European football shirts - green white hoops
This page shows shirts from European clubs that also have the green white hoops or stripes, or that are similar to the Stromp shirt (one side green, one side white). There are several sports represented besides football, such as rugby. From Turkey to Sweden, from Poland to France, everywhere in Europe there are teams that wear the green white colours of Sporting Lisbon.
There are probably many more teams in Europe that wear the green white hoops! If you know any, let me know! But first check the English teams section, and of course the Scottish, Welsh and Irish teams section. And see the links above for American, African, Asian and Australian green white hooped kits!
You can also see, in their dedicated sections, some Sporting Lisbon old shirts, mostly match worn, as well as the new Sporting Lisbon shirt.
Benetton Rugby
Italy. Not everyone knows that Benetton sponsors a rugby team in its home town. The Benetton Treviso rugby jerseys are very appreciated, but difficult to obtain outside Italia.
Bursaspor
Turkey. Known as "the green crocodiles", Bursaspor were formed in the Anatolia city of Bursa, in 1963, but already won several Turkish football trophies
With thanks to Dr. Cem Akkaya and Dr. José Luís Leal
Polisportiva Capri
Italy, 2004/05. Very rare match worn shirt from this football team from the island of Capri. The green stripes are not all of the same width, they are broader at the top and narrower at the bottom.
Celtic Irish Club Marseille
France. Match worn jersey. Club formed in 1997, with roots in the Irish Pub O'Brady's from Marseille. The club has several amateur football teams, and also a handball team
http://www.celtic-irish-club.com/
Com agradecimentos a Jean-luc Bardy
Cherno More Varna
Bulgaria. Formed in 1945 from the fusion of two soccer clubs from Varna, they won several times the Bulgarian league. Jardel, top scorer for Sporting in 2001/02, played for Cherno More.
With thanks to Marco Malaguerra
SD Eibar
Spain, Basque Country. Formed in 1940 as Eibar Fútbol Club, it changed name to Sociedad Deportiva Eibar. In spite of many attempts and close calls, it never reached La Liga.
Sporting Club Esch-sur-Alzette
Luxemburg, Match worn shirt. It is not a Sporting CP affiliate club, and in fact we don't know much about this club at all.
Essec Rugby Team
France. This rugby club has both male and female teams. Their green white hooped jerseys are not easy to obtain, which is always the case for local amateur clubs
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Netherlands, away kit. Similar to the Stromp kit, but with green on wrong side. Formed in 1908 to compete with Sparta, it won the UEFA Cup in 2002
With thanks to Dr Jos Maas
Ferencvaros
Hungary, classic shirt (TOFFS). Known as The Green Eagles, this 1899 Budapest very successful team used the hoops in their shirts long ago.
With thanks to Dr Gabor Battistig
Floriana FC
Malta. This club uses sometimes the hoops, sometimes vertical stripes, and sometimes different patterns, but always in green and white
FK Indija
Serbia. Matchworn jersey from this club which is usually known as "the green armada". Its full name is Fudbalski Klub Indija
Something special: The Royale Association Athlétique Louviéroise, the wolves
This is a fantastic replica football shirt from a traditional club formed in 1913, just one year before the first world war. Initially called A.A. Louviéroise, the club got the Royal in its official name in 1937, and became known as RAAL, often called La Louvière, and the team are the wolves. In 2009, after a couple of years of uncertainty, La Louviere joined with another local club, RACS Couillet, and the resulting club is called Football Couillet La Louvière. A good friend got this shirt for me, enduring cats and dogs pouring from the sky.
La Louvière RAAL
Belgium. Fantastic replica jersey, now impossible to obtain. After its involvement in the 2006 Belgian betting scandal, this classic 1913 club disappeared into Football Couillet La Louvière
With thanks to Dr Tomáš Fülöpp
Something special: a football shirt from Gdansk, in Poland
Actually, Lechia means "Poland", so this team is called something like "Polish Gdansk". Formed in 1945 as BOP Baltia Gdansk, it soon changed the name to Lechia. This is perhaps inspired by the the fact that the city has been ruled by several different states in over one thousand years of history. After some more name changes, in 2009 Lechia Gdansk S.A. was agreed on. In any case, this is a beautiful replica football shirt.
Lechia Gdansk
Poland, this particular shirt only has hoops on the front. Lechia Gdansk won several Polish titles in the 1950s and 1980s.
With thanks to Dr. José Luís Leal and Dr. Agnieszka Doczekalska
Maskun Palloseura
Suomi Finland, the first team of this club is in the Finnish lower leagues, but it is also devoted to youth football.
http://www.maskunpalloseura.fi/
With thanks to Prof. Eero Rauhala
Something special: another hooped shirt from Belgium
The flemish city Mechelen, called Malines in French, belongs to the region of Antwerpen (which means "hand-throw"). Like most of Flanders, Mechelen is home to much flamboyant Gothic architecture - in fact, Flanders is probably Europe's most beautiful and best kept secret (together with Slovakia and Portugal). Both KRC Mechelen and KV Mechelen were founded in 1904. In case you wonder, it was KV Mechelen, which we don't like because its colours are red (and yellow), that won the Cup Winners Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988.
KRC Mechelen
Belgium, 2009/2010. Known as Racing Mechelen, this Flemish club was formed in 1904 with the French version of the town's name, Malines.
With thanks to Dr. Tomáš Fülöpp
KMN Olimpija Ljubljana
Eslovénia. Camisola de futebol de jogo. Este clube sucedeu ao NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945-2005), o qual faliu e foi refundado
AC Omonoia
Cyprus, football shirt. Also known as Omonia ("concord" in Greek), this Club formed in 1948 wears green and white, but not often the hoops
Panathinaikos
Greece, 2016/17. They rarely use the hoops, but they did so in 2013/4 with Adidas and in 2016/17 with Puma. E
Ränneslövs GIF
Sweden, Match worn shirt of this team from the Ränneslövs village that wears the green white hoops
With thanks to João Almeida from Sports Vintage Shirts
SK Rapid Wien
Austria. Fans t-shirt, bought at the Gerhard Hanappi Stadium in the second leg of the pre-qualifying round of the 2004/05 UEFA Cup that sent Sporting all the way to the heartbreaking final at the Jose Alvalade Stadium
Real Racing Club Santander
Spain. Replica shirt from this traditional Spannish Club formed in 1913. The shoulders are all in green and with black decorations (nothing that Sporting didn't have already as well)
FC Sankt Gallen
Switzerland. Second oldest football club in continental Europe (1879), the FC St. Gallen supporters have good ties with the Sporting Lisbon supporters
IK Sätra
Sweden, match worn ice hockey jersey. We do not know from where this shirt is, and we also don't know much about this club, but nowadays it no longer wears the hoops
FC Sète
France. Once the strongest French Football team, with two national titles and two cups in the 1930s, in the 21st Century FC Sète was relegated several times in succession, (finally?) in 2009 to the 6th division.
SHH Herten
Netherlands. The full name of this amateur team is Sportvereniging Sint Hadrianus Herten. Long sleeves, match worn
Västerås SK Fotboll
Sweden. Vasteras was formed in 1904. This shirt is their normal home kit
http://www.vskfotboll.nu/index.php?fot=fir
With thanks to Eng. Fernando Cardeira
VMA IK
Sweden. Match worn jersey from a team coming from the three villages Vånga, Mjönäs and Arkelstorp from Kristianstad. The club has its origins in three clubs, one from each village, all formed in 1932. After successive fusions, VMA IK exists since 2002. It normally competes in the 3rd to 5th league
http://www3.idrottonline.se/VMAIK-Fotboll/
With thanks to João Almeida of Sports Vintage Shirts
