FC Barcelona will wear the famous fluorescent yellow away shirts when they take on Liverpool at Anfield tonight. Last year´s away shirt are famous for the luck they brough the team, as they have never lost using the unique away kit since it was introduced at the start of the 2005-06 season. Liverpool will play in their red home shirts, which clash with both, the Barça first and second choice jerseys.

The new FC Barcelona kit for the 2006-07 season was officially presented to the public presented during the World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany. FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta and vice presidents Marc Ingla and Albert Perrín attended the official presentation of the Barcelona kit for next season. Nike, the US-company that supplies Barca with the sportswear and one of Barca´s main sponsors were in charge of revealing the new kit that the Barcelona teams will be wearing in the 2006-07 season.


FC Barcelona Blog already revealed weeks ago, the new shirt no longer has seven red and blue stripes but just two. The new jersey has been created in similar style to the shirt worn in honour of the club's centenary celebrations in the season 1998-99. Also the shorts are back to blue again and will substitute the so often discussed red shorts.


The second kit is also different. Instead of "pistachio" green, the kit will now be in bright orange. The kit is similar to the Barca kit worn when Barça won their first European Cup at Wembley in 1992.


Another change is the slogan "més que un club" (more than a club) on the back of the shirt, near the neckline, with the Catalan flag now appearing at the end of the sleeves. The slogan should remind everyone (what we all know!) that Barça is more than just a sports club.


Barcelona president Laporta was very happy about the new design produced by Nike and revealed:

"It is an extraordinary sensation, it is amazing how good Nike are at innovating and transmitting emotions. Our objective is to position ourselves as the best club in the world. It is very important for us to be involved in aid programmes with major international organisations, such as the donation of 0.7% of the revenues, as well as the Fundació del Futbol Club Barcelona. I hope the spirit that the club transmits through this new kit will help us go far in the competitions we compete for this season".

The yellow FC Barcelona away jersey is more and more proving to be very lucky for the Barca team. Barca has played 6 Champions League matches in this yellow away kit and has never lost: there are 4 away wins against Werder Bremen (0-2), Udinese (0-2), Chelsea (1-2), Milan (0-1) and 2 away draws against Panathinaikos (0-0) and Benfica (0-0) on the books!

FC Barcelona Blog suggests to play in yellow at a possible final in Paris!

FC Barcelona confirms on their official website that the company Betandwin has withdrawn its formal offer to become the club's first official shirt sponsor. The official statement says: "However, FC Barcelona wish to point out that, although the different offers that the club has received over the last few months have included date limits, both parties have always remained open to continuing the negotiation of possible forms of collaboration, irrespective of the dates stipulated in the documentation of the offers, which have acted as mere formalities since conversations were started in November 2004.

FC Barcelona wishes to publicly express its gratitude for Betandwin's interest in extending its participation in the club's sponsorship programme."
The www.fcbarcelonablog.com already reported about the record offer for the jersey deal and that a deadline had been set. The "mega-deal" would have been the highest shirt deal ever in history and would have made FC Barcelona probably to the richest Club in the world.

The www.fcbarcelonablog.com also reported that some directors of the board have been opposing the deal.

The Betandwin deal has been on and off since a while and we will see what comes next.