Lega Federale Calcio Padania 2009 Home Shirt

Green and white hoops for a nation that does not exist, and brand new with tags at that. This Sportika is Padania's shirt for the 2009 VIVA World Cup, the world championship of unrecognised teams that the Padanians hosted and won at home, beating Kurdistan in the final. The sleeves tell the trophy story in real time: on the left, the golden champions patch from the 2008 edition won in Lapland; on the right, the logo of the 2009 tournament they were about to conquer. On the chest, the crest of the Lega Federale Calcio Padania with a player's silhouette over the Sun of the Alps, the movement's green symbol. PADANIA in block letters completes a piece that is at once a football shirt, a geopolitical curiosity and a testimony to one of the strangest tournaments ever played. In the universe of hoops, there is no more improbable piece: the unbeatable national team of an imaginary country.

Here at Hoopster, the shirt of a country that doesn't exist takes a very real place on the shelf: hoops from an invented nation with genuine titles.