18.06.2010 11:39
Away kit changes
Berta Brau
FC Barcelona officially introduced an away kit just under 100 years ago and since then the team has played in a range of different colours as an alternative to the familiar blau and grana stripes of the home shirt.
The first change strip came in 1913 and saw the players don a white jersey with blue shorts and
those colours were maintained until the 1975/76 season when yellow was introduced.
Colour scheme
A growing rivalry with Real Madrid meant that change of thought was required by the kit
manufacturers as white was no longer accepted as a colour for any of Barça's kit. Instead the
yellow away shirt became a familiar sight in the late 1970's and 1980's.
Meyba kit
Meyba produced the FC Barcelona kit in the 1980's and early 1990's and it was during that
time that the away shirt was yellow with a blau and grana stripe down the side of the front.
Wembley wonder
At the start of the 90's a slight alteration was made as the second kit became more
orange and it was that colour that the team donned at Wembley in 1992 when they won the European
Cup for the first time against Sampdoria.
Kappa takeover
In 1992 Kappa won the contract to produce Barça's kit and until 1997/98 and it was during
that era that several new colours were seen. with green, blue and bright orange all being used as
alternatives.
Nike changes
Nike then took over the production of the kit and silver was chosen as the away
colour. Gold, various different blues, beige, fluorescent yellow, turquoise, orange, yellow and
pink have all been used and the supporters have been keen to buy them all.