STAR COMPANY TO BECOME GENERAL SPONSOR OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

arminfo
2008-04-30 14:59:00

ArmInfo. STAR company, that unites the net of supermarkets, will become
general sponsor of Armenian national football championship. Today
President of Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan and
Executive director of STAR Vahan Kerobyan signed the cooperation
contract.

Hayrapetyan said that Armenian top league will be called STAR –
National Championship of Armenia. He also added that except supporting
the top league STAR will also become the partner of Armenian national
football team. ‘We are happy to cooperate with the biggest net of
supermarkets in Armenia. Our joint work will be directed to football
development in Armenia’, – he said.

For his part, Executive Director of STAR, Vahan Keropyan, said that the
company will take all the efforts to assist development of football in
Armenia. ‘Foorball is the most popular kind of sports in Armenia. We
are happy that our logo will be presented at the championship’, –
he said. He did not rule out later they may also support championship
of other kinds of sports.

To note, STAR is the biggest net of supermarkets in Armenia, 28,3%
of shares of which belong to European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development. At present there are 9 STAR supermarkets in Yerevan. The
10th will be opened soon.