Arsenal officially launch 25/26 kit
Arsenal have revealed their new 2025/26 adidas home kit, blending historical elements with modern design.
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Arsenal have officially unveiled their 2025/26 adidas home kit, returning to a classic red and white design while introducing a striking new visual identity built around the theme of the human heart.
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With no blue detailing and a re-emphasis on tradition, the club have opted to centre the design on a reimagined crest and symbolism that reflects both heritage and connection with supporters.
The shirt prominently features the gothic 'A' from the club's Victoria Concordia Crescit era, used in the 1990/91 league-winning season. It returns now as a repeating print across the shirt, front and back, linking the current squad with a defining moment in the club's history.
The full club badge has also been restored, replacing the cannon emblem, albeit in a simplified white outline form.
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The launch campaign includes a short film featuring William Saliba, Riccardo Calafiori, and youth product Myles Lewis-Skelly, alongside women's captain Kim Little and members of Arsenal in the Community.
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Set to the sound of players' real heartbeats, the campaign draws on the club's 40th anniversary of community engagement, with children from the Premier League Kicks, Primary Stars and Football Plus programmes all featuring.
Lewis-Skelly said: 'I love our new kit, it looks fresh – I'm excited to wear this in front of our incredible supporters. Their energy lifts us and when we step out in the shirt, we feel it more than ever.'
Little added: 'Supporters are at the heart of everything we do, and this new kit connects to that so deeply. We carry our supporters with us, and they carry us with them, no matter where they are. They push us forward.'
Arsenal's men's team will wear the new strip for the first time in their penultimate league match of the season against Newcastle United at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. The shirt is paired with white shorts and red socks, both featuring the gothic 'A' and adidas's signature Three Stripes.
On the technical side, the authentic shirt uses adidas HEAT.RDY fabric for moisture control and temperature regulation, while the replica version, made from recycled materials, incorporates AEROREADY technology. Structured mesh and 3D engineering provide improved ventilation in key areas.
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