2014-15 BUNDESLIGA FOOTBALL BOOTS BRAND BATTLE PREVIEW

The 52nd season of the German Bundesliga kicks-off on Friday when defending champions FC Bayern München will play against VfL Wolfsburg at Allianz Arena. German brand Adidas will try to reconquer their domestic market after Nike sold more football boots than Adidas for the first time ever in Germany last year.

Adidas is the official Bundesliga partner and supplies the match ball for all Bundesliga matches. The new Adidas Bundesliga Torfabrik 14-15 Ball is based on the Adidas Brazuca Panel design. The Bundesliga Ball features a unique design with the traditional colors white and red, combined with fresh mint details for the first time in the league history.



We take a closer look at the 2014-15 Bundesliga Football Boot Brands, while you can check out also the detailed 14-15 Premier League Boot Preview for all infos about the brands and boots for season that started last weekend.

Similar to the Ligue 1 Football Boot Brands, the Bundesliga is dominated by the two big rivals who supply the boots for 94 percent of all Bundesliga players. 

2014-15 BUNDESLIGA FOOTBALL BOOTS BRANDS

Football boot brands

Football boot silos

49 percent of all Bundesliga players wear Nike Football Boots, more than any other brand. The most popular Nike silo in German Bundesliga is the Nike Mercurial Boot, worn by 39 percent of all Nike Bundesliga players. The list includes players like Franck Ribéry, Luiz Gustavo, Henrik Mkhitaryan and Kevin-Prince Boateng.

Mario Götze will lace up in the special Black / Hyper Punch / Volt Nike Magista Obra Boot. In total, 27 percent of all Nike Bundesliga players wear the Nike Magista Boot, while the Nike Tiempo Legend Boot (most popular Premier League Boot) is worn by 21 percent of Nike players. Even though the Nike Hypervenom Boot is just worn by 28 players (11 percent), players such as Robert Lewandowski, Thiago Alcántara and Aubameyang will assure the Hypervenom a leading position in the list of stop scorers.



45 percent of all Bundesliga players will wear Adidas Football Boots. The most popular Adidas Bundesliga Boot is the F50 Adizero, worn by Thomas Müller, Arjen Robben, Bastian Schweinsteiger, David Alaba and Ciro Immobile. Julian Draxler will showcase the Solar Blue Adidas Predator Instinct Boot, while Mats Hummels will lace up in the Solar Red Adidas Predator Instinct Colorway.



Just about 15 percent of Adidas Bundesliga players will wear Adidas Nitrocharge Boot, headlined by Manuel Neuer, while the Adidas Adipure 11pro is worn by Phillip Lahm amonst others.



Puma managed to sign 5 percent of all Bundesliga players, including Borussia Dortmund superstar Marco Reus as well as Dante and Roman Weidenfeller. 

While we will also see Shinji Okazaki with his Mizuno Basara Boot, just 1 percent of all players wear boots not made by Nike, Adidas or Puma. Warrior have not entered the German market yet as no Bundesliga player wears boots from the new football brand.

FC BAYERN MÜNCHEN VS BORUSSIA DORTMUND BOOT BRAND BATTLE

The rivalry between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern München dominated the pre-season, after Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was openly speculating about the buyout clause of Marco Reus. The big brands try to sign the best players from both teams to win the brand battle in Germany.

Traditionally, Adidas dominates the FC Bayern München Starting XI. Interestingly, six Bayern München players of a possible Starting XI wear the F50 Adizero Boot, while Robert Lewandowski, Jérôme Boateng, Mario Götze, Thiago Alcántara and Franck Ribéry will lace up in Nike football boots.



As official Borussia Dortmund Kit supplier, Puma signed several key Borussia Dortmund players, including Marco Reus, Roman Weidenfeller and Oliver Kirch. In total, Nike dominates the Borussia Dortmund squad with 50 percent of all Dortmund players wearing Nike soccer cleats.