What Kit Are Sunderland Wearing Today? 2026/27 Kits Graded

Sunderland's 2026/27 wardrobe is three shirts with three completely different ideas behind them, and remarkably all three land. One is a museum piece, one is a pink Elvis Presley collaboration, and one is about medieval glassmaking. No other club in the league is operating like this.

The Home Shirt: A

The red and white stripes, built as a tribute to the 1936-37 FA Cup winning side, with a white polo collar and a buttoned placket. Inside the white stripes hummel have set a tonal jacquard pattern taken from the filigree engraving on the FA Cup trophy itself. The outer back of the neck carries the 1937 city crest with a 1936-37 inscription, and the inside collar lists the starting eleven from that Wembley win. This is how heritage detailing should be done: the shirt reads as a clean classic from ten yards and rewards you for looking closer. Nothing about it is loud and everything about it means something.

Grade: A

The Away Shirt: B

A first-ever collaboration with the Elvis Presley Estate, and it is pink. The base draws on Presley's Cadillac and his wardrobe, a black panel cuts sharply across the top, hummel's chevrons run down the sleeves, and the neck tape carries 'Can't Help Falling in Love With You'. It is the most divisive shirt in the Premier League this season and it is genuinely well executed, but a licensing collaboration with a musician is a different thing from a football kit, and the black panel is doing more design work than the Elvis connection is. Fun, memorable, and a little bit rented.

Grade: B

The Third Shirt: A-

Deep blue with a repeating tonal stained-glass graphic that works the football emblem from Sunderland's ship badge into the pattern, finished with metallic copper for the retro crest and the hummel branding. The outer back neck reads 'Glass Making Since The 7th Century' in the same copper. Sunderland's glassmaking history is a genuinely local idea nobody else could use, the stained-glass motif is the right visual for it, and copper on deep blue is a combination you rarely see on a football shirt. Excellent third kit.

Grade: A-

Sunderland's 2026/27 Wardrobe Grade

Who Makes Sunderland's Kits

hummel. Every shirt above is part of the hummel Sunderland 2026/27 range.

Frequently Asked Questions

What jersey are Sunderland wearing today?

Same answer as the kit question above: the matchday block at the top of this page shows the expected Sunderland jersey for their next fixture. In football the shirt is usually called a kit, but jersey and uniform mean the same thing here.

What is the Sunderland uniform for the 2026/27 season?

Sunderland have three uniforms for 2026/27: a home kit, an away kit and a third kit. Each one is described and graded on this page, and the matchday block tells you which of the three they are wearing next.

What kit are Sunderland wearing today?

Sunderland host Fulham on Sunday, August 30, and the red and white striped home shirt is the expected kit. Fulham play in white, so it is the visitors who are likely to change. We update this page as each matchweek is confirmed.

Why is the Sunderland away kit pink?

It is a first-ever collaboration with the Elvis Presley Estate. The pink is drawn from Presley’s Cadillac and his wardrobe, and the neck tape carries a lyric from "Can’t Help Falling in Love With You".

What is the pattern on the Sunderland home shirt?

A tonal jacquard inside the white stripes, taken from the filigree engraving on the FA Cup trophy. The shirt commemorates the 1936-37 FA Cup winning side, and the inside collar lists that final’s starting eleven.

Who makes Sunderland kits?

hummel.

The Bottom Line

Sunderland have the most ambitious wardrobe in the league and the highest hit rate to go with it. The home shirt is a masterclass in heritage detailing that stays quiet until you look closely, the third turns local glassmaking history into the best-looking third kit in the division, and even the Elvis away, which will divide people permanently, is properly made. Three shirts, three separate ideas, no filler.