12 Countries' Euro 2024 kits as predicted by AI

AI in football isn’t anything new—it’s been adopted to improve player and team strategies, provide "expected goals" averages—and even predict potential injuries. 

But how about using it to predict the Euro 2024 kits? Well the UK’s number one provider of obscure mystery football shirts, Mystery Football, did just that. Twenty-four teams will play in the international tournament, kicking off in June, with Germany as the host nation. But the retailer asked AI image generator Midjourney to design shirts for 12 of the biggest and best-known teams—including England. 

It’s only right to start it off with the host nation, and talk about hitting it in the back of the net! The diamond design on this shirt has a retro feel, but the black makes it look sleek and modern. You still get elements of the team’s traditional white colouring, with the stripes down the shoulders, but the gold-trimmed collar and sleeves make it stand out from the crowd. 

This will be Scotland’s fourth time playing in the Euros—the previous tournaments being in 2020 (2021 due to Covid), 1996, and 1992. In 2020, the team wore a striped shirt, which AI has predicted again, but this one has another dimension to it—with the classic navy and white design. Would you buy this Scottish Euros shirt?

We didn’t even have to tell you this is Spain’s shirt. As always, the red and gold colours speak for themselves. Again, we have more stripes on this shirt in yellow and black, with some black, horizontal shading on one side.

The grey sleeves and collar are new introductions for the team—we’re not too convinced they'd stray from their beloved red and gold colour scheme, but only time will tell…

Now this Euros 2024 shirt for Austria caught our eye. The V-neck collar is similar to the away kit the team had in the 2020 Euros. The faded geometric print incorporates various shades of white, grey, and red to create what looks like a bit of an optical illusion—is AI trying to tell us something?

The Euro 2020 France shirt is unfortunately burned into our memories. Fortunately, AI’s prediction of France’s 2024 shirt is better than the last. We still have some semblance of a stripe, but diagonally this time. The royal blue and white are joined by a thin pale gold stripe across the chest. 

The overlapping V-neck collar adds something different to the shirt—although, we think the black collar and sleeve cuffs should’ve been replaced with the pale gold.

We know what you’re thinking—these aren’t the flag colours of the Netherlands. But it’s most certainly a Netherlands football shirt. The vivid orange is very on-brand for the team, but AI has updated the country’s classic look ever so slightly. The cream stripe, sleeve, and collar features bring an unexpected twist to the traditional orange hue. The deep blue trims and shirt details do tie in with one of the flag’s colours—so AI didn’t totally avoid the prompts.

In this Portugal Euros shirt, the country’s flag colours have been incorporated, but in a way that makes the design modern and fresh. Once again, we have a geometric design across the torso that fades from crimson to that unmistakable green, which is also used on the collar and sleeve cuffs. The buttons hark back to retro football shirts to give us that taste of the good old days. 

There’s no denying that this Euros 2024 shirt is for Croatia. Will the classic red and white checker-board design ever go out of style? The addition of blue on the collar and sleeve cuffs feeds back to the prompt we gave AI to include the flag colours. We think it works.

We can all agree the England Euros shirt in 2020 was pretty plain, so for the 2024 shirt, AI has given it a little something extra. White is the predominant colour, but there are some thin, faint red stripes across the chest, with a bolder red used for the collar and sleeve cuffs. Having placed second at the last Euros, will this be the year we finally take it home?

At first glance, you could mistake this as a German football shirt—the pointed design, plus the yellow and red. This Belgian Euros 2024 shirt incorporates stripes and geometric prints to create a design you won’t be forgetting any time soon—it’s got a lot of depth compared to some of the other shirts.

Maybe you won’t be chanting "The Blues" this year. This Euro Italian football shirt is white, but there are still hints of blue on the shoulders, along with the other flag colours of red and green. The gold, almost lightning design which compliments the shirt only reminds us that Italy are the current champions of the Euros. We think this is one of the sleekest designs.

Last but not least, Turkey—and what a corker to end on. This shirt features the team’s usual colours—red and white—but also brings in grey for a multi-dimensional design that turns heads. Bringing elements of the flag’s crescent moon design onto the shirt is a new take on the country’s traditional football shirt. 

Credit: Mystery Football, all images generated with Midjourney.