In November 2018, Bayern Munich announced that their home kits will be solely red and white in the future. This decision came after years of fan protests - now renowned classic shirt experts and store Classic Football Shirts (@classicshirts) has taken us trough Bayern Munich's history of blue and red.
FC Bayern München Home Kits To Be Red And White Only In Future
Interestingly, Bayern Munich released a red and blue kit just some weeks ago. The Adidas x Pharrell 'Human Race' Bayern Munich 2020 jersey is based on the 1991-93 home shirt with its large block 3 Stripes on the shoulders - however, it was just a special release and inspired by a beloved kit, so fans were not angry at all.
Bayern Munich's Red & Blue Kit History
The history of Bayern Munich in blue & red begins in 1968 and the 1968-69 season, when Bayern unveiled a 'Barcelona' Blaugrana styled home kit. The club should use red and striped kits until 1973 before burying the color for almost 20 years.
A design the club will not wear again.
Are you sad that you will never see Bayern play in shirts like this in the future? Which of these shirts is your favourite? pic.twitter.com/wpSnKxRCtC— Classic Football Shirts (@classicshirts) November 20, 2020In 1990, Bayern brought back the blue and red stripes kit for their 90-years anniversary with a special-edition jersey. This was the start of more than a decade of Bayern chancing their colors and designs, with even ditching their red home shirts at all for a navy kit.
In 2003-04, Bayern reverted to their traditional red and white colors, while they had a "real" blue and red jersey in the 2014-15 season.
Future Bayern Munich home kits will not have a bit of blue at all, on case you are wondering - thee won't be such a Bayern home kit as in the 2018-2019 season.
Bayern will wear the red, white and blue Humanrace jersey in the DFB Pokal match away against Holstein Kiel if it is not decided to be clash of colors... the first time for them to have a kit with blue since the decision for red and white only kits was announced in 2018.
Which is your favorite blue & red Bayern Munich home kit? What do you think of Adidas and Bayern Munich having brought back the 1991-93 home shirt with the Humanrace shirt? Share your thoughts in the comments below, and see more than 50 old Bayern kits since 1984 on Football Kit Archive.