Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits

When a football enthusiast sees the colors yellow and black combined together on a jersey, there is only one club that comes to mind before any other club in the world who use the same color palette. That club is obviously

, who have been one of the greatest clubs in both the German league and the whole Europe, having gone head to head and shoulder to shoulder alongside Bayern Munich in recent years.

Dortmund’s golden age of football dates back to the time Robert Lewandowski and many of the club’s stars were still playing together, donning the club’s iconic yellow and black jerseys. While those days are in the past now and players such as

, Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze have moved on to play for Arsenal, Bayern Munich and PSV respectively, all of them cherish the moments they had while wearing Dortmund’s iconic kits.

Surely many of you are eager to know more about

Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits

. But before we move on to present all the unveiled and speculated details about the club’s new kits, let us have a brief look into Dortmund’s history and see how they reached such prominence and what they wore on their road to success.

Borussia Dortmund were not the footballing powerhouse they are now back in 1909 when they were first founded by members Franz and Paul Braun, Henry Cleve, Paul Dziendzielle, Hans Debest, Franz, Julius and Wilhelm Jacobi, Gustav Muller, Franz Risse, Hans Kahn, Fritz Shulte, August Tonnesmann, Hans Siebold, Robert and Heinrich Unger, and Franz and Fritz Wendt.

While we know the club by their iconic yellow and black colors, Borussia Dortmund did not start their journey in German football while wearing the same iconic colors. Instead, they started out by donning blue and white striped shirts that were complemented with a red sash as a rather peculiar decoration.

Surely when football fans think about Dortmund's 2021/22 home, away and third kit, they know that the new designs are going to include either or both of the black and yellow colors, and the club owe this fame to the decision that they made way back in 1913 when they decided to switch colors and use black and yellow stripes instead of the original blue and white stripes.

Over the years since they first gained prominence as a strong and promising club in Germany in mid-70s, Dortmund have had their shirts designed by the best of the best in football, while signing shirt sponsorship contracts with numerous sponsors. The German side signed their very first manufacturer in 1974, when they hired Adidas to manufacture authentic and high-quality kits.

Their cooperation with Adidas lasted until 1990, when they switched sides and signed a contract with Nike. But the relationship was too volatile as Dortmund opted to switch sides again and cooperate with Goool.de only a year after signing a contract with Nike.

Of course they had a change of hearts once more as they returned to Nike in 2004 and stayed with the manufacturing giants until 2009, when they signed a new deal with Kappa until 2012. Their longest-lasting contract has been with Puma, with whom Dortmund started their cooperation in 2012 and the two sides have been going strong ever since.

With Dortmund signing several contracts with numerous world-class kit manufacturers over the years, they have also had their fair share of shirt sponsors throughout the past fifty years. BVB’s very first shirt sponsor was appropriately the city of Dortmund itself, who got to sponsor the football club for two years from 1974 to 1976.

The yellow and black wearing club later signed a deal with Samson, which also lasted two years and later gave way to another sponsor named Prestolith in 1978. Having signed several sponsorship deals with numerous sponsors such as UHU, Arctic, Continentale, s.Oliver, E.ON and Evonik, the last of which spanned from 2007 until 2020, Dortmund are now bound in contract with 1&1 Ionos for Bundesliga matches and Evonik for DFP Pokal and UEFA matches. Prior to signing a sleeve sponsorship deal with Opel in 2017, the club never had a sleeve sponsor as they liked to keep it clean.

Perhaps we have kept you waiting for long enough as we know how eager you are to find out more about

Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits

. So without further ado, read on as we provide all the details you need to know about the recently unveiled home and away kits.

Dortmund's home, away and third kits for 2021/2022

Here is everything you need to know about

Dortmund's third kit for 2021/22 leaks

and all the details about the club’s unveiled home and away kits for the new season.

Dortmund’s 2021-22 home kit

If you are a devout Borussia Dortmund fan or if you paid attention to the club’s history, then you would already know what color palette Puma have used to design the German club’s home kit for the new campaign. That’s right, the iconic yellow and black colors have returned this season to wow the club’s supporters and catch the eye of every spectator at the stadium.

