpool away and third strips for 2013/14). The home shirt is tame, using a white base with red trim and an intriguing collar. The only really standout item is the diagonal pattern across the chest. Combine this with a crest referencing the original badge of the team and the strip is actually quite decent. The away kit takes a page from the Liverpool away shirt from 12/13, using some sort of accent that drapes down the neck and shoulders. The strip is tolerable and definitely not the eye sore associated with the brand.
Valencia (Courtesy of Football Shirt Culture and Football Fashion)
Home / Away / GK
Football Shirt Culture put together great posts which have pictures showing the dynamic details for Valencia’s home and away kits. The home is the standard white with black and orange accents. I really like the thin orange collar and narrow bands on the sleeves, but what really sets this shirt apart is the crest. Similar to what Manchester United did on their away kit last year, the logo removes the senyera colors and all items are laid out in black and white. The Comunitat Valenciana senyera does make an appearance on the back of the neck. Combined with black shorts and white socks, this strip is a real winner. As for the away offering, using an orange base, the kit uses black and white accents to great effect. The collar is half each color, very subtle (similar to Holland’s home kit for World Cup 2010), and a half and half diagonal band across the chest. Again the regional senyera is at the back of the neck. Would be difficult to go wrong with either of these.
Valladolid (Courtesy of Football Headlines)
Home / Away / GK
Hummel took over the design and production of Valladolid kits for the upcoming season. The home uses very thick purple and white stripes, similar to last year’s offering from Kappa, using a white collar instead of purple. This is a sharp kit and I really like it due to the different color scheme than most teams. The away kit touches a nerve for me, expanding on the Purple Reign Pain offerings from Nike last year for Porto and Arsenal. I can’t tell if I like the white trim and accents. This one may grow on me though. I really wish the goalkeeping shirt was the third shirt because it uses a nice royal blue with white and black accents that really take a plain jersey and make it stand out. Would have gone with white or matching blue socks rather than the black though.
Villarreal (Courtesy of Football Kit News)
Home / Away
The Yellow Submarine return to the top flight and also celebrating their 90th anniversary. The kits are made by Chinese company Xtep, another company I am not familiar with, and no chances are taken. The home strip is the standard all yellow with a big collar and some sort of sublmation across the chest. The away kit uses royal blue from head to toe and looks sharp. The goalkeeping kits are fine, with green and gray being used. Hopefully Villarreal can consolidate their place, move up the table and possibly move on to a bigger manufacturer.
(pics courtesy of Footy Headlines)
Soccer Nomad 
