Saturday, September 18, 2021

Sporting CP 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League

Sporting CP (Sporting Clube de Portugal), also known as Sporting Lisbon, is a professional football club based in Lisbon, Portugal. Sporting CP is competing in the Primeira Liga or Liga Portugal. Sporting CP is the champion of Liga Portugal for the 2020/2021 season and, as a result, is seeded to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the 2021/2022 season.

Sporting CP came out with a new font, which has a blackletter feel to it, on their jersey for the 2021/2022 season. Since Liga Portugal is using a common league font, Sporting CP will use its font in cup competitions in Portugal and in the UEFA Champions League. The font is also used by other teams of the club. The color of the font on its home and away kits is black (#000000). The letters are plain but the numbers have an inline. Nike is the kit supplier of Sporting CP.





The image below is publicly available at the official Sporting Clube de Portugal Instagram account. It is used here to show an image of the Sporting CP 2021/2022 Cup font in use and one that came from an official club source.







Monday, September 6, 2021

Manchester United 2020/2022 UEFA Champions League Font

Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. Manchester United competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football, where it finished second behind Mnchester City during the 2020/2021 season. As a result, Manchester United is seeded to the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the 2021/2022 season.

Since the Premier League is using a common league font, some football clubs in the Premier League came out with their own custom designed club fonts for use in cup competitions and friendly matches. The cup font that Manchester United is currently using was first used during the 2020/2021 season. Last season, the font has a thin inline but was dropped for the current season. The Manchester United font has a very strong resemblnace to various implemetations of the DIN family of fonts. if not for the customization you will say that the font is DIN. Adidas is the kit supplier of Manchester United.


Manchester United 2020/2022 UEFA Champions League Adidas Font



Cristiano Ronaldo is shown wearing the Manchester United 2021/2022 home kit with his name and number printed using the Manchester United 2020/2022 UEFA Champions League font. The image below is publicly available at the official Manchester United Instagram account and is used here to show an image of the Manchester United 2020/2022 Cup font from an official club source.

Cristiano Ronaldo wearing home kit with number 7 from Manchester United 2020/2022 UEFA Champions League font