Those interested in

Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits

should know that the new design draws inspiration from the club’s 1997 Champions League triumph, in which they got to defeat

as one of the most surprising underdogs in the history of the European Cup.

Of course while Puma claim that they have drawn inspiration from this particular moment, we are still not sure how they have implemented this inspiration as there is little to no similarities between the two designs. While the retro design used a lighter tone of yellow as its base color and included a single horizontal black stripe on the bottom-half, the new design features a darker shade of mustardy yellow, which is complemented with black diagonal stripes on the sleeves and pitch-black shoulders.

With the color “electricity yellow” used as the base of the shirt, the club’s name also appears on the back of the home kit, which further complements the black details that appear on the front. The Puma logo the sponsors’ logos all appear in black or black and white. But the club’s own crest appears in its original version as are no minimalistic tweaks. Stay with us until the end as we go through Dortmund's home, away and third kits for 2021/2022 and then decide which new design is you favorite for the new season.

Dortmund’s 2021-22 away kit

According to the latest news on Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits, the club have already unveiled their away kit and the design is particularly interesting in many aspects. To some, the new design could be literally hypnotizing as it includes several stripes of diagonal zigzags that somehow look like tire tracks and modern camouflage shirts.

Puma claim that they have drawn inspiration for Dortmund’s roots as they have used the club’s very first kit as the basis of their new design. Once again, however, it is rather difficult to see resemblance as the inspiration taken by the manufacturers seems to be too broad.

Perhaps the only inspiration that is visible is the diagonal sash that was used in the original home kit. Of course both the colors and the size of the two designs differ from each other as Puma have significantly shrunk the stripe and have used “asphalt” and black colors instead of red. Looking at

Dortmund's 2021/22 home, away and third kit

designs, their new away kit is perhaps the most daring this season as it introduces several peculiar key details, while also allegedly taking inspiration from the club’s humble beginnings more than a century ago.

The new away shirt features two different versions of diagonal zigzags that appear in “asphalt” and black colors. It is complemented with pitch-black shoulder patches that only take half the space available on the shoulders. The Puma logo follows the club badge’s base color and appears in yellow on the right side of the chest.

The club’s crest also appears in its original version without any visible tweaks. For those interested in

Dortmund's home, away and third kits for 2021/2022

, these little details could add more depth to the beauty of the new design. The sponsor’s logo on the front of the shirt features the color gray as its background as the main “1&1” logo appears in black. Overall, one can’t find any specifically joyful details on the new away kit, but the new design certainly brings with itself a sense of maturity and sophistication.

Regarding the pricing of Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits, there is no difference between the three versions as both are retailed for €84.99, with the authentic versions being sold for €129.99 on the club’s official website.

Dortmund’s 2021-22 third kit

Puma seriously dropped the ball when they unveiled the horrendous copy-pasted third kit design that they somehow decided to go with for almost all of their big clients this season. Fans of the respective clubs have been furious ever since the new design was unveiled and the rival supporters attempt to make fun of the third kit with every chance they get, humiliating the clubs wearing Puma shirts even further. Clubs such as

, AC Milan,

, Borussia Monchengladbach and

have all received the copy-pasted and recycled design that Puma gave them for the new season.

Of course if you are following Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits and are worried what their new third kit is going to look like, you should rest easy for now as the club are yet to unveil their third kit and are rumored to have sent back the horrendous design. According to the recent speculations, Dortmund have apparently asked Puma for a whole new design after they got to see the third kits blow up in the other clubs’ faces.

Even though the club have apparently turned down the new design that is certainly the weakest version amongst Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits, it is still worth taking a look at the rumored details and Dortmund's third kit for 2021/22 leaks as they might unveil the same disappointing design in the end after all. Puma’s version for Dortmund apparently includes both the abbreviation of the club’s name and the club’s badge on the chest area, both of which appear in black as the base of the shirt is apparently yellow or lime-green.

We will have to wait for further leaks on Dortmund’s 2021-22 Season Home, Away, and 3rd Kits or even official unveilings in the coming days. Perhaps the club officials would be wise enough to turn down the much controversial design by Puma and ask for a new version for their third kits, but nothing could be said with absolute certainty.

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