Raphael Brinkert is joining the S04 women as a sleeve sponsor. The marketing expert himself has announced this.
Raphael Brinkert is joining FC Schalke 04 as a sponsor. The marketing expert himself has announced this via the “X” platform.
“Everyone is talking about women’s soccer. We are promoting it. @brinkertlueck, now an official partner of @S04Frauen,” announced Brinkert, who was born in Haltern am See. Below that, a picture with the inscription ‘New sleeve partner of the S04 women’ could be seen.
The sponsorship of the women’s department of S04 is likely to be a symbolic act, however, and the Royal Blues will now benefit from a modest sum. That alone would certainly not have caused a stir among most Schalke fans. If, yes, if it wasn’t for Raphael Brinkert.
Brinkert was repeatedly associated with S04
In this respect, his joining the miners is more of a symbolic act. Because Brinkert is, of course, not just any sponsor. The Schalke fan, who lives in Hamburg, has been associated with the S04 again in recent years. It had also been speculated that he could take over the position of CEO at the second division club.
In the meantime, however, Matthias Tillmann has been introduced as the new CEO of S04. The current CEO of the internet hotel comparison portal trivago will move to the Emscher on January 1, 2024. It was also recently rumored that Brinkert could play a role in the club if Clemens Tönnies were to make a comeback. So far, however, these are nothing more than rumors.
The fact is that Brinkert initiated the “Zukunftelf” project in 2001 – a kind of expert council consisting of former players, sponsors and long-standing fans and members of the club who wanted to make certain recommendations to S04 regarding its realignment after Clemens Tönnies. However, the project has since been dissolved.
So now at least the entry as a small sponsor for the S04 women. Just recently, Schalke announced that the employer comparison platform kununu will be visible on the jerseys of the S04 women and junior women, the training kits and as a band on the Schalke club premises until June 30, 2025.