Albanian oil company Taçi Oil has signed a one-year deal with AC Milan to become a premium sponsor of the Serie A champions for the coming 2011/12 soccer season.

Taçi Oil, the largest oil company in Albania, has signed an annual sponsorship deal with AC Milan for the 2011-2012 season as a premium sponsor.

Taçi Oil has had a close association with Milan for many years. Since 2008, in fact, it has been the main sponsor of Milan Junior Camp in Tirana, recognizing an opportunity to highlight its ability to growth and continuous improvement. To date, the event has involved about 1400 Albanian young players between 8 and 16 years, some of whom have had the unique opportunity of being welcomed into the great family at the annual Rossoneri Milan Junior Camp Day in Milan.

The combination of Taçi Oil and Milan has over the years led to the creation of numerous other initiatives, such as two friendly matches between the Rossoneri club in Albania, in 2008 and 2009 in Tirana where the likes of stars such as Maldini, Kaka and Beckham played. In addition, this year there has been an expansion of activities of the Milan Junior Camp in neighboring Kosovo and in the town of Pristina, in 2010 Taci Oil promoted the Tirana Park in Milan, an event dedicated to families that involved thousands of families for a whole weekend and the Milan School Cup, a tournament for schools in the capital.

The deal, which took place thanks to the help of Infront, official advisors who also aid the club in searching, choosing and managing sponsors, was signed this morning in Milan’s headquarters in the trophy room by Adriano Galliani, vice president and managing director of Milan, Rezart Taçi, president of Taçi Oil and Marco Bogarelli, president of Infront Italy.

“The signing of the deal is only the natural evolution of a well established relationship between Taçi Oil and its president that has been ongoing for many years,” said Adriano Galliani, vice president and managing director of Milan. “In what is a very particular moment for Italian football, champions of Italy Milan continue to be the most sought after club by other companies who are looking to expand their commercial options and give their name more visibility. The deal also highlights the excellent and very productive working relationship we have with our advisors, Infront, in terms of sponsors and they continue to be a vert strategic element in our partnership.”

“We have followed Milan with satisfaction from the 2010-2011 season,” said Marco Bogarelli, President of Infront Italy. “This new agreement, is the basis for solid and durable partnershipand will allow the team to break into a new growth market such as Albania. Conversely sponsors will allow the company to benefit from the brand strength Milan as a means of international communication.”

During the meeting, Rezart Taci said: “As well as thanking my friend Adriano Galliani for having invited me to this magnificent hall with all the trophies at their headquarters and Infront, headed by Marco Bogarelli for giving me this opportunity, I would like to underline that it is a real honour for me personally and also for the Taci Group to be undertaking a new challenge in Italy along with AC Milan. AC Milan have always been a symbol of strength for my family and I, of determination and success, the same values with which I have based my professional career on. I love Italian football which I believe is still the best in the world. I hope, thus, that as well as bringing my group commercial success this deal will also represent the future when it comes to further international investments in the Italian game. Italy, in my opinion, is the most beautiful place in the world with infinite natural beauty ad culture and from a personal point of view, aside from the bond I have with the club, I still prefer to bring my guests to Italy and to the San Siro than to England or Spain.”

Source: acmilan.com

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