Uhlsport GmbH is a German

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manufacturer. Originally established in 1948 as "Haase & Uhl OHG" and later renamed "Karl Uhl GmbH", the company became "uhlsport GmbH" in 1994. It is an international company which has its permanent headquarters in Balingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company manufactures and distributes its products through the brands Uhlsport and Kempa.

History

The company was founded in 1948 by Karl Uhl. Early production focussed on the manufacture of leather studs for football boots, and in 1953 uhlsport also began to produce football boot soles for sports shoe manufacturers. In the years which followed more products were added, including

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s, sports bandages, footballs and goalkeeper gloves, until finally uhlsport GmbH had developed a full range of football equipment. Since 2002, the company has been operating a multi-brand strategy for football and

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the ...

Brands and products

The brand "uhlsport" specialises in football, especially goalkeeper equipment. Since 2002, handball equipment has been marketed through the company's own "Kempa" brand. The German company operates an indirect distribution strategy with subsidiaries in

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, and

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and with country managers in UK,

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, and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Uhlsport has a further 80 distribution partners across the world. In 1998, the company was sold by the Uhl family to the Daiss family.

Sponsorship

Uhlsport is the official equipment supplier to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ball ...

and

1. FC Magdeburg 1. FC Magdeburg is a German association football club based in the city of Magdeburg. The club was founded in 1965 and spent all but one season in East Germany top flight, the DDR-Oberliga, winning three championships and seven cup titles. It ...

, As official ball sponsor uhlsport supports the French

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and the French

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. The goalkeepers Alphonso Areola, Oliver Baumann, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Lukas Hradecky, Ron-Robert Zieler and others play with uhlsport gloves.uhlsport Gmb
Sponsoring goalkeepers
2018 Kampa ist the official sponsor to

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, TVB 1898 Stuttgart, Bergischer HC,

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(women) and

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(women).

Football

National teams

Africa

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Asia

* *

Club teams

Africa

* SOA * Ghazl El Mahalla * Gomhoriat Shebin * FUS *

America

* Deportivo Laferrere (From 2022 season). * San Carlos *

Asia

* Nassaji *

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* Perspolis * Al-Nahda * Nizwa *

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* Suwaiq

Europe

* Bylis * Egnatia * Kastrioti * Laçi * Austria Lustenau * Blau-Weiß Linz *

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* Arda Kardzhali *

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Maritsa Plovdiv Maritsa ( bg, Марица) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Plovdiv, that plays in the Second League, the second level of Bulgarian football league system. It was established in 1921, after the merger of the teams Vampir and ...

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Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

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* Silkeborg *

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(From 2022 - 2023 season) * FC Magdeburg *

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* SSV Reutlingen * SSV Ulm * Stuttgarter Kickers *

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* VfR Garching * Ballkani (From 2021-2022 season) *

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* Warrenpoint Town *

Erzurumspor Erzurumspor was a sports club located in Erzurum, Turkey. The football club played in the Turkish Regional Amateur League. The club also played in Turkish First League between 1998–2001. It fell into money shortage since 2000 and gradually f ...

* Alanyaspor *

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Associations and competitions

Uhlsport is the official supplier for the following leagues and associations: *

NIFL Premiership The NIFL Premiership, known as the Danske Bank Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and colloquially as the Irish League or Irish Premiership, is a professional association football league which operates as the highest division of the North ...

* Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara

Handball

Club teams

* Bergischer HC *

* TVB Stuttgart * CSM București (women's) * Gloria Bistrița (women's) * Dunărea Brăila (women's) * Gloria Buzău (women's) * CSM București *

Alingsås HK Alingsås HK is a handball club from Alingsås, Sweden. They currently compete in Handbollsligan. They have won two Swedish championships, in 2009 and 2014. Kits Achievements *Handbollsligan: **''Winners (2)'': 2009, 2014 **''Runners- ...

en, "The uhlsport football brand. Brand positioning in Germany"). 1998

Volleyball

Club teams

* Ganziantep Genckikspor

References

External links

* {{Sports equipment brands Sporting goods manufacturers of Germany Sportswear brands Companies based in Baden-Württemberg Clothing companies established in 1948 1948 establishments in Germany