Why?

Dead_Man_Inc SG

in UEFA champions league

sponsors of Barcelona and Arsenal are different ar?

Barca had a sponsor in the center of their jersey and Arsenal's one is Dubai...

lpx88 SG

Barca one is unicef..is not sponsor..in fact they paid unicef money too....why u expectin sponsors of Barca and Arsenal to be the same? Very Happy

ghimpheng SG

4 sports topic in Featured Topics and I tot Arsenal Sponsor is Fly Emirates Instead Of Dubai ? Change Sponsor ?

weiqimun SG

Barcelona is one of the very few football teams in the World that has resisted getting a sponsor on its shirts. Whilst every other club has gone on to secure sponsors, Barce said no, though they came close 2 years ago.

With a stadia that seats 90k, and more than 80% of its seats are season ticket holders, and other sponsors including nike and a local potato chip makers amongst many others, they are rich enuf for the time being.

The man who was death SG

i think arsenal change to dubai cos hamburg’s sponsor also fly emirates

zocoss SG

But their tickets are not as expensive as in England... Arsenal curreatly have the most expensive tickets for their 60 000 seats stadium. Arsenal's full house probable earns more than Barce 80%.

Pitot SG

But surely the sponsors would want a bigger team wearing their shirt? Laughing

alwaysdisturbed SG

fyi, the number of barca's season ticket holders is more than the capacity of nou camp.

just sad that now their shirts has something else on it. but on the other hand, all for a gd cause.

zocoss SG

Barca to unveil details of UNICEF accord in New York

MADRID, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Spanish and European champions Barcelona will disclose the details of their collaborative agreement with the UNICEF at a ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Thursday.

Barca said on Wednesday that club president Joan Laporta would attend the event where he would give details of the ground-breaking initiative.

The club announced last May that they had agreed to donate 0.7 percent of annual income starting from the 2006/07 season to the United Nations as a contribution to the organisation's Millennium Development Goals campaign.

Barca, whose motto in Catalan is 'mes que un club' (more than just a club) predict that this season's income will be in the region of 240 million euros ($307.7 million).

The UN's Millennium campaign aims to reduce extreme poverty, hunger and infant mortality, achieving universal primary education and promoting sexual equality.

The agreement will also mean the team's famous scarlet and blue shirts carry the UNICEF emblem.

Barca are one of the few leading European football teams not to carry commercial sponsorship on their shirts.

They didn't pay any money to have the UNICEF logo on their shirts. They actually pledge to donate 0.7 percent of their 2006/07 season income estimated around 1.7 million euros.

But they get to sell their new jerseys with the UNICEF logo what, enough to make back everything plus got profits somemore cos these will be limited editions, only available for sale this year. So you think all their fans a round the world won't rush to buy the new limited edition jerseys?

weiqimun SG

firstly, barca dun really have to sell tickets to the matches they played in nou camp. the bulk of their seatings are all season ticket holders for the la liga. that's why it's difficult to get tickets for its home matches for neutral visitors/tourists. visiting team fans gets only a small % of the seating.

the ticket pricing scheme are around the range. I recalled it is in the 30+ euro range for a ticket, the same as what one would roughly pay for an epl match in a top club.

i was in barcelona twice in the last 18months and was never able to secure any open tickets for their match at nou camp. frens and hotel folks i asked all told me it's very difficult to get tickets, unless u succumb to touts. i hv to make do with a stadium tour to see the ground and part 90euros for a ronaldinho jersey Wink

unlike in milan, i was able to walk into their fan's club shop downtown pretty much a day before ac milan's match and buy a serie a ticket for a match at san siro, albeit them playing a non-consequantial match against a team relegated.

i am not sure what's barce's financial health overall, but i am sure big money is circulated within the barce system big time on a rigorous basis. no wonder everyone wants to be a part of the barce set-up.

798 SG

maybe dubai is another part of fly emirates.

just like sega is related to dreamcast.

i'm not going to buy dat 'Dubai' jersey. The word is kinda fugly Mad

weiqimun SG

you're right. their season ticket's holder numbers more than the allocated seats there at the nou camp. as per regulation, a % of seats has to be made available to visiting fans and some, open to all.

i think the partnership with UN is a smart, win-win thing. UN gets a slice of the funding, barce will sell more shirts, improves its image and it's a short term arrangement.

zocoss SG

You sure its only 30+ euro? In a recent publication, tickets at Arsenal's new stadium is priced at about $60 pounds, not euros... The highest priced in England, probably the world cos English football being the richest... At Man utd its about $40 pounds, with Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs all between $45 to $55 pounds each i think and Newcastle slightly below $40 pounds followed by the rest.

If its true then that may explain the bulk of their seatings are all season ticket holders cos Arsenal at $60 pounds per tic which is 3 times that of Barce's also has their season tickets all snap up for the next few years too and don't have a problem to fill their 60,000 every match.

Tho i am not sure it could be much more if you care to check out these pages.

http://www.footballticketshop.com/match_details.asp?mtId=243

http://www.footballticketshop.com/match_details.asp?mtId=741

But if base on the $30 euro for Barce with 90,000 seats & $60 pounds for Arsenal's 60,000 seats, it could mean that Arsenal collects almost twice the amount Barce collects each match tho their stadium capacity is smaller.