Bundesliga: FC Köln face BVB in special kit for fashion-conscious fans | OneFootball

This coming Saturday, Borussia Dortmund will face 1. FC Köln away. Once again, BVB will play in the Bundesliga’s top match. For this occasion, the hosting “Effzeh” has come up with something special. Against Dortmund, the Cologne team will take the field in a special jersey designed explicitly for the “fashion-conscious fan.”

Photos of the jersey are presented by the Express in its report on 1. FC Köln’s unique kit. The white jersey features a red collar and red sleeves. What makes this jersey stand out, however, are the fine red and gray pinstripes running vertically down the shirt.

At the same time, this special jersey serves as a kind of farewell greeting from Köln’s current kit supplier Hummel, who will be replaced by Adidas at the end of the season. Once per half-season, DFL teams are allowed to wear such a special kit. The Cologne team chose the opportunity of the match against BVB, rather than the option often used in the Rhineland for Carnival.

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1. FC Köln vs. BVB in Pinstripes

The whole thing is part of a campaign in the cathedral city, running under the slogan “This is your city.” This includes a specially recorded track by Cologne rappers Lugatti and 9ine, who can also be seen in the Express photo wearing the special jersey.

Also rather unusual is that both the shirt sponsor and the sleeve sponsor of Köln have chosen to forego their logos on the jersey, so as not to disrupt the refined overall look of the pinstripe kit. Only the crest of 1. FC Köln and the Hummel logo will appear on the special jersey, giving it a strong resemblance to designs from the 1970s, when many Bundesliga teams often played without a shirt sponsor.

The choice of attire is unlikely to have any impact on the sporting outcome of the match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Köln. However, the FC is certainly creating a somewhat different setting than usual, which is also characterized by the fact that parts of the fan scenes of BVB and FC Köln maintain a friendship.

BVB travels to 1. FC Köln as second in the table, now eleven points behind FC Bayern. In the other direction, they currently have a six-point lead over third-placed TSG Hoffenheim. Köln sits in eleventh place with 24 points, but only two points clear of the relegation playoff spot.

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