70. Auxerre: home, 2002/03
One of the all-time great cult sides to have ever stepped over the white line and into the Champions League lights, Auxerre took to Europe in the sleekest, most minimal Kappa kits – complete with the supercool PlayStation 2 sponsor. Bleach blonde Djibril Cisse looked a million dollars in this thing.
69. Belgium: home, 1984
Diamonds are formed under extreme pressure. The Belgium shirt of 2018 was inspired by another, as the Red Devils wore this at Euro 84. OK, so they only won once and bombed out in the group stages – but they looked incredible. Take that, fire sleeves.
68. England women: away, 2019
The first-ever away shirt specifically for the Lionesses was deep, lush and lovely. With floral elements of individual English counties interlinking to form a bigger pattern across a St. George's Cross, this one was an absolute triumph. England finished fourth at that World Cup.
67. Brazil: home, 1986
Brazil's 1980s is largely remembered for Socrates and the Topper kit that the Selecao donned with a Jules Rimet trophy embroidered in the badge itself.
After all, it officially became theirs when they won it for the third time in 1970 – and this is a simplistic, sophisticated shirt for the greatest nation to have ever graced World Cup football.
66. Tampa Bay Rowdies: home, 1978-81
The absence of a badge on this one – instead, the team's suffix splashed across the top in serif font, with the number below. Only in the US of A. The Rowdies' shirt has become more than a football uniform: in 2011, FC Tampa Bay gained the rights to use the dissolved club's nicknamed – of course, they took the iconic Lucasfilm-esque logo for their badge.
65. Fulham: home, 2001/02
There's so much to love about this one. The touches of red within the black are stunning, with Adidas's three stripes appearing just on the cuffs; the black of the underarms reaching onto the shirt itself and a smart collar to top it off.
Oh, and the sponsor: an all-time great of the game, which fully deserves to still be slapped across the chest of Mitrovic and co. It's absolute fire.
64. France: home, 1982
Stripes are ingrained into French culture. For decades, Les Bleus have had horizontal cues to the marinière in their shirts but in 1982, they took it vertically, with gorgeous red and white pinstripes. Naturally, the Tricolore flag featured within the Adidas stripes themselves.
63. Ajax: third, 2021/22
In August 2008, Ajax played a friendly match in Cardiff. When fans were asked to remain in their seats and the tannoy DJ played Three Little Birds by Bob Marley, a legend was born.
Over a decade later, Adidas dropped this masterpiece in tribute to Marley, which instead of featuring Amsterdam's three crosses on the back of the neck, was instead stitched with three little birds. It's impossible not to be bowled over by this one.
62. Chile: home, 1997
The shirt that was banned from the 1998 World Cup. FIFA kit restrictions didn't allow for big brand logos – such as that giant Reebok emblem over the shoulder – and so Chile were forced to alter the stabbing triangles into something no more than reminiscent. The original just about edges it, though: there are tiny Reebok logos all over, too. What you gonna eh, FIFA?
61. New York Cosmos: home, 1979
Maybe it's the Pele connotations, the swirly badge or the truly Americanised font of the numbers on the right side of the chest – but the New York Cosmos' top is the defining uniform of the North American Soccer League.
Designed by Ralph Lauren, it still holds up today: anyone signing our petition to make this the USMNT shirt for when the World Cup returns in 2026?
