NEW AGREEMENT BETWEEN SUPER LEAGUE GREECE AND PANINI FOR THE LICENSING OF THE OFFICIAL COLLECTABLES OF THE STOIXIMAN SUPER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
[Athens, 5 October 2023]
Super League Greece and Panini are proud to announce a new exclusive multi-year agreement that appoints the publisher as the only company officially authorised to produce collectible products of Super League, the top-tier football Championship in Greece.
The license granted to Panini by Super League Greece, allows the publisher to develop and distribute official stickers collection, trading cards and other collectibles, based on Super League Greece trophies, logos, clubs, and players.
The agreement between Super League Greece and Panini starts from the current season, 2023-24, with the objective to deliver the first officially licensed products of Super League Greece to collectors and to all Greek football fans over the next few months, within an extended publishing programme.
Panini has a historic presence in Greece having distributed stickers and trading cards for decades through its consolidated local partners. This agreement will substantially enrich the product portfolio for children, collectors and supporters of all ages.
Katia Koxenoglou, Super League Greece Deputy President, said: “We, at Super League Greece, are delighted to establish a cooperation with PANINI, as our exclusive officially licensed partner, following a unanimous Board of Directors decision. Football fans of all ages will soon add to their collections, stickers, trading cards and other collectibles. The long tradition of PANINI guarantees that the official Super League Greece collectibles will be highly sought after by collectors and fans alike.”
Elisabetta Mussini, Panini Group Licensing Director, said: “We would like to express our gratitude to the president of the Board of Directors Evangelos Marinakis who made this deal possible, to the Clubs and to the Super League Executives who worked closely to us to define the details of this agreement.
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In parallel to our activities with the Super League, we will continue to work directly with the clubs on the development of further products and initiatives to promote Greek football both locally and internationally.
We believe that this deal also represents a great opportunity for our distribution partners and retailers who will be able to resell official licensed products branded Super League.”
About Super League Greece:
Super League Greece was founded in July 2006, in the form of a Limited Liability Association in accordance with the provisions of Greek Law 1667/1986 and Greek Law 3479/2006 on the "Establishment, organisation and operation of professional sports Associations and other provisions". The Members of the Association are the Professional Football Clubs (FCs) that have the right to participate in the professional football championship of the 1st National Division. The main activity of the Association is organising and staging the professional football championship of the 1st National Division, in accordance with the regulations and decisions of the HFF and the supervising international football confederations (UEFA, FIFA). -
About Panini:
Panini Group was established over 60 years ago in Modena, Italy. It has subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States. It’s the world leader in the published collectable sector and the leading multi-national publisher of comics, children’s magazines, and manga in Europe and Latin America. The company has distribution channels in more than 150 countries and counts a staff of over 1100 people. For more information, visit www.paninigroup.com