Launching as a tribute to La Masia's founding year Nike roll out the 2019/20 Barcelona away shirt in one the club's most traditional alternative jersey colours. A bright yellow away design decorated with a bold diagonal sash comprising the club’s iconic home colors of red and blue.
Opened in 1979, Barcelona youth academy, La Masia, is the backbone of the club. Over 40 years it has become the place where the sacred “Barcelona Way” is passed on to future generations of Blaugrana players. Just as they did four decades ago, the 2019/20 Barça team will wear a kit that celebrates this prestigious academy and introduces a stylish v-neck collar. The trims of the sleeves are different on each side — red on left, blue on right — and the kit is completed by a match day-choice of blue or yellow shorts, and yellow socks. The socks are broken up by thick red and blue hoops which are detailed with a Swoosh and the word "Barça."
“It is not an accident that La Masia has given the world so many great players,” says full-back and La Masia product Sergi Roberto. “It is a special place with a unique philosophy and I am pleased this new away kit highlights the academy. Forty years of work at La Masia really is something worth celebrating.”
“Barça’s away kit from ’79 is a cult classic and with us wanting to pay homage to La Masia, it made perfect sense to use a kit from its founding year as the starting point,” explains Pete Hoppins, Nike Football Apparel Senior Design Director. “What you get is this beautiful vintage Barça design merged with all the benefits of modern technology. La Masia has produced so many iconic players and it remains an honor to produce kits for them.”
Pick up the 2019/20 Barcelona away shirt at prodirectsoccer.com from July 9.
