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Stories about green-and-white hooped football shirts: reviews of new kits, club history, culture and community shares.

Community

Hoops beyond football: futsal, rugby and other sports

Green-and-white hoops do not belong only to football. On Hoopster, they also appear in futsal, rugby and other ways of wearing identity.

Community

The world map of green-and-white hoops

Green-and-white hoops belong to no single club, country or continent. On Hoopster, they form a visual map connecting Glasgow, Lisbon, Dublin, Fürth, Curitiba and Torreón.

History

Shirts that look like Celtic, but are not Celtic

Celtic’s hoops are the most famous in the world, but many clubs wear green-and-white stripes with an identity of their own. This article looks at those shirts.

History

Teams you didn’t know also wear green-and-white hoops

Green-and-white hoops do not belong only to Celtic and Sporting. Several unexpected clubs, from different countries, have also made horizontal stripes part of their identity.

Community

What is Hoop DNA? How to read a hooped shirt

Hoop DNA is how Hoopster reads each shirt: hoops, colour, season, brand, club and the small details that make every piece unique.

History

Sporting Clube de Portugal: 120 years of green and white

On 1 July 2026, Sporting turns 120. A look at the club that made green-and-white hoops part of Portuguese football’s identity, and its place in the Hoopster archive.

History

Celtic and the hoops: the story of football’s most famous stripes

Celtic’s green-and-white stripes are the most recognisable pattern in football. From 1888 to the 1903 hoops, and their place in the Hoopster archive.

Culture

The most iconic green-and-white hooped shirts of all time

From Glasgow to Mexico, a tour of the clubs and shirts that helped turn green-and-white hoops into one of football’s timeless visual symbols.

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Celtic 2026/27: a golden tribute to the Lisbon Lions

Celtic's home shirt for 2026/27 keeps faith with the iconic green-and-white hoops, while adding golden details and a commemorative badge to mark the 60th anniversary of the legendary Lisbon Lions' European Cup triumph.

History

Green and White Hoops: A Short History

From Glasgow to Lisbon, green-and-white horizontal stripes connect clubs, countries and generations. A short story of the hoops, and why Hoopster is built around them.