LaLiga Santander: 18 of the 20 clubs have a main shirt sponsor in 2018-19

18 clubs of the 20 LaLiga Santander clubs have a main shirt sponsor in 2018-19, as of 28/02/2019, Real Sociedad de Futbol and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid are the two clubs which do not currently have a shirt sponsor.

On average, the 15 sponsors, for which News Tank Football was able to compile the data, pay €10.3m in annual funding to the clubs of the Spanish league, with Playtika (mobile game developer, Sevilla FC), Marathonbet (sports betting, Girona FC) and Cuatro Rayas (wine, Real Valladolid CF) not having communicated the value of their agreements. This average amount falls to €1.6m without FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF and Club Atlético de Madrid.

Real Madrid CF has the highest value contract: the club receives between €60-70m from Emirates Airlines, according to Spanish media. Rakuten, a Japanese group specialised in Internet services (e-commerce, finance, digital content), pays €55m per season, excluding sporting performance bonuses, to FC Barcelona.

Of the 16 companies that appear on the shirts of LaLiga Santander clubs, five are Spanish (25% of the 20 sponsors). Of the…