Red Star FC celebrative kit by adidas

120 years ago, in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, the Red Star Football Club, mostly known as Red Star, was founded. As many historic teams of the world football, also this one has passed its golden years and only recently it came back to glory with the promotion to the French Ligue 2. 

This particular club, though, has a unique story, especially for the man that gave it birth in the distant 1897. We’re talking no less than Jules Rimet that, besides founding the Red Star, gave birth to a competition that for many years brought his name, but that today we all know as the World Cup. It was his idea to reunite all the major football national teams in a unique tournament to establish the best one. And in fact, until 1970, the World Cup was called Jules Rimet Cup.

But let’s get back to Red Star FC that, among others, saw in its team ‘the Wizard’ Helenio Herrera. To celebrate the club’s 120th birthday, adidas realized a celebrative kit. It’s made in black, gray and white, realized to be worn in and outside the pitch. Other than the crest in red, the shirt also has the club’s name and the number ‘120’ print on it. Around the crest, there’s a beautiful writing in French: “Notre coeur, notre force”, our heart, our strength. If you love celebrative kits, you can’t miss this adidas’ tribute to Red Star Football Club.