Nike today released the new uniform designs for all 16 teams in the China Football Super League, with looks that include gradient shading, horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, split-look fronts and plenty of bright colors.
Of note, the Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. offers a red that darkens as it nears the shirt’s hem. Gold sleeves signify the club’s status as the defending champions.
The Beijing Guo’an F.C. uniform offers split-green shading (including all sorts of different colors of green when you add in the shorts and socks) and the Shanghai Shenhua F.C. offers the boldest striping, combining two shades of blue with red.
Tim Newcomb is a journalist based in the Pacific Northwest covering news, culture, sports design and entertainment. He has written on uniforms and sports logos for TIME Magazine, Sports Illustrated and more. You can follow him on Twitter at @tdnewcomb. Visit his website here.
wolfgangII
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 13:33Nice post, Newcomb.
Bryan Smalley
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 17:45Pay attention Adidas! This is how you properly design kits for an entire league!!
ingmar66
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 18:18No shirt sponsors? Nuff respect! I especially like the split green with yellow accents shirt. Nice enough job by Nike, but it still looks a bit artificial. You can sense that these teams have no 100 year old history like a lot of European teams. Their names and logos also indicate this. Give it 50 more years and it will feel more natural. Then again, leagues like this one mostly exist for Asian gambling purposes, I guess, and will therefore be rather shortlived. They are dissolved every few years to show that the FIFA is trying (in vain) to fight matchfixing.
John
Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:06A beautiful league, kit-wise
Koozee Kingdom
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 08:56Nice looking kits! My favorite would be the Shanghai Shenhua F.C. blue stripes.