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Bayern Munich's leaked 2026 kit draws on club heritage

A retro-inflected adidas design has surfaced online, adding to Bayern's already extensive 2025/26 range.

MW
·24 Sept·2 min read
Bayern Munich 2026 retro kit leaks - and it’s another classy adidas stunner
Bayern Munich 2026 retro kit leaks - and it’s another classy adidas stunnerPhotograph: Wikimedia Commons

Images of what appears to be a new Bayern Munich kit have circulated online, with the design understood to draw on the club's visual heritage — incorporating references to their crest and the Allianz Arena. According to 90min, the leaked shirt is an adidas design with a retro sensibility, and forms part of what is shaping up to be a crowded 2025/26 kit cycle for the Bundesliga club.

Neither Bayern Munich nor adidas had confirmed the kit's existence at the point 90min published their report. Leaks of this kind have become a familiar feature of the football calendar, with images typically surfacing weeks or months before an official launch window, and their accuracy can vary.

The detail of retro-influenced kits drawing on stadium architecture and crest iconography is not new territory for either Bayern or adidas. The pair have a long-standing commercial relationship, and the Munich club's historical identity — their colours, their ground, the visual shorthand of Bavarian football — has previously informed limited-edition and anniversary releases. Whether this particular design follows that pattern or sits within the standard rotation is not yet clear from the available information.

What the 90min report does suggest is that Bayern's supporters will have more than the usual two or three options to consider next season. A crowded kit line-up is increasingly common among Europe's larger clubs, where commercial considerations now routinely produce third and fourth shirts alongside the home and away, occasionally supplemented by further special editions.

No release date or pricing has been reported at this stage. If the design follows a conventional launch schedule, further details would be expected closer to the start of the 2025/26 season.

— Filed by the MatchdayReport desk. Original report at 90min

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Marcus Wren Marcus writes the longer pieces and the column. Twenty years of byline; the desk's last stop on a story that needs a steadier voice. This piece was sourced from 90min.

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