2. Bundesliga Kit Overview - All New Kits From Germany's 2nd Tier
Jul 27, 2019, by Pat
The 2. Bundesliga season kicks off this weekend and all 18 teams have already launched their new 2019-2020 kits.
Let's take a look at all 2. Bundesliga 19-20 kits, including the likes of St. Pauli, VfB Stuttgart, Nürnberg and Sandhausen.
Bielefeld
Home
Bielefeld's 19-20 home jersey is blue with a chevron pattern - mainly black with white trim. This design is inspired by the coat of arms of Bielefeld.
Arminia Bielefeld 19-20 Home & Away Kits RevealedAway
Based on the same template, the Arminia Bielefeld 19-20 away shirt follows the inspiration even more closely and features a red base color with the graphic colored in and black.
Third
The new Arminia Bielefeld 2019-2020 third shirt introduces a very simple look.
GK Or Third Shirt? Arminia Bielefeld 19-20 Third Kit RevealedBochum
Home
The Bochum 2019-20 home shirt introduces a modern look with a white body and navy sleeves. The back of the VfL Bochum 19-20 home kit is solid white.
Nike VfL Bochum 19-20 Home Kit ReleasedAway
A custom colorway based on the Vaporknit template, the new Bochum 2019-20 away jersey is navy blue with the sleeves featuring a lighter shade of the color.
Bochum 19-20 Away & Third Kits ReleasedThird
VfL Bochum's new 19-20 third football shirt is taken directly from the catalog. It's the Team Trophy III template in 'university red'.
Darmstadt
Home
The new Darmstadt home shirt introduces a classic and traditional look.
Darmstadt 19-20 Home & Away Kits ReleasedAway
The new SV Darmstadt 98 2019-20 away shirt introduces a modern look with a white body and light grey sleeves.
Dresden
Home
The Dynamo Dresden 2019-2020 home jersey boasts a smart look in yellow with horizontal pinstripes, a black collar and thick black sleeve cuffs.
Dynamo Dresden 19-20 Home & Goalkeeper Kits ReleasedAway
Inspired by the jersey worn by the club around 40 years ago, between 1978 and 1982, the Craft Dynamo Dresden 2019-2020 away football shirt is white with a yellow-black stripe on the left side.
Dynamo Dresden 19-20 Away Kit ReleasedGoalkeeper Home
Introducing a simple look, the Dynamo Dresden 2019-2020 goalkeeper home jersey is mainly olive-green with an orange collar, sleeve cuffs and panels on the sides.
Greuther Fürth
Home
The Hummel Greuther Fürth 2019-2020 home jersey features the club's traditional green and white hoops, while subtle white pinstripes grace the three green hoops.
Greuther Fürth 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits ReleasedAway
Greuther Fürth's 2019-20 away jersey introduces a hoops design in two shades of green, one being Fürth's traditional hue.
Third
The Hummel Greuther Fürth 2019-20 third football shirt boasts a black-and-blue hooped design, inspired by the colors used when the club won its third and last German championship 90 years ago, in 1929.
Hamburg
Home
A bespoke look to replace last season's Condivo-based effort, HSV's 2019-20 home football shirt is white with a blue-black stripe on the left side, with just the diamond from the club crest placed on its inside.
Hamburg 19-20 Home Kit ReleasedAway
HSV's new 19-20 away shirt introduces a strange design, based on the infamous Tiro 19 template - which in turn derived from last season's 'elite' third HSV's new 2019-20 away shirts.
HSV 19-20 Away Kit ReleasedThird
The new the Adidas Hamburger SV 2019-20 third football shirt features a very elegegant design in black and white with blue pinstripes on the front. The "Emirates Fly Better" logo on the chest and the stroke "Hamburger SV", the back numbers and the player names on the back are kept in white.
Hamburg 19-20 Third Kit ReleasedHeidenheim
Home
As it has become a tradition, the Heidenheim 2019-2020 home kit is based on Nike teamwear with bespoke colors and composition.
Heidenheim 19-20 Home Kit ReleasedHolstein Kiel
Home
Kiel's new home jersey brings a simple look for the Bundesliga 2 side. Predominantly blue, there's a subtle wave pattern printed all over the front of the shirt. Due to the manufacturing process, this pattern is different on each shirt.
Holstein Kiel 19-20 Home Kit ReleasedJahn Regensburg
Away
Introducing a modern look, Jahn Regensburg's 2019-20 away jersey pairs several shades of red with white trim.
