France marked the 100-year anniversary of their football federation with a special Nike commemorative kit and a romping 4-0 win over Iceland yesterday.

With Samuel Umtiti, Olivier Giroud, Kylian MbappĆ© and Antoine Griezmann getting their names on the scoresheet, ā€˜Les Bleusā€™ were provided with a one-off anniversary kit which had a very distinctive regal-feel to it.


The art of designing beautiful, much-loved kits is a difficult one, for sure.

Sometimes, the most full-on, ā€˜in-your-faceā€™ efforts garner universal praise, like Nigeriaā€™s 2018 World Cup home jersey. Most of the time though, these types of intense designs have too much going on, or are just plain weird; just take a look at this McDonaldā€™s-themed shirt from the Chilean Primera DivisiĆ²n.

In contrast, some of the most incredibly uninspiring kits youā€™ll ever see are those that are intended as ā€˜simpleā€™ or ā€˜cleanā€™ and find that theyā€™ve actually ended up as, wellā€¦ ā€˜boringā€™.

The jersey worn by France against Iceland commemorates 100 years since the formation of the French Football Federation. Itā€™s not complicated, flashy or in any way outrageous. Itā€™s a minimalistic, clean approach which harks back to a time when football jerseys served only as the name suggests.


Thereā€™s definitely a regal-vibe there, with the distinctively royal blue shirt incorporating gold elements like the player numbers appearing on the chest opposite the iconic cockerel, now with 2-gold stars representing Franceā€™s 1998 and 2018 World Cup successes.

The collar is a nice touch which compliments the ā€˜modern-retroā€™ theme, whilst the white shorts and red socks are a pretty common feature in France home kits.

Franceā€™s next European qualifier is against Turkey on Saturday June 8.