The international break is in full swing so what better time to get into the important business of ranking the kits gracing the Italian top flight in 2025-26.

In part one, Destination Calcio contributor Weston Pagano looks at the home jerseys. Which clubs represent the fashion capital of the world well, and whose threads should be sent back down the tunnel?

20. Lecce

At first glance, the looser, lighter sunrays vibe seems to relieve the claustrophobic lower-league feel of Lecce’s last effort. But, upon closer inspection, this one is maybe even worse – the collar and sleeve cuffs still mismatch, and the camo haze further cheapens it all. The provincial club produces its own jerseys, and you can tell.

19. Cagliari

Too asymmetrical to be symmetrical, yet too symmetrical to be asymmetrical, poor Cagliari are once again the weakest of the red-and-blue boys. The very literal watermark was worth a try for an island team but it does not do enough to save this maglia from mediocrity.

18. Cremonese

I suppose there’s only so much you can do with this colour scheme, but it still looks like someone tried to fix a red shirt with duct tape.

17. Roma

Simplicity can be aesthetically pleasing, or just plain forgettable. We know the capital club can do much better, but they are so toothlessly inoffensive here that it appears lazy and unfinished.

16. Pisa

The gold accents do just enough to make this one of those tops that look better in action on the pitch than static photos let on. But yet again we see how Adidas, locked into rigidly prioritising their own three-stripe motif, very rarely make truly great striped shirts for anyone but Argentina.

15. Hellas Verona

It looks like the Joma designer who got assigned this one sat there so long, unable to think of anything, that their laptop went to sleep, and this is the Windows screensaver that popped up instead.

14. Genoa

Il Grifone is on a solid structure, but that shade of yellow on the front is really harsh, and why is that shade different from the yellow on the collar and sleeves? I get that Pulsee is an electric company, but they don’t need to make it feel like we’re staring into a neon sign.

13. Udinese

The other bianconero club trying to cram a lot of chaos into their kit, Udinese have too much going on here, but it still works for them, just. This dark super-villain transformation makes it feel like they are going evil mode, and beating Inter already might signal that they’re serious (OK, we know that was in the away one, but still).

12. Como

Como have used their riches, natural and financial, to take an oil painting of the light-dappled lago and stick it on a football top. Locals are sure to love it.

11. Juventus

Infusing The Old Lady’s historic pink origins within a home kit for the first time in the club’s existence is an admirable goal, but it deserved a better execution. Likewise, the barcode effect could have been cool in itself, but it feels too cluttered alongside Adidas’ own three stripes, doubled-up sponsors, and a sort of breastplate outline in piping.

10. Atalanta

Hampered somewhat by just how beautiful its recent predecessors were, New Balance’s debut with La Dea isn’t bad, but still leaves a bit to be desired. With its unfinished collar and the awkward way its front and back stripes don’t line up at the top, this decent kit is slightly too undercooked and amateurish to be great.

9. Lazio

Yep, that’s definitely a Lazio kit!

8. Parma

Not one of the more remarkable examples in Parma’s canon, but their unique style is so strong that even a basic interpretation of the look is still pretty classy. The glimpse of gialloblu accents to echo the badge are a nice touch.

7. Milan

The devil is in the details – in this case, literally, as faint wisps of Il Diavolo sneak through the stripes of this rather attractive kit. The first monochromatic crest in club history is a smooth way to spice things up, even if the all-white sheen inadvertently nods to how Milan is currently a ghost of its former self.

6. Inter

If you squint, you can almost make out how they managed to actually spell ‘INTER’ with the stripes, so you have to give them credit for that, I guess. Are they stacking blue on blue because they’re extra blue about the 5-0 at the hands of PSG?

5. Bologna

Yet another proud jersey from a club that continues to punch above its weight in more ways than one. Still chasing the high of their near-perfect effort from two years ago, the Emilia-Romagna outfit have once again changed just enough to keep things fresh without tearing up the script.

The cherry on top? Finally returning the Coppa Italia coccarda to the bullseye centre where it belongs.

4. Torino

The Granata had a charming tradition of letting a watermark version of their bull charge across their chest every other year or so, but after three seasons away it seems he is still on holiday. There may not be a toro on this torso, but the velvety texture we get instead still looks lovely.

3. Napoli

With its classic style, this is just the sort of straightforward, glossy canvas you want a hard-fought scudetto patch to be emblazoned upon as the main focus.

2. Fiorentina

The Viola’s new jersey is so sleek and aerodynamic, it’ll look like Moise Kean is wearing a super-suit while he hits the griddy. And a flashback to a kit gone by is never a bad thing.

1. Sassuolo

Wow. Utterly stunning, with smart, hollow stripes punctuated by a coherent collar-and-cuffs combo. The white-out badge adds a symbolic flourish – a clean slate for a club eager to make a fresh start and look damn good while doing it.

Keep an eye out for part two coming soon… where we’ll rank the away and third kits.

Weston Pagano is a kit collector, mediocre striker and the second-most famous American Juventino named Weston.