Umbro Shorts, Joggers, and Bottoms for Football Teams

Kitting out a squad in Umbro shorts and bottoms sounds like the easy part of the job, right up until you find 3 of your under-14s need adult small and everyone wants the same colour. This collection covers the training and leisure end of the range: shorts, joggers, jogging bottoms, and tapered tracksuit bottoms, in junior and adult sizes, ready to be printed or embroidered in your club colours. We are SX Sports, a family-run teamwear supplier kitting out grassroots clubs from our Canvey Island unit since 2001. If you want to see how the bottoms sit alongside shirts, socks, and benchwear, the full Umbro teamwear range is worth a look before you order.

Umbro Shorts for Training and Everyday Squad Use

The Umbro shorts in this collection are lightweight training and leisure shorts for grassroots squads, available in junior and adult sizes and printable in club colours. They are the pairs worn 3 times a week, washed on a Sunday night, and still expected to look right in April.

There are 3 broad options. Plain training shorts are the lightest, cut for movement, and usually the best value per player when you are buying 18 pairs at once. Shorts with a zip or side pocket suit coaches and older youth players who need somewhere for keys and a phone during a session. Longer leisure fits sit closer to the knee and tend to get worn to and from the ground rather than on the pitch.

How clubs buy them splits neatly. A kit officer covers a full squad of 16 to 20 in 2 or 3 sizes, matched to the club's home colours. A parent is usually replacing 1 pair mid-season after a growth spurt, and needs the same shade as the rest of the team. We keep colour records for the clubs we supply so that replacement pairs match. Matchday shorts are a different job, cut and coloured to a specific strip, and they sit on our dedicated Umbro football shorts page.

Umbro Joggers and Jogging Bottoms

The difference between Umbro training bottoms and Umbro joggers lies in their function. Training bottoms are built for moving on the pitch, in lighter woven fabrics that shed rain and dry quickly. Joggers are softer and warmer, made for travel, warm-ups, and time on the bench.

Fabric decides which one your squad needs. Brushed and fleece-backed joggers hold heat, which is what substitutes want in January, standing on a touchline for 40 minutes. Lighter woven bottoms are better for pre-season in August, when nobody wants anything clinging to them.

The details clubs actually ask about are pockets, cuffs, and waistbands. Cuffed ankles stop bottoms from dragging through mud and are the popular choice for youth squads. Open hems suit adult players who pull bottoms on over trainers. Drawcord waists give you tolerance when 1 player sits between 2 sizes. Zip pockets are worth the small extra on anything worn off the pitch.

Most clubs pair jogging bottoms with a matching top rather than buying them alone. Our Umbro tracksuits and jackets use the same colourways, giving coaches and substitutes a consistent benchwear look. In terms of durability, fleece-backed joggers come through a season of weekly washing better at 30 degrees and air-dried, particularly once a printed crest is on them.

Umbro Tracksuit Bottoms and Tapered Fits

Tapered Umbro tracksuit bottoms are cut narrower through the calf and ankle, which makes them the default choice for older youth players and adult squads who dislike loose fabric around their boots. Straight-leg bottoms are roomier and pull on easily over shorts and shin pads, so they suit cold matchdays and younger age groups getting changed at the side of the pitch.

If your players regularly pull bottoms on and off with boots already laced, look for zip-ankle styles. It saves a genuine amount of faff on a Sunday morning, and it is the most common reason clubs switch style at the next order.

For the matching tops, our Umbro training range covers quarter-zips, training tops, and drill tops in the same colour families. A rough buying rule that works for most grassroots squads: 1 pair of shorts per player for training, plus 1 pair of bottoms for travel and winter. Clubs that train twice a week usually go with 2 pairs of shorts to keep one dry.

Junior and Adult Sizing Explained

Umbro junior sizes are labelled by age, and adult sizes by chest and waist measurements; the crossover point for most squads falls somewhere in the under-14s. Use the table as a starting point, then measure rather than guess for anyone near a boundary.

Sizing varies a little between Umbro styles, so treat those figures as guidance. The band that catches clubs out is 13-15. In a typical under-15s squad, 1 or 2 players already need adult small while the rest are comfortable in junior XL, and both look identical on the pitch once they are in the same colour.

Before committing a full squad, ask us to check a specific style or order 1 sample pair. It costs very little and saves a swap round during training. Sizing matters more on personalised orders, because printed and embroidered items are generally non-returnable unless faulty. We have been fitting grassroots squads for nearly 25 years, so a quick call or email with your age group and player numbers is usually enough for us to steer you.

Get Your Squad into Matching Umbro Shorts and Bottoms

Set up a managed club shop, and your players and parents order their own sizes and pay directly, with the same styles and colours available all season. Prefer to order in one go? Send your squad numbers and sizes to the team at SX Sports Teamwear, or call our Canvey Island office and talk it through with someone who has been kitting out grassroots clubs since 2001.