Nike and Barcelona present the 2012-13
Barcelona home and away kits. Barcelona’s new home and away kits fuse together club
tradition with a modern and creative expression to give the team an exciting
new look for the 2012 – 13 season.
Combining performance innovation with low environmental impact each kit
(shirt and shorts) is made using up to thirteen recycled plastic water
bottles.
Home
Barcelona’s
new home kit sees the famous blue and red stripes fused together to give the
shirt a bold new look. For years the club has taken the best of its homegrown
talent (the cantera) and fused those young stars with the world’s finest
players, giving the team a mixture of youthfulness, tradition and creativity -
all qualities that inspire the new kit.
The
red crew neck collar gives the shirt a classic but modern feel, whilst the
graphic on the outer neck is the Catalan Senyera flag. The inner neck reads,
‘MÉs Que Un Club’ (More than a club). The blue on the shirt is a darker blue
than seasons gone by. And the font used
on the Kit is inspired by Catalan architecture.
The
blue shorts have a red stripe on the side and ‘Barca’ on the back waistband.
The blue socks have Barça in yellow in the same font as the shirt. The socks
also offer a new and innovative design featuring an updated cotton footbed
offering additional support and comfort.
Away
The
new away kit is an explosion of bright colour to celebrate the club’s
effervescent style of play. The new shirt fuses orange into yellow on the body
paying homage to the city’s mixture of culture, art, style and architecture.
The shirt has a classic orange crew neck ribbed collar with the famous
Blaugrana detail on the back of the neck and orange sleeves.
The
outer back detail on the shirt is Catalan’s Senyera flag, whilst the inner neck
graphic reads, ‘Més que un club’ (More than a club). The font used on the kit
is inspired by Catalan architecture.
The
yellow shorts have the Blaugrana detail along the side seam and ‘Barca’ on the
back of the waistband. The yellow socks also have the Blaugrana detail on the
top and the ‘Barca’ detail on the back.
Whilst
the kits combine modern sport and youth style to give the club an iconic new
look, Nike’s innovation provides our most technologically advanced kits to aid
athlete comfort and performance.
The
kits are made from Nike’s ground-breaking recycled polyester, making them
Nike’s most environmentally friendly kit ever produced. An innovative manufacturing process reduces
energy consumption by up to 30% compared to manufacturing traditional
polyester. Since 2010 Nike has used an estimated 115 million recycled plastic
bottles to create its high performance kits.
The
kits are made out of 23% lighter fabric with 20% stronger knit structure than
Nike’s previous kits and feature Nike Dri-FIT technology to wick moisture away
from athletes to help keep them cool and dry on-pitch.
Kits
have bonded re-enforced t-bar junctions that support critical seams on the
shirt and shorts and inner welded seams with a flat finish construction to
improve comfort and performance.
Temperature regulation is helped by ventilation zones, consisting of a
series of tiny laser cut holes from the under arms to the waistband, allowing
air to circulate to keep players comfortable.
Nike
Pro Combat base-layers are used by athletes to compliment playing kits to
further improve comfort and increased protection in contact situations. Fans
and players can also enjoy Nike’s Barcelona Sportswear collection off the
pitch, inspired by the club’s heritage.
