This season Galatasaray will play in a new kit infused with their history, character and status as a modern European club.
Galatasaray are proud to be Turkey’s most powerful club, which has been achieved through their bravery, charisma and innovation.
Their new traditionally red and yellow home shirt boasts a dynamic graphic, inspired by the kit worn by Metin Oktay one of the club’s legendary players.
These graphics create a sense of speed and movement to honor the lion, one of Galatasaray’s proud symbols.
The shirt also features a constructed red v-neck collar and yellow cuffs on the sleeves. Kit is completed by the red shorts with a yellow stripe and red socks with a yellow band at the top.
Galatasaray away jersey for the new season has been inspired by the first ever white kit they wore in 2000, year of the club’s biggest successes in both Turkish league and international arena.
The new away shirt is a clean and classic white, while Galatasaray’s home colors are represented in the red double crew neck collar with a yellow trim, and high red cuffs also with a yellow trim. Away shorts and socks are white with red details.
Both home and away jerseys have an inner pennant tab in red and yellow halves with the bold statement: ‘Ilklerin Ve Enlerin Takimi’ (The club of firsts and mosts), to celebrate Galatasaray’s status as Turkey’s leading and most successful club.
While this new kit features Nike’s signature style and passion, it has also been designed to offer players the very latest in performance innovation, kit technology and environmental sustainability.
NIKE DRI-FIT TECHNOLOGY
Nike Dri-Fit technology draws sweat away from the body to the exterior of the shirts and shorts where it quickly evaporates. This allows players to perform at their absolute best by remaining cooler, drier and more comfortable.
The laser-cut ventilation holes and mesh panels featured in key areas of the kit also improves performance by increasing air circulation to the players’ bodies and regulating their temperatures throughout ninety minutes on the pitch.
The kits are made of a new dual-knit fabric consisting of both cotton and recycled polyester, which as well as removing sweat offers a softer feel and an overall more flattering appearance.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Nike continues to place environmental sustainability at the heart of their kits, which are again made from recycled polyester this year. These kits have been created to provide both unrivalled performance benefits and lower environmental impact.
The kits are made from recycled plastic water bottles. The shorts are 100 percent recycled polyester; the shirts are 96 percent recycled polyester, while the socks are 78 percent.
Each kit is made using an average of 18 recycled plastic bottles, and over the last four years Nike has diverted almost two billion of these bottles from landfills to produce their kits. By using recycled polyester Nike is also reducing the energy consumed in the entire process by up to 30 percent.
A NEW AND UPDATED PERFECT FIT
Nike took 3D body scans of many of the world’s leading footballers to create a kit with an updated and perfect new fit. The new fit allows the body to move more naturally within the kit, and so effortlessly improves players’ comfort and performance.
The Nike Elite Match fit sock for 2014 also boasts a sleeker and updated design created especially for football. Nike’s designers spoke to many of today’s elite players to gain an insight in to what they wanted from a sock during a game.
There are now strategically cushioned zones to provide comfort and protection around the big toe and the anklebones where the majority of impact occurs,while arch support provides a firm foundation for the foot to prevent any slipping. There is less material on the sock to enhance players’ touch, while flex grooves on the ankle and top of the foot prevent bunching.
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