Sponsorless teams(jerseys) [Archive]

fútbolfan2003

27 Apr 2005, 01:40 PM

Just out of curiosity I was wondering how many / which teams are left that do not use sponsors on their jersey.

So far I've thought of Athletic Bilbao, some MLS teams, C.D. Guadalajara, Corinthians, and F.C. Barcelona. Any others?

Father Ted

27 Apr 2005, 04:09 PM

Metrostars

afgrijselijkheid

27 Apr 2005, 04:09 PM

Metrostars

i'm pretty sure they have honda on the back

EDIT: you were right, they no longer have a sponsor on the back of their shirt

LordR

27 Apr 2005, 04:35 PM

Barcelona will have a shirt sponsor next year. The sponsor will be the chinese governement, they will advertise tourism in china and the olympic games 2008.

AliOlia

27 Apr 2005, 04:37 PM

Iran

LordR

27 Apr 2005, 04:39 PM

Iran
Great. :rolleyes:
Almost every national team is sponsorless, the only exception I can think of is Ireland. This thread is about club teams.

Frieslander

27 Apr 2005, 04:41 PM

i'm pretty sure they have honda on the back

EDIT: you were right, they no longer have a sponsor on the back of their shirt

Metro had Fuji Film for '96 and maybe a year or two after that but nothing since.

Cassano

27 Apr 2005, 04:41 PM

Metrostars have had Honda an MetLife also...

AliOlia

27 Apr 2005, 04:43 PM

Great. :rolleyes:
Almost every national team is sponsorless, the only exception I can think of is Ireland. This thread is about club teams.

oh sorry, well i mean most national teams have addidas or nike, and most are sponsored

what do you mean every national team is sponsorles????

LordR

27 Apr 2005, 04:48 PM

oh sorry, well i mean most national teams have addidas or nike, and most are sponsored

what do you mean every national team is sponsorles????
When a team has a shirtsponsor it means it has an ad on their jersey. e.g Real has Siemensmobile:

http://www.fanartikel.de-a1.de/fanartikel/images/real01.jpg

Barcelona has nothing (yet)
http://www.fanandmore.de/fussballportal/media/barca_trikhome04.jpg
Nike and Adidas are just shirt manufacturers (they also pay the team for it), every team has a shirt manufacturer, even Iran.

gvmsmiddie

27 Apr 2005, 05:57 PM

Metrostars
Uh, they are an MLS team, as the thread starter(cant remember) said

monstermunch

27 Apr 2005, 06:01 PM

Barcelona will have a shirt sponsor next year. The sponsor will be the chinese governement, they will advertise tourism in china and the olympic games 2008.

Disgraceful... 100 years of tradition down the tube for a few million euros...

Dead Fingers

27 Apr 2005, 06:40 PM

Barcelona will have a shirt sponsor next year. The sponsor will be the chinese governement, they will advertise tourism in china and the olympic games 2008.

Kinda sad. :(

Doctor Stamen

27 Apr 2005, 06:45 PM

Can't see the fuss about Barca and their shirts. It will mean a lot more money that can be spent on better players. Everyone else is cashing in and getting rich, so Barca have been missing out on money. If you don't like it, overthrow capitalism.

Anyway, who was the first team in Britain (and maybe the world) to have a shirt sponsor ?. The answer will come soon.

Elninho

27 Apr 2005, 06:46 PM

Rotor Volgograd. They've always had their own name across the front of their jerseys.

Soccerballs

27 Apr 2005, 06:49 PM

Juventus? Bayern Leverkusen?

Dead Fingers

27 Apr 2005, 07:23 PM

Can't see the fuss about Barca and their shirts. It will mean a lot more money that can be spent on better players. Everyone else is cashing in and getting rich, so Barca have been missing out on money. If you don't like it, overthrow capitalism.

Anyway, who was the first team in Britain (and maybe the world) to have a shirt sponsor ?. The answer will come soon.

Actually-their players have done quite nice this season with out them....don't ya think?

Wasn't it Liverpool?

Doctor Stamen

27 Apr 2005, 07:43 PM

Rotor Volgograd. They've always had their own name across the front of their jerseys.

That doesn't count.

I can't be bothered to keep people guessing. The answer was Kettering Town, around 1980. And you all expected a glory team.

jimmyodonnell

27 Apr 2005, 07:46 PM

Can't see the fuss about Barca and their shirts. It will mean a lot more money that can be spent on better players. Everyone else is cashing in and getting rich, so Barca have been missing out on money. If you don't like it, overthrow capitalism.

Anyway, who was the first team in Britain (and maybe the world) to have a shirt sponsor ?. The answer will come soon.

I'm not a Barca fan, but from what little I've read on the subject, I think that part of the fuss is that supposedly they pride themselves as being above it (I don't mean for that to sound disaparaging), not needing to brand their club with anything other than the team colors. As far as overthrowing capitalism -- again, I'm not an expert, but you may have something here -- don't they also have a following from those who support a socailist Basque independence from Spain? My point is that I think Barca has an angle among their following that relish their alternative position, that they are a club "of the people", as oposed to Madrid's royal image, etc etc . . .

Now, that's just what I've read about -- does anybody know if these perceptions are accurate?

Cassano

27 Apr 2005, 08:26 PM

Juventus? Bayern Leverkusen?

Wrong. Wrong. Both have had sponsors on their shirts and still do...