13 Amazing Lower-Division Football Shirts That Do Not Get the Credit They Deserve
Every year, hundreds of football kits get released during the summer break as most leagues follow the same cycle. Naturally, the focus of the majority tends to be on the biggest clubs and their new uniforms. However, there are many smaller suppliers and teams that reveal beautiful shirts and are drowned out amidst the abundance of new shirts.
Today, we want to broaden your horizon by taking a look at 13 lovely football shirts for teams that play beneath the European top 5 leagues in cooperation with Football Kit Archive. We just added every professional league under the top 5 European leagues and many more kits and teams.
Honorable Mentions
Bradford City 2020-21 Home
The Avec Sport Bradford City 2020-21 home shirt sees the club's traditional claret and amber stripes combined with pinstripes placed next to the stripes.
Colchester United 2020-21 Home
Inspired by the logo, the Macron Colchester United 20-21 home football shirt is blue with a large eagle graphic on the front. The Macron Man on the right chest, the collar and the sleeve cuffs are white.
Empoli 20-21 Special
Inspired by the shirts of 1920 and the club's first-ever jerseys, the Kappa Empoli 2020-21 100-years shirt has a very classic style with a string collar. The Kappa Empoli 20-21 100-years anniversary jersey is merlot with white applicatons.
Frosinone 2020-21 GK
The goalkeeper shirts are green and orange, sharing the diagonal stripe theme with the three player shirts.
Lecce 2020-2021 Third
The new US Lecce 2020-21 third shirt is green with a subtle tree graphic on the front. This is the club's way to follow up its commitment, made to the Bishop of Lecce last December, to join the awareness campaign for the Salento olive trees, which are endangered by the xylella bacterium.
Millwall 2020-2021 Third
The Macron Millwall 2020-2021 third shirt has a bold and unique design with a mountain range graphic on the front, inspired by the history and heritage of the club's principal partner, Huski Chocolate.
Newport County 20-21 Home
Combining the club's traditional colours amber and black, Newport County's 2020-21 home shirt offers a modern twist by implementing a graphic print on the body.
Newport County 2020-21 Home Kit
Pescara 20-21 Third
Elegance and identity are mixed in the Errea Pescara 20-21 third shirt. The Errea Pescara 20-21 third jersey is blue with wide white vertical band in which the image of the dolphin, symbol of the club, appears.
Rayo Vallecano 2020-2021 Home
The Umbro Rayo Vallecano 2020-2021 home jersey introduces a bespoke desin in the club's trademark style - white base and red sash - combined with black on the collar and cuffs.
Southend United 2020-2021 Home
A bespoke design, the Hummel Southend United 2020-2021 football shirt introduces a unique look with a fading wave pattern on the front, inspired by seaside town Southend.
Stoke City 2020-21 Away
The Macron Stoke City 2020-2021 away football shirt brings classic colors and adds a modern twist with a subtle zig-zag pattern appearing as a jacquard print on the front and in yellow on the sleeves.
Toulouse 2020-21 Away
The Joma Toulouse 2020-2021 away jersey is yellow, inspired by the 1991-92 season. Based on the same template as the home, there are purple accents on the collar, the sleeve cuffs and the sides. A diagonal pinstripe pattern is used to round off the design of the Joma Toulouse FC 2020-2021 away shirt.
Do you like the selected football shirts? Did we miss any gorgeous lesser-known football shirts? Drop us a line below, and make sure to check out everything that was added recently to Football Kit Archive, including the most important second divisions.
What if? Adidas x Yugoslavia
Designer F1CA has imagined how Adidas x Yugoslavia could look like in 2026, if Yugoslavia still existed. He used Kit Creator to create and share his design.
Adidas Teams Twinned by Product Code & Design
Update - Sunday, June 7, 2026: As spotted Indonesian jersey experts @Jerseyforum, Adidas teams with the same design also share the product. In particular, they do not have the usual Team + Shirt Type Name (e.g. FCB A 26 JSY), but are called Custom Licensed Jersey (CULIC26 JSY).
Templates are not as common as they were in the past, but smaller Adidas teams still do not have custom designs always. In the outgoing 25-26 season, teams such as Düsseldorf, Al Ahly, and Sparta Praha all used the same Locker Room design with custom colors.
RC Lens 26-27 Originals Collection Released - Away Kit + 3 Items
As other Adidas teams, RC Lens is getting a nice collection with their 2026-27 away kit.
\[Explore every Racing Club de Lens jersey on Football Kit Archive\]([https://www.footballkitarchive.com/rc-lens-kits-t418/](https://www.footballkitarchive.com/rc-lens-kits-t418/))
USA Wear Special Rainbow Numbers Against Germany
The United States men's national soccer team wore special rainbow-colored namesets during their friendly match against Germany on June 6, 2026, in support of Pride Month. The unique multicolored design was applied exclusively to the names and numbers on the back of the players' jerseys, while the front of the kits retained their standard gray appearance.
The USA Women's Team also used the Pride numbers in the friendly match against 2027 Women's World Cup hosts Brazil in São Paulo where they were defeated 2-1.
England Release Squad Numbers for 2026 World Cup
Update - Sunday, June 7, 2026: Subside Sports have created two nice images showing the Nike England 2026 World Cup font applied on the kits and the full squad.
England have released their squad numbers for the 2026 World Cup.
1: Jordan Pickford
2: Ezri Konsa
3: Nico O'Reilly
4: Declan Rice
5: John Stones
6: Marc Guehi
7: Bukayo Saka
8: Elliot Anderson
9: Harry Kane
10: Jude Bellingham
11: Marcus Rashford
12: Tino Livramento
13: Dean Henderson
14: Jordan Henderson
15: Dan Burn
16: Kobbie Mainoo
17: Morgan Rogers
18: Anthony Gordon
19: Ollie Watkins
20: Noni Madueke
21: Eberechi Eze
22: Ivan Toney
23: James Trafford
24: Reece James
25: Djed Spence
26: Jarell Quansah
