Joma Kits timeline — Romania’s kits from 2015 to 2024
Romania’s Joma kits from 2015 to present day
Last update: October 2024
Below, you will find a visual representation of the kits used by Romania national football team, specifically those manufactured by Joma. It is worth noting that between 1984 and 2015, Romania was sponsored by adidas and played only in adidas template shirts (read more about it here). In 2015, Joma was announced as the new sponsor for the national team.
September 2024 update:
By the end of 2024, Romania Men’s National Football Team will have 100 games played in Joma shirts.
2023–2025
— UEFA Euro Championship 2024 qualifiers
— UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2023
— UEFA Euro Championship 2024
— 2024–25 UEFA Nations League
^ In my simulations, the official competition patch is on the left sleeve for cosmetic reasons, though it is traditionally on the right. Additionally, the shirt’s V-neck collar is not shown in the simulations.
Facts:
- Goalkeepers have 3 color variations of shirts: black, light green, grey
- Match shirts come also in 3 colors: yellow, red and blue
- First game in the new kits was Andorra 0:2 Romania on 25.03.2023, yellow shirts were used
- Match details were pushed on 3 lines of text rather than two
- The Romanian crest on the shorts is very tiny compared to other shorts editions
- The chest “J” mark is bigger compared to other shirts editions
- The “J” mark is made out of different material compared to other shirts editions
- As of July 2024 all variations of shirts have been used. The blue, third shirt, was used only by the Futsal National Team.
- As of October 2024, red away shirt was used only in one game: Colombia 3:2 Romania on 26.03.2024
- Matchworn.com has signed an agreement with the Romanian Football Federation to auction player-worn shirts from each game. This agreement is effective from March 2024. Euro 2024 shirts were auctioned there
- Design elements: Romanian flag on the cuffs, tilt vertical belt on each waist that have the brand design symbols, the gold aquila, aurochs, dolphins, black aquila, and lion. Hardly visible with the naked eye. V-neck collar. Way tighter fit than previous ones
- Shirt particular V-neck style was appreciated by many of the players therefore it was decided to be kept for the upcoming set of kits
An in-depth review of the shirts:
On Romanian Football: National Team kit 2023–2025 (yellow)
Update August 2024
Since 2021, I have been tracking the shirts worn by Romania’s national teams across all games. This includes the men’s senior team, women’s senior team, and the U21 and U20 youth teams.
When I started, no such information was readily available, so I relied on videos and images from the web to document which shirts were worn in which games. Goal was to create a centralized record and eventually expand it to include data from before 2021.
If you enjoy statistics, here’s an interesting one: The latest shirts from Joma, introduced in March 2023, have seen the men’s senior team play 18 games as of August 2024. Romanian men’s senior team has never lost a game when the goalkeeper was wearing the green shirt. All defeats were when the grey goalkeeper shirt was used. Statistically the yellow shirt is so far the most “successful” one since Joma took over in 2016.
Update September 2024
I got confirmation, 23 September 2024, that the blue shirts will be used for the game against Lithuania due to be played 15 October 2024, Nations League. First official game and debut of the blue shirt for Senior Men’s Team.
2021–2023
— FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers
— UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2021
— UEFA Nations League
— UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2022
— FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 qualification
— Cyprus Women’s Cup 2023
^ In my simulations, the official competition patch is on the left sleeve for cosmetic reasons, though it is traditionally on the right.
Facts:
- Goalkeepers have 3 color variations of kits: black, light green, coral.
Black and green were the most used. - First game in the new kits was Romania U21 1:1 Netherlands U21 on 24.03.2021, yellow shirts were used
- First game in the blue shirts was Romania U21 2:1 Hungary U21 on 27.03.2021 at European Championship Under-21
- First game in the white shirts was Armenia 3:2 Romania on 31.03.2021 counting for World Cup 2022 Qatar qualifiers
- In the first two games where goalkeepers used the coral/pink kit the font set was white on the back and front, that was change to blue afterwards
- Blue shirts at men senior level were used only in three games against North Macedonia 0:0 Romania on 08.09.2021, Finland 1:1 Romania on 23.09.2022, Moldova 0:5 Romania on 20.11.2022
- On 16.11.2021 Romania U21 showed up at the friendly against Italy U21 with yellow pants matching the yellow shirts. Senior team used the yellow pants, for the first time, in the friendly against Israel held on 29.03.2022. These were the only time when yellow pants were used.
- Design elements: A subtle jacquard print on the front with the main design symbols, the gold aquila, aurochs, dolphins, black aquila, and lion printed onto the chest. Hardly visible with the naked eye. White collar, the J-logo on the chest is made out of rubber.
An in-depth review of the shirts:
On Romanian Football: National Team kit 2021–2023 (yellow)
On Romanian Football: National Team Away kit 2021–2023 (blue)
On Romanian Football: National Team Away kit 2021–2023 (white)
2018–2020
— UEFA Nations League
— UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
— UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2019
Facts:
- Goalkeepers used 4 color variations of kits: black, light green, dark green, purple. Black and greens were the most used
- First game in the yellow shirts was played on 24.03.2018 in a friendly match against Israel
- First game in the red shirts was played on 11.10.2018 in a Nations League game against Lithuania
- Red was used in only 2 games. First in a victory against Lithuania, secondly in a defeat against Sweden
- The red jersey does not have a blue “stripe” in the chest flag. In fact the red version kit does not have any blue at all, except a stripe on the collar
- Team has conceded less goals per game when the GK was using the black version rather than any of the green variations
- The senior team GKs used purple version of the shirt in only one official game. Second most used color for GKs was black
- First shirts that have the new crest, which was launched in 2017
- Long-sleeve edition: The long-sleeve edition was exclusively worn by players in six games during October and November 2020. Ianis Hagi, Razvan Marin, Ciprian Deac, Cristian Manea, Alexandru Maxim, Dennis Man, and Gabriel Iancu had the opportunity to wear it. This was the first and, as of 2023, the only long sleeve edition produced by Joma for Romania.
- Design elements: A subtle jacquard print on the front with the gold aquila. Hardly visible with the naked eye. Small blue cuffs. Mesh under the armpits. Tricolor flag on the chest.
An in-depth review of the shirts:
On Romanian Football: National Team kit 2018–2020
On Romanian Football: National Team Away kit 2018–2020
2015–2017
— UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
— UEFA Euro 2016
— FIFA World Cup 2018 qualification
Facts:
- The red version of the kit was never used in any official game at senior level
- The switch from Adidas to Joma announcement was made in summer of 2015
- These shirts were used between summer of 2015 until end of 2017
- GKs used variations of colors: green, black, light blue and pink. Most of the games green was the main choice, while one or two games in the other colors
- First games in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying stages were played in adidas
- The first game in Joma shirts (against Northern Ireland in 2015) was played in a fan version type due to a misunderstanding at the Romanian Football Federation headquarters
An in-depth review of the shirts:
On Romanian Football: National Team kit 2015–2017
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