Historical background
The 2015–16 campaign was Arsenal's second season with Puma as kit supplier, spent in the Premier League and the Champions League.
Design story
A gold body carrying a tonal diamond pattern beneath a navy V-neck, with navy short sleeves edged in gold. Dark Puma and Fly Emirates marks accompany the coloured club crest.
Notable moments
- Second season of the Puma partnership
- 2015–16 Champions League participation
- Tonal diamond pattern across the body
Legacy
Gold and navy divided opinion; now it's one of the most-wanted Puma shirts.
Who wore it
Mesut Özil
19 assists
Check the printing →Alexis Sánchez
Goals in gold
Check the printing →Olivier Giroud
Target man
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From the stories · 5 min read
Gold in a strange season
In 2015–16 Arsenal wore gold and navy away from home while Leicester City rewrote the rules of English football. The shirt is a souvenir of a season that could have been.
Arsenal's away shirts have often been yellow, and yellow has served the club brilliantly. Gold is a cousin, but a different personality: warmer, more decorative, a colour that suggests trophies rather than sunshine. Puma's 2015–16 away shirt leaned into that, pairing gold with deep navy. On television, under floodlights, it glowed.
Read the full story →Provenance guide
What to check before you buy a Puma shirt.
- 01Puma inner tags show a six-digit style number plus a colour code — both should match the season.
- 02Authentic printing uses the official Premier League or cup font of that year.
- 03Player-issue 'evoKNIT' shirts are slimmer with a bonded crest.
If it's sold as match-worn
- Ask for photo-matching: a picture of the player in that exact shirt, with matching marks or creases.
- Club or kit-room letters, auction-house records and signed certificates help — but a certificate alone proves little.
- Match-worn shirts usually carry match-specific details: the right sleeve patches, dated embroidery, a player-size cut.
On the pitch
