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Close-up of an authentic player-version football shirt fabric and crest

30 Apr

Player Version vs Fan Version Football Shirts: The Honest 2026 Guide

Player version football shirts are the slim-fit, performance-fabric shirts squads wear on the pitch. Fan versions are roomier, heavier and £30–£60 cheaper. Here is the honest side-by-side breakdown.

Albacete

Athletic Bilbao

Atletico Madrid

Barcelona

CA Osasuna

Cadiz

CD Castellon

CD Leganes

CD Tenerife

Celta de Vigo

Cordoba CF

Deportivo Alaves

Deportivo de La Coruna

Elche

Getafe

Girona

Granada

Malaga

Mallorca

Racing de Santander

Rayo Vallecano

RCD Espanyol

Real Betis

Real Madrid

Real Murcia

Real Oviedo

Real Sociedad

Real Valladolid

Real Zaragoza

Recreativo de Huelva

Sevilla FC

Sporting de Gijon

UD Almería

UD Las Palmas

Valencia CF

Villarreal

AC Milan

AS Roma

Atalanta

Cagliari Calcio

Empoli

Genoa CFC

Inter Milan

Juventus

Napoli

Palermo FC

Parma Calcio

S.S. Lazio

SSC Bari

Torino

U.S.Lecce

Venezia FC

1. FC Heidenheim

1. FC Union Berlin

1899 Hoffenheim

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bayern Munich

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt

FC Schalke 04

FC St. Pauli

Fortuna Düsseldorf

Greuther Furth

Hamburger SV

Hertha BSC

RB Leipzig

SC Freiburg

Stuttgart

SV Werder Bremen

Wolfsburg

Atlas FC

Club America

Club León F.C.

Cruz Azul

Monterrey

Necaxa

Pumas UNAM

Tigres UANL

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