Update: As the 1st of July went down a few days ago, the best opportunity to switch kit supplier for football teams has vanished up until the next year. To fully conclude this post, we've once again updated it with the latest movements within the kit supplier world, including: SC Braga ➡️ Hummel, Burnley ➡️ Umbro, Granada ➡️ Nike, Elche ➡️ Hummel, Almería ➡️ adidas and CA Colón ➡️ Kelme
Update: The 2018-2019 season is over in all big European leagues. All major new 2019-2020 kit deals were already officially announced. Most of them will start on July 1 2019 - this means we will see a very lot of releases in less than two weeks. Some new kit deals have been disclosed / leaked as well in the past few weeks, including: Genoa ➡️ Kappa, Aston Villa ➡️ Kappa, Sport Recife ➡️ Umbro, Bursaspor ➡️ Kappa and Real Valladolid ➡️ Adidas.
2019-2020 Kits Of New Suppliers To Be Released in Early July 2019 / From July 1
Most of the kits of the new kit suppliers will be released in early July 2019, as the contract with the old brand usually expires on June 30 and the deal with the new brand begins on July 1. We expect that there will be many important launched on July 1 - possibly Manchester City (Puma), AS Monaco (Kappa) and Arsenal (Adidas), to name just a few.
In the past few days, many kit supplier switches were officially announced. We take a look at the most important jersey maker changes for 2019-20.
Most of the deals feature in the article have been already officially announced yet (e.g. the Adidas Arsenal & Puma Man City kit deal). The other deals featured a practically confirmed to our information.
2019-2020 Kit Supplier Changes
England
Arsenal: Puma -> Adidas
Manchester City: Nike -> Puma
Burnley: Puma -> Umbro
Spain
Girona: Umbro -> Puma
Valencia: Adidas -> Puma
Real Valladolid: Joma -> Adidas
Granada: Errea -> Nike
Italy
Torino: Kappa -> Joma
Genoa: Lotto -> Kappa
Germany
Hannover 96: Jako -> Macron
VfB Stuttgart: Puma -> Jako
Hoffenheim: Lotto -> Jome
France
Monaco: Nike -> Kappa
Others
Union Berlin: Macron -> Adidas
FC Ingolstadt: Adidas -> Puma
FC Utrecht: Hummel -> Nike
RSC Anderlecht: Adidas -> Joma
Colo-Colo: Under Armour -> Umbro
Universidad Católica: Umbro -> Under Armour
Atlético Mineiro: Topper -> Le Coq Sportif
Palmeiras: Adidas -> Puma
Panathinaikos: Nike -> Kappa
Melbourne City: Nike -> Puma
America de Cali: Adidas -> Umbro
Al-Ahly SC: In-House -> Umbro
Deportivo Municipal: Marathon Sports -> Umbro
Maccabi Tel Aviv In-House -> FILA
Bursaspor: Puma -> Kappa
Sport Recife: Under Armour -> Umbro
SC Braga: Lacatoni -> Hummel
Elche CF: Kelme -> Hummel
UD Almería: Nike -> adidas
CA Colón: Fake Burrda -> Kelme
Liverpool: New Balance -> ? (From 2020-21)
Liverpool's kit deal with New Balance is running out in 2020. NB will make Liverpool's 2019-20 kits, but the brand has not renewed the contract with the Reds yet.
Have we missed any kit maker changes? Are you happy that Adidas will make Arsenal kits again? Do you look forward to see Puma's Manchester City and Valencia kits? Let us know in the comments below.