New Balance unveil Celtic’s 2017-18 home kit

New Balance Football has officially revealed the new Celtic FC home jersey for the 2017-18 season.

The jersey has been unveiled as part of the ‘Live The Legend’ campaign, marking the club’s 50th anniversary year since their historic European victory in Lisbon.

The kit pays tribute to the incredible achievements of the Lisbon Lions 50 years ago by featuring a special textured 50th anniversary gold crest; a unique feature of the New Balance Celtic FC kits for the new season.

The two teams who competed in the 1967 final have been commemorated in the inner back neck of the jersey, where the green and white hoops of Celtic and the black and blue stripes of F.C. Internazionale Milano are featured.

Celtic captain Scott Brown said, “This year is such a huge anniversary for the club and all our fans, it is great to see the home kit has been inspired by such an important event in our illustrious history.

“What the Lisbon Lions achieved 50 years ago was truly incredible and I know all the players will feel extremely proud to wear this shirt next season.”

The new kit is inspired by the kit worn by the team who achieved the first European Cup victory of any British club, and returns the design to the classic green and white hoops, with gold crest, sponsor and NB branding.

The kit is completed by white shorts and white socks with a narrow gold trim. To offer added support to the ankle, the socks have built in comfort zones and the footbed has been developed with polypropylene to alleviate excess moisture when the foot makes contact with the boot.

The goalkeeper kit has been engineered in line with the outfield players’ jerseys, sporting a mock vent and back jacquard cage system to compliment the outfield kit aesthetic. The green design with black crest, sponsor and NB branding has a strong look, completed by the tonal three colour sleeve pattern.

The full range of New Balance Celtic FC Home kit products, including the Home Elite Player Jersey and Home Replica Jersey, are available to pre-order now. They will be available to buy exclusively in the UK from celticsuperstore.co.uk and from the Celtic store on May 23. New Balance Celtic Home kit products will be available globally from www.newbalance.co.uk from May 25.