Odd Coincidence; Benfica and Lyon Have same Pre-Match Shirt?

Jul 20, 2023

by Martim

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Shared Pre-Match Shirt: Benfica and Lyon are using the same Adidas pre-match shirt design this season.
Template Use: Adidas is known to use templates for their lower-tier team kits, which has resulted in this shared shirt design.
Inconsistency: While Benfica and Lyon use the same shirt, both being sponsored by Fly Emirates, Celtic, who are supposedly in the same tier, has a unique design, creating an inconsistency with the team ranking.

Adidas, like many other brands, are known to have templates to supply to their lower-tier teams. This is true for the majority of kits but, this season, it has happened in the pre-match shirt department.

Benfica and Lyon have the exactly same shirt to use in their game's warm-up. The shirt has already been analyzed when we discussed Benfica's release of the shirt but now Lyon has debuted it as well.

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BENFICA 2023-24 PRE-MATCH KIT

Here is the 2023-24 Benfica Pre-Match shirt, made by Adidas.

It has already been used this season.

OLYMPIQUE DE LYON 2023-24 PRE-MATCH KIT

Here is the 2023-24 Lyon Pre-Match shirt, made by Adidas.

It has not been used this season yet. The team have been using their training kit to warm up at the beginning of games.

However, as you can see, the only thing that changes is the club's crest. Even the sponsor stays the same, as both teams are sponsored by Fly Emirates. This situation is rather odd, as Lyon and Benfica are believed to be in the same tier on the Adidas Team Ranking. Celtic supposedly are on the same tier but have a bespoke design for their Pre-Match kit.