Adidas Catalonia 2023-2024 Home Kit Released, People Are Furious Because of Wrong Number of Stripes

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Oct 2, 2023

by Chris

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Kit Design: The Adidas Catalonia 2023-2024 home kit is yellow with red stripes, and black logos, inspired by the Senyera flag.
Stripes Issue: The kit controversially features five red stripes, while the Senyera flag has four, due to Adidas using an existing catalog design.
Criticism and Availability: The kit is not available for purchase and has faced heavy criticism, potentially shortening its expected four-year usage.

The Catalan Football Federation (FCF) recently presented the 2023-24 season at their headquarters in Barcelona, where it also unveiled the new kit for the Catalan national teams. However, it did not go without a heavy controversy.

Catalonia 2023-2024 Home Kit

This is the new Adidas Catalonia home jersey for 23-24.

The Adidas Catalonia 2023-24 jersey features colors and a design inspired by the famous Senyera. It is yellow with red fading stripes, plus black for logos and applications.

Zaragoza used the same design in the 2021-22 season

The Senyera has four and not five red stripes

However, there is a little but unfortunate difference to the Senyera flag. The kit has five red stripes, and not four as the official flag.

The reason why the Adidas Catalonia 2023-24 home football shirt does not match the design of the Senyera is simple. Adidas had no other catalog shirts that matched the Senyera.

Catalonia could keep this kit for four years, even though it seems unlikely after the heavy criticism

What is also unfavorable is that the Adidas Catalonia 2023-2024 home shirt comes with the old Adidas logo. The previous kit was used from 2019 until 2023 - if the new kit will also be used for four years (what we do not expect after the criticism), Catalonia will only receive a better kit in 2027.