BREAKING! Croatia’s 2026/2027 Adidas home kits have leaked online by FootyHeadlines.com and look to consist of traditional red + white checkers with Glagolitic script (Glagoljica). The HNS and Nike end their 26-year partnership on July 31st, 2026 when Adidas will step in for the first time since Nike took over in 2000 following Croatia’s short (but successful) stint with Lotto in the late 90s.
What do you think???
This issue looks pretty creative, and thoughtful, not consistent with Adidas bland standards, but am worried going forward.
The adidas kits that Italian’s lost to BiH were so hideously simple, generic, conventional; ….a trademarked adidas design with no creativity, they could be found in any AYSO small town issue, and in the end the Italian uncreative loss was appropriate to their uniforms.
I would have been fine staying with Nike or going back to Lotto. I don’t like the idea that Adidas needs to self-advertise with the in-your-face stripes to distinguish themselves as the manufacturer, where small Nike Swoosh logo is more sublime and organic, and is not so “In your Face” advertising.
The Away Nike uniforms in 2018, will always be a classic in my mind.
I approve of this design. But I hear you with the concern about their signature advertising influencing future kits.
The 2018 away kit was a masterstroke. I also was a huge fan of the 2022 away version. I hope we don’t go too plain with the brighter blue for the aways. Darker the better.