Bundesliga: Volkswagen and Porsche (car manufacturers) extend with RB Leipzig until 2020-21

The German car manufacturers Volkswagen AG and Porsche Leipzig GmbH, from the Volkswagen Group, have extended their partnership with RB Leipzig (Bundesliga) for three seasons (2018-2021) on 20/08/2018.

Volkswagen and Porsche have the status of "mobility partner", the first level in the sponsorship hierarchy of the German club. Volkswagen has visibility on the signage at the Red Bull Arena (42,959 capacity) as well as on the various communication platforms of the club. The brand supplies RB Leipzig players, staff and administrative staff via the Volkswagen Automobile Leipzig local car dealership.

Porsche has had a factory in Leipzig since 1999, employing 4,100 people. The brand focuses its partnership on the RB Leipzig training center and youth teams. It organises and sponsors "Leipziger Viertelfinale" ("Leipzig Quarterfinal"), an annual tournament initiated in 2014-15 that brought together 3,400 young people from the Leipzig region during the first four seasons of the partnership between Volkswagen AG, Porsche Leipzig GmbH and RB Leipzig.