Jersey printing with name and number: how much does it cost?

Jersey printing with name and number: how much does it cost?

Jersey printing is paid per jersey: Decathlon Pro lists a one-colour number on the back at €5 including VAT, for 1 to 500 jerseys. For the fans, an embroidered hoodie with the club logo costs €17.57 excluding VAT each for 50 at tknp.io, as a guide.

The technique is simple; what makes or breaks a team order is the list: an exact name, a unique number, and a size for each player. And while the jerseys are off being marked, one question deserves asking: who's dressing the fans?

The essentials in 4 points:

• Behind jersey printing ("flocage" in French) there is usually a flex film, cut then heat-pressed, name by name.
• The real work isn't technical, it's the list: names checked letter by letter, unique numbers, confirmed sizes.
• Allow €5 including VAT per jersey for a one-colour number on the back at Decathlon Pro; the name, the placement and the colours then change the price.
• The jersey dresses the players; the club-logo hoodie, t-shirt and cap dress everyone else, from 10 units per model at tknp.io.

What jersey printing means today

The name stayed, the technique changed. What French clubs call "flocage" on a jersey is almost always a flex transfer: a flexible film cut to the exact shape of the name and number, then heat-pressed onto the fabric. It's the ideal technique for one-by-one personalisation, precisely because every jersey is different: cutting "MARTIN 10" or "BENALI 7" costs the same work, where other techniques demand an identical design across the whole run.

That's also why name-and-number marking remains jersey territory, not the technique for a whole collection: for an identical design across thirty garments, other marking techniques take the lead, as our flex or screen printing comparison shows.

The real subject: the player list

The heat-press itself takes a few minutes per jersey. What sinks team orders is what happens before: the list. Three rules avoid most of the drama:

• Every name checked letter by letter, by the player themselves. The spelling of a proper name can't be guessed, and a heat-pressed typo can't be fixed: the jersey has to be redone. Have each line validated by the person concerned, not by the captain from memory.
• One number per player, and a list that proves it. Duplicate numbers are a common error in group orders, and they're often discovered at delivery. A shared spreadsheet with a sorted number column is enough to spot them beforehand.
• The size attached to the name, not ordered as loose totals. "Ten M and fifteen L" often ends with a player who wears an XL, squeezed into an M. Each line of the list carries its name, its number, and its size: that's the list you hand over, as is.

One last reflex that saves whole seasons: ask for a preview before production (the print proof, showing the name and number on the jersey), and proofread it like an official document. It's your last chance to catch the "MRATIN" that was about to hit the press.

How much does jersey printing cost?

Printing a one-colour number on the back costs €5 including VAT per jersey at Decathlon Pro, the club and business service of the French sports retailer Decathlon, for any order of 1 to 500 team jerseys (page read on 6 November 2026). Beyond that, the same page announces volume pricing.

That price changes with the marking: Decathlon Pro varies it according to the type of fabric (light or heavy), the kind of marking (name, number or logo, in one or more colours), its placement (back, chest) and the quantity. The price of the jersey itself comes on top.

The money-saving advice: decide first what's genuinely useful. The number on the back is essential for matches; the name is a comfort; the first name on the chest is a treat. Every added side multiplies the cost by your squad size.

Meanwhile, who's dressing the fans?

The people who don't play dress in the club's merch: a hoodie, a t-shirt or a cap in its colours. Your community is indeed bigger than your squad: the parents in the stands, the friends at school, the alumni and the volunteers will never wear the jersey, and all of them would gladly wear the club's colours.

Merch dresses them without being the technical kit. The jersey lives for the length of a match on a pitch; a sweatshirt with the club's logo circulates around town, in class, at work, all week long. For a club, it's the best media there is, and it's worn by people who will never play.

The mechanics differ from the jersey order, and that's good news: no name list, no numbers, no sizes tied to a squad. A club's online shop runs instead on simple references everyone orders in their own size, and the choice of fits sets the style: an ample fit tells the story of the stands, a straight fit stays versatile.

How much does it cost to dress the people who don't play?

At tknp.io, dressing the fans in the club logo costs, at 50 units, €17.57 excluding VAT per embroidered hoodie (College Hoodie), €9.46 per printed t-shirt (Creator 2.0) and €11.08 per embroidered cap (Ultimate 5 Panel Cap), our indicative prices of 6 November 2026. Our sports clubs page sums up this off-pitch wardrobe: "the changing-room hoodie, the training tee, the volunteers' cap on match day".

Per-unit prices taken from our product pages on 6 November 2026, excluding VAT and for guidance, decoration and garment included: one decorated position, most accessible colour and standard sizes, standard 2-week lead time, delivery extra. Each garment is ordered decorated from 10 units of a model, sizes and colours combined: several colours of one garment, with the same decoration, add up towards the same price tier.

For the 25 parents of a youth team, 25 embroidered hoodies therefore come to €453.00 excluding VAT, before delivery. The club's partner logos, grouped on the back, are priced as a second position: our article on sponsor logos on club sweatshirts gives that price.

A running club can also have its runners' t-shirt decorated at tknp.io, with the same logo for everyone and no name or number per runner: our custom running t-shirt guide compares three sports t-shirts, their prices and their decoration.

Getting each fan to pay for their hoodie, with no upfront cost to the club

For each fan to pay for their own hoodie without the club advancing any money, the club goes through the tknp.io Store and opens a pre-sale there: it runs for anywhere between 7 and 21 days, and each parent, volunteer or fan chooses their own size there and pays online. The Store, reserved for verified organisations, opens for free, and the campaign is published at no cost. For a sports club, our Sell page plans one campaign per season, with the supporters' cap alongside the club hoodie. Our guide to the pre-sale club store walks through every step, from logo to hand-out. The technical jersey and its printing, for their part, remain the equipment makers' trade: tknp.io does not personalise each garment with the name or number of the person wearing it. So this off-pitch wardrobe needs no player list: your fans are waiting for it, and they don't need a number.