Is the 1989-90 Adidas shirt the same design worn at the 1988 European Championship?

Yes. It uses the same diamond-pattern Adidas template the Netherlands wore winning Euro 88, with a KNVB badge added in 1989 for the association's centenary.

Which brands have made the Netherlands shirt over the years?

Adidas supplied the kit into the late eighties, Lotto took over through most of the nineties, and Nike has held the contract since 1997.

Are these original shirts or modern reissues?

Every shirt in this collection is an original from its own season, hand-checked and condition-rated, not a reprint or retro remake.

Do you have Robben or Van Persie shirts in a specific size?

Most shirts here are one of one, a single physical shirt in a single size, so check the pit to pit and top to bottom measurements on the listing rather than the label size.

Do you ship Netherlands shirts outside the Netherlands?

Shipping is free within the Netherlands and Belgium from €100, and worldwide from €150, always with track and trace.

NETHERLANDS SHIRTS

Fifty-seven Dutch shirts, more than any other national team in the shop, running from the diamond-patterned Adidas kits of the late eighties to the sharp Nike cuts Robben and Van Persie wore two decades later. The oldest piece on the rail carries the same template the Netherlands wore to win the 1988 European Championship, and every shirt here has been checked and condition-rated by hand.

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The 1988 template survives

The Adidas shirt from the 1989-90 season, listed here as the Centenary home shirt, uses the same diamond weave and three-stripe sleeve Adidas built for the squad that beat the Soviet Union in the Euro 88 final, the tournament Van Basten's volley made famous and the first trophy the Dutch national team ever won. A KNVB badge was added for the association's hundredth anniversary in 1989, but the cut and the print underneath are the design most people mean when they search for the 1988 Holland jersey. It is the single most requested shirt in the shop, and stock of it does not last.

Lotto and the nineties

Lotto held the contract through the early nineties, and the shirts from 1992 to 1997 in stock show the shift away from Adidas: a plainer orange, no diamond print left. This is the kit a young Dennis Bergkamp wore into the national side, and one 1994 shirt on the rail is exactly that jersey, from the World Cup where the Dutch fell to Brazil in the quarterfinal.

Nike and the golden generation

Nike took the contract from 1997 on, and it is the largest group here. A 1998-00 Bergkamp #8 shirt is the actual template he wore scoring the injury-time goal that beat Argentina in the 1998 World Cup quarterfinal, still shown in Dutch football coverage whenever that match comes up. Around it sits Van Nistelrooy from 2004-06, Robben in numbers 11 and 19 across three seasons, Van Persie in 9 and 16, plus Sneijder, Kluivert and Davids namesets from the 2000s. These are the kits of a team that reached three World Cup finals, in 1974, 1978 and 2010, and lost all three, Robben and Sneijder's generation coming closest before Spain won it in extra time, then took third place in 2014. No other shirt in the shop carries that weight.

Beyond the matchday shirt

The collection holds more than home and away kits. There is a training shirt from 2004-05, a women's cut training shirt from 2006-07, and a goalkeeper jersey worn by Van der Sar in orange rather than the usual green. A Van Persie away shirt from 2010-12 is marked player issue, cut for the pitch rather than the shop rail, and sits alongside a Van Nistelrooy shirt carrying the same "Authentic" limited-edition label. As with the rest of the shop, sizing follows the old Dutch labels rather than modern cuts, so check the pit to pit and top to bottom measurements on each listing before buying.

Good to know

Is the 1989-90 Adidas shirt the same design worn at the 1988 European Championship?: Yes. It uses the same diamond-pattern Adidas template the Netherlands wore winning Euro 88, with a KNVB badge added in 1989 for the association's centenary.
Which brands have made the Netherlands shirt over the years?: Adidas supplied the kit into the late eighties, Lotto took over through most of the nineties, and Nike has held the contract since 1997.
Are these original shirts or modern reissues?: Every shirt in this collection is an original from its own season, hand-checked and condition-rated, not a reprint or retro remake.
Do you have Robben or Van Persie shirts in a specific size?: Most shirts here are one of one, a single physical shirt in a single size, so check the pit to pit and top to bottom measurements on the listing rather than the label size.
Do you ship Netherlands shirts outside the Netherlands?: Shipping is free within the Netherlands and Belgium from €100, and worldwide from €150, always with track and trace.