São Paulo 1st

From the district of Morumbi in São Paulo, São Paulo Futebol Clube are the six times winners of the Brazilian Championship, and reached three consectutive finals of the copa libertadores with one of the greatest teams in Brazilian football history, with the likes of Juninho Paulista, Rai and Tele. the team won the double of the Copa Libertadores and world club cup, beating Newells old boys and Barcelona in 1992, and Universidad Catolica and the great Milan team in Tokyo in 1993.

the team lost the 1994 final to Velez Sarsfield, but almost a decade later, the team became champions of South America and the world in 2006, beating Atletico Paranaense in the final of the copa libertadores. the team has won 21 Sao Paulo State Championships too.

The kit here is pretty classic Sao Paulo, with the red and black hoop unbroken on the shirt, and on the back is the flag of the City of Sao Paulo. The LG sponsor is on the back of the shirt and front of the shorts only (a major dislike for me is the placing of the LG logo on the front for the current SP kits), and Fast Shop logo is on the front of the shirt opposite the reebok logo.

On the inside of the collar is the SP saint mascot, and the inscription Tricolor do Morumbi

Cerro Porteño

Based in Barrio Obrero in the Paraguayan capital Ascuncion , Cerro Porteno are one of the big two in Paraguayan football, and have a fierce rivalry with Olimpia. The team are named after a paraguayan battle victory, and are known as El Club del Pueblo as most of the support comes from the lower classes, as opposed to Olimpia, the club of the elite in Paraguay. Honours wise, the team has won the paraguayan championship 28 times.

the Colours were chosen as red and blue, as the colours of the two leading parties in the country, and white was added later to complete the paraguayan flag

the kits here are in the traditional colours for El Ciclon, and both have an older style simplified crest instead of the full shield, and the flag of Paraguay on the back of both the shirts.

Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata

Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata (La Plata Gymnastics and fencing club) are the oldest existing football club in south America, and one that plays in some of the best colours, white with a blue band. The home kit is that classic colour combination, and its a pretty straightforward shirt, with the inscription El Lobo Del bosque ("Wolf of the forest" the forest being the ground in which the team plays, Juan Carlos Zerillo Stadium) on the inside of the collar.

The number is for teams that play in two colours, with a band around the shirt. This design is more visible and more attractive than the usual alternatives, such as different colour numbers or a broad stroke around the numbers.

the Away is the same, only reversed colours

Chile

Home and away kits for Chile, the shade of blue is brighter than on recent Chile kits (Harking back to the 90s) and for the main badge, I used part of the coat of arms of Chile. For the home and away, the flag is on the back of the shirts

Corinthians Paulista

Known as Timao (the grand team), Sport club Corinthians Paulista are one of Brazils biggest teams, and one of the best supported. Named after an English ameteur side in 1910, the team went on to win the Sao Paulo state championship four years later, and have won that trophy a record 26 times. The team has also won the Brazilian championship 4 times and the brazilian cup three times. The team is hugely supported in the state of Sao Paulo (16 million), and in 1975 in a Brazilian Championship match against Fluminense, the biggest movement of population in peacetime (70000) went to watch the game at the Maracana. The team of the 80s also helped to bring down the dictatorship in Brazil, by placing the slogan "vote on the 15th" in 1982 to motivate people to vote in the november elections that brought to an end the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil.

for the shirts here, I ve used pinstipes, narrow on the home and wide on the away, as its one of the details that sets the Corinthians shirt apart. The design of the shirt has the BRF logo on the front (the parent company of past sponsors Batavo), as I am not a fan of the Batavo logo. the pinstripes on the shirts are part of the teams heritage, narrow for the home, and for the away, broader than on recent kits, influcenced by the kits of the 1960s. Above the secondary sponsor, the original CP logo is present.

On the inside of the collar is the nickname Todo Poderoso (The Almighty)

Atletico Nacional

Home, away and third for Verdolagas, the first team from Colombia to win the copa libertadores and tem time national champions.

San Lorenzo de Almagro

Home and away for El Ciclon, the home is classic San Lorenzo, Blue and red with white cuffs and collar, and the away is my take on the classic away jersey for the team. The name on the back is that of the most famous fan.

Santa Fe

Home and away for El Leon, one of Colombias top club sides. The team are getting a new umbro kit in the next few weeks, this is my take on a possible kit

Universitario de Deportes Update

Spruced Up U jerseys, modified trim and presentation. Three sets, with different sponsors and names and numbers on the shirts, and one design from last year

Łódzki Klub Sportowy 1st

Łódzki Klub Sportowy play in Poland, and have a fierce rivalry with crosstown club Widzew. The team are owned by the Council in Łódź Here is the home shirt, its a design that I have come up with, it was designed with the new Tailored style in mind

Uruguay

Deportivo Olimpia

Known as El Leon, the team of Deportivo Olimpia are Honduras biggest club, having bagged 22 Nacional championships and having won the CONCACAF Champions cup twice. The shirts here are both bespoke and both have the Le Coq Sportif Logo (the team is sponsored by Joma at present, and their logo is an eagle, the symbol of Olimpia's rivals from Tegucigalpa, Motagua

Cruzeiro

From Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, the team of Cruzeiro are one of Brazil's pre-eminent clubs, and one that has achieved a feat that is unique in Brazilian football. A Raposa (the fox) are the only team to win the state championship, the Brazilian cup, and the Brazilian league title in one season, a feat that is more remarkable when you consider the team had to play games in the 2003 season. As a result of this feat, the team wear a triple crown over the club crest, the southern cross that was adopted due to a forced name change from Palestra Italia in 1942. A few name changes later, and the club was renamed Cruzeiro, after the southern cross constellation that is on the Brazilian flag and can only be seen from the southern Hemisphere. The Southern Cross is also mentioned in the first line of the national anthem of Brazil.

The team colours changed from green white and red to blue shirts with white shorts. The teams mascot is the fox, adopted after the team renaming and in honour of the president of the club. The mascot was designed by Fernando Pieruccetti, and I've placed it on the inside of the collar for the reason that its one of the greatest in world football. For the home, the shirt is all blue with a white collar, and to be honest, its pretty traditional, with the seams part of the template that I used. I think that all blue, an understated kit suits a team that plays such colourful football, so I think its fitting that so many Brazilian teams play in understated and workmanlike kits, a contrast to the great football they play. The change is a different template, more intricate and with two sets of "tusks", for lack of a better word. The sponsors are, for both the kits, a construction company (front and short back) and the MG state bank (back)

two of my older designs

this is probably my fave Cruzeiro shirt, the one from the early 80s, the cross is unbounded and is orientated in the same direction as on the flag of brazil, which is a feature I have used in my fantasy kits here.

Replica by puma of the original shirt from the original PI club, the team now have third kits in dark blue, which is not really a good idea as most of them stil clash with the home and other teams playing in blue.

The shirt the team won the Copa Libertadores in 1997, one of their worst in my opinion, the watermarks are pretty nasty and the sleeve detail is not pretty, this one was worn against Dortmund in the world club cup, and it was a pretty horrible clash, with the eye searing shirts of the German team in really bright yellow