Collecting national team shirts from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
First used in a World Cup qualifier against New Caledonia on 06/09/08, it was used at the 2009 Confederations Cup against Iraq, as well as pre-tournament warm-up games against Botswana and Italy. It’s final appearance was a friendly win over Jordan (09/09/09).
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This shirt appears to have first been used in an Olympic Games qualifier with Vanuautu on 03/03/08. The same design (but with the Olympic badge) was used at the 2008 Olympic games against China, Brazil and Belgium. It was later used in a World CUp qualifier with Fiji, friendlies against Thailand and Tanzania, and agaisnt Spain and South Africa at the 2009 Confederations Cup. New Zealand wore this shirt against Bahrain as they qualified for their first World Cup since 1982, and it made its final appearance in a friendly with Mexico (03/03/10) exactly 2 years after its first.
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A very similar design to what The Netherlands wore at the 1994 World Cup, this Malta design was worn in the home match vs Germany.
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This Palestine shirt was worn by Shadi Shaban in Palestine’s 10-0 win over Bhutan in qualification for the AFC Asian Cup. The previous match between the two sides had finished 2-0, but flight delays and poor organisation by the Palestinian footballing authorities hammered Bhutan’s match preparations. Shadi Shaban plays for Ahli Al-Khaleel in the West Bank Premier League.
Now I can’t find any photos of Shaban playing in the match against Bhutan, but the shirt differs very slightly from the ones worn by the rest of the team, it also doesn’t feature the patches. It does however match the design used in the defeat to Algeria in the Islamic Solidarity games back in May. In those games the number 6 was assigned to Mohanad Fannoun who didn’t get a game.
