- You’ll notice we have the word ‘worn’ in the title – change kits which didn’t get game-time aren’t included. That’s preferable to including some and then missing others we mightn’t be aware of
- The labelling we’ve used is ‘Primary’ for the country’s first-choice kit and ‘Change’ for the second shirt; ‘Alternative’ is a kit which has different shorts or socks to the accepted make-up of a kit
- For more information about each kit and when it was worn, see the following: Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Knockout Stages
- Oh, and we did something similar for the 1970 World Cup
Austria
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
England
Italy
Netherlands
Republic of Ireland
Romania
Scotland
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
USSR
UAE
USA
Primary
Alternative
Goalkeeper
Uruguay
West Germany
Yugoslavia
Match Officials
This is just sensational.
En el futuro, podrías hacer la mismo trabajo con México 86?
Absolutely!
Amazing that England and Italy played the maximum 7 games with one set of kits! Italy were home so understandable but England…
Funnily enough, it was the second consecutive World Cup where England didn’t have to wear a change shirt!
Not really true, England wore Sky blue shorts and socks against Argentina in 1986 instead of the customary dark blue shorts and white socks
very good. Congratulations for this amazing work !!
Top draw work! I love the England and Italy Classic look
Interesting that Scotland goalkeeper Jim Leighton wore the home goalkeeper kit against Costa Rica, ostensibly because the away goalkeeper kit had a red base with sleeves that would have clashed with Costa Rica’s red shirts, however also wore the same goalkeeper kit against Sweden and Brazil when the yellow base colour was a clash with the yellow opponent’s shirts not to mention the blue shorts.
Hi Tony, I can’t reply to your message above for some reason, I’m aware of the Argentina-England game from 1986 – https://museumofjerseys.com/2020/06/22/great-one-offs-argentina-1986/ – which is why I said “change shirt” and not “change kit”
Ah, yes you are right I wasn’t paying close enough attention. Thanks for the link, an interesting story!
And on the theme of teams not changing their shirts.. OK we didn’t get past the 1st round but Scotland didn’t have to change shirts for 9 consecutive games in 1978, 82 and 86 world cups, which is quite something for a team wearing blue. Uruguay changed for the final game in 86. Ironically Scotland changed for a team wearing red in 1990. Didn’t change in 6 games at Euro 1992 and 96 either, or in 2020(21). Only changed 3 times in 27 major tournament games between 1974 and the present – Ironically twice against teams wearing red Costa Rica (1990) and Norway (1998), plus Yugoslavia 1974. Not sure about the 1954 and 58 World Cups but they are best forgotten !
No problem, I’m just glad somebody is reading the stuff – and I discovered that this piece needs editing to stop the kits showing up too large and pixelated
It’s a great site, pleasure to read !
Any idea why Belgium didn’t change their kit from 1986 WC? I seem to recall they retained it right through to 1992. Italy didn’t change their kit either although there’s was more or less the same right through from 1980 till about 1992 also.
They did change their kit, Tony – they got rid of the fabric pattern and swapped the sides of the adidas logo and crest. I’ve no idea why!
Ah, the (red) devil is in the detail !
Sounds reminiscent of Scotland kit in 1979. Before my time but I have read the press clippings 🙂 A “new kit for the 1980s” was revealed amidst much fanfare and scientific sounding rhetoric. This involved the same kit as before but with the white fill removed from the V-neck and names on the back of the shirts! How futuristic can you get?!