Returning to the Champions League as Bundesliga runners-up, Borussia Dortmund will wear a different home kit for their European adventures.
Last season’s Europa League campaign ended in a heartbreaking quarter-final defeat an Anfield. The German side twice threw away commanding leads before losing in the last minute. With Ilkay Gundogan and Matts Hummels already gone, head coach Thomas Tuchel is facing a fight to keep hold of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
If Dortmund are to at least emulate last season’s European performances, they will need to hold onto their stars rather than see them cherry-picked by Europe’s elite.
Borussia Dortmund 2016/17 Champions League Kit
These are the leaked images of the Champions League kit Borussia Dortmund will wear for the 2016/17 season.
Their new home kit for the Bundesliga features black stripes on the yellow body. In the Champions League, Dortmund will wear a plain yellow shirt with minimal pattern.
Puma has put a strong black panel with light lines in a criss-cross pattern running along the seam of sleeve and arm. It leads into the collar which is black around the sides and back of neck but leads into a yellow front neckline, containing a small v.
The shirt sleeve cuffs are black with lighter diagonal lines. At the bottom of the shirt’s body, there is a black hemline with a similar pattern.
The reverse of the shirt is unusual. Ordinarily, we expect kits to have a plainly coloured back but Dortmund’s repeats the patterns of the front of the shirt.
Below the neckline is a small “BVB” printed in black whilst “Dortmund” is printed on the lower back.
Neither the club or Puma has yet set a date for the shirt’s release to the public.
