Barcelona to have Qatar Airways as shirt sponsor next season
FC Barcelona has announced that Qatar Airways will take over as the club’s shirt sponsor from the 2013-14 season as part of the Spanish Primera Division giant’s agreement with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), Goal.com reported.
Barcelona on Friday stated that the current five-year contract signed with QSI permitted the possibility of including a new logo on the shirt from the third season of the agreement. The Qatar Foundation has served as the club’s shirt sponsor for the past two campaigns, succeeding Unicef, which became the first brand to occupy Barcelona’s famous shirts after the club agreed to such deals in August 2003. The new agreement will see Qatar Foundation revert to role of official human development partner of FC Barcelona.
Sandro Rosell, president of Barcelona, has welcomed Qatar Airways as “an ambitious brand with global aspirations, always committed to achieving the utmost excellence in its field. These are objectives with which FC Barcelona fully identifies.”