{"id":43594,"date":"2012-11-16T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=43594"},"modified":"2012-12-31T11:34:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-31T16:34:19","slug":"qatar-airways-to-be-fc-barcelona-shirt-sponsor-from-201314-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/16\/qatar-airways-to-be-fc-barcelona-shirt-sponsor-from-201314-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways to be FC Barcelona Shirt Sponsor from 2013\/14 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spanish giants FC Barcelona will have the Qatar Airways logo on their shirts from the start of the 2013\/14 season as part of their sponsorship deal with Qatar Sports Investments.<\/p>\n

According to Barca’s website: FC Barcelona and Qatar Sports Investments announce that they have agreed, under the terms of their contract, that Qatar Airways will appear on the Club shirt from the 2013-2014 season as the new Main Global Sponsor.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Qatar Sports Investments, in agreement with FC Barcelona, has designated Qatar Foundation as the Official Human Development Partner of FC Barcelona, which will allow the promotion of initiatives based on their shared values to continue.<\/p>\n

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Sandro Rosell, president of FC Barcelona, has welcomed Qatar Airways as, \u201can ambitious brand with global aspirations, always committed to achieving the utmost excellence in its field. These are objectives with which FC Barcelona fully identifies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The contract signed with QSI permits the possibility of including a new logo on the shirt from the third season of the agreement, as we reported to the Assembly of Representatives in September 2011. The inclusion of sponsorship on the shirt was agreed at the Assembly of Representatives in August 2003.<\/p>\n

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Rosell also stressed that \u201cafter sharing two fantastic years with Qatar Foundation, we are delighted to be continuing our relationship by welcoming them as our official Human Development Partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Akbar Al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways, said, \u201cWe are delighted to form this alliance with FC Barcelona, the biggest football club in the world. Qatar Airways has been voted Best Airline in the World for two consecutive years (2011 and 2012) and will work with FC Barcelona on activities of benefit both to fans and passengers, offering tangible rewards to both organisations.\u201d<\/p>\n