After a quarter-century using Nike balls in matches, England’s Premier League has made a major shift to a new match ball supplier. The Premier League unveiled its new Puma Orbital Ultimate PL match ball on Tuesday, June 3, signalling the end of the league’s 25-year match ball partnership with Nike.
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2025 Major League Soccer Match Ball Brings Back League’s Original Colours
Major League Soccer is taking a page out of its history books as inspiration for its official match ball for the upcoming 2025 season The league and technical partner Adidas launched the new ball on Friday, January 3. With swooping blue triangles and rounded green sections, the ball’s design borrows
MLS Draws On 1994 World Cup For Inspiration For 2024 Match Ball
Ball design harken back to the 1990s with bright colors, geometric patterns and gradients across entirety of white base
MLS, Adidas Launch Collaboration with Marvel
Three-part collaboration includes warmup gear, All Star Game match ball and warmup jerseys for 4th of July and Kick Childhood Cancer campaign
Premier League, Serie A Launch New Match Balls for 2023-24 Season
Graphics on latest version of Orbita model are inspired by Italian motorsports heritage
Derbystar, Bundesliga Turn Back the Clock for 2023-24 Match Balls
Special retro black-and-white design to be used in Matchdays 1 and 2 of new Bundesliga season before switching to more colorful model
KIPSTA Launches Revamped 2023-24 Match Balls for French Ligues 1 & 2
Under second year of contract with French sports brand, balls retain same basic design and model from match balls used in 2022-23
Puma, EFL Launch ‘Golden Ball’ for EFL Playoffs
The richest matches in the football world now have a ball befitting the occasion, with gold accents bursting out of a white base
Premier League, Nike Launch New Ball for Closing Stretch of 2022-23 Season
Match ball with red, purple and black markings made its debut in Bournemouth’s 1-0 win over Liverpool on Saturday, March 11
Adidas Unveils Match Ball for 2023 Women’s World Cup
The world’s best female football players will have a new ball to kick around later this year when the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand. Adidas unveiled its new Oceaunz ball on Tuesday, January 24 — a little less than six months before the
Major League Soccer Cranks Up the Volume With 2023 Match Ball
Ball celebrates “the songs and chants that bring MLS stadiums to life”; has same construction as Adidas balls used in 2022 World Cup
La Liga, Serie A Launch 2022-23 Winter Balls
Both leagues use Puma Orbita models for their match balls, with distinct colorways for each