Jahn Regensburg 19-20 Away Kit ReleasedKarlsruhe
Home
Karlsruher SC's 19-20 home football shirt introduces a modern look in blue with a white stripe gradient on the sleeves and white trim on the collar.
Macron Karlsruher SC 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits ReleasedAway
The new KSC 2019-20 away kit is white with blue details on the sleeve edges. On the back of the collar is embroidered Karlsruher SC. The front features a subtle pattern.
3rd
Inspired by the red and yellow flag of Baden, the club's home region, the new Karlsruhe 2019-2020 third kit is s predominantly black with a diagonal strip formed by thin lines in red and yellow.
Nürnberg
Home
1. FC Nürnberg's 19-20 home shirt introduces an interesting new look for the club - wine red with black sleeves.
Nürnberg 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits ReleasedAway
The official away kit of 1. FC Nuremberg for the 2. Bundesliga season 2019-20 combines a white basic colour with wine-red-black chest stripes and wine-red-black design elements on the sleeves.
3rd
As in the previous year, the new FCN third shirt is in grey - but this time it is anything but simple: A stylish "Shattered Diamonds" pattern on chest and sleeves together with an embroidered club and Umbro logo are made to create a cool look. The FCN-typical claim "The Club" adorns the neck, the collar is equipped with a V-neck.
Osnabrück
Home
Osnabrück's new 2019-20 home shirt introduces a modern look with a bold 'melange' effect on the front of the body.
VfL Osnabrück 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits ReleasedAway
Based on the Puma Cup Jersey Core teamwear, the VfL Osnabrück 2019-2020 away kit is mainly white with a graphic design on the top part of the body and the sleeves.
Third
Based on the same template as the away, Osnabrück's 2019-20 third jersey is mainly fluo-yellow with the same graphic design, this time appearing in black.
Goalkeeper
Again based on the same template, Osnabrück's 2019-20 goalkeeper home & away kits form more low-key, one-colored affairs as one is mainly red, the other mainly black.
St. Pauli
Home
St. Pauli's new home shirt boasts the club's traditional brown base color in an overall clean and simple design without any graphics and just a bit of white trim on the sleeves and collar, based on the new UA template.
St. Pauli 19-20 Home & Goalkeeper Kits ReleasedAway
Predominantly white, St. Pauli's new 2019-2020 away jersey features an eye-catching all-over graphic print and the front panel colored in brown.
St. Pauli 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits RevealedThird
St. Pauli's 2019-2020 third football shirt is black with a rainbow-colored panel on the front just below the collar. The logos are white.
Goalkeeper
St. Pauli's new 2019-2020 goalkeeper jersey introduces a very vibrant look in bright pink and black.
Sandhausen
Home
Based on the 'Cup' teamwear, the Sandhausen 19-20 home jersey relies on the club's traditional white and black colors.
Puma Uses Same Template For Dozens of Teams | Sandhausen 19-20 Home, Away & Third Kits ReleasedAway
Built on the same template, the Sandhausen 2019-20 away kit is mainly black with the same graphic pattern.
Third
Again, the Sandhausen 19-20 third shirt is based on the same template, this time in a red execution. Funnily enough, the Puma Zwickau 19-20 home kit is literally exactly identical.
VfB Stuttgart
Home
The Stuttgart 19-20 home kit combines a white base with the traditional and unmistakable red chest band. Jako integrates the soundtrack already shown on the season tickets (song from the Cannstatt curve) within the club's traditional chest band.
Jako VfB Stuttgart 19-20 Home & Away Kits Released + Third Kit Info LeakedAway
The Stuttgart 19-20 away jersey is mainly red with an outrageous camouflage pattern in different shades of red. The graphic on the Stuttgart 19-20 away jersey is inspired by the stadium silhouette and graces the entirety of the shirt, except for a suggested tonal red chest band.
Third
The Stuttgart 2019-2020 third football shirt introduces a very classy design in black with white logos. Jako's trademark 'dots' can be seen on the sleeves, but a one-off logo takes the spot on the left chest of Stuttgart's new 2019-2020 third jersey.
Class: Stuttgart 19-20 Third Kit ReleasedGoalkeeper
The Jako VfB Stuttgart 19-20 goalkeeper home & away kits rely on the design of the respective player shirt. The Stuttgart 2019-20 goalkeeper home kit is black / mint, whereas the second option combines several shades of mint.
SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Home
The new SV Wehen Wiesbaden 2019-2020 home football shirt introduces a clean look: predominantly black, there are two broad red stripes on the front of Wehen Wiesbaden's new 19-20 home shirt, with the Swoosh and club logos placed inside them.
