On 30 November, 125 years ago, Udinese Calcio was founded. To celebrate this prestigious milestone, the Friuli-based club and Macron have unveiled the new Anniversary shirt, the third of the 2021–2022 season, which celebrates the club’s history through the historic logos that have featured on the black-and-white kits. It will be worn by the first team on Sunday 28 November at the Dacia Arena, for the 14th matchday of Serie A against Genoa.

Like a common thread linking tradition and the future, the new “Third” kit – just like the Home and Away kits – has been made from 100% fabric derived from recycled plastic and certified to the most important international standard for the sustainable production of clothing and textiles, the Global Recycled Standard. Specifically, the third kit features Eco-Piola fabric with Eco-Mesh inserts.

The “Third” shirt is entirely black and has a crew neck. The back of the neck is personalised with the club logo on a black background and the words ”125 YEARS OF PASSION’, whilst the outer back of the neck features the embossed, tone-on-tone inscription ‘1896–2021’. The front of the shirt features a wide, central vertical tone-on-tone stripe, within which are incorporated the logos that have marked Udinese Calcio’s many seasons. Starting with the star on the chest of the first team from 1896 (black shirt, white shorts and black socks), it then moves through the club’s early logos right up to the current one.”.

On the chest, on the right-hand side, the Macron Hero – the Italian brand’s logo – is featured in white silicone print, whilst on the left, over the heart, is the Udinese Calcio logo, specially designed for this ‘historic’ season and commemorating the year the club was founded, its 125-year history and the classic inverted black ‘V’.