Ahead of a new Superliga season, Jimmy Lee returns to take a look and rank all 26 shirts…
Before I moved to Argentina I was told that I would have to choose a football club and I had to pick between River and Boca. I knew nothing about either club, so, I picked River. Why? Because I decided that if I ever bought their shirt, I would prefer to wear red and white instead of blue and yellow. It was that simple.
I moved to Córdoba and not Buenos Aires and became enamoured with Belgrano (for reasons other than just their shirt) and did not become a River supporter. But still to this day I will cheer for River over Boca in the Superclásico because they’re the team I initially picked. Like it or not, the aesthetics of football are important to viewers and fans.
So, let’s rank the current crop of football shirts for the 26 teams that make up the Superliga. Rankings are based on each club’s primary home shirt. Let’s begin.
26. Defensa y Justicia
Yellow and green are not the most aesthetically pleasing colors, and these particular shades of yellow and green are simply put, very ugly. There are three green bands and it seems there only purpose is to provide a darker background for the sponsors to be on. I give full credit to all Halcón fans because this shirt would steer me in the direction of any other club in Buenos Aires.
25. Argentinos Juniors
This shirt is just too busy. Way too many sponsors all doing different things. There seems to be no organization to where each sponsor was placed and how much space they could occupy. At least most the sponsors are all the same red and white colors and match the rest of the shirt, with the exception of the ‘Solo Deportes’ sponsor on the sleeves which are pink, blue, and green and make the shirt even worse than it already is.
24. Colón
Colón has the same problem Argentinos has. They’re trying to cover every square inch of the shirt with sponsors. Red and black are good colors, but another club from the same province has the same colors and shirt design and does it a lot better. The worst part of all has to be the palm trees wrapped around the sleeves. Would look much better on the sleeves of Miami FC’s shirt.
NOB and River Plate got robbed! Other than those two, this list is perfect.
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