Sublimated Teamwear Manufacturer in Turkey: Football Kits, Training Wear and Club Programmes

Voyager Textile is a teamwear manufacturer in Türkiye with sublimation printing, cutting, sewing and embroidery under one roof, producing under the label of the brand or distributor that sells the kit. Orders start at 300 pieces per colour and per style, including all-over sublimated designs, with sizes split inside that quantity, and a sample takes 5-7 business days.

Who we make teamwear for: brands, distributors and academies

In each case the garments carry your labels and packing, and the design is yours or the club's: every product is made to your specification, and there are no ready-made styles.

• Teamwear brands. Develop and approve the base pattern, then grade it to the agreed size chart. Adapt each club's sublimation artwork to the pattern pieces for each size, including seam allowances and placement checks.
• Distributors. Your own neck print and care label, and carton marking per club, follow your instruction; neutral shipping documents are confirmed per project at the quotation stage. Cartons and shipping marks lists what to specify.
• Academies. Specify suitable base patterns and size charts for junior and adult ranges. Approved strike-offs and artwork files are retained for repeat orders; compare the new print on the chosen fabric with the approved colour standard before production.

Football kits: sublimated jerseys and shorts

A sublimated football shirt is printed before it is cut: the artwork is built to the pattern pieces of every size, printed on transfer paper, transferred into white polyester under heat, then cut and sewn. The whole sequence, including registration across seams and the two approval points, is on the full-sublimation sports jersey manufacturing page.

• Collar and neck. Crew neck with self-fabric binding, V-neck with an insert, rib collar, or a polo-style collar cut from the sublimated fabric so the design continues; each is a pattern decision taken before the artwork is engineered.
• Crest. Sublimated into the design, embroidered flat or as appliqué in our factory, or applied as a transfer. Choose the backing and stitch density for the actual fabric and design, and check a stitched sample for distortion and appearance.
• Names and numbers. Include names and numbers in the artwork if the roster is confirmed before printing, or apply them as heat transfers in our factory when the roster is confirmed later. Check the transfer on the chosen fabric. For readability and placement, see sports jersey artwork layout.
• Shorts. Polyester knit or light woven polyester with an attached elastic waistband with or without an inner drawcord, sublimated side panels or a plain body with a transfer number. Construction options are on the shorts manufacturer page.
• Goalkeeper kits. Long-sleeve shirts on the same sublimation route, usually in a separate colourway, so each keeper design is its own colour or style for the minimum.

The sublimation route also suits other team sports when the fabric has a suitable polyester print face. Specify fit and construction for the sport: basketball vests can have bound armholes and a longer body; volleyball and handball shirts may use stretch fabrics; cycling jerseys can include an elasticated hem or silicone gripper and a front zip. Confirm the actual fabric, pattern and print trial for each design.

Training wear: training tops, track jackets and warm-up layers

Coordinate training garments with the match kit's approved colour standard. Options include quarter-zip or half-zip tops with raglan sleeves, brushed polyester or interlock as specified, and full-zip track jackets with a standing collar or hood and rib or elastic cuffs. Define zip construction and check artwork alignment across the closure on a sample. Jackets can be ordered separately or with matching joggers. See tracksuit manufacturing page.

Pre-match and event tees are lighter sublimated shirts built on a simpler pattern, described on the sublimated performance T-shirt page. Hoodies, polos and softshell jackets for coaches and staff are made in the same factory; see the hoodie and polo pages.

Racing and Motorsport Team Wear (Not Driver Suits)

All four jerseys in the Voyager Textile catalogue are racing jerseys: a long-sleeve jersey in black and red, a short-sleeve jersey in grey and red, a women's short-sleeve jersey in grey and red and a women's long-sleeve jersey in teal and orange. They show the motorsport side of teamwear: team, crew and hospitality clothing sublimated in the team's livery, with sponsor logos engineered into the panels rather than applied on top.

Define each sponsor's position, dimensions and clear space on the chest, sleeves, collar and back for every size. Allow for seam allowances and check any logo crossing a seam on the sewn sample; cutting to the print alone does not ensure alignment. Specify the collar construction, including any short zip or polo collar, and confirm zip type and length at quotation. Keep sponsor elements separately editable, then assess and approve the revised artwork before reprinting when a sponsor changes.

A racing team programme can combine sublimated jerseys with windbreakers, hoodies, polos and softshell jackets in the same colours, each made to its own pattern; the softshell route is on the softshell jacket manufacturing page. Fan and merchandise versions of the team jersey follow the same process and the same minimum.

Tests, sizing and packing for club programmes

Specify test methods, acceptance limits and the laboratory or party commissioning the tests. For sublimated teamwear the usual set is ISO 105-E04 for colourfastness to perspiration, ISO 105-C06 for washing, ISO 12945-2 for pilling and ISO 13938-2 for bursting strength of the knit. A UPF claim on a shirt needs test data from an appropriate method, such as EN 13758-1 behind it, as UV protection and UPF explains, and colourfastness covers how the grades read. For clothing marketed under EN 13758-2, also assess the garment classification and marking requirements; fabric test data alone does not establish garment conformity.

Academy and junior kits carry an extra check: cords and drawstrings on children's clothing up to the age of 14 fall under EN 14682, whose requirements depend on the age and height group and on where the cord sits, from the hood and neck to the waist. The EN 14682 guide explains what that means for the drawcord in a pair of shorts or a training top. Patterns are graded in Gerber AccuMark to your chart, with suitable base patterns and grading rules for junior and adult ranges, and packing can be per player: individually bagged with the name or number marked on the bag, and cartons packed by club and team.

Junior and academy sizes: EN 14682 cords and children's safety rules

Assess children's cord designs by the applicable EN 14682 age and height group, garment area and destination-market requirements. Cord-free hoods and necklines are a design option for junior ranges. If a waist drawcord is proposed, specify its anchoring, permitted free ends and any adjusters, and check the complete design against the relevant requirements before approving the sample.

State the intended child age and height ranges, size chart and destination market in the brief. Agree the applicable safety requirements and checks before sample approval. Hood construction options are described in hood construction.

What changes the unit cost of sublimated teamwear

The unit cost of sublimated teamwear is set by the fabric structure and weight, the number of fabrics in one garment such as mesh side panels, and the construction of collar, sleeves and hem. Print cost depends on print area and ink coverage, artwork preparation for each size and style, and the fabric yield of the print layout. The number of colours alone does not determine the cost. Embroidered crests, applied names and numbers, per-player packing and the quantity per design complete it; the manufacturing cost guide explains the rest.

Producing in Turkey for European Brands

Türkiye sits on the road corridor into the EU, and under the EU–Türkiye Customs Union (Decision No 1/95 of the EC-Turkey Association Council) apparel in free circulation moves into the EU without customs duty when an A.TR movement certificate accompanies the shipment; import VAT still applies, and the A.TR shows customs status rather than origin, as explained in A.TR and origin. Plan the order around the required delivery date. Bulk production typically takes 4-5 weeks after approval; development, sampling and shipping are additional, and the project schedule is confirmed at quotation. Transport options are in shipping apparel from Turkey, and the wider case in nearshoring clothing production for European brands.