Andrew Rizzo We can’t imagine many football sponsorship shakeups sting as much as what Nike did to adidas a few years back. After seventy-two years outfitting the German national team, adidas lost its home country to Nike in 2024, with this year’s FIFA World Cup marking the last major tournament in which players wore adidas kits. From now on it’s Nike handling things, and it hasn’t taken long at all for the change to materialize via a sneaker release.
Usually it’s adidas dropping lifestyle shoes inspired by its sponsored clubs, but for Nike, a poach like this deserves a special homage. The German national team crest appears on the backtab in white on black, joined by flag-inspired fabric tags attached to the lateral side of the spine just underneath. The toe box and tongue are done in white with a subtle geometric pattern, perhaps a hint of what’s to come on the impending Nike Germany kit (our lead shows a mockup). The same pattern repeats in black within a translucent outsole, while Wolf Grey patent leather fills out the other main parts of the upper.
Nike officially takes over as the kit supplier for the German national team on January 1st, 2027 in a deal that will run through 2034. We suspect these Air Force 1s will hit shelves once the new contract allows. For now, check out official images below.
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Mens Nike Air Force 1 Low
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