Zug, Switzerland, 20 August 2008 – Infront Sports & Media will be handling the international media and stadium advertising rights for the German Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg for the first round and the group stage of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup competition.
Under Manager Felix Magath, Wolfsburg finished the 2007/08 Bundesliga season in 5th place and enters, for the second time in its history, the UEFA Cup competition – 10 years after its initial participation in 1998/99. The draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup will take place in Monaco on August 29th.
Jürgen Marbach, Wolfsburg’s Managing Director, said: “We are pleased to work with Infront, one of the most experienced international sports marketing companies. The financial conditions are favourable and we have an excellent chance of achieving successful international distribution. Now we must keep our fingers crossed to be drawn against an attractive opponent.”
In Germany, Infront successfully handled the stadium advertising sales for FC Schalke 04’s home match last week against Atlético Madrid in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.
Representing two long-standing client clubs in the Czech Republic
As marketing partner of the record holding Czech football champions, AC Sparta Prague and of one of the most popular clubs, Banik Ostrava, Infront is also distributing the international media and stadium advertising rights to the club’s matches in the UEFA Champions League qualification and the UEFA Cup competition.
The 2008/09 UEFA club competition season is the last under the current arrangements, whereby media and marketing rights are handled individually by the clubs and their agency partners.
For further information, please contact:
Jörg Polzer
Manager, Communication & PR
Infront Sports & Media AG
Tel. +41-41-723 15 15
Fax +41-41-723 15 16
press@infrontsports.com
www.infrontsports.com
Barbara Ertel-Leicht
Medien und Kommunikation
VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH
Tel. +49-53 61-89 03-204
medien@vfl-wolfsburg.de
www.vfl-wolfsburg.de
