The 2006/07 season marks the golden sunset of the Rijkaard era: Barça reached the Champions League semi-finals—falling to AC Milan—with a squad that included a Ronaldinho in his final great year of brilliance, Deco as the playmaker, Samuel Eto'o as the goalscoring reference, and a Lionel Messi who was beginning to show unmistakable signs of what was to come. The orange football shirt from that season is one of the most celebrated pieces in Barça's modern catalog: the color pays explicit homage to the away kit from the 1992 Wembley European Cup final—the club's first European Cup, won with Ronald Koeman's direct free-kick goal against Sampdoria—closing a symbolic circle between two glorious eras of culé football. The heat-pressed blue Unicef sponsor on the front corresponds to the historic agreement through which Barça became the first major European club to display the name of an NGO on its shirt instead of a commercial sponsor, while also donating a portion of its revenue to the organization. The LaLiga patch confirms the status of 2004/05 LaLiga champion carried during that season.
Official FC Barcelona 2006/07 season away football shirt, manufactured by Nike in size L. Orange color with blue and garnet collar and trim, embroidered crest, embroidered Nike logo, and heat-pressed blue Unicef sponsor on the front. Includes LaLiga patch.
