Girona Futbol Club (FC) have navigated an impressive rise in Spanish football in recent years - even when the backing is taking into consideration.

People are taking notice, and while FC Barcelona will remain the most prominent Catalan side, Blanquivermells are - sorry, Espanyol - now hot on their heels, so a Kit of the Week (KOTW) challenge stage is more than warranted.

Belgium’s current crest, complete with English-language national association billing, has been around for a few years now, but not everyone’s on board.

Here comes the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) to, sort of, save the day, and the 397th stage provided several superlative alternatives to the international side.

Atlético Petróleos de Luanda - or Petro Atlético de Luanda - won’t be known to too many visitors to this site, but they appeared on the radar of at least one person who counts and that bagged them the 345th stage of the Kit of the Week (KOTW) challenge.

Their Romania-cum-Andorra-esque yellow-blue-and-red palette exercised the membership and the current Angolan Girabola champions got, in a manner of speaking, some of the greatest shirt designs in their history.

The 396th stage of the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW) was centred on the Uruguayan Primera División’s Defensor Sporting Club.

Based in Uruguay’s capital, Montevideo, El Violeta have a distinctive purple look and their crest incorporates the Punta Brava Lighthouse from their Punta Carretas locale - something DF members certainly ran with.

Baghdad-based Al-Shorta Sports Club (SC) are in the midst of establishing some dominance in the Iraq Stars League, so of course they needed a visit from the Crest Redesign Competition Weekly (CRCW).

Stage 395 of our famous challenge saw most entries stick with (tonal) green and gold, and while illuminaqi went with a modern look and white as contrast, as did Molejo - with the addition of the Iraqi national flag - the podium had a samey look as far as the palettes were concerned.

Aston Villa signed with a new supplier for 2024-25 but the 343rd stage of the Kit of the Week challenge wasn’t particularly concerned with that.

The result was some absolutely spectacular designs for the famous Birmingham-based English Premier League side, and that is demonstrated by derkamartz’s wonderful effort not even making the podium.