As its decades-long partnership with the German Football Association (DFB) draws to a close, adidas has unveiled special name-and-number prints for the black Germany farewell shirt. The designs honour 15 defining figures in German football history.
Thomas Müller, Franz Beckenbauer and Nia Künzer each left their mark on German football in different ways. Now their names are returning to a Germany shirt – one last time with the three stripes. Adidas has unveiled 15 special name-and-number prints, each honouring a well-known figure from Germany’s national teams.
The prints come in a retro style. Each number carries the silhouette of the player whose name it bears.
15 Germany Legends Across the Generations
The selection runs from Fritz Walter, who captained Germany to their first World Cup title in 1954, to Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer, world champions in Brazil in 2014. Also included are Franz Beckenbauer, Lothar Matthäus, Andreas Brehme, Jürgen Klinsmann, Philipp Lahm, Uwe Seeler and Rudi Völler.
With Doris Fitschen, Nia Künzer, Renate Lingor and Birgit Prinz, adidas also honours four defining figures of German women’s football. Künzer scored the golden goal that settled the 2003 World Cup final against Sweden. Prinz and Lingor won the world title with Germany in both 2003 and 2007.
Together, the 15 names span Bern 1954, Rome 1990, Los Angeles 2003 and Rio 2014. Rather than marking a single triumph, the prints show how many generations shaped the shared history of adidas and the DFB.
adidas’ Last Germany Shirt in Black and Gold
The special prints are designed for the Germany farewell shirt. Its gold lines, made up of small diamonds, represent the more than 24,000 football clubs in Germany.
It is the last shirt to come out of the long-standing partnership between adidas and the German Football Association. From 1 January 2027, Nike takes over as kit supplier to Germany’s national teams.
Where Can You Buy the Special Prints?
The 15 special prints are available now for the black shirt. Fans can choose from Beckenbauer, Brehme, Fitschen, Klinsmann, Kroos, Künzer, Lahm, Lingor, Matthäus, Müller, Neuer, Prinz, Seeler, Völler and Walter.
The personalisation costs €20 on top of the price of the shirt and is offered through adidas, adidas stores and selected retailers.
Germany’s men, under Jürgen Klopp, wear adidas for the final time in the Nations League games against Serbia and the Netherlands. At the end of the year, after more than seven decades, the three stripes disappear from Germany’s shirts. The stories they helped write remain.