Wehen Wiesbaden 19-20 Home Kit RevealedWhat's your favorite 2. Bundesliga 19-20 kit? Comment below, and check out the Kit Overview for more.
Vinicius Jr Joins Mbappé in Nike Mercurial 2026 Scorpion Boots
Following Kylian Mbappé's recent appearances in the new boots, Vinicius Junior has now also taken the Nike Mercurial Scorpion Pack to the pitch. While Mbappé opts for the Superfly 11 version, Vinicius Junior was spotted wearing the low-cut Vapor 17 model. These special edition boots are completely exclusive to the two superstars for the knockout stages of the 2026 World Cup. Big thanks to Bootsclub & @sdmlinks.
The design of the new Nike Mercurial Scorpion Pack is heavily inspired by Nike's iconic 2002 Scorpion campaign. The collection brings the classic aesthetic into the modern era, applying it to the latest generation of Nike's speed boots.
Fans looking to get their hands on the boots will not have to wait long. The Nike Mercurial Scorpion Pack, including both the Superfly 11 and Vapor 17 versions, is scheduled to drop on July 9, 2026.
Doncaster Rovers 2026-27 Away Kits Released
Doncaster Rovers have officially revealed their new 2026-27 away kit for the 26-27 League One campaign. Made by local manufacturer Oxen, the new jerseys feature custom designs that pay tribute to the club's history and the city's engineering heritage.
The Doncaster Rovers 2026-27 away kit is heavily inspired by the iconic Mallard steam locomotive. The design draws its color palette directly from the historic train built in Doncaster, and features a bespoke train ticket swing tag as a special nod to the theme.
Sporting Gijón 26-27 Home Kit Released
The new Sporting Gijón 2026-27 home kit has been officially released. It is made by Siroko, a local Gijón-based brand that is taking over as the club's kit supplier and main sponsor for the first time.
The Siroko Real Sporting de Gijón 2026-27 home shirt features the club's classic red and white stripes. It incorporates gold and yellow details to honor the club's history, alongside the Cruz de la Victoria and the motif "El Club de nuestras vidas".
Despite the strong local connection with the new supplier, the initial fan reaction to the Sporting Gijón 2026-27 home kit has been mixed, with some supporters criticizing the overall execution of the design.
AS Nancy-Lorraine 2026-27 Home Kit Released
French club AS Nancy-Lorraine has officially unveiled its new 2026-27 home kit, made by Decathlon. Drawing inspiration from the club's history, the design pays homage to their 1980s shirts as well as the 2015-16 Ligue 1 promotion kit. The launch is accompanied by the club's slogan, "Chaque maillot a une histoire, la nôtre continue ensemble," emphasizing their traditional red and white identity.
Fans looking to purchase the new AS Nancy-Lorraine 2026-27 home shirt can do so starting at 9 AM on July 5, 2026.
Polonia Warszawa 2026-27 Home Kit Released
The new Polonia Warszawa home shirt for the 2026-27 season was officially released yesterday. Made by Adidas, the kit will be worn in the upcoming Polish I liga campaign.
The Adidas Polonia Warszawa 2026-27 home jersey stays true to the club's famous "Czarnych Koszul" (Black Shirts) nickname, honoring their 115-year tradition. It features a classic black base combined with modern Adidas design elements, created with the intention of being worn by fans every day, not just on matchdays.
The Adidas Polonia Warszawa 2026-27 home football shirt is available to buy via the club's official online store.
Puma Ultraweave Kits Continue to Tear at 2026 World Cup
During the 2026 World Cup, Puma kits have become a major talking point due to a series of high-profile tearing incidents. Across the first four rounds of the tournament, six different shirts have ripped during matches. Players from the Czech Republic, Paraguay, Egypt, and Morocco have all experienced torn jerseys following physical challenges and shirt-pulling on the pitch. Notably, kits from other manufacturers have not suffered from similar durability issues during the competition. Big thanks to @jerseystory_vn.
The root of the problem lies in the construction of the Puma Ultraweave fabric. Designed to be incredibly lightweight at just 72 grams, the material features a four-way stretch recycled polyester blend. While the brand states this ultra-light design was driven by player feedback to reduce weight and drag, the extremely thin fabric has proven highly vulnerable to tearing under the stress of grabbing and pulling in a high-contact sport.
With the knockout stages underway, the durability of the Puma kits remains a concern. Several Puma-sponsored nations are still competing in the tournament, including Austria, Ivory Coast, the Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, and Switzerland. As the stakes get higher and matches become more physical, fans and kit enthusiasts will be watching to see if the Ultraweave fabric can hold up to the pressure of international football.