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    What top European football clubs are named after companies?

    Question #98153. Asked by author. (Jul 31 08 8:16 PM)


    zbeckabee

    		I'm posting the UEFA website, in the event it might help someone answer this question:

    European Football Clubs -- UEFA COUNTRIES
    52 COUNTRIES, 716 FOOTBALL CLUBS

    http://www.europeanclubs.net/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA

    Jul 31 08, 10:29 PM
    davejacobs

    		A lot of top football clubs ARE companies, e.g Manchester United plc
    http://www.manutd.com/documents/clubCharters/doc_10_33.pdf

    Aug 01 08, 1:17 AM
    wildginge

    		The most obvious one I can think of is PSV in the Dutch league.

    Sadly, Total Network Solutions are now called The New Saints!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psv_eindhoven

    Aug 01 08, 7:37 AM
    author

    		Also sadly, to some: Austrian football club Austria Salzburg was renamed Red Bull Salzburg. Some of the players and fans disliked this so much that they started all over in the bottom of the divisions with the original club name Austria.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Red_Bull_Salzburg

    Another prominent example is Bayer Leverkusen.
    Besides, hundreds of clubs in the former USSR, Eastern Europe and East Germany are (or were) named after (state) companies.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayer_Leverkusen

    Aug 01 08, 5:04 PM

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