Juventus's 2026/27 Kits: The Stripes Are Back, Graded

Juventus have fixed the thing everyone complained about last season and introduced a new problem in the process. The stripes are properly back and the pink is gone, replaced by gold. The gold is now the issue. The third shirt, out on August 7, is a bigger one.

What Does Juventus's 2026/27 Home Kit Look Like?

Proper black and white vertical stripes are back, with a retro fold-over white polo collar, and gold metallic replacing last season's pink on the crest and branding. Inspired by the 1976/77 shirt.

The stripes and the collar are both excellent. After a season where the striping was thinned and interrupted, this is a return to the wide, clean bands that make a Juventus shirt legible from the top of the stand. The fold-over white polo collar is a genuine period detail and it gives the whole thing a tailored quality.

The gold is the problem. Replacing pink with gold sounds like an obvious upgrade, and on the crest it is. But gold on white has almost no contrast, which makes the Jeep sponsor and the Juventus crest genuinely hard to read against the white stripes. A darker gold, or gold outlined in black, would have solved it.

Still a clear improvement on last season.

Grade: B+

What Does Juventus's 2026/27 Away Kit Look Like?

Pale pink with black and white, and speckled embossed detailing on the front most likely drawn from zebra motifs. Released July 21.

Juventus and pink have real history. The club's original shirts were pink before the switch to black and white, so this is not the provocation it looks like to anyone who assumes pink is a marketing decision.

The embossed speckling is a nice piece of texture and the black and white trim keeps it anchored. It is just fine rather than good, and it lands in the middle of our ranking accordingly.

Grade: B

What Does Juventus's 2026/27 Third Kit Look Like?

Black, with a grey flame graphic climbing off the hem across the front and the back, and gold on the adidas logo, the shoulder stripes and the crest. Under the back collar there is a gold "YOUTH SINCE 1897" sign-off, a reference to iuventus, the Latin word for youth that gives the club its name. Black shorts and socks with matching gold trim and tonal flame graphics complete it. Released August 7.

There is too much going on. The flames, the gold, the Y2K styling and the black base are all reaching for the same attention at once, and the shirt never settles on which one is supposed to be the point. Any one of those ideas on its own could have carried a good shirt.

It is also very dark, and that is the part that stings, because the flame graphic is the best thing here and you cannot see it from any distance. Grey on black is barely a contrast at all. Watch this from the top of the stand and it reads as a plain black shirt with gold trim, which is not what anybody spent this much design effort on.

Grade: C+

Juventus's 2026/27 Wardrobe Grade

The third shirt costs Juventus half a grade. A B+ home and a B away was a solid, unspectacular wardrobe. Adding a C+ pulls the whole set down to a B, and it is the only club in Europe's top fifteen to lose ground on its own third kit so far.

The Gold Readability Problem

This is worth dwelling on because it is a recurring 2026/27 issue. Gold trim was everywhere this season: Chelsea's laurel wreath, Bayern's collar and cuffs, Vanderbilt's college football set, Juventus's crest and sponsor.

Gold works beautifully on a dark base. On white, it disappears. Juventus put theirs on a shirt that is fifty percent white and the sponsor pays for it. Chelsea put theirs on solid blue and it sings. Same material, opposite outcomes, and the only variable is what is behind it.

Who Makes Juventus's Kits?

adidas, who have supplied Juventus since 2019.

The Bottom Line

Juventus restored proper wide black and white stripes and a retro fold-over polo collar for 2026/27, and both are excellent. The gold that replaced last season's pink is the new problem, because gold on white leaves the Jeep sponsor and the crest hard to read. The pale pink away is a B. The black flame third, out August 7, is doing too much and is too dark to show any of it, and it grades a C+. Wardrobe grade: B.

See where every one of these shirts landed in our full ranking of all 42 European club kits for 2026/27, or read our grades for PSG's 2026/27 kits, AC Milan's 2026/27 kits and Manchester United's 2026/27 kits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Juventus's 2026/27 kits?

The home shirt has proper black and white vertical stripes with a retro fold-over white polo collar and gold metallic on the crest and branding, inspired by the 1976/77 shirt. The away is pale pink with black and white and embossed zebra-inspired speckling. The third, released August 7, is black with a grey flame graphic and gold trim. All three are made by adidas.

What grade do Juventus's 2026/27 kits get?

The home shirt gets a B+, the away gets a B and the third gets a C+. The wardrobe grade is a B.

What is the Juventus 2026/27 third kit?

A black shirt with a grey flame graphic rising off the hem front and back, gold on the adidas logo, shoulder stripes and crest, and a gold "YOUTH SINCE 1897" sign-off under the back collar, referencing iuventus, the Latin for youth. It launched on August 7, 2026 and we graded it a C+. There is too much competing for attention on it, and the black base is so dark that the flame graphic disappears at any distance.

Did Juventus get rid of the pink on their home kit?

Yes. Last season's pink accents on the crest and branding have been replaced with gold metallic on the 2026/27 home shirt. The pink now lives on the away kit instead.

Why is the Juventus 2026/27 sponsor hard to read?

Because the gold branding sits against the white stripes, and gold on white has very little contrast. The Jeep logo and the Juventus crest both suffer. A darker gold or a black outline would have fixed it.

Why is the Juventus away kit pink?

Juventus originally played in pink before adopting black and white stripes, so pink is a genuine part of the club's history rather than a modern marketing choice.

Who makes Juventus's kits?

adidas, who have supplied Juventus since 2019.