With club football back on the menu across Europe, it won’t be long until the 2024-25 season begins in Spain’s LaLiga, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A and France’s Ligue 1.
You may be wondering whether Real Madrid will hold off Barcelona to retain their title, whether Bayern Munich will reclaim domestic dominance after Bayer Leverkusen’s historic year, or who from an open field will reign supreme in Italy.
To which we would say, who cares? The most important thing is how all of those teams will be dressed this season.
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With that in mind, we’ve taken a close look at all the outfield kits (home, away and third) that have been released by the clubs in Europe’s top leagues who will be competing in this season’s revamped Champions League.
As with our ranking of the Premier League’s kits (who aren’t included in this ranking), each club’s combined kit output has been ranked counting down to No. 1, but that order could change. So keep checking back here to see the latest kits added as they are unveiled, and see how they impact the ranking.
Where do AC Milan, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Barcelona sit in our European kit ranking? ESPN Illustration17. Stuttgart (Jako).
However, it’s a different story for those involved at the top level in Europe. While clubs across the globe will be relishing the profile and prestige of facing top teams like Real Madrid, the richest and most powerful domestic leagues are those in England, Spain, Germany and Italy and they feed into the biggest and most glamorous competition — the UEFA Champions League — and the players and coaches are under huge pressure to succeed. A player like Haaland might be rested for domestic cup competitions and perhaps a Champions League group game once City have qualified, but he would still be expected to perform in the vast majority of club fixtures.