Barcelona have revealed that their new home kit for the 2023-24 season will stand as a tribute to their absurdly successful, record-breaking women’s team.
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The jersey is inspired by a team made up of members of the Barca women’s supporters’ club, which became the first female side ever to play at the Camp Nou in 1971.
The shirt itself, created with the concept “Here to lead the way,” sees a return for extra broad blaugrana stripes that are instantly reminiscent of Barca kits from the mid-2000s, though eagle-eyed fans may have also spotted that the club crest has also undergone a bit of a revamp.
Indeed, a shimmering diamond graphic has been set into the famous FCB shield badge as a reference to the shape of the original crest first used by FC Barcelona Femeni over 50 years ago. The symbolic diamond theme then continues in the jagged detailing found on the edges of the emblematic blue and red stripes.
The Barcelona Femeni story actually began in 1970 when supporter Inma Cabeceran wrote a letter to then-Barca president Agusti Montal i Costa, proposing…
