What is the oldest piece in this sweater collection?

Liverpool's 1987-88 sweater, made close to thirty years before most of the training sweaters that make up the rest of the range.

Do sweaters usually carry a full club crest?

Rarely, most feature a small embroidered badge rather than the full crest seen on a match shirt, since they were built for warmth rather than display.

Are these worn during matches or off the pitch?

Off the pitch, mostly for training, travel and matchday arrivals in cold weather rather than during the game itself.

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SWEATERS & SWEATSHIRTS

A sweater sits somewhere between training kit and casualwear, worn over or instead of the match shirt in cold weather, and this collection runs from Liverpool's 1987-88 piece to Dortmund's training sweaters from three decades later.

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A layer for the cold, not the crest

Sweaters carried less of a club's visual identity than a match shirt, often reduced to a small embroidered badge rather than a full crest, since the priority was warmth for training sessions and matchday arrivals rather than brand display. That plainer design shows across pieces like Chelsea's 2014-15 training sweater and Juventus's 2015-16 training sweater, both closer to gym wear than to a shirt a supporter would wear on the terrace.

Liverpool's eighties sweater and what came after

Liverpool's 1987-88 sweater is the oldest piece in this collection by some distance, made years before the training sweaters that make up most of the rest of the range: Dortmund's from 2016-17 and 2017-18, Ajax's from 2006-07 and 2012-13, and AC Milan's 2011-12 edition. The gap between the Liverpool piece and everything else here runs close to thirty years, a useful reminder of how long this category has existed in some form.

A handful of Italian and Spanish entries

Inter's 1990-91 sweater, made by the specialist Italian label Le Felpe Dei Grandi, and Napoli's training sweater from 2003-04 both come from a period when sweaters carried more of a club's colour scheme than the plainer training pieces that followed later on. Real Madrid's 2015-16 Champions League sweater and Osasuna's 2008-09 sweater round out the range from Spain, each with its own small, specific detail rather than a repeated template.

Good to know

What is the oldest piece in this sweater collection?: Liverpool's 1987-88 sweater, made close to thirty years before most of the training sweaters that make up the rest of the range.
Do sweaters usually carry a full club crest?: Rarely, most feature a small embroidered badge rather than the full crest seen on a match shirt, since they were built for warmth rather than display.
Are these worn during matches or off the pitch?: Off the pitch, mostly for training, travel and matchday arrivals in cold weather rather than during the game itself.
Is shipping free?: Shipping is free within the Netherlands and Belgium from 100 euros, and worldwide from 150 euros. Everything ships with track and trace.