Hannover 96, a German club founded in 1896 and currently competing in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, and Macron have unveiled the new kits that the team will wear during the 2021–2022 season. Alongside the team’s colours and emblems, this year’s shirts also carry a message of sustainability and environmental protection, thanks to the Eco Softlock fabric (100% polyester made from recycled plastic) used by the Italian brand to produce them.

The “Home” version, with a crew neck, comes in the classic red that characterises the German club. White detailing features around the collar and sleeve cuffs. The back of the neck is personalised with the club colours, the team logo and the motto NIEMALS ALLEIN! (Never alone!), which also appears on the back of the collar. The standout feature of the shirt is the all-over embossed graphic, with the club logo repeated in diagonal lines. At the bottom of the shirt is a customised tape bearing the slogan ‘YES TO FOOTBALL, NO TO RACISM’, repeated and interspersed with the club’s logo. On the right-hand side of the chest, in white, is the Macron Hero, the Italian brand’s logo, whilst on the left is the Hannover 96 crest.

The “Away” shirt, on the other hand, is “all black” with a polo collar featuring a green stripe. The back of the neck is personalised, as in the home version, with the lettering also appearing on the back of the collar. The ‘away” version features an embossed, tone-on-tone graphic of concentric circles, with a large ‘96’ in the centre. At the bottom of the shirt is a personalised strip bearing the anti-racism message.

As for the “Third” – a crew-neck T-shirt – the main body is white with a tone-on-tone vertical stripe in an embossed design. The sleeves, on the other hand, feature a geometric design, printed using the sublimation process, with black and green motifs. The back of the neck is customised, with a slogan on the back of the collar and on the hem tape, as in the two previous versions.