Brazil: Frescatto (food) will appear on the shoulders of the Fluminense shirt in 2015

Frescatto, a Brazilian company specialising in meals, will appear on the shoulders of the Fluminense FC shirt (Brazilian Serie A) for the 2015 season, announces the club on 15/01/2015. The company has an option to extend the agreement for one additional season.

The contract is estimated by several Brazilian media outlets at 4m realis (€1.3m) for the 2015 year. The beverage producer Viton 44 will be the Fluminense main shirt sponsor for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The amount of that contract is estimated €4.2m per year. Viton 44 replaces Unimed, a medical services company and the Fluminense main shirt sponsor from 1999 to 2014.

• The German equipment supplier adidas has extended his contract with Fluminense until 2020, on 28/05/2014.
• Fluminense FC (the Brazilian Champion in 2012), has signed a 35-year lease with the Consortium Maracana SA to become the resident club of the Rio de Janeiro Maracana stadium (78,800 seats), on 16/07/2013.
• The club had 13,405 average spectators in 2013.
• Fluminense is the 11^th most popular club in Brazil with 3.6 million fans in 2014, according to a…