Why would a seven-time Italian champion make a green soccer jersey for Palmeiras?
The answer starts in São Paulo in August 1914 — before Palmeiras existed, before the name Palestra Italia had been chosen and more than a century before Pro Vercelli’s latest green third shirt appeared.
That year, two major Italian clubs, Torino and Pro Vercelli, toured Brazil. Their visit excited São Paulo’s enormous Italian community and helped create the momentum for a club that could represent it.
On 26 August 1914, Palestra Italia was founded.
Today we know it as Palmeiras.
More than 112 years later, Pro Vercelli has returned to that story with its 2026/27 third jersey: a dark-green Fourteen shirt created specifically to celebrate the relationship between the historic Italian club and the Brazilian giant.
This is not simply an Italian team borrowing Palmeiras colours.
It is a soccer relationship that has survived an ocean, generations of supporters and more than a century of history.
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Before Palmeiras, There Was Palestra Italia
Palmeiras’ own historical archive makes an important distinction about its origins.
It was not Pro Vercelli alone that inspired the creation of Palestra Italia.
In 1914, the tours of both Torino and Pro Vercelli energised Italian immigrants in São Paulo, particularly around the heavily Italian neighbourhood of Brás.
Many members of that community worked for the Matarazzo industrial group. Journalist Vincenzo Ragognetti used the Italian-language newspaper Fanfulla to invite people interested in creating a sporting organisation that could represent the community.
Forty-six people attended the decisive meeting on 26 August 1914.
Società Sportiva Palestra Italia was born.
The name would eventually change to Palmeiras in 1942, but the Italian roots remained fundamental to the club’s identity.
Pro Vercelli therefore occupies a fascinating position in Palmeiras history: not as its founder, but as one of the Italian teams whose presence in Brazil helped inspire the environment from which the club emerged.
Who Exactly Are Pro Vercelli?
To a younger international supporter, Pro Vercelli may sound like an obscure Italian lower-division club.
Historically, that could not be further from the truth.
Founded in 1892 in Piedmont, northern Italy, Pro Vercelli became one of the dominant forces of early Italian soccer.
The club won seven Italian championships:
- 1908
- 1909
- 1910/11
- 1911/12
- 1912/13
- 1920/21
- 1921/22
In other words, when Pro Vercelli arrived in Brazil in 1914, it was not a forgotten provincial side.
It was one of the most powerful soccer clubs in Italy.
That context makes its influence on São Paulo’s Italian community considerably easier to understand.
The 2026/27 Pro Vercelli Palmeiras Jersey
The latest chapter arrived on 8 October 2026, when Pro Vercelli unveiled its new third shirt for the 2026/27 season.
Five days later, on 13 October, the club announced that the Authentic version was available through its official fan shop.
Produced by technical supplier Fourteen, also styled 14Fourteen, the shirt moves decisively away from Pro Vercelli’s traditional white identity.
Instead, it embraces Palmeiras green.
- Dark-green base → immediately connects the Italian shirt with Palmeiras.
- Lighter-green graphic elements → Mantos do Futebol reports that the pattern references the 1910s, linking the design back towards the era when the relationship began.
- Lime-green detailing → adds contrast around areas including the collar, cuffs and side sections.
- White Fourteen branding → stands apart from the tonal green treatment.
- Traditional Pro Vercelli crest → ensures this remains unmistakably the Italian club’s jersey rather than a Palmeiras replica.
- Portuguese friendship message → specialist coverage reports “Amizade eterna” at the nape, reinforcing that the tribute is directed specifically towards Brazil.
The strength of the shirt is not that it attempts to merge two crests or impersonate Palmeiras.
It remains a Pro Vercelli jersey.
Green simply changes what that jersey means.
This Is Not a One-Off Marketing Story
This is where the 2026/27 release becomes more convincing.
If Pro Vercelli had suddenly discovered a century-old connection with a famous Brazilian club and produced one green jersey, the story could easily feel opportunistic.
But the relationship has been repeatedly renewed.
Pro Vercelli produced a green Palmeiras tribute in 2021/22.
Another green third shirt followed for 2024/25.
In May 2023, representatives and supporters from the two clubs gathered in Vercelli for the Pro & Palmeiras event at the Stadio Silvio Piola.
Palmeiras representatives delivered an official letter of friendship. Supporters travelled from different parts of Europe. Club icons Evair and José Altafini — Mazzola in Brazil were part of the celebrations.
Palmeiras’ own official report described Pro Vercelli as one of the teams that inspired the foundation of Palestra Italia.
That gives the 2026 shirt something many tribute jerseys lack:
continuity.
From Italian Immigration to Palmeiras Identity
There is also a broader Brazilian story hiding behind this jersey.
The birth of Palestra Italia was part of the transformation of soccer in early-20th-century São Paulo.
Palmeiras was created to represent a huge Italian immigrant community that had become part of the social and industrial fabric of the city.
That history explains why references to Italy still carry such weight within Palmeiras identity today.
They are not decorative nostalgia.
They are part of the reason the club exists.
The Pro Vercelli relationship is particularly unusual because it reverses the usual direction of a tribute shirt.
Usually, a globally famous club references something from its own past.
Here, a historic Italian club now playing in Serie C is celebrating the Brazilian powerhouse whose creation it helped inspire more than a century earlier.
One club remembers what the other became.
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More Than a Century Later, the Supporters Still Meet
The most compelling evidence that this relationship is still alive may not be the jersey at all.
