Splendid Drinks becomes the new main and jersey partner of F.C. Hansa Rostock with 28 BLACK

Rostock, May 30, 2022. New season. New jersey. New main partner: In the future, the professional team of F.C. Hansa Rostock will play with the lettering 28 BLACK on their chest - a brand of the Luxembourg-based Splendid Drinks AG. The existing partnership with the beverage wholesaler will thus be expanded and significantly expanded: A long-term collaboration for an initial period of three years has been agreed with the new main and jersey partner.

"Hansa Rostock and the goals of the management convinced me from the start. I have been following Hansa for many decades and the way out of the crisis, getting up and consistently continuing, as well as the fan culture also suit us and 28 BLACK. With our actions we demonstrate the long-term, consistent and cooperative approach, according to the saying: 'If you know the goal, you will find the way.' I am proud to be the main partner of 28 BLACK and Splendid Drinks AG and thus part of the Hansa family," says Günter Thiel, CEO of Splendid Drinks and 28 BLACK, about the reasons for the partnership with F.C. Hansa.

In addition to its commitment to the professional sector, 28 BLACK will also be a partner of the Young Hanseatics from the new season and will be featured on the U23 jerseys, among other things. The youngsters will also benefit from the 28 BLACK can designed in the Hansa style, which will be released as part of the partnership. From every can sold from the Hansa special edition, a portion of the profit goes directly to the youngsters.

Martin Grunert, Marketing Team Leader at F.C. Hansa: "We are delighted that we have been able to attract Splendid Drinks, one of the largest beverage wholesalers in the DACH region, to F.C. Hansa, who will not only be making a long-term contribution, but will also be very extensive and extremely diverse. This includes, among other things, supporting our eFootball team as the main partner."

Robert Marien, CEO of F.C. Hansa Rostock: "Our new main partner is a very innovative company that is open to new developments, but at the same time lives by traditional values ​​and assumes social responsibility. We can therefore expect a very exciting and lively collaboration, which will also include joint sustainability projects - a topic that is also becoming increasingly important in football and is already part of the requirements that professional clubs have to meet. We are pleased that our previous main sponsor APEX will remain with the Hansa family as a premium partner and would like to thank them for the very good partnership and support in the past season."

The planned start of sales for the new home and away jerseys for the 2022/2023 season is July 2nd.