Adidas - Sweden 1996 Away Football Shirt

This is the Sweden 1996 away shirt made by adidas. It features a deep blue base with bold yellow and red graphic detailing across the shoulders and sleeves, the Svenska Fotbollförbundet crest centrally on the chest, and adidas branding in yellow. Like the home version from the same period, it also uses a ribbed V-neck collar with yellow, red, and blue striping, which gives it a very distinct mid-1990s international look and ties it directly to Sweden’s post-USA 94 era.

The design feels unmistakably mid-1990s adidas. Where the home shirt leans on Sweden’s classic yellow identity, this away version flips the palette and becomes more dramatic through its darker blue base. The bright shoulder graphics and multicolour trim give it the same expressive energy as the home shirt, but in a rarer and slightly more striking form. The tonal woven pattern across the fabric adds even more depth, and because dark Sweden away shirts from this era are far less common than the yellow home versions, the overall look feels more unusual and more collectible.

This shirt is most closely associated with Sweden’s mid-1990s national team period, when players such as Tomas Brolin, Martin Dahlin, Kennet Andersson, Jonas Thern, Patrik Andersson, Roland Nilsson, and Thomas Ravelli were still central figures around the squad. Although the away shirt is seen less often than the iconic yellow home version, that is exactly part of its appeal. Because of that, this shirt has strong collector value as a rarer alternative from one of Sweden’s most memorable football eras, while still carrying the same visual link to the country’s celebrated 1990s generation.

Shirt condition: 8/10

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