It is the people.
At the 2023 gathering in Vercelli, Palmeiras supporters filled parts of the Silvio Piola stadium with green and white, while club representatives discussed strengthening future relations.
A century after Italian immigrants in São Paulo were watching visiting clubs from their homeland, Brazilian supporters were travelling in the opposite direction.
São Paulo to Vercelli.
Brazil back to Italy.
That circularity is what makes the jersey story work.
The green shirt is simply the most wearable version of a relationship that keeps being renewed.
Expert Verdict: The Story Is Stronger Than the Design
Compared with some of the more radical third jerseys released in 2026, Pro Vercelli’s concept is visually straightforward.
Green means Palmeiras.
Heritage graphics and Portuguese friendship messaging deepen the connection, but the shirt does not need an elaborate visual trick to explain itself.
Its strength is credibility.
Pro Vercelli is not attaching itself to Palmeiras because green happens to be fashionable this season.
The two histories genuinely intersect.
And because Pro Vercelli has revisited that connection through earlier shirts, club events and supporter gatherings, the 2026/27 jersey feels less like a marketing collaboration and more like another chapter in an established relationship.
From an editorial point of view, that makes the jersey more interesting than its relatively restrained design might initially suggest.
Pro Vercelli 2026/27 Third Jersey Technical Details
| Club | F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 |
|---|---|
| Season | 2026/27 |
| Jersey type | Third jersey — Authentic version |
| Technical supplier | Fourteen / 14Fourteen |
| Primary colour | Dark green with lighter-green detailing |
| Tribute | Historic relationship between Pro Vercelli and Palmeiras |
| Historical reference | The Italian club tours of Brazil in 1914 that helped inspire the creation of Palestra Italia |
| Release date | 8 October 2026 |
| Official shop availability | Announced by Pro Vercelli on 13 October 2026 |
| Official retail price | €90 when checked |
| Personalisation | Available through the official Pro Vercelli product listing |
| Competition | Serie C — Girone A |
| Availability | Official Pro Vercelli Fan Shop |
Sizing and Fit
The official Pro Vercelli Fan Shop listed the 2026/27 Authentic third jersey in S, M, L, XL and 2XL when checked.
The accessible official product information did not specify a fit description or detailed garment measurements, so we would not recommend assuming an Australian size conversion from the label alone.
Customers ordering through Al'sportswear can send their height and weight for sizing assistance before finalising an order.
Collector Verdict
There are louder shirts.
There are rarer shirts.
And there are collaborations involving much bigger brands.
But very few modern jerseys can trace their reason for existing back to a chain of events from 1914.
That is what gives this Pro Vercelli shirt genuine collector interest.
Its significance comes from the story: a seven-time Italian champion, an immigrant community in São Paulo, the birth of Palestra Italia and a relationship that clubs and supporters are still actively celebrating more than a century later.
It is also important that this is not the first tribute.
The 2021, 2024/25 and 2026/27 green shirts now form their own small lineage within Pro Vercelli kit history.
No official source consulted for this article describes the 2026/27 jersey as a numbered or limited edition, so rarity should not be assumed.
Its appeal is historical rather than speculative.
And perhaps that is the best way to understand it:
Palmeiras did not simply inspire the colour of this shirt. Palmeiras is part of the reason this shirt has a story to tell at all.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why did Pro Vercelli make a jersey for Palmeiras?
The 2026/27 Pro Vercelli third jersey celebrates the historical relationship between the Italian club and Palmeiras. Pro Vercelli was one of two major Italian teams, alongside Torino, whose 1914 tours of Brazil helped inspire São Paulo's Italian community to create Palestra Italia.
Did Pro Vercelli found Palmeiras?
No. Palmeiras was founded by members of São Paulo's Italian community. Official Palmeiras history states that the 1914 tours of both Torino and Pro Vercelli helped inspire the movement that led to the creation of Palestra Italia.
When was Palestra Italia founded?
Palestra Italia was founded on 26 August 1914 in São Paulo. The club later adopted the name Palmeiras in 1942.
Is the 2026/27 shirt the first Pro Vercelli jersey to honour Palmeiras?
No. Pro Vercelli has previously released green tribute jerseys, including versions in 2021/22 and 2024/25. The repeated tributes help show that the modern relationship is ongoing rather than a one-off campaign.
Who makes the Pro Vercelli 2026/27 third jersey?
The jersey is produced by Fourteen, also presented in specialist kit coverage as 14Fourteen. The company became Pro Vercelli's technical supplier before the 2025/26 season.
Is the Pro Vercelli Palmeiras jersey limited edition?
No official source consulted for this article confirmed a numbered production run or limited-edition quantity. The Authentic 2026/27 third shirt was listed through Pro Vercelli's official Fan Shop for €90 when checked.
Sources
- Palmeiras — 1914–1920: Fundação do Palestra Italia e primeiro título
- Palmeiras — Pro Vercelli hosts friendship gathering with Palmeiras representatives and supporters
- F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892 — Official 2026/27 third jersey Fan Shop announcement — 13 October 2026
- F.C. Pro Vercelli Official Fan Shop — Third Authentic 2026/27
- Mantos do Futebol — Pro Vercelli homenageia o Palmeiras em terceira camisa 2026–2027
- ANSA Brasil — Pro Vercelli lança camisa verde em homenagem ao Palmeiras — 8 October 2026