manchester city is hold a competition Which asks fans to create their future kit designs with AI. Players will wear the winning design as City's official third kit during the 2026–2027 season, and it will also be sold to fans.
The club partners with PUMA for the launch a text-to-image Uniform generator powered by AI company DeepObjects. To use the tool, you'll need to create an account and enter a prompt that describes the look you'd like to see. You'll then get to choose the style the AI will use when creating your design, such as “abstract,” “emotional brushstrokes,” or “dreamy.”
The PUMA AI Creator will then create four different design options that will appear on a virtual uniform, allowing you to customize the collar, trim color and badges.
You get 15 credits for creating a design (creating a design costs one credit), but you can only enter two of your creations in the contest, which ends on December 20th. Experts from Manchester City and PUMA as well as fan ratings will help determine the winner.
Manchester City says its players, Ederson, Stefan Ortega and Rico Lewis, first designed a goalkeeper kit “creatively inspired by the net of a football goal” using the PUMA AI Creator. According to the club, this will be the first AI-generated soccer uniform to be worn on the pitch.