40th – Chile – 1996
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In the late 90s Reebok were one of the big names in football, especially across the atlantic, with many bold designs. There’s several variations on this shirt with a change of badge, and also a change to the oversized Reebok logo or order to comply with FIFA regulations on sponsorship at France 98. |
39th – Argentina – 1982
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Le Coq Sportif supplied the Argentina national team from 1982 to 1989 with all shirts looking pretty much identical. They won the 1986 World Cup in this design. |
38th – Vanuatu – 2007
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Everyone loves a flag shirt surely? |
37th – Zaire – 1974
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The first team from sub-saharan Africa to qualify for the World Cup, Zaire came out wearing this striking design when most teams were playing in plain coloured shirts. Zaire managed a couple of respectable defeats to Scotland and Brazil either side of a 9-0 trouncing by Yugoslavia. |
36th – Scotland 1994
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Famed for their tartan its a mystery as to why there aren’t more Scotland shirts featuring such a unique patterm. The purple details, presumably a link with the thistle, have returned for Adidas’s 2022 effort. |
35th – Latvia – 1996
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Latvia are not renowned for their exciting shirts, but Tro did a great job here, with the diagonal stripes containing a repeating pattern of the Latvian national flag. |
34th – Nepal – 2019
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After years of dubiour adidas shirts and clones, Kelme finally gave Nepal a shirt to be proud of. A silhouette of Mount Everest, Nepal’s most famous landmark, with a patterned background, and a brand new FA logo make this a near perfect shirt. |
33rd – Algeria – 1985
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The asymmetrical striped of the Algeria shirt were a feature throughout the 1980s, with the contrasting red logo making an appearance in 1985. A iconic design that lasted for years during a period that was algeria qualify for consecutive world cups, and reach the AFCON semi-finals on three occassions. |
32nd – South Korea – 1994
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A shirt reminiscent of paintings by Piet Mondrian, Rapido carried on where they left off at the World Cup to produce this for the Asian Games in Japan. |
31st – Italy – 2000
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A very plain, and very tight blue shirt as worn by Italy in the Euro 2000 final, and in the 2002 World Cup, although I think the collar might be slightly different. Wales wore a red version too. |
