Lazio Jersey 1946-47
Image Sources: Football Kit Archive (white shirt enhanced using AI)
In the first season of post-war Serie A, Lazio temporarily turned back the clock, wearing a shirt that recalled the colours of its pioneering years
The 1946–47 season was a season of new beginnings for Italian football. The war was over, the divisions of the previous years had been swept aside, and the national championship returned to a single Serie A. For Lazio, this new chapter was reflected not only on the pitch but also in the shirt worn by the players.
After decades in which celeste had gradually become inseparable from the identity of the Biancocelesti, Lazio entered the first post-war Serie A season in white.
It was a remarkably simple jersey. The body was entirely white, broken only by a celeste V-neck collar, creating an understated but distinctive appearance. The design represented a return to the colours used during the club's earliest years after its foundation.
It was, in a sense, a glimpse of Lazio's past at a moment when the club and the country were attempting to rebuild their future.
White was not an unfamiliar colour in Lazio's history. In the pioneering years of the club, before celeste became overwhelmingly dominant, white featured prominently in the team's colours. The choice to bring it back in 1946–47 therefore had a particular historical resonance.
The jersey also reflected the simplicity of football in the immediate post-war period. There were none of the elaborate designs associated with modern football shirts. The white fabric and celeste collar were enough to identify Lazio, while the construction of the shirt—close-fitting and elasticated—belonged unmistakably to the changing world of post-war football.
There was obviously also the traditional light-blue version, but the white shirt was certainly a move away recent jersey's with an eye to the past
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