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Insurance company New York Life has bolstered its sports sponsorship portfolio through deals with Major League Baseball and US Soccer.
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In late 2022, Heineken leveraged its sponsorships of the UEFA Men’s and Women’s Champions Leagues through a local activation - part of its umbrella ‘Cheers To All Fans’ platform - in Barcelona built a…
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In April 2022, ALMA (Association to Fight Alzheimer's Disease) teamed up with Argentina’s Racing Club and skipper Leonardo Sigali for a stunt - a post-match pitch-side interview in which the player failed t…
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Brahma has been a long-time sponsor of Brazilian football - with official partnerships ranging from the national team to major tournaments and club sponsorships - but when health and safety-led legislation…
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In 2022, disinfectant brand Dettol leveraged its partnership with the FA and England Football around UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 through an integrated activation programme spanning TV, OOH, digital, social a…
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In Spring 2022, during the top Mexican football division (Liga BBVA MX) season, Corona (which holds multiple Mexican football team sponsorships) increased in-stadium beer sales by turning team jerseys…
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In 2021, leading Brazilian soft drinks brand and women’s national football team sponsor Guaraná Antarctica leveraged the Tokyo Olympics, ambushed official IOC partner and major competitor Coca-Cola an…
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Founded in 1857, Sheffield Football Club is the FOAT (First of All Time) and yet today the club plays in the eighth tier of English football, so in Autumn/Winter 2021 it partnered with EA Sports FIFA 2022…
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During the 2020 Colvid-19 lockdown, Hungarian Football Federation sponsor Magyar Telekom worked with agency Mito Budapest to lift the nation’s spirit and drive national unity through a TV and mobile b…
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BT-owned mobile brand EE’s July 2022 ‘Not her Problem: Hope United’ initiative activated its UK home nations football association sponsorships and leveraged spiking women’s football interest around UEFA Wo…
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To drive awareness of the challenges of dyslexia and other reading/writing disorders and support those who suffer from it amongst the Germany football community, Hamburger SV (HSV) rolled out an October 2021 guerrilla style campaign called ‘Dyslexia Jersey’ at a home game during ‘European Dyslexia Awareness Month’. A pair of jerseys with misspelt players’ names on the back were worn on the pitch during a game supported by television, in-stadium and social media explanatory content.
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To leverage VW’s Uefa sponsorship rights around Euro 2020 which, due to Covid-19, eventually took place between June 11 and July 11 2021, VW Denmark identified that its national EV market was ‘immature’ and ‘…
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VW activated its rights as an official sponsor of Uefa Women’s Euro 2022 via an on-pitch stunt and social campaign called ‘Tiny Buzz Car’, based around a miniature remote-controlled car delivering the o…
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In May 2022, UEFA partnered PepsiCo’s snack and sports drink brands Lays and Gatorade for an activation around the Women’s Champions League final through a linked grassroots pitch and tournament initiative in host city Turin which saw the crisps brand build a community pitch from recycled packaging and then the sports drink run an all-women’s ‘Gatorade 5v5’ tournament on it.
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Running through the Covid-affected 2020-21 international season, Bednet and ClassContact activated their partnership with the Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA) for a kids’ cause campaign which connected the men’s national team training sessions to unwell children confined to bed.
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In May 2022, Uefa sponsor Mastercard leveraged its rights around the Men’s Champions League Final through a global campaign built around brand ambassador Lionel Messi. The campaign led with a hero film featuring a young Messi’s first flight to Spain to start his career playing for FC Barcelona.
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In September 2021 Premier League giant Arsenal FC teamed up with ecology restoration non-profit CarbonLink (and Bore Green Umbrella) for a philanthropic initiative in Africa called ‘The Arsenal Forest’: a sustainability initiative aimed at off-setting the carbon consumption of the club’s matchday programme whilst also supporting local communities and local football clubs.
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In August 2021 Danish sportswear brand Hummel leveraged a trio of its official football club supplier tie-ups – Everton FC, Southampton FC and Brondby IF – on a kit-based collaborative campaign called The Rainbow Jersey to support the LGBTQ+ community, fight against discrimination in football and raise funds for local inclusivity non-profits.