Retro Football Jackets

An eighth-placed 1978 finish in Serie A looking respectable on paper, yet the points total Roma amassed left them just three above the relegation zone. This was a season in keeping with Roma's generally mixed fortunes during the 1970s. This was a solid if...

With FC Luzern approaching its sixth decade as a force in the Swiss game, the 1959 - 60 season was a breakthrough campaign that saw die Leuchten win its first major honour - the Swiss Cup. In one of his earliest coaching roles Rudi...

The best decade in East Germany's modern football history is remembered for that famous World Cup group stage win over West Germany in 1974, but probably more should have been achieved. With many of the state's greatest players like Jürgen Sparwasser, Joachim Streich, Hans-Jürgen...

Roma cast aside the disappointment of their narrow loss in the 1981 title race to bounce back two seasons later and finally become champions of Italy again, their first success since 1942 and just a second overall. As expected Juventus provided their main competition...

The 1983 - 84 season would be the last with coach José Maria Pedroto at the helm of FC Porto. Parting ways after 17 years at the club, of which 8 as a player and 9 as a manager over several stints. His final...

The outstanding success in finishing in third place at the 1958 World Cup with world class stars like Vincent, Kopa and Fontaine pointed to a bright future for the French game in the coming years. None of those hopes would come to pass however...

The 1970s represented a decade of highs and lows for Real Betis. League form varied wildly and the club spent the period alternating back and forth between the top two divisions. The highlight was the successful Copa del Rey campaign in 1977? Its foundation...

With FC Luzern approaching its sixth decade as a force in the Swiss game, the 1959 - 60 season was a breakthrough campaign that saw die Leuchten win its first major honour - the Swiss Cup. In one of his earliest coaching roles Rudi...

We are proud to present the official AS Roma retro collection, which is produced under license from the Serie A giants. Putting together this collection involved close collaboration between the club and COPA, and as a result, it delves deep into Roma’s rich and...

Helenio Herrera will forever be regarded as the greatest coach in the history of FC Internazionale and the 1960s, the decade he led the club with such verve and style, will be remembered as the greatest in the club's history thanks to La Grande...

A number ten, a playmaker, an unerring finisher, a devastating set-piece taker, a physical powerhouse, endlessly brave, a leader of men, an inspiration, an otherworldly talent. Quite simply Diego Armando Maradona was all of these things and one of the few footballers in history...

The little-known Arrigo Sacchi shocked the world of Italian football when he was appointed as Milan coach in the summer of 1987. He arrived with new ideas and new players like Carlo Ancelotti and the two brilliant Dutchmen Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit....

While the early years of the 1970s had been disappointing for AS Roma with mid-table finishes the norm, fortunes would improve sharply during the 1974-75 season. With a strong defense and the goal-scoring exploits of the former international forward Pierino Prati, Roma finished the...

World Cup success on home soil represented the greatest footballing moment for the nation that invented the game. Manager Alf Ramsey's 'wingless wonders' were disliked by some for a pragmatic approach that favored substance over style, but Ramsey was merely aligning himself with the...

West Germany began the 1960s with memories of the Miracle of Bern and the 1954 World Cup win still fresh in their minds. Standards were slipping, however, and a Quarter Final exit in the 1962 competition to Yugoslavia encouraged an agenda of change. Full...

António Oliveira and his Portugal stars took early control of their Euro '96 qualifying group and never looked back. During the 1995 calender year group minnows like Latvia and Liechtenstein were easily dispatched thanks to the considerable firepower players like Figo, Rui Costa, Domingos,...

Missing out on the 1990 World Cup was a disappointment for Portugal's international team and in the autumn of that year they started to build towards the next European Championships. A very credible draw against the new World Champions West Germany suggested promise and...