PUMA and Italian Serie A champions AC Milan today unveiled the club's new away kit for the 2022-23 season, which takes inspiration from the Rossoneri's seven European titles and the iconic white away kit design that has accompanied the club's many triumphs. The new season will see AC Milan's men's, women's and youth teams wear the jersey on the road.
The white away jersey has witnessed many important championship moments and high honors in AC Milan's history, and is now leading the club to new victories. In 1963, when AC Milan became the first Italian team to lift the UEFA Champions League, the players wore away jerseys in white with a striped design. Since then, AC Milan has won seven Champions League trophies in six decades and the white away shirt has become the club's iconic symbol.
Continuing the club's proud tradition and paying tribute to the fans' enduring love of AC Milan, the new away kit brings back the design of the club's 1984-85 away kit. The white away jersey, with its horizontal stripes, was the start of AC Milan's comeback to Serie A. Since then, the white jersey has won five Champions League trophies with the club, ushering in a new era of AC Milan domination. The new jersey has a white base and seven red horizontal stripes across the chest, representing the club's record of seven European triumphs; The red-and-black cuff and neckline adorn the neck with the slogan "SEMPRE MILAN" leading fans back to where the dream began.
"For the away kit for the new season, we hope to return to the iconic all-white AC Milan away kit that has been a staple of the club's recent title-winning seasons," Marco Mueller, PUMA's senior director of team sports products, said: "AC Milan has a long history and we are taking inspiration from the 1984-85 away kit and breathing new life into it, celebrating the glorious past that the white away kit has achieved with the club."
Casper Stylsvig, AC Milan's chief revenue officer, commented: "AC Milan is a club that remembers its history and always looks to the future. Therefore, we are particularly proud to present this new white away jersey, which combines AC Milan's great history with its innovative spirit and elegant style, and we are certain that the jersey will resonate with over 500 million Milan fans worldwide. It is a highly symbolic shirt, the white is our key symbol and the seven horizontal stripes represent the club's incredible achievements in Europe."
Franco Baresi, the club's honorary vice-president who captained the Rossoneri in 1984-85, also shared his thoughts on the new away kit: "As someone who wore the 1984-85 away kit, I really like the concept behind the new kit. The white jersey has always had a special meaning for all AC Milan fans as it is a symbol of our beloved club's success in world football."
AC Milan and PUMA have always been committed to creating performance and fashion products that are unique to Milan, both on and off the pitch, by combining Milan's unique style and cultural attributes, and the new away kit is designed in this strategic direction. In the official photo of the away shirt, Milan's best local talent and the club's elite players gathered together in the new white jersey to show off the elegant fashion style only for AC Milan.
The new AC Milan away kit for the 2022-23 season will contain two versions: The player version will feature ULTRAWEAVE, PUMA's lightest performance jersey fabrics ever, and dryCELL Sweat Technology, a lightweight, four-sided fabric that combines spande-elastic threads into the yarn to make the fabric elastic in both directions. Help players and teams to be faster, more energetic and achieve better athletic performance on the field; The fans version will feature 100% recyclable polyester fabric and classic dryCELL Sweat Technology.
