The shirts


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  1. Argentina home shirt, 1902–07. A plain light blue shirt with a turned-down collar and buttons down the front.

    1902–07

    The first shirt

  2. Argentina home shirt, 1908–20. Narrow sky blue and white stripes, with a round collar laced at the front.

    1908–20

  3. Argentina home shirt, 1921–29. Narrow sky blue and white stripes, with a V-neck laced across.

    1921–29

  4. Argentina home shirt, 1930–36. Narrow sky blue and white stripes, with a white turned-down collar laced at the front.

    1930–36

    World Cup 1930

  5. Argentina home shirt, 1937–57. Three wide sky blue stripes on white, with a white turned-down collar.

    1937–57

  6. Argentina home shirt, 1958–61. Sky blue and white stripes, with a white V-neck and striped sleeves.

    1958–61

    World Cup 1958

  7. Argentina home shirt, 1962–65. Three wide sky blue stripes on white, with a round white collar.

    1962–65

    World Cup 1962

  8. Argentina home shirt, 1966–69. Three sky blue stripes on wider white ones, with a round white collar.

    1966–69

    World Cup 1966

  9. Argentina home shirt, 1970–73. Three wide sky blue stripes on white, with a round white collar and striped sleeves.

    1970–73

  10. Argentina home shirt, 1974–75. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a white V-neck and a yellow badge.

    1974–75

    World Cup 1974

  11. Argentina home shirt, 1976–77. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a white buttoned collar and a yellow badge.

    1976–77

  12. Argentina home shirt, 1978–79. Three wide sky blue stripes on white, with a round white collar and a yellow badge.

    1978–79

    World Cup 1978

  13. Argentina home shirt, 1980–85. Sky blue and white stripes, with a white V-neck, white cuffs and the badge in its laurels.

    1980–85

    World Cup 1982

  14. Argentina home shirt, 1986. Three wide sky blue stripes on white, with a round white collar and striped sleeves.

    1986

    World Cup 1986

  15. Argentina home shirt, 1986–87. Sky blue and white stripes, with a round white collar.

    1986–87

  16. Argentina home shirt, 1990. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a white V-neck and three sky blue stripes along each shoulder.

    1990

    World Cup 1990

  17. Argentina home shirt, 1990–91. Three pale sky blue stripes on white, with a white V-neck and three stripes along each shoulder.

    1990–91

  18. Argentina home shirt, 1991–92. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a white and sky blue V-neck and three stripes along each shoulder.

    1991–92

  19. Argentina home shirt, 1992–94. Sky blue and white stripes, with a white V-neck and three stripes along each shoulder.

    1992–94

  20. Argentina home shirt, 1994–96. Narrow sky blue and white stripes edged with thin dark lines, with a white buttoned collar.

    1994–96

    World Cup 1994

  21. Argentina home shirt, 1996–98. Narrow sky blue and white stripes, with a white buttoned collar and sky blue cuffs.

    1996–98

  22. Argentina home shirt, 1998. Sky blue and white stripes with fine white lines in the blue, and a black collar trimmed in white.

    1998

    World Cup 1998

  23. Argentina home shirt, 1999–2000. Sky blue sides and sleeves around white and sky blue stripes, with a white collar trimmed in navy.

    1999–2000

  24. Argentina home shirt, 2000–01. White across the chest and shoulders above a thin navy line, with sky blue and white stripes below.

    2000–01

  25. Argentina home shirt, 2001–02. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a black V-neck and three black stripes along each shoulder.

    2001–02

  26. Argentina home shirt, 2002–03. Sky blue and white stripes with white panels down the sides, a sky blue V-neck and three black stripes along each shoulder.

    2002–03

    World Cup 2002

  27. Argentina home shirt, 2004–05. Sky blue stripes that fade to white towards the hem, with a white V-neck and three black stripes along each shoulder.

    2004–05

  28. Argentina home shirt, 2005–07. Wide sky blue and white stripes with a thin gold line curving across the chest and down the sides, and three black stripes along each shoulder.

    2005–07

    World Cup 2006

  29. Argentina home shirt, 2007–09. Sky blue and white stripes under sky blue shoulders, with a round white collar and three black stripes along each shoulder.

    2007–09

  30. Argentina home shirt, 2009–11. Sky blue and white stripes under sky blue shoulders, with a round white collar and three white stripes along each shoulder.

    2009–11

    World Cup 2010

  31. Argentina home shirt, 2011–13. Sky blue sides and sleeves around two white stripes, with a white collar and three white stripes along each shoulder.

    2011–13

  32. Argentina home shirt, 2013–15. Sky blue and white stripes, with a round black collar, black cuffs and three black stripes on each shoulder.

    2013–15

    World Cup 2014

  33. Argentina home shirt, 2015. Sky blue sides and sleeves around white and sky blue stripes, with a sky blue V-neck and three white stripes along each shoulder.

    2015

  34. Argentina home shirt, 2016–17. Wide sky blue and white stripes, with a round black collar, striped sleeves and black cuffs.

    2016–17

  35. Argentina home shirt, 2017–19. Three sky blue stripes on white, clouded with paler and deeper blue, with three black stripes on each shoulder.

    2017–19

    World Cup 2018

  36. Argentina home shirt, 2019–21. Two wide sky blue stripes with ragged edges on white, with a navy collar and navy cuffs.

    2019–21

  37. Argentina home shirt, 2021–22. Sky blue stripes in a mottled pattern on white, with a round white collar and three black stripes on each shoulder.

    2021–22

    Copa América 2021

  38. Argentina home shirt, 2022–24. Three sky blue stripes on white, with a black collar, black cuffs and three black stripes on each shoulder.

    2022–24

    World Cup 2022

  39. Argentina home shirt, 2024–25. Sky blue stripes shaded darker at their edges, on white, with a gold badge under three stars.

    2024–25

    Copa América 2024

  40. Argentina home shirt, 2025 to today. Three sky blue stripes edged in a deeper blue, on white, with a gold badge under three stars.

    2025 to today

    For the 2026 World Cup

Away


Argentina away shirt, 1986. A plain blue shirt with a white V-neck, white cuffs and a yellow badge.

1986

Bought in a shop

Before the quarter-final against England in Mexico, the coach wanted a lighter blue shirt and the supplier could not make one in three days. A member of staff bought 38 plain shirts in Mexico City. A badge was sewn on, silver numbers were ironed on the back, and Argentina won.

  1. Argentina away shirt, 2006. A dark blue shirt with curved sky blue panels at the sides, a sky blue collar and sky blue cuffs.

    2006

    World Cup 2006

  2. Argentina away shirt, 2008–09. A dark navy shirt with thin sky blue lines curving from the collar down the sides.

    2008–09

  3. Argentina away shirt, 2010. A bright blue shirt with a white V-neck and three white stripes along each shoulder.

    2010

    World Cup 2010

  4. Argentina shirt, 2024. A white shirt with pale blue stripes, a white V-neck and a gold badge.

    2024

    Fifty years with the same kit maker

  5. Argentina away shirt, 2026. A black shirt covered in sweeping blue lines, with a black V-neck trimmed in white.

    2026

    For the 2026 World Cup

  6. Argentina shirt, 2026. A shirt in three wide bands, sky blue, white and sky blue, with a sun of fine blue rays spreading from the middle of the chest, a black collar and black cuffs edged in gold, and a gold badge.

    2026

    Farewell match, v Benin, 6 October 2026