2026-27 Football Kits: Bold Styles and Unique Designs
US Catanzaro marble, Oldham’s tangerine tribute, pirate skulls in Eswatini, a Roma numbering first, and bold new looks from Zrinjski Mostar and Al‑Shabab: across the football map, 2026-27 is already on show in fabric.
Catanzaro’s away shirt goes full spotlight
US Catanzaro 1929 and EYE Sport have rolled out a striking away kit that leaves subtlety at the door.
The 2026-27 away shirt is drenched in bright yellow, lit up by an off‑white, marble‑style swirl that runs across both front and back. It’s busy, it’s loud, and it’s meant to be. Red trims slice through the design on the V-neck, sleeve cuffs and side panels, tying it back to the club’s traditional palette.
The crest sits high on the left chest, flanked by red EYE Sport branding and a bold Coop sponsor splashed across the torso. With this launch, Catanzaro’s full wardrobe is locked in: the yellow away joins the already‑revealed red home and a Mimmo Rotella‑inspired third shirt for a three‑piece set that leans heavily into colour and art.
Oldham step back into tangerine, 60 years on
In Greater Manchester, Oldham Athletic and Puma have chosen history over hype.
Their new third kit for 2026-27 is a deliberate throwback, landing exactly 60 years to the day since Oldham first walked out in tangerine on 20 August 1966. The colour is back, unapologetically.
The shirt is a rich tangerine orange, sharpened by clean blue and white detailing. A buttoned henley collar, edged in white and blue, gives it a classic, almost retro feel. Two‑tone ribbed cuffs mirror the collar, while white side panels break up the block of orange.
On the chest, a blue owl crest lines up with a white Puma Cat logo and white Bunkabin sponsor, keeping the palette tight and deliberate. Blue shorts and tangerine socks complete a kit that looks like it’s been lifted from the archives and upgraded with Puma dryCELL tech and RE:FIBRE recycled materials. It’s already on sale through the club’s official channels, ready for a season built on a colour that still means something in Oldham.
Moneni Pirates lean into the skull
If subtlety is optional in Catanzaro, it’s outlawed at Moneni Pirates.
The Eswatini Premier League side have teamed up with Umbro for a 2026-27 collection that leans fully into their identity. Every shirt – home, away, and third – carries a dominant skull graphic across the lower torso. It’s not a watermark. It’s the statement.
The home kit goes dark: charcoal and black as the base, with white and fine red details to sharpen the edges. The away shirt flips the script, clean in white with tonal skull artwork that reveals itself under the light. The third kit is the loudest of the lot, a bright red base blasted with bold white graphics and black trim.
Umbro branding, the skull‑and‑crossbones crest and the central sponsor sit on each jersey, but the real story is that looming skull. Moneni Pirates are making sure nobody forgets who they are when they walk out.
Roma complete football’s most unusual full set
AS Roma have quietly ticked off a piece of football history that almost no one else can touch: every squad number from 1 to 99 has now been worn in an official match.
The final domino fell with the arrival of 19‑year‑old Portuguese attacking midfielder Rodrigo Mora from FC Porto. He picked 86 – the only number left untouched in Roma’s long, often eccentric numbering story.
Italian football has long embraced looser rules on shirt numbers, and Roma have taken full advantage. The club’s timeline is dotted with classics and curiosities: Francesco Totti immortalising 10, Daniele De Rossi owning 16, while high numbers such as Stephan El Shaarawy’s 92, Romelu Lukaku’s 90 and Mile Svilar’s 99 have become part of the modern fabric.
Now, every digit from 1 to 99 has been dragged onto the pitch at least once. A celebratory graphic maps out the full grid, pairing each number with a notable Giallorossi name – from Wojciech Szczęsny at 1 and Cafu at 2 to Batistuta at 33, Lukaku at 90 and Svilar at 99 – and, crucially, Mora at 86, the final missing piece.
It’s a quirk of regulation, yes, but also a snapshot of Roma’s evolution: a club where tradition and individuality have learned to share the same dressing room wall.
Zrinjski Mostar go bold on the road
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, HŠK Zrinjski Mostar and Macron have taken a sharp turn away from the club’s traditional white home look for their 2026-27 away kit.
The new shirt hits the eye immediately: a black-and-red geometric checkerboard pattern covers the front and sleeves. Within the red blocks, subtle diagonal striping adds texture, giving the design more depth than a simple grid.
White details frame it all – on the V-neck collar, sleeve cuffs and Macron Hero logo. The club crest sits on the left chest, while the M.T. Abraham Group sponsor dominates the centre in white. On the lower back, INTERAGENT Mostar gets its own placement.
Zrinjski will carry this away strip into domestic league and cup competitions and into Europe, where the contrast with their white home kit should make them instantly recognisable on any broadcast.
Al‑Shabab unveil a clean, modern trio
Al‑Shabab SC of the Omani Professional League have gone for clarity and contrast in a new three‑shirt set with Macron.
The 2026-27 home shirt is built on a deep navy body, cut through by white sleeves and fine yellow piping along the shoulders. A crossover V-neck keeps the design sharp rather than fussy, with matching navy shorts carrying white detailing to finish the primary look.
The away kit flips the balance: a crisp white torso, dark navy sleeves, and the same yellow trim tying the two together. It’s a simple inversion that gives the club two distinct but clearly related identities.
For the goalkeepers, Macron has turned up the volume. A vibrant light blue jersey is covered in an intricate geometric shard pattern across front and sleeves, offering a very different silhouette from the outfield kits.
All three shirts carry the Macron Hero on the chest, the Al‑Shabab crest and sponsor Alraed Investments. Between the deep navy, the clean white, and that electric goalkeeper blue, Al‑Shabab step into 2026-27 with a set that looks built for modern broadcasts and hot Omani nights alike.
From Rome’s numbering milestone to skulls in Eswatini and tangerine in Oldham, next season’s stories are already being written – long before a ball is kicked.
