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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Inter Milan FC Centenary shirts 1908-2008



Traditional black and blue strip team F.C. Internazionale celebrates its 100th birthday on 9 March 2008. One hundred years of passion, a sense of belonging that involves millions of people.
The Inter Milan kits is in traditional black and blue vertical stripes, manufacturers Nike have their swoosh logo on the right chest in white and shirt sponsors Pirellli have their logo across the front. Embroidered around the Inter Milan badge is the wording “100 Years Inter” and 1908-2008 in gold, with a gold star above the badge.
Inter shirt that make appearance on UEFA Champions league have more black space at the shirts back. These visual Inter Milan strip during first knockout round, the second league game against Liverpool was held on 11 March 2008.
As part of their centenary celebration, Inter Milan had added a gold trim to their home shirt for the two match against Palermo on March 16 and Reggina. The Inter shirt has had the gold embroidery around the club badge on the left chest, but this new shirt also has the sponsors logo of Pirelli in gold and the Nike logo in gold, as well as a trim around the Italian flag in the centre of the shirt. Inter won their Serie A game against Reggina on 2-0.


Inter Milan FC also wore shirts with the sponsor name translated into Mandarin in Serie A matches against Cagliari 27 April 2008 at San siro stadium in Milan. This new initiative comes in the wake of the opening of an Inter store in Shanghai last November.
As many fans will know, Inter Milan has been sponsored by tyre company Pirelli for many years now. However, in their latest move to both expand and appease their growing fanbase worldwide, Inter Milan have began to wear shirts with the Chinese version of the Pirelli logo.

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