New Zealand 2022 Home & Away Kits Released
The New Zealand 2022 home and away kits were officially unveiled today, alongside Nike's 2022 World Cup kits.
The New Zealand 2022 kits will be debuted in their upcoming friendlies against Australia, on the 22nd (away) and 25th (home).
New Zealand 22-23 Home Kit
This is the new Nike New Zealand home football shirt for 2022-2023.
Introducing a clean look, the Nike New Zealand 2022-23 home football shirt is mainly white with black accents such as the crew-neck collar, sleeve cuffs and Nike's Swoosh on the right chest. The New Zealand logo is white with a black border.
New Zealand 22-23 Away Kit
This is the new Nike New Zealand away football shirt for 2022-23.
Based on the same template, the Nike New Zealand 2022-2023 away football shirt simply inverts the colour scheme to be black with white. Nike's white Swoosh is the only bright spot.
The New Zealand 2022-23 jerseys were officially unveiled on Thursday, September 15th, 2022.
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A Look Back at World Cup Shirt Number Typography
Football kit design account @PaladarNegroWeb has shared an interesting retrospective on the typography used for shirt numbers in recent World Cups. The visual language of football kits is often defined by these details, with fonts becoming instantly recognizable symbols of specific tournaments and eras.
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