Fulham Shirt History

Fulham Kit Manufacturer History

2013 – present – Adidas

Adidas are enjoying their third spell with the Cottagers and while the first campaign of the reunion was probably a little underwhelming, the second was most definitely unique. For the 2014/15 season, Fulham wore a home shirt which the club described as ‘taking their distinctive past and fusing it with the future’. It was their usual primary colour, white, but it unusually had bold light grey horizontal stripes and an orange neckline and sleeve cuffs. The distinct orange theme continued onto their away jersey where it was paired with tonal black stripes – it resulted in a cool shirt.

In contrast to the above, the 2015/16 home jersey was much more traditional as it was inspired by the kit worn in the 1975 FA Cup final against West Ham – although Fulham lost, to date, it is the first and only time that they have reached the final.

Moving on to the much more modern 2022/23 version, where its key feature is the smart, small wavy red pattern imprinted on its black collar and sleeve cuffs. This graphic is said to represent the River Thames, which runs alongside Craven Cottage.

The 2023/24 Fulham home top is also fairly impressive – the black sleeves on the ‘grandad collar’ design has red Adidas stripes going down one arm and white on the other. London’s Original Football Club’ was printed on the reverse of the neck. History was made in its accompanying away top as Fulham wore pink on their travels for the very first time. This came after their smart mint and navy away jersey which was donned in 2022/23 – it’s eye-catching graphic provides a ‘modern interpretation of the Craven Cottage brickwork’.

Finally, in 2018/19, a half white, half black 140th anniversary top was brought to the shelves.

2010 – 2013 – Kappa

Fulham had a three-year stint with Italian sportswear brand Kappa from 2010. The most interesting home design came in 2012/13 with its black pinstripes running horizontally. Large Kappa logos were placed on its side panels and, like on all of the shirts that campaign, the word ‘Kappa’ featured just below its right shoulder.

However, perhaps more interestingly, in Kappa’s first and last season they released special tonal versions of the home shirts.

Not many of the alternate jerseys worn within this period are that impressive, but perhaps making up for that is the story behind their yellow third kit donned in 2011/12. The shirt featured a photo of Fulham legend Johnny Hayes on its front. Haynes played 594 times for the club, scoring 146 goals. Kappa, and this shirt, received the ultimate exposure in this campaign due to Fulham’s rare participation in the Europa League.

2007 – 2010 – Nike

Nike possibly surprised a few in their fist campaign (2007/08) by releasing a polo strip that had no black elements to it at all, bar its sponsorship features. This was perhaps resembling a shirt worn in 1974/75.

However, this wasn’t the most surprising thing of this era, as Nike were involved with the club throughout an incredible couple of years. The Cottagers unexpectedly qualified for the 2009/10 Europa League campaign and went all the way to the final, where they were beaten 2-1 by Atletico Madrid. Despite this, the simple 2009/10 strips will go down as Fulham favourites as they picked up some memorable results along the away, such as beating Juventus.

Nike provided the club with three red and black away tops during this period, with the most eye-catching being the half red, half black version worn in 2008/09.