Cork City FC are delighted to announce Zeus Packaging Group as the club’s new Premier Partner and Front of Shirt Sponsor as part of a new three-year commercial relationship.
The agreement will see the Zeus logo proudly displayed on the front of the club’s senior Mens, Womens and Amputee teams’ jerseys for the 2023, 2024 and 2025 seasons.
Established by Cork native Brian O’Sullivan in 1998, Zeus is global packaging solutions company.
Headquartered in Ireland and employing over 870 people and operating in nearly thirty countries across the globe, Zeus offers a total solution to customers around their packaging requirements, innovation, design, sustainability, IT and logistics to a diverse range of customers in multiple sectors. Zeus will have annualised turnover in 2022 of over €400m.
Brian O’Sullivan, a Fermoy native and EY Entrepreneur of the Winner in 2021 is the Owner of Zeus. Brian had the following to say at the launch of the partnership:
“Cork City FC is a high profile successful football club with a fantastic fan base and ambitious future plans to grow both on and off the field. These plans mirror our business ambitions. We are proud to be the clubs front of shirt sponsor for the next three years and look forward to building our relationship with the club and the fan base. ”
Paul Deasy, Commercial Manager for Cork City Football Club also added:
“We are delighted to get this over the line and secure a new front-of-shirt partner for the club for the next three years. From the moment we sat down with Brian, the partnership felt right. From where the company started from, to where it is now and to where it is going, it is a fantastic fit for the club. It was extremely important from the outset of this proceeding that we wanted to have the same partner cover the senior Mens, Womens and Amputee teams and Brian was fully supportive and in agreement of this from the beginning. Brian and Zeus are a huge Cork success story, and we are looking forward to working with them over the next number of years. I would also like to thank our outgoing main sponsors University College Cork and Jackie Lennox Chip shop for their wonderful support and look forward to continuing to work with them”.
Pictured above, left to right: Danny Murphy, Senior Womens Team Manager, Eva Mangan Senior, Womens Player, Daire Coughlan, Amputee Manager, Declan Carey, Cork City FC Chairman, Brian O’Sullivan, Owner Zeus Packaging Limited, Paul Deasy, Cork City FC Commercial Manager, Eanna Buckley, Cork City FC Chief, Cork City FC Operations Officer, Cian Coleman Senior Mens Player, Colin Healy Cork City FC Senior Mens Team Manager. Front: Fergal Duffy Amputee Player
For more information on Zeus Packaging Group go to www.zeuspackaging.com
The new 2023 Away and Third shirts featuring the Zeus Packaging logo are now available to pre-order via the CCFC Online Shop
For any media queries or interest in other commercial opportunities, please contact Paul Deasy at paul@corkcityfc.ie