The World Cup's Worst Jerseys

Updated / Thursday, 5 Jun 2014 12:57
We'll start things off gently with this Jamaican kit from 1998. Without wishing to get into national stereotyping, it's easy to imagine that the designer of this one was a fan of some of the more illicit Jamaican substances
We'll start things off gently with this Jamaican kit from 1998. Without wishing to get into national stereotyping, it's easy to imagine that the designer of this one was a fan of some of the more illicit Jamaican substances
Up until recently, Spain were the perennial underachievers of world football. Now we're not saying that their jerseys were to blame but could you focus on a game while wearing this geometric nightmare?
Up until recently, Spain were the perennial underachievers of world football. Now we're not saying that their jerseys were to blame but could you focus on a game while wearing this geometric nightmare?
Aggghhh! This is terrifying! The 1998 Mexico kit featured what appeared to be an angry Aztec god returned, seeking to wreak vengance on the world. Luis Hernandez's dodgy mullet makes it all the more frightening.
Aggghhh! This is terrifying! The 1998 Mexico kit featured what appeared to be an angry Aztec god returned, seeking to wreak vengance on the world. Luis Hernandez's dodgy mullet makes it all the more frightening.
Random mismatched shapes and colours? Check! Dodgy underarm netting? Check! At least two sizes too big for little Quinton Fortune? Check! South Africa's 1998 kit ticks all the wrong boxes.
Random mismatched shapes and colours? Check! Dodgy underarm netting? Check! At least two sizes too big for little Quinton Fortune? Check! South Africa's 1998 kit ticks all the wrong boxes.
You all knew this was coming. Goalkeepers are a fairly special breed as it is, so you really shouldn't let them design their own kits as Mexico's Jorge Campos did in 1994. The man looks like a walking migraine.
You all knew this was coming. Goalkeepers are a fairly special breed as it is, so you really shouldn't let them design their own kits as Mexico's Jorge Campos did in 1994. The man looks like a walking migraine.
Nigeria's Finidi George sports this rather fetching number from 1994, which for all the world looks like the wallpaper from your nan's house during the 80's.
Nigeria's Finidi George sports this rather fetching number from 1994, which for all the world looks like the wallpaper from your nan's house during the 80's.
We've another Mexican entry here. From the same 1994 vintage as Jorge Campos' visual nightmares, this away jersey make not be quite as headache inducing but it's still difficult to look at for long.
We've another Mexican entry here. From the same 1994 vintage as Jorge Campos' visual nightmares, this away jersey make not be quite as headache inducing but it's still difficult to look at for long.
A bit of an unusual one this. Charlie Nicolas' jersey certainly isn't the worst but those shorts.... Tighter and shorter than any shorts should be and with a never repeated navy stripe right through the middle, it's a brave man who'd wear them.
A bit of an unusual one this. Charlie Nicolas' jersey certainly isn't the worst but those shorts.... Tighter and shorter than any shorts should be and with a never repeated navy stripe right through the middle, it's a brave man who'd wear them.
Okay, so technically we're cheating here because Australia didn't make it to the 1994 finals but with this kit from their qualifying campaign, it was probably for the best that the world wasn't subjected to it.
Okay, so technically we're cheating here because Australia didn't make it to the 1994 finals but with this kit from their qualifying campaign, it was probably for the best that the world wasn't subjected to it.
Fair play to Cameroon, just when you thought the hideous World Cup jersey was a thing of the past, they release this classic. Don't try to make sense of it, just rejoice that we're lucky enough to bear witness to it.
Fair play to Cameroon, just when you thought the hideous World Cup jersey was a thing of the past, they release this classic. Don't try to make sense of it, just rejoice that we're lucky enough to bear witness to it.

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