La Liga Kits 2012-2013 Part One

Athletic Bilbao: Kit sponsor is English manufacturer Umbro. They also sponsor England and Manchester City. The Basque oil company Petronor is the main shirt sponsor. The home kit is the traditional red and white stripes with black shorts. Socks are black with red and white stripes. The away kit is all black with red and white piping along with red shorts and red socks with black and white stripes. The goalkeeper's kit is all black. Grade: A

Atletico de Madrid:  Kit sponsor is North-American manufacturer Nike. They also sponsor Inter Milan and Manchester United. The home kit is the traditional red and white stripes with blue shorts and blue fringe on the sleeves. Socks are all red with a blue fringe. The away kit is all black with horizontal gray hoops with red fringe on the sleeves.  Grade: A

Barcelona: Kit sponsor is North-American manufacturer Nike. They also sponsor Inter Milan and Manchester United. The home kit is the traditional red and blue stripes with blue shorts and red fringe on the sleeves, but the stripes are faded into each other. Socks are all blue with a red piping. The away kit is orange and yellow with both colors bleeding into each other. The shorts are yellow as are the socks. Grade: B

Betis: Kit sponsor is Italian manufacturer Macron. They also sponsor Napoli and Mallorca. The main sponsor is Spanish gaming site Circa.es. The home kit is the traditional green and white stripes with green shorts and white piping. Socks are all green with a white fringe. The away kit is all green with white fringe and black socks with white and green horizontal stripes. Grade: B

Celta Vigo:  Kit sponsor is Chinese manufacturer Li-Ning. They also previously sponsored Malaga and Espanyol. The main sponsor is French car manufacturer Citroen. The home kit is the traditional sky-blue with red piping. Socks are all white and white shorts with red detailing. The away kit is a red shirt with black shorts.
Grade: C

Deportivo La Coruña:  Kit sponsor is Italian manufacturer Lotto. They also sponsor Genoa and the national side of San Marino. The main sponsor is Spanish brewery Estrella Galicia. The home kit is the traditional blue and white striped kit with a blue collar and detailing. The stripes however begin just below the badge which sits on an all-white background as does the Lotto logo. Socks are all blue and it has blue shorts with white detailing. The away kit is the same design only with red and black as the primary colors.
Grade: C

Espanyol: Kit sponsor is German manufacturer Puma. They also sponsor Newcastle Utd. and Palermo. The main sponsor is the Mexican travel authority for the region of Cancun. The home kit is the traditional blue and white striped kit with a white collar and blue piping. The stripes are much thinner than they have been recently though. Socks are all blue and white striped with blue shorts. The away kit is a stock lime-green Puma away kit with a large black stripe in the center, black shorts and socks with lime green detailing. Grade: B

Getafe:  TBD

Granada:  Kit sponsor is Spanish manufacturer Kelme. They also sponsor Cadiz and CD Tenerife. The main sponsor is Spanish banking firm Caja Granada. The home kit is the traditional red and white hoops kit with red sleeves a red collar and blue piping. The hoops are segmented in coordinated patterns. Socks are all red and white striped with blue shorts. The away kit is a similar kit but with blue and white colors. Grade: B

Levante: Kit sponsor is Spanish manufacturer Luanvi. They also sponsor Elche and Racing Santander. The main sponsor is Comunitat Valenciana, the travel authority for the Valencia region. The home kit is the traditional red and white striped kit with blue sleeves a blue collar and yellow piping. Shorts are all blue. The away kit is a forest green kit and with one small strip of red and blue across the chest. Grade: B