Suited and booted: Cultural Leonesa unveil team photo wearing tuxedo-themed shirt

The team wore their bizarre new shirt during a pre-season fixture with Ponferradina
Cultural Leonesa wear their tuxedo-style shirt. Picture: Twitter/@mediapunta_es
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Standard Sport31 July 2014

Cultural Leonesa, the club famed for its bizarre tuxedo football shirt, have debuted their new kit in a pre-season friendly.

It's unlikely that most football fans - aside from the odd football hipster - would have been aware of who the Spanish minnows were until last week, when they unveiled their sharp tuxedo-esque football jersey to take bizarre kit designs to a whole new level.

The Segunda B outfit are something of an obscurity even in Spain, having only played once in La Liga, 50 years ago. Now ply their trade in the third tier in Spanish football.

The kit has certainly proved a hit with the club's supporters and players after its launch last week, and made its debut in the club's pre-season fixture against Ponferradina on Wednesday.

The club celebrated with a number of pictures across its Twitter account, with players appearing to be happy with the new attire.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb">Concurso Selfie Llévate la genuina Camiseta Esmoquin Edición Limitada <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/s9uqXxUa6v" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-http://t.co/s9uqXxUa6v" data-vars-event-id="c23">http://t.co/s9uqXxUa6v</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/esmoquincultu?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/hashtag/esmoquincultu?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#esmoquincultu</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/YQavv1Mi82" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-http://t.co/YQavv1Mi82" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/YQavv1Mi82</a>— Cultural y D Leonesa (@CyDLeonesa) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CyDLeonesa/statuses/494414409436266496" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/CyDLeonesa/statuses/494414409436266496" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 30, 2014</a>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en-gb">Foto de equipo después del <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Triangularporlamineria?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Triangularporlamineria?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Triangularporlamineria</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CyDLeonesa" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/CyDLeonesa" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CyDLeonesa</a> ambientazo en el reino de León!! <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AupaCultu?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/hashtag/AupaCultu?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#AupaCultu</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Esmoquin?src=hash" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/hashtag/Esmoquin?src=hash" data-vars-event-id="c23">#Esmoquin</a> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=9&amp;id=222025&amp;p=http://t.co/KtHQSfNFAy" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-http://t.co/KtHQSfNFAy" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/KtHQSfNFAy</a>— Miguel Villarejo (@migvillarejo) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/migvillarejo/statuses/494603647800868864" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-204216-https://twitter.com/migvillarejo/statuses/494603647800868864" data-vars-event-id="c23">July 30, 2014</a>

Designed by Danish kitmaker Hummel, the club have admitted they used their kit as a ploy to attract more investment from external sources, as well as boosting kit sales.

Sadly, it will only be used for pre-season, but with a new kit set to be announced in the coming weeks, the football world will be eager with anticipation to see what Cultural Leonesa come up with next.

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