It was disparagingly mocked online, with some referring to it as a “Barbie” kit, and as a shirt not befitting a team of Germany’s stature. Manufacturer Adidas was prepared for the backlash.

"The pink shirt is the best-selling away shirt in the history of all Germany jerseys," spokesman Oliver Brüggen from sporting goods maker Adidas, which produces the shirt, told dpa. Brüggen said ...

which is being hosted by Germany this summer. Less than two weeks ago, the DFB announced that Nike will take over from Adidas as the German soccer team’s official shirt supplier from 2027.

The gaudy number has sold "almost as much" as Germany's traditional white home strip, Adidas spokesman Stefan Pursche told AFP. Under normal circumstances, four out of every five shirts sold would ...

The danger, perhaps not confined to Germany, is small – but real. The 44/SS thing looks to be a silly oversight rather than the work of some latter-day Werwolf. Execs at Adidas were right to ...

Despite their association with Adidas, Germany in fact played in a variety of different shirts until the final of the 1980 European Championship, when the three stripes first made an appearance.

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Adidas told the BBC that the German Football Association (DFB) and its partners were responsible for the numbers on the shirts ... fears for fans heading to Germany this summer for the Euros.