Special shirt for Gamper game

During next Wednesday's Joan Gamper Trophy game against Mancehster City, the Barcelona players will wear a special shirt in the colours of the MÉS campaign. The shorts will be red.

1899 exclusive shirts will be produced and put for sale in Barcelona and at Barcelona's official online store. The shirts the player will wear next week will be auctioned.

MÉS is a partnership between FC Barcelona, Nike and the United Nations' refugee agency to bring sport and education to underprivileged youth and refugees around the world. The net proceeds from the sale of MÉS-branded products will be distributed to raise awareness and fund projects which contribute to sports and education for some of the most disadvantaged youth in the world.

visit the MÉS website here

Zlatan signing stirs souvenir shop chaos

Journalists from Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan visited Barcelona's souvenir shop two days ago and described it as chaos. Shop cashier Magda Trabajo told the paper:

"It has been a rush on the shirts here since Zlatan signed. We sell most of Ibrahimovic's shirts this year since he is new. I guess half of the sold shirts has his name on it."

In addition, Sydsvenskan also observed thousands of people at the Nou Camp grounds lined up in a hundred metre long ticket line to tour the stadium.

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Zlatan presentation (picture special, the end)
Ibrahimovic talks about first days at Barcelona
Picture: Zlatan's bicycle kick

Shirt Ibrahimovic most sold in Barcelona shop

Barcelona's official website has announced that the shirt of new Barcelona player Zlatan Ibrahimovic is selling very well.

In the Botiga, the club's official shop, the jersey of the Swedish striker is, two days after his arrival at the club, the most sold shirt.

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2009-2010 shirts officially announced

Barcelona's possible third shirt leaked

Football site Football Shirts has put out what they claim could become Barcelona's third shirt for the 2009-2010 season.

The shirt features a black and yellow horizontally-striped bee design. It has a circular yellow collar, and the same yellow-and-red design at the back of the collar as that on the new home and away shirts. The sleeves are not striped, but are plain yellow.

Since Barcelona on its official website announces that this season's away shirt will be next season's third shirt, this nevertheless looks to be a fake.


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2009-2010 shirts officially announced

Special shirt for the cup final presented

2009-2010 shirts officially announced

The first choice shirt recovers the traditional vertical stripes. The colour of the second choice kit is bright mango, evoking the Mediterranean Sea, with blue edgings.

The team will wear the new first choice kit for the first time next Saturday in the Camp Nou for the match against Osasuna. The second choice kit will be used for the last league match of the season, away to Deportivo.

read more about the new kits and watch a video here

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Next season's away shirts will be orange and pink
Next season's shirts leaked

Next season's shirts leaked

Football site Footballshirtculture has put out the presumed Barcelona home and away shirts for the 2009-2010 season. The away shirt had already leaked out three months ago (read more here).

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Next season's away shirts will be orange and pink
Special shirt for the cup final presented

Special shirt for the cup final presented

Barcelona has yesterday presented the shirt that the players will wear during the Cup final against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday 13 May and that is put for sale from today on.

A few changes are made to the shirt that has normally been used during the current season. On the chest, the logo of sports supplier Nike is added at the left as is, in the centre, an inscription containing the opponent, the place and the date of the game below the 'senyera', the Catalan flag:

Copa del Rey 2009
Athletic Club vs
FC Barcelona
Valencia / 13 mayo

Next season's away shirts will be orange and pink

Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that Barcelona's next season's second and third shirt will have the colours orange and pink. It's not yet decided which colour will be second or third.

Japanese football shop Oka Football already puts the new orange away shirt for sale.

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The 2008-2009 shirts

The 2008-2009 shirts

The Barcelona kit for the new season has today been presented:

A game of two halves

source: www.fcbarcelona.cat

FC Barcelona have rediscovered the mythical half-and-half design of the club's centenary for the new home shirt that has been introduced for the 2008/09 the 2008/09 campaign, while the away shirt is yellow.The new kits were presented on Wednesday on the pitch at Camp Nou at midday with the change of look for the Blaugrana's goalkeeper's outfit too.

Blaugrana either side
Nike and Barça have chosen to make a complete change for the home shirts with the stripes being done away with and two halves of blau and grana being introduced as a nod to the club's centenary shirt of ten seasons ago.

Barça hymn included
Next season's shirts will incorporate the senyera once again with the club motto 'mès que un club' on the rear of the collar above the labels. There is another major details, however, with the Barça hymn being printed out on the inside of the shirt. The word Barça is also imprinted throughout the shirt.


Yellow away kit
While the home shirt mirrors the 199 jersey, the away top pays homage to the team of 1974. Next season's away colours for the team will be a bright yellow with a blaugrana stripe down the side that the crest of the club is on.

Security tags
In order to try and avoid forgeries and fakes finding their way into unsuspecting customers' hands this year, Nike have introduced a label in the lower left side of the garment that is a technological innovation that can tell whether the shirt is genuine or not.

Club president Joan Laporta was present for the presentation of all the new kits along with some directors, and Nike executive Albert Baronet.

Modelling assignment
Three Barça youth team players donned the new 2008/09 kits on Wednesday afternoon. Marc Muniesa, Adrià Carmona and Rubén Miño all became models for the day. Muniesa came out to applause in the new home kit, while Carmona donned the yellow away shirt and Miño was dressed in the black goalkeepers outfit.

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