The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: 2025-26 Kit Edition | OneFootball

Our yearly roundup of the best and worst kits from across Europe is back and better than ever.

Football has returned in all of its glory, and the first weekend of full action across Europe has brought us a bevy of new kits to feast our eyes on.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is an Urban Pitch tradition, highlighting all the best and worst kits you will see across world football, and this year we’ve got even more top-tier kits to look at, which makes the bad ones stand out even more.

The Good

FC Porto Third

Starting the good with what I think is the best. Porto and New Balance have produced some stunners over the last half-decade, but this takes the cake.

Simple kits will always have the edge for me, but the way they’ve layered subtlety into the blue of the badge and sponsor, as well as the gorgeous design on the interior of the collar, is incredible. You might genuinely be able to get away with wearing this kit in a semi-formal setting.

Liverpool Home

adidas has been cooking in recent years, and the brand has kicked off its new partnership with Liverpool with a bang. The reigning champions of England will look exemplary in their new home shirts, which bring a modernized touch to a celebrated classic design.

The beauty in simplicity is perfectly exemplified, with the adidas Teamgeist template paying homage to Liverpool’s 2006-08 Carlsberg kits.

I’m giving huge bonus points for the long-sleeve version of the kit. The cuffs are thicker and white, which brings the kit together masterfully. Major late 2000s Fernando Torres vibes in the best way possible.

Olympique Lyon Away

If you know me, you know I’m a sucker for some pinstripes. Quite frankly, you should be, too.

Genoa Away

Genoa’s deep ties to England and the English football culture are on full display with their gorgeous away kit. The prominent design of the St. George’s Cross is an immediate eye catcher, and the choice of gold for the logo and sponsor provides the perfect accent for this kit.

Cambridge United Home

The combination of the Umbro logo and the Cambridge badge are so fluid on this kit. The color scheme is near-perfect, and the choice of a thin collar and thick stripes works so well with it. 10/10, no notes.

Atalanta Away

Another New Balance banger, the fadeaway stripes on the off-white base? Chef’s kiss.

The Bad

Borussia Dortmund Home

On the bright side, it’s leagues better than the kit they donned this summer in the FIFA Club World Cup. On the not-so-bright side, it’s still a pretty poor effort from the Germans.

PSG Third

Have you ever looked at something and wanted to like it so badly, but just couldn’t will yourself to do so? Yeah, that’s the feeling I get from the PSG Total 90 third kit from Nike.

They’ve gone for something special with the striking red design, but it clashes too heavily with the similarly bright blue accents on the kit. It’s certainly not the worst kit in the world, but I can’t help but feel it could’ve been executed better.

Inter Home

The conundrum with clubs that have iconic kit formats is that deviation is either universally appreciated or hated.

Inter are no strangers to experimenting with their blue and black stripes, and they’ve gone for another out-of-the-box design for 2025-26. In my opinion, it’s better than their effort last year, but they’ve still not quite hit the mark.

The Ugly

Bayern München Home

Another European giant that has opted to go against the grain for their home kit are Bundesliga holders Bayern.

Divisive would be an understatement when it comes to this kit; many fans immediately voiced their displeasure with the new release, and you can understand why. The massive “M” design is certainly a unique choice, but there’s just very little to like when it comes to this one.

Borussia Dortmund Away

Leaked image via FootyHeadlines.

The only club this year to be featured twice, and not for good reasons.

There were three things we thought were certain in this life. Death, taxes, and Dortmund having a black away kit, but PUMA had to remind us that wasn’t the case.

It’s the first time in 18 years that they will wear a non-black away kit, and quite frankly they couldn’t have picked a worse design to mark this change. Granted, all we’ve seen are leaks — and you know how we feel about leaks — but it’d take a miracle to make the purported design look decent.

Manchester City Third

We began the article with what I believed to be the best kit this year, and it’s only right to end it on the opposite end of the spectrum.

The design is supposed to pay tribute to the Manchester rain, with literal water droplets spread across a grey base. A combo that does evoke memories of a gloomy rainy day, but I’m not entirely sure if that’s a great choice for a football kit.

As if presenting a “doom and gloom” kit wasn’t enough, they decided that using neon green to accent it was the best option.

The dichotomy between their away and third kits this season is startling, and City fans will hope to see the former way more than the latter in 2025.