Bayer and Sports

Bayer – one of Germany's biggest sports sponsors

Bayer is one of Germany's biggest sports patrons and sports sponsors. As long as the beginning of the 20th century, Bayer began sponsoring sports clubs in the communities surrounding its production sites in order to help its employees make constructive use of their leisure time.

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The BayArena in Leverkusen is certainly the most well known Bayer sports facility. Numerous national and international football matches and other sporting events have been staged here and given spectators exciting entertainment.

Indeed, there is probably no other company that supports such a wide range of sport activities. Bayer:

supports activities in professional, recreational, youth and disabled sports
has concluded sponsorship contracts with individual athletes and with teams, such as the professional soccer players of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, as well as with promoters and sports associations such as the National Paralympic Committee Germany
sponsors sports through both funding and investments in facilities and infrastructure (e.g. construction of sports facilities)
supports 27 sports clubs near its sites

A few facts about Bayer Sports today:

27 "Bayer" sports clubs
approximately 50,000 members
50 different sports
20 top teams in 15 different sports
61 Olympic medals
55 Paralympic medals
200 World Championship medals
100 European Championship titles
more than 800 German championship titles

Bayer – one of Germany's biggest sports sponsors

A few facts about Bayer Sports today:

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