Nike and Barcelona are set to reissue the home kit worn during the club's 2005/06 season, according to 90min. The strip — produced under Nike's Total 90 line — has long been regarded as one of the more distinctive pieces of football clothing from that era, and its return will mark what was a significant campaign in the club's recent history.
Barcelona won the treble that season, claiming La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. It was also the campaign in which a teenage Lionel Messi began to establish himself as a first-team presence at the Camp Nou, lending the kit a particular resonance for supporters who followed the club through that period.
The Total 90 range was Nike's performance-focused line during the mid-2000s, characterised by its template construction and the era's relatively slim-cut silhouette. Reissues of this kind tend to occupy a space between replica and retro — produced to a quality closer to the original than a modern match shirt, and aimed at an audience for whom the strip carries some biographical weight.
Barcelona have form in revisiting their archive. The club and Nike have previously marked anniversaries and milestones with heritage releases, and the 2005/06 campaign represents an obvious candidate: it sits at the beginning of a dynasty, before the tiki-taka years reached their peak, and it carries the dual pull of a trophy-laden season and a generational player's emergence.
Further details on pricing, release date and availability had not been confirmed at the time 90min published its report. Whether the reissue will be distributed globally or limited to certain markets also remains unclear. As with most drops of this kind, demand is likely to outpace initial supply.