German Football League: Merkur Group celebrates promotion with team

The Merkur Group has been a partner of the Düsseldorf Panthers for six years, according to the statement. Now there was another reason to celebrate with the American football team: The team led by head coach Jaycee Krieg won the championship title and thus celebrated promotion to the German Football League, Germany’s top division. The Merkur Group honored this. She invited the team to the Merkur Spiel-Arena to watch Fortuna Düsseldorf’s home game against 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

Trustful partnership

Around 50 Panther team members accepted the invitation of the East Westphalian group of companies and celebrated their promotion in the rooms of the Merkur Spiel-Arena. “We are of course very pleased that the Panthers will be playing first-class again next season and are keeping our fingers crossed that they will cause a sensation there,” said Nils Rullkötter, Senior Manager at the Merkur Group’s Board of Directors for Marketing, Communications and Politics, from The team’s success is exciting. Two seasons after relegation, Germany’s oldest football team will be back in the German Football League in 2025. Willi Sauer, President and Managing Director of the Düsseldorf Panthers, emphasized the importance of cooperation for sports clubs: “Reliable and trusting partnerships are essential in top-class sport, because without them long-term success would be unthinkable. For this reason, we are very happy to have the Merkur Group on our side and would like to thank you for the invitation and the great day in the Merkur Spiel-Arena.”

The Merkur Group has been a sponsor of sport for many years and is particularly active in the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital with its umbrella brand Merkur. The naming rights to the Merkur Spiel-Arena come with sponsorship from top sports clubs there: In addition to the partnership with the Düsseldorf Panthers, the company also has other partnerships with Fortuna Düsseldorf, the ice hockey club DEG, the table tennis record champions Borussia Düsseldorf and the basketball team of the Giants kind.

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