Leaked: Gladbach 26-27 Third Kit — Streetwear Collab

TL;DR

• Borussia Mönchengladbach’s leaked 2026-27 third kit is light blue-turquoise, patterned with cloud-shaped diamonds, framed in dark petrol teal at the collar and sleeves, and finished in neon green.
• It was designed with Midnight, a streetwear label from Mönchengladbach’s own Odenkirchen district, and leaked by German paper Rheinische Post.
• An official launch is expected in mid-August 2026 at the club’s season-opening event. No price has been given.

Who Broke the Gladbach Third Kit Leak

Gladbach’s third shirt for 2026-27 has been leaked by German outlet Rheinische Post, and the story behind it is more interesting than the colours. Puma is still the manufacturer, but the design work was handed to Midnight, a streetwear brand based in the Odenkirchen district of Mönchengladbach.

The collaboration was reported separately in late July 2026 by Süddeutsche Zeitung, before the design had leaked. Midnight is led by founder Can Demirezen and has previously worked with the Detroit Lions in the NFL, which is an unusual line on the CV for a regional label and worth noting: this is not a club plucking a name out of a design agency roster.

Credit for the leak goes to Rheinische Post, via Footy Headlines, who published the images on 27 July 2026.

Design Breakdown of the Gladbach 26-27 Third Kit

Colour. A light blue-turquoise base, contrasted with dark petrol teal and lifted by bright neon green. Gladbach’s usual black, white and green gets almost no look in, which is what a third kit is for.

Pattern. A cloud-like diamond pattern runs across the front panel. Diamonds are a well-worn football-shirt device, so softening them into something closer to cloud shapes is the detail that stops this reading as a template.

Collar and sleeves. A crew neck, with the dark petrol teal used across the collar and sleeves to frame the lighter body.

Crest and branding. The neon green carries the identity marks: the Puma cat, the Reuter sponsor logo, and the two championship stars sitting above the crest. Under the German star system two stars mark five titles, and Gladbach won theirs between 1970 and 1977, so putting them in the loudest colour on the shirt is a deliberate piece of emphasis.

Back. Player names and numbers are in dark petrol teal rather than the neon green, which keeps legibility sensible.

What is not known. Shorts, socks, a goalkeeper option and the price have not been reported.

How the Gladbach 26-27 Third Kit Compares

Third kits are increasingly where clubs test a lifestyle audience rather than a matchday one, but most of them do it by hiring the manufacturer’s in-house lifestyle team. Bringing in a label from the club’s own city is a different proposition, and it shows in the output: the cloud-diamond pattern and the neon-on-turquoise palette are not choices a standard Puma template arrives with.

Against the rest of the range, this is comfortably the boldest of Gladbach’s three shirts for the season. For the wider picture, see our ranking of the best Bundesliga 2026-27 kits and our top 10 away kits of 2026-27.

When Can You Buy the Gladbach Third Kit?

An official launch is expected in mid-August 2026, tied to the club’s season-opening event, with the shirt going into Gladbach’s fanshops that month. Neither the exact date nor the price has been confirmed, and the club has not commented on the leaked images.

We track Bundesliga kit leaks weekly and list shirts as they reach retail, so the third will go up once it is out. In the meantime you can browse the full Borussia Mönchengladbach shirt range, including the 2026/27 home jersey.

FAQ

Is this really the Gladbach 26-27 third kit?

It is a leak, not an official release. The images come from Rheinische Post, a regional daily that covers the club closely, and the Midnight collaboration behind it was separately reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung in July 2026. That makes it credible, but the details are reported rather than official until Puma launches the shirt.

When does the Gladbach 26-27 third kit release?

Mid-August 2026 is expected, at Gladbach’s season-opening event, with fanshop availability in the same month. No exact date has been announced.

Where can I buy Borussia Mönchengladbach jerseys?

433FC stocks Gladbach shirts across recent and retro seasons — see the Borussia Mönchengladbach category. The 26-27 third shirt will be added once it is released.

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