World Cup 2010 Jerseys: Greece

May 20th, 2010 | by: Daryl | View Comments

Greece will be looking shiny and white (with a touch of blue) at World Cup 2010, with their new adidas jerseys. The away shirt will be blue (with a touch of white).

In fact the two kits combined use a total of two colours, which may or may not be part of Greece’s new economic austerity measures. (Probably not.)

Read on for a review of both the home and away shirt, one of which includes a technological breakthrough that could change football forever.

Greece Home Shirt

Want one? Find your Greece home jersey in our store.

I know, I know. It’s very simple. But in a good way. I like the simplicity. The white and blue are the colours of the Greek flag, and I also like the two thin lines. Not exactly sure what the thinking is behind those lines, but to me it suggests maybe a toga (which I know is Roman and not Greek, before anyone points that out) or maybe that the wearer is wrapped in a flag. Or something. Either way, they prevent the shirt from being dull.

The next image may be of some concern to Greece’s Group B opponents Argentina, Nigeria and South Korea. Seems the Greece home jersey has an invisibility mode, which the wearer can presumably switch on and off.

Sadly it only makes the player invisible and not the jersey, so opponents will still be able to mark the player. Still, an impressive technological leap from the people at adidas.

Greece Away Shirt

Want one? Find your Greece away jersey in our store.

Obviously the design of the away jersey is identical to the home jersey, only with the colours reversed. Which sounds simple, but is actually a neat trick. If you look closely, every single instance of blue and white has been flipped, including the adidas stripes and logo. The only constant is the Greek football crest over the heart.

Also, a nice little feature (that’s also on the home shirt) is that on the back of the neck the word “Hellas” is embroidered in Greek characters:

Again, simple, but nice and clean. In fact, I’m feeling very good about both of these jerseys. What do you think?