Available at 1pm BST Friday 29th May, the limited-edition shirt and track jacket shows the unifying power of house music and football with a fan-led touch.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, we're marking the occasion with our third official Defected football shirt, plus a brand-new track jacket.
We have partnered with cult football fashion brand MEYBA again to create the limited-edition shirt. This year's edition displays a new Defected worldwide globe icon and Defected 2026 football patch alongside a colourful, flags-of-the-world pattern down each sleeve to represent the global nature of the world cup and house music.
More than just a football tournament, for many people around the world the World Cup symbolizes unity, identity, excellence, and global connection. Just like house music, football brings people together from every continent, creating moments of magic and a shared human experience.
The fan-led campaign with photographer Peyton Mixon and Jaren Harris (JFro) highlights this unifying power, with the pair quietly making their own content for Defected’s merch, specifically the MEYBA football shirts, for several years.
As a result, we have trusted them with photoshoots in their home city of Dallas for this campaign - one of the host cities for the World Cup in 2026.
The brand new 2026 shirt includes some special details and touches that make this a future collector's item, including two stitched gold stars symbolising Defected Records’ two UK chart No.1 singles, a ’Defected Worldwide’ woven side tab, a number 26 squad number, new Defected Worldwide club badge and a Defected Football woven arm patch.
Launching alongside the shirt is a fresh, limited-edition track jacket – our first outerwear collaboration with MEYBA. The jacket combines classic sportswear styling with modern streetwear details, with the zip-through silhouette offering a relaxed feel that’s easy to wear on match days, club nights and beyond. Finished with premium trims, woven appliqué badges and co-branded detailing, the Defected track jacket is a standout layer built for everyday wear.
MEYBA, the Spanish brand responsible for the instantly recognisable Barcelona shirts of the 80’s, adorned by the likes of Maradona, Cruyff, Koeman, Laudrup and a young Pep Guardiola are now simply iconic.
The 2026 Defected x Meyba World Cup football shirt and track jacket will be available to order from Friday 29th May (1pm BST).
Only on DStore: https://store.defected.com/collections/defected-x-meyba