PUMA, the world's leading sportswear brand, today unveiled Manchester City's away kit for the 2022-23 season. The new away kit brings back to the new season the classic red and black striped design worn during one of the most successful periods in Manchester City's history, paying tribute to that iconic period and celebrating the club's fearless football tradition.
Through the ages, when Manchester City set off for a new season, it meant the start of a spectacular performance, and they continued to capture the world's attention with exciting and skilful football. The new away kit takes fans back to the famous City team of 1969. Wearing a vertical red and black striped jersey designed by the club's legendary manager, Malcolm Allison, the club witnessed great triumphs in the 1969 FA Cup final, the 1970 League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup final, Also earned a place in the fans favorite jersey of the past.
The all-new Manchester City away kit will make its debut in a pre-season match against Mexico's Club América on 20 July. The City team also visited the NASA Space Centre in Houston before the game to commemorate and celebrate the first landing on the moon on July 20, 1969. It is also the day Manchester City unveiled their first red and black striped away jersey in 1969.
"Manchester City are one of the most exciting teams in the world and their moments on the pitch are imprinted on every fan's mind. For the new away kit, we wanted to bring back and breathe new life into some of the club's popular design elements from some of the most successful and iconic eras of the past," Marco Mueller, PUMA's senior director of football products, said: "For the first time, we angled the stripes on the jersey at a special Angle to pay tribute to the three rivers on the club's badge, creating a bold and eye-catching design. At the same time, we have decided to unveil the jerseys in Houston for the club's preseason game against Mexico's Club America to pay tribute to the anniversary of the first moon landing and the club's first red hackyard jersey."
"It's great that the club and PUMA have been able to draw inspiration from an important era in the club's history to recreate a classic iconic jersey design in this new season's away kit collaboration. I hope the jersey will bring the same sense of nostalgia and pride to City fans around the world that the generation of City players who wore it and made history have brought to us, "he said. "I'm looking forward to seeing the jersey in the preseason game against Mexico's Club America, and hope the same will be true for City fans watching in the United States and around the world," said Mike Summerbee, a City club ambassador.
The new Manchester City 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.
