Banco Santander will become an official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League. The agreement begins next season (2018/19) and runs for three years to 2020/21.The UEFA Champions League is the world’s most prestigious football club competition, with mass audiences in Santander’s main markets in Europe and the Americas. The UEFA Champions League final is also the most viewed annual sporting event, watched live by more than 160 million people. The competition has more than 100 million followers in social media.

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Banco Santander to sponsor UEFA Champions League
 The sponsorship agreement takes effect from next season (2018/19) and runs for three years.
 Santander has sponsored football competitions in Latin America and Spain for the last 10 years.
 The Bank concludes its partnership with Ferrari and F1.
Madrid, 29 November 2017 - PRESS RELEASE
Banco Santander will become an official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League. The agreement begins
next season (2018/19) and runs for three years to 2020/21.
The UEFA Champions League is the world’s most prestigious football club competition, with mass
audiences in Santander’s main markets in Europe and the Americas. The UEFA Champions League final
is also the most viewed annual sporting event, watched live by more than 160 million people. The
competition has more than 100 million followers in social media.
Santander will have the rights to pitch-side and television advertising spots, as well as tickets, client
hospitality events and other rights.
Banco Santander Executive Chairman, Ana Botín, and the country heads of Santander’s ten main
markets, signed the agreement in Brazil today alongside a UEFA representative. Two legends of football
also participated in the event: Brazil’s Ronaldo who was there in person and Pelé who appeared via
video.
Ana Botín said: “Santander's partnership with the UEFA Champions League, the world's most global and
aspirational sporting competition, builds on our support of Libertadores and, more recently, Racing
Santander, the local football team of the Cantabrian city where our bank was founded 160 years ago.
We love sport. Our free-time exercise, which we do to challenge ourselves to be better, the weekend
match we watch with family and friends, our loyalty to a club and the excitement of the spectacle.
Ferrari and F1, to whom we are very grateful, have played an important role at Santander over the past
10 years. We will continue our support of sport because it is a valuable way to contribute to the
prosperity of the communities where we work.”
Guy-Laurent Epstein, UEFA Events Marketing Director, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Santander
into the UEFA Champions League sponsor family and are excited to partner with one of the most
distinguished and forward-thinking banks globally. There is natural fit between the UEFA Champions
League and Santander, with the Bank being consistently recognised within the best global brands and,
of course, with the UEFA Champions League Final remaining the most watched annual sporting event
on the planet. The bank has a great heritage in sport and this partnership will allow the UEFA Champions
League to further engage with football fans in Latin America and around the world.”
The sponsorship strengthens the Bank’s association with professional football, having supported
several of the main football competitions for the past ten years in Latin America, including CONMEBOL
Libertadores, and LaLiga Santander in Spain.
At the end of this year, Santander will conclude its successful sponsorship of the Formula 1 racing team,
Scuderia Ferrari, which it has supported for the last eight seasons. The bank will also conclude its
corporate sponsorship agreements with F1 which have helped increase Santander’s brand recognition
around the world over the last 11 years.