Alianza Lima 2013 Nike Home Jersey

Peru’s Club Alianza Lima unveiled its Nike 2013 home kit during at an elaborate event on Thursday. The new uniform will be worn for the first time when the twenty-three time Peruvian First Division (Primera División Peruana) champions meet Bolivia’s Universitario de Sucre on Tuesday night.

The navy blue and white striped Alianza 2013 home kit uses a polo-collared Nike shirt design seen in several recent shirt releases from the American sportswear firm. These include the Santos 2012 third and Vitesse Arnhem 2012/13 home jerseys.

It captures the design and tradition of the shirt worn by the likes of Alianza Lima greats Cubillas, Sotil, Cueto, Velásquez and Duarte during the 1977-1978 period when the club won consecutive Peruvian league titles and made it to the semi-finals of the Copa Libertadores.

According to Nike: The new kit is inspired by the passion of blanquiazul fans. Designed using 100 percent polyester, the kit features Nike Dri-FIT technology, which helps keep players dry and comfortable by wicking perspiration from the skin.

Fans played a unique part in the kit’s unveiling. A bus packed with supporters departed from a Nike store in downtown Lima, and fans showed their support via Twitter as they drove to the venue where the kit was unveiled to media.

See our 2013/14 Kits and Jerseys section for more the latest football shirt releases.