VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus becomes general sponsor of FC Kaluga 

General Director of VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus Dietmar Korzekwa and director