October 21 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna have signed two new sponsorship deals despite the financial instability surrounding the club after former owner Pavlin Nikolov decided to step down and stop funding the team.
October 18 – Juventus have signed a sleeve sponsorship deal with wealth management group Azimut in a partnership that will make its debut in the Nerazzurri’s Serie A match versus Lazio on Saturday.
October 18 – Music and football have always been interconnected. Think the Beatles and Liverpool FC and more recently, Oasis and Manchester City. Now British super-group Coldplay and Barcelona FC are getting in tune with each other in time for the El Clasico on October 26.
October 18 – Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia has signed a sleeve sponsorship deal with dairy producer Lacrima, one of the largest Bulgarian companies producing dairy products.
October 17 – The gambling industry that has had its hooks into the clubs, players, and fans of the Premier League will have to face a future without their names and logos plastered over the front of jerseys (sleeve partnerships are exempt).
October 16 – Brazil’s clubs are proving reluctant to give up their betting sponsors despite the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) saying it will enforce a ban on club sponsorship by bookmakers across all levels of Brazilian football who do not hold state betting licenses.
October 15 – Premier League holders Manchester City have announced a renewal of their regional partnership with Tokyo-based Abeam Consulting.
October 15 – British confectionery brand Swizzels has teamed up with Nottingham Forest for the 2023/24 Premier League season, delivering a sweet experience for fans at The City Ground.
October 11 – The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has extended its partnership with Boost Mobile, solidifying the telco brand as an Official Partner for both the Isuzu UTE A-League Men’s and the Ninja A-League Women’s competitions.
October 11 – Turkey’s Fenerbahçe has signed a sponsorship deal with Ergünler Logistics for the 2024/2025 season that will see the logistics company’s logo placed on the back of the Fenerbahçe women’s team shirts.
October 10 – LaLiga has announced a three-season commercial partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Season – a series of entertainment, cultural, and sporting events held in the kingdom’s capital of Riyadh – become an official sponsor of Spain’s top football division until 2027.
October 10 – German gambling company Merkur Group has been named the main sponsor of the Table Football Bundesliga final.
October 10 – The Metropolitano Stadium, home to Spanish giants and 11-time La Liga Champions, Atletico Madrid has changed its name. For the remainder of this season and until the end of the 2032-33 season, the venue will be known as the Riyadh Air Metropolitan.
October 8 – The Scottish Premier Football League (SPFL) has signed a three-year deal with Carling which will make it the official beer of the SPFL until the end of the 2026/27 season, subject to extension.
October 8 – Real Madrid has signed a two-year partnership with VERSUSbet, the sports betting and online casino brand owned by Grupo Orenes.