Perhaps owing partially to usually sharing a look with Manchester United, Urawa Red Diamonds are a consistent favourite for fantasy kit designers.
The Saitama-based J1 League side also often see their crest the subject of the concept world, and they were honoured with a Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) stage early in 2022.
The Senegalese have had quite the 2022 so far, pipping Egypt to both the African Cup of Nations title and qualification to the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
So it’s quite fitting that the Lions of Terranga were the subject of a stage of our Kit of the Week challenge earlier this year, and what a stage it was.
One of the football stories of this year so far has been North Macedonia’s victory over Italy which sent the European champions out of the Qatar 2022 qualification playoffs.
Whilst the Southeastern-European side fell at the next hurdle - Portugal - their famous victory will resonate through the years and, while they haven’t made it to the upcoming World Cup, they’ve more than merited their appearance in the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) earlier in ’22.
As usual, we have a superb Kit of the Week (KOTW) challenge stage running currently, but way back in January we blasted into 2022 with the same quality that had been on display last year, and the PAOK (ΠΑΟΚ) (Thessaloniki) edition of our rolling contest was full of brilliance.
We were blessed with a range of styles and approaches, with the Greek side - recently knocked out of the Uefa Conference League after an impressive run in Europe - inspiring some spectacular designs.
The Canadian Premier League has had a lot of kit fanciers talking in recent weeks, and the 285th edition of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) earlier this year focussed on Langford’s Pacific FC.
Less than four years into a club’s lifespan perhaps seems a little early for a makeover, but the 2022 pacesetters are gaining fans and with that comes the interest of the kit- and crest-design communities.
We have a spectacular current Kit of the Week (KOTW) challenge stage underway currently but there have been plenty of other impressive collections in 2022 so far.
One such example is the Corinthians edition, which bridged ’21 turning to ’22 and gave us an array of wonderful entries - with a variety of styles rarely exceeded before or since.
