Serie A club Catania looking for a main shirt sponsor for the 2013/14 season

Calcio Catania (eighth in Serie A in 2012/13) are looking for a main shirt sponsor for the 2013/14 season, the club announced on the 12/08/2013.

In 2012/13, the club was sponsored by Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, the association of the producers of blood orange from Sicily. The association's logo appeared on the front of Catania's jersey during the entire season.

"When looking for a shirt sponsor for a Serie B club, you can not ask for less than €350,000 per season. €400,000 if the club is very popular, but if you start asking for less than €250,000, this is no use finding a sponsor anymore. I know this is a difficult period for football teams. Nobody is calm. In Catania, we struggle to find a shirt sponsor, but we do not intend to sell the advertising space just for economic reasons, we also require the sponsor company to get involved in the club on a daily basis," said Saverio Provenzano, the marketing manager of Gsport, which handles the sponsorship contracts of the Sicilian club.