On match day, Camp Nou, the home of legendary Spanish Club FC Barcelona, is awash in flags, waved by the team’s relentlessly loyal fans. There are the red-and-blue banners, of course, the instantly-recognizable Blaugrana, as well as the Senyera, in the gold-and-red colors of Catalonia. Each is an unyielding symbol of both club and city, and each inspires the new FC Barcelona kits.
At home, Barca will wear their iconic red and blue stripes, but the orientation has been flipped. Instead of the usual vertical design, the bold, wide stripes are horizontal, reconciling with the flags waved by the team’s supporters. Horizontal stripes have been worn by FC Barcelona’s basketball, rugby and athletics teams, but this is a first for its revered footballers.
A red-striped golden collar then contrasts around the shirt’s modernized V-neck, a nod to the Senyera, the Catalan flag. Gold recurs in an underarm stripe, perfectly balancing that collar, and the home kit is finished in red shorts and red-cuffed blue socks.
In away matches, Barca will don a stunning, completely reimagined kit that visually celebrates the Senyera. That Catalan flag represents not just an area, but a culture and a concept of unity that’s central to Barcelona. The new away shirt starts solid-gold, then is emblazoned with four vertical red stripes down the back. That alignment is inspired by the way Barca fans wear the Senyera around their necks like a cape, a gesture that reflects love for Catalonia and club.
A stylish crewneck updates the away shirt, wrapped in blue and red to reconcile with the famous Blaugrana colors, and, like the home shirt, “Més Que Un Club” is printed inside the back of the collar — “More than a club.” The FC Barcelona away kit is finished with yellow socks and blue shorts, the latter executed in a shade that ties in to the color the club wore in the early ’70s.
A celebration of culture and people as much as of club, the new FC Barcelona kits are available to purchase this summer at global retailers. The home kit hits Nike.com/FCB on May 26, while the away kit drops June 25.