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Big Question: Which Team has the Worst Kits?

   

The Big QuestionYesterday I gave mad props to the five best kits in the World Cup. Today I turn my wrath towards the five ugliest uniforms we will see this summer. Narrowing the choices down to five was a bit of a challenge but in the end I know for an absolute fact that these are the worst kits.


#5 Brazil
It isn’t often you get a chance to put Brazil in the bottom five of anything football-related, but these kits are more worthy of a bottom feeder than a world beater.
Brazil kits

#4 Ghana
In addition to being ugly, how annoying is it that they are sponsored by “pre-order.” Man, I hate that company almost as much as Budweiser.
Ghana Kits

#3 Ecuador
I like the colors but the design looks like something a kid would draw. No offense to the kids out there reading this.
Ecuador kits

#2 Croatia
Painful memories of my sister beating me in checkers go racing through my head every time I see these.
Croatia Kits

#1 Italy
I’m confused. Isn’t Italy the fashion capital of the world?
Italy kits

The Big Question: Which Team Has the Worst Kits?
The Big Anwer: Italy

Agree or disagree? Let me know what you think…

You can see all the kits here.


  • http://weblog.patrice.ch/ Patrice

    Somehow the Ecuador design reminds me very much of the Germany one. And that was #2 yesterday…

  • Euler

    I can’t find our kit ugly. Despite of being Nike, it’s yellow still grasps that fascination, that magical aura that makes our opponent’s blood boil. I look to it and all I see is valor.

  • justin

    maybe if you did some research before you post these articles you would know that Italy isnt using that kit anymore, its completely different.

  • http://www.worldcupblog.com Bob

    Justin – How is this any different than what I posted?

    https://www.nikys-sports.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=704

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  • http://clusterchuck.blogspot.com Chuck

    Hey.

    Bob puts the ’search’ in research, man.

  • Queso

    I think the Italy kit is dope!

  • maki

    isn’t the ghana kit almost the same as the one from saudi arabia? how come u ranked the saudi kit in the top 5 and the ghana kit in the worst 5?

  • nathan

    Not much different to the Brazil Kit is the Australia kit, they are both awful. But the worst i agree is the Italy Kit, WTF is with it?

  • Milan Blazevic

    In the world cup 1998 Croatia was voted with the best kit, Just because your sister beat you up with checkers doesnt make it 2 in the list. Bloody hell it should be in the top 5 best

  • justin

    http://www.subsidesports.com/uk/images/product/xlarge/ItalyHSS0607.jpg

    italys World cup kit, which they used against Germany

  • Juve

    The Italy Away is so/so, but what Justin means is the Italy Home Jersey will be used more often than not. The home kit is simple and classic.

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  • TonyDragon

    this poster is an idiot. not only did he do a lack of research by including Italy’s last year uniform, you dont like Ghana’s uniform because you downloaded a jpeg image of it with the word “pre-order” in it? Plus I think Croatia’s uniform is nice as it is unique as its flag. If you want, I can send you a “pre-order” free image of Ghana’s uniform. I think all of Puma’s line this year is sick!

  • http://portugal.worldcupblog.org Luis Paulo

    The brazilian kit just reached the stores so I took a peek. It’s worst when you see it close to you. The T-shirt seems fake and I was at a Nike Store. I actually like the old style design but the fabric and the font are terrible.

  • http://espn LUIS GONAVLES

    croatia looks cool and # 2 shoul be england

  • vedran

    Seriously I agree with the previous comment. How can you list Germany as one of the best when the design is the same as Ecuadors which is on of the worst and you said you at least liked their colors. Makes no sense and this dudes opinion is worst then a person who doesnt know anything about soccer.
    Croatias jerseys are so nice and distinct, as are Brazil’s. You can tell when theyre playing right away

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  • celito

    Brazil’s kit are just fine. they finally went back to the original yellow. If you liked the old one and the 2002 one, then I guess you really wouldn’t like this one.

  • pablo

    You have to include the Nederlands home and away kits as the worst kits ever.

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  • http://www.originalrudeboy.com/ Tomislav Chagall

    dude,

    these people don’t get it, haha. you should do some research on bob’s posts and always take them with a grain of salt … jesus.

    croatia’s current jersey is actually a very good redesign — i didn’t like the 2004, 2002, and 1998 too much, to be honest — this one’s closer to the 1996 one and kicks some serious posterior. and admit it. you were looking for an excuse to add brasil to a bottom five list! ;)

  • pf

    My 2 cents…

    Puma really screwed up their design… The Poland, Ghana and few others will suffer. The fabric is meant to strangle the players after 30 minutes of running.

    I do have the brazilian kit and I love it. Despite the fact that I have some (personal) problems with Nike, I think they did a good job at it.

    I guess this topic is very subjective — after all, it’s like saying what color is your favorite.

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  • Nicolas

    The Brasilian and Australian kits are similar…. and both god awfull i think green and gold works better than blue and gold though…. i like Brasil’s away uniform

    …..the Netherlands would be good without that lame polo-top collar

  • Awful? I like it :(

    But yes, they’re a bit similar. Australia’s short is green, which makes them look more like Brazil than Brazil itself, go figure.

    However, Sweden’s main kit is also much more similar to brazil’s main kit (yellow jersey, blue shorts).

    Look at that:

    Brazil
    http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/photos/bra.html?i=13&d=1

    Sweden (on the right)
    http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/photos/swe.html?i=15&d=1

    Australia
    http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/photos/aus.html?i=53&d=1

  • 729

    Brazil in the bottom 5 my arse! Like practically every Nike kit this time around, it’s lovely. Far better than the template crap they usually produce. I’ve only got two problems with the Nike kits this time: Portugal must wear GREEN shorts and what’s with Holland’s blue socks? (Gotta dig their away though) If I were designing a retro Dutch kit I’d have put two stripes on the arm as an homage to Cruijff and had black shorts as 1st choice rather than white.

    Croatia should NEVER change their chess board kit. Crap it may be but it’s iconic.

    France’s kit is garbage this time. I was hoping for something along the same lines of the ‘84 & ‘98 strip.

    Someone please tell Umbro that England’s shirts have RED numbers not navy blue.

    Ghana’s white kit is a good return to tradition but the black star should be more prominent. The yellow kit should also have been kept as a second strip.

    Worst kit – Trinidad & Tobago. Seriously, what the hell is it? It looks like something Pro Star knocked together. I’d have liked to see either red and black stripes or the Trini flag across the front.

  • Andres

    Your fucking crazy saying that Brasil’s kit is ugly.. Stop hating. Their Yellow Jersey w/ white shorts and whites socks is hands down the most elegant and beautiful kit out there!

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