The new FC Barcelona Home Jersey is based on the 1998/99 Centenary Season kit, which in turn paid hommage to the original shirt from 1899.


FC Barcelona will present their new Barca jersey for the 2006/7 season in a major presentation on the 21st of June in Frankfurt, just hours before the Argentina v Holland world cup match.


Barça will take advantage of the international stage and global World Cup audience in Germany to present the new editions of the famous "Barca Shirt" in flamboyant fashion. FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta, vice-presidents Marc Ingla and Ferran Soriano among other boad members will be present at the unveiling in Frankfurt.




US sports equipment producer Nike, sponsor of FC Barcelona since 1998 will go back to the club's roots with the new Barca kit. The new Barca kit will be similar to the first outfits worn in 1899 by FC Barcelona founder Joan Gamper & his friends and the Barca "Centenary" shirt (100th anniversary of Barca) in 1999. The shirt was devided in one blue half (left) and one red half (right) and also the shorts will be back to traditional blue.
The second Barca shirt will be a flourescent orange and the successful fluorescent yellow also known as the "lucky shirt" will be the third choice jersey for next season.

The new kit will also carry the words "més que un club" (more than a club).



Nike will go a less controversial route in their choice of shirts this year, deciding to 'play it safe' bygoing back to the proven original blue shorts and the first kit similar to the 1999 outfit, which was very well accepted by the Barca fans. Last year, the red shorts were heavily critized by the public but from a revenue point they had been a great success because sales of the shorts tripled.