Barcelona shirt replaces stripes with checkerboard pattern

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona says its new shirt for next season will be missing its stripe design for the first time in club history.

Instead, the club's famous blue-and-burgundy colors will be distributed in a checkerboard pattern.

The club says that its first-choice uniform used for home matches has always used some form of stripes until now.

The shirt will be accompanied with blue shorts.