Marseille, Juventus Among Top 5 Worst Dressed in Club Football for 2011

Every season, new team kits are released for fans of club football worldwide. This prompts a busy exchange of currency among fans clamoring to get their grubby hands on their team's latest fashion.

Although every once awhile, a team can whiff when choosing a new kit design. Some are unusual, some are eye sores, and some are just flat out ugly.

 Here's a look at five of the most embarrassing football fashion flops from international club competition in the 2011-12 season. 

5. Seattle Sounders: Home Jersey

In comparison to the other kits in this list, the Sounders home jersey isn’t THAT bad. But the pea green color is still bad enough to remind you of the pea-soup scene from The Exorcist.

The shiny plasticized trim does show that the Sounders are willing to go to all lengths to beat their opponents, even if it involves duct tape.

Finally, the whole "color coordinated" scheme also tells us that Sounders team owner and Microsoft man Paul Allen would probably be OK with us referring to the team as the Seattle Xbox's from now on.

4. Bolton Wanderers: Home Kit

As the official jersey supplier of the NFL and NHL, Reebok has grown in the U.S. But what's so puzzling is how the Bolton, England, based company can't figure out how to make a proper football kit for the hometown team.

In borrowing from their American successes, Reebok's kit seems more fit for a recreation hockey league than for a team playing in the highest division of English Football.

3. Juventus: Third Kit

Over the years, pink has become a staple in the wardrobe closet for Juventus. The team may be hot on the pitch, but a lot of that has to do with the hot pink of their kits.

The giant black star on the front gives us a design reminiscent of the newest flavor of energy drink. The vibrancy may do a little to energize La Fidanzata d'Italia, but the Pepto color is doing nothing here to calm our stomach, nor our nerves.

2. Celtic F.C.: Third Kit

The only fans of this year’s third kit are children who just came out of the most recent Transformers movie. Why? Because Celtic looks like a swarm of bumblebees when donning this monstrosity.

It brings us back to a basic rule of thumb: When moving away from a team's traditional colors, you are inviting disaster. As long as they wear these rags, the Celts look more like they are competing for the EpiPen Championship, rather than the European Championship.

1. Olympique De Marseille: Third Kit

Olympique De Marseille has been known for pushing the limits in the football fashion world, boasting orange sherbet kits in ’07 and “fashion forward” jacquard in ’08.

But this year’s kits take the cake as not only the worst design of any club in European competition, but perhaps worldwide.

The only explanation behind the ghastly orange kits with rainbow horizontal stripes is to serve as homage to the famed Bill Cosby sweaters of the early 90’s.