Paf and Atletico de Madrid present a unique Sponsorship Agreement
sexta-feira, agosto 29th, 2008Paf, a Nordic gaming operator, has signed a unique sponsorship agreement with the Spanish top football club Atletico de Madrid and becomes the clubs Official Gaming Sponsor.
Paf is the new shorts-sponsor for the club where Paf’s brand will appear on the shorts, training clothes, training field etc.
The sponsorship is for the season 2008-2011, where Paf will use Atletico de Madrid’s image as an international communication platform to further strengthen awareness for Paf’s brand and services.
The sponsorship also contains another unique dimension.
Paf will also during the first quarter 2009 launch a tailored made online gaming site for Atletico de Madrid’s fans around the world. On this gaming site, fans will be able to find for example the best odds on Atletico de Madrid’s matches, win tickets and VIP packages, get exclusive information from players and managers and much more entertaining and fun content.
“This is a historic cooperation for us, being able to team-up with one of the best football clubs in Europe, sharing the same values as we, is a true honor for Paf. We have found a very like-minded club, with a very good reputation, which is a cornerstone in this sponsorship agreement. Paf is dedicated to create a win-win situation, not only for the Club, but also for Atletico de Madrid fans” says Anders Wiklund, Head of Business to Business at Paf”.
Paf was established 1966 as a charitable organization, which still today is the foundation in Paf’s business. Last year Paf donated 20 million euro to different charity organizations, which will also be a driving force in the cooperation with Atletico de Madrid. Revenue from players’ spending on the gaming site will also be donated to local charity in Madrid chosen by Atletico de Madrid them selves.
“We are very proud to have found a new sponsor sharing the same vision as us. Paf’s mindset of creating value for the club and for our fans, and having a charitable profile, is in line with our current strategy and business development. Not only have we secured the needed founds for the club, but also being able to create added value for our fans when the online gaming site is launched later by Paf. It’s also the first time a sponsor insists on distributing money to local charity, which truly makes this cooperation unique and a win-win situation for the Club, for the Fans and for Charity” says Juan Carlos Moya, Commercial Director of Atletico de Madrid.

Juan Carlos Moya, Commercial Director of Atletico de Madrid and Anders Wiklund, Head of Business to Business at Paf
Information about Paf:
The Paf Group is a charitable gaming operator with its head office on Åland, an autonomous province of Finland. It has 40 years operating experience in land-based and shipboard, and has been an Internet gaming operator since 1999. The Paf Group employs over 400 people and has offices in Mariehamn, Stockholm, Helsinki and Tallinn. In 2007 the group’s turnover amounted to approximately 100 million euro. Paf operates under a license from the Åland government within an EU jurisdiction. The distributable profit is in its entirety donated to good causes within e.g. the public, culture and sport sector where as the distribution 2007 amounted to 20 million euro.

