Chelsea FC is a club which has been transformed into a legendary club by their owner Roman Abramovic. Before the arrival of Abramovic, Chelsea weren’t even a big name in Europe. It was just a good club in England which played good football. Chelsea Sponsors 2022 also helped a lot.
However after the arrival of Roman Abramovic this changed monumentally. It is in his era that Chelsea FC have lifted multiple silverware including the prestigious Uefa Champions League a couple of times. Although currently sanctioned by the UK government, Abramovic will forever remain as the most influential name in the history of the Blues from Stamford Bridge.
So, here are some of the Chelsea Sponsors 2022 which have certainly helped the club in becoming a force to be reckoned with at present.
Principal Sponsors
Three
The British origin telecom company has tied up its knot with the English giants as one of the three Principal Sponsors of Chelsea in January 2020. This is the reason why for 2022 season the front side of Chelsea’s matchday kits display “3” logo.
Three has succeeded Chelsea’s previous sponsor Yokohama Tyres and providing Chelsea with an annual revenue of £ 40 M and also oversee 5G signals enabled within theri home stadium, Stamford Bridge.
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Nike
The American Sportswear giants, Nike and Chelsea FC have signed a long term deal in 2016 and became Chelsea’s official kit supplier from the 2017/18 season. This deal saw another sportswear giant Adidas to end their eleven-year tie up with the Blues.
The deal was astronomical in numbers bringing raising an eye-watering $1 B in the span of fifteen-years which is at that time the biggest deal in the Premier League for Nike.
Trivago
Trivago is a Dutch origin company which is headquartered at Amsterdam and is a global accommodation search platform. Trivago in 2021 became the official training wear partner for Chelsea. This deal covers the senior team as well as the academy of both the men and women’s team of Chelsea.
The deal includes branding rights as well as other collaborations like exclusive player meeting activities and also the club’s representatives enjoy exclusive trivago suites at Stamford Bridge.
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Official Sponsors
EA Sports
EA Sports is a household name when it comes to Sports in general. With respect to the beautiful game, football, it is the company behind the classic simulation video game FIFA which gets better with the passing of time. EA Sports and Chelsea became official partners in the year 2008.
Cadbury
Mondelēz International is the company behind the famous confectionery brand Cadbury. Chelsea signed a deal in 2020 making Cadbury their official chocolate sponsor. The deal also makes the two parties come together to help the rising entrepreneurs and small businesses owners through Chelsea’s Charity Foundation “Edge of the box club”, which basically promotes the strategies of brand promotion and sales.
Hyundai
The famous automobile manufacturing company of South Korea is Chelsea’s Official automotive sponsor through a deal made in 2018 which was worth around £ 50 M. This deal also makes Hyundai an official sleeve sponsor of the matchday kits for Chelsea. Apart from branding rights the deal involves certain other global collaborations too.
Charity Sponsors
Soccer Aid
Soccer Aid is a famous British charity event which takes place annually. Each year in this charity event, English teams play against teams from the rest of the world. The legends of the game have been a crucial part of this initiative by Soccer Aid, since its inaugural year 2006. The charity event has raised around $ 50 M US Dollars in aid for UNICEF.
In 2019, Chelsea and Soccer Aid came together to lead Forward with this charity event making Stamford Bridge, Chelsea’s home ground, available for hosting the matches. Legends like Didier Drogba, John Terry, Michael Essien and others have all taken part in this charity event.
Plan International
Plan International serves as an Humanitarian organisatie with its basic purpose to help the poverty driven children across the globe. Plan International has been a global charity partner of Chelsea since 2015. With the massive fan following of Chelsea football club it well and truly helps to raise awareness regarding the heinous evils such as Child Marriage and Genital Mutilation.
Conclusion
The list of Chelsea Sponsors 2022 is full of big guns of the industry. Although current status of Chelsea is quite ambiguous because of the whole “Roman Abramovich Sanction Saga” as currently the club is in an ownership crisis.
