The Wellington Phoenix have a new kit for the 23/24 season and it looks slick as hell.
The home kit has a beautifully designed stripe on the classic yellow. The away kit, is just pure beauty.
You can read the full release below, or just enjoy the beauty in this video right here:
Nix kitted out in yellow and black for the 2023-24 A-Leagues
The Wellington Phoenix have unveiled their fetching new Paladin Sports playing kit for the 2023-24 A-Leagues.
The tohu gifted to the club by local iwi Te Āti Awa again features prominently on the yellow and black Spark and OPPO strips, with Te Raukura, the plume of white feathers, at the centre of both.
Spark is the principal partner on the eye-catching yellow shirt, with the tohu, designed by Charmaine Love, emblazoned in black on the front, across the shoulders and down the sides.
The design is woven throughout the striking black OPPO shirt, as well as the purple, green and pink goalkeeper strips.
Paladin Sports has worked closely with Love and the Wellington Phoenix to design a kit which represents Te Whanganui-a-Tara, local iwi, the fans and the club.
“We are thrilled with the Phoenix kits for this season, which have come about from an in-depth consultative process, including input from fans,” Ed Harman, CEO of Paladin Sports New Zealand, said.
“This season we wanted to bring the dominant colours back from the club’s origins and to develop the black kit further to honour our country and all the positivity around New Zealand co-hosting the FIFA Women’s Football World Cup.
“David and his staff are immensely passionate about the club and its future, and truly have their finger on the pulse of what key elements will mean the most to staff, players and fans alike.
“In our fifth year of being the official apparel partner of the Wellington Phoenix, we are excited for another strong season across both teams and cannot wait for them to hit the pitch.”
Phoenix general manager David Dome can’t wait for players and fans to pull on the strips during the upcoming A-Leagues.
“It’s always exciting to unveil a new kit,” Dome said. “And Paladin Sports have done a fantastic job producing two great looking strips in our traditional club colours, along with our three different goalkeeper kits.
“We ask a lot of Ed and his team at Paladin and they always come up with the answers.
“It’s also fantastic to see the tohu again feature so strongly throughout our playing strips.
“We’re very fortunate to have been gifted this taonga by Te Āti Awa and to be its kaitiaki.”
The women’s and men’s Wellington Phoenix kits for the 2023-24 A-Leagues are available for pre-order now.
