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HelpAt the bottom of the page there is a section with technical issues which one might encounter using the website. For any questions which are not answered here please do not hesitate to contact us with your query. Size Charts:
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For any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you. Printing Guide: Namekits | badges | logosIn this section we will provide you with an overview over the various options and issues surrounding personalization , customization , the addition of a player name & number kits, and badges to a jersey. Since the options vary from club to club and from league to league and from clubs to national teams there is a wide range of questions to be addressed. Since the English Premier League and the English clubs in many ways are the frontrunners in the development of modern soccer we will start by taking a look at the way the system works in England. Next we will look at Spain most notably Real Madrid and FC Barcelona followed by Italy which rounds off the 3 major international soccer leagues. To complete the section we will finally have a look at a mix of other European clubs and leagues and finally at the national teams.
Premier LeagueThe English Premier League was founded in 1992/93 when the top clubs decided to strike out on their own in order better to be able to take care of their commercial interests. Ties to the lower English divisions were continued so that each year a number of teams are relegated/promoted - and thus the league is not a closed system like in the US sports. In 1994/95 the player name was added to the number to be worn on the back of the jersey. In 1996 the Premier League introduced a standard set of name & number kits which would be used by all teams. Furthermore a set of sleeve badges promoting the league and its' sponsor were introduced to promote the league as a unitary whole above individual club interests. From the season 1998/99 shorts number were also introduced probably to make it easier to distinguish individual players on TV when seen from the front (in European club soccer there is no front number like in the US sports since the front of the jersey is taken up by a sponsor logo). Since each club is free to sign a contract with whatever sporting gear company it wants and not one sole company supplies all athletic apparel to the entire league the namekits , badges etc. are not considered to be part of the kit but rather an add on. This means that jersey , shorts , and socks are delivered from the sporting goods company while the letters , numbers , and badges come from another company with the license from the Premier League to produce these. Therefore we offer all namekits , numbers , and badges as a custom option. We do not distinguish between the add-on of a player name and the add-on of an own name (custom name) since in both instances the blank jersey has to be printed.
In order to personalize with one of more of this "ad-ons" one can pick from the customization menu in the right hand side of the screen. The orange tab seen here below is to choose a player name with the jersey.
The next option would be to add the Premier League sleeve badges. Either gold or standard. In order to do so one has to pick the green tab in the right hand side of the screen.
Finally in the case of the English Premier League teams there is the option of adding an own name rather than a player name. In that case the tab to use is the 3rd and last tab which is in a red colour. There are 2 fields. The first one is to add a name and the second to add a number. One can choose to fill out both fields for a name and number or either one of them for just a name or a number.
The namekits in the Premier League are the same for all teams though it is allowed to use different colour schemes. The two most widely used sets are white/black and black/white. Besides that alternative colours of gold , blue , yellow , and red can also be used.
To complicate matters even further these namekits and badges are only used for matches under the FA (English football association) but not for European matches which are on the supervision of the UEFA (European football association). Therefore English teams have to use a different namekit whenever they play in the Champions League , the UEFA Cup , the Super Cup , or the Club World Championsship. A different set of badges apply here as well. The star ball for the UEFA Champions League. This badge however is not out for retail sale and is reserved exclusively for the clubs.
So these are the basic principles applying to the English Premier League! Spanish League - La Liga Profesional FutbolIn Spain it was tried to introduce a standard set of namekits for the whole league a few years back. This standardized system never gained full league acceptance and was subsequently dropped. Therefore the clubs themselves in cooperation with their kit sponsors are free to design their namekits as they like only limited by certain standard measures which have to be complied with. In the England the Premier League is promoted by 2 sleeve badges - in Spain there is only one LFP badge on the right hand sleeve. Maybe an indication of the lesser bargaining power of the full league a vis the top clubs in Spain compared to the situation in England. Talking about Spanish football it is almost impossible to do so without mentioning Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. Real MadridReal Madrid has the same namekit whenever it plays in the Spanish League or in European matches. The shorts numbers are identical as well. The difference between a European match and a Spanish League match thus comes down to the sleeve badges used. In Spain the LFP patch is worn on the right arm sleeve. In European matches Real Madrid has a Champions League patch to the right sleeve and a blue 9 trophy patch to the left sleeve. UEFA grants the right to this latter badge to all clubs which have either won a total of minimum 4 Champions League titles or 3 CL titles in a row. Currently only 5 teams have the right to wear this badge: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, and Ajax.
The example of Real Madrid was used to show the system for clubs from Spain. The implications are the same fort he other teams however. They develop and produce their own name and number kits too. Their namesets do not change between Spanish and European matches. Their sleeves badges do change though. Real Madrid is the only Spanish club which has the right to wear the blue UEFA CL winner badge. FC Barcelona would need to win another 2 titles in order to be able to add this badge. The LFP badge and the UEFA Starball badge are used by other clubs as well. Italian League - Serie A - Lega Calcio namekitsIn Italy there is yet another system though most of the issues are similar to the Spanish system. The main difference is that in the case of Italy there are a couple of extra badges which are unique for the Italian league and do not have their like elsewhere. But like in Spain the clubs are free to choose their own style of print as long as they keep it within certain limits according to size and style.
On top of the badges seen above there is a 3rd badge used in the Italian league. Lega Calcio badge.
A further pecularity with the Italian clubs is the star system which gives a club one star * for each 10 league titles. Juventus which has one more than 20 league titles thus has 2 stars while Inter and Milan each have one.
Since the season 2006/07 the Coppa Italia badge has been changed from being green - white - red as seen above to now being red - white - green. AS Roma has won the Coppa Italia in both 2006/07 and 2007/08. Thus they came to play with the Coppa Italia each of the following seasons. The Coppa Italia badge can be placed either on the chest or on the leftarm sleeve. To the right arm sleeve there has to be room for either the Lega Calcio badge or the UEFA Champions League patch depending on the tournament. Other clubs..Except for the "3 big" national leagues the 2 major soccer leagues in Europe are the French and the German leagues. At a broader international level the league which is considered as having the biggest development potential currently is probably the US Major Soccer League. Whether it will ever make its' way into the holy top 3 of American professional sports is still to be seen but due to the large number of soccer youth players and the growing numbers of Hispanics in the US (preferring soccer) the potential is there. Over the medium long term Russia and Brazil might see considerably growth in their domestic league while in the long run China of course is surrounded by high hopes and some expectations. Russia has the advantage that it is part of the European football association UEFA meaning that its' teams can participate in the cash cow of the UEFA Champions League thereby strenghning all revenue streams. In this context we will look only upon the US MLS , the German Bundesliga , and the French Ligue 1. Major League SoccerAmerican sports have generally been the frontrunners in the development of professional team sports and the influence from the US sports are clearly visible both in European and in Asian sports. The current professional soccer league in the USA the MLS (major league soccer) is only from 1996 though. The league is built large upon principles known from other major professional leagues such as NFL (national football (american style) league) , NBA , (national basketball association) , and MLB (major league baseball). Some of the defining traits for these leagues when it comes to atlethic apparel and name & number kits are pretty equal across the board. The league and not the individual clubs sells the athletic apparel sponsorship deal to one league-wide sponsor which is then supplying all teams with the playing kits. NFL (Reebok) , NBA (Adidas) , MLS (Adidas). The jerseys for retail usually come either blank or personalized with one of the star players and including all badges as standard. Only the club store or the league online store might have a wider selection of player names available for personalization or custom names. In the case of the Major League Soccer it might have been inspired by the badges used in European leagues for its' own MLS sleeve badge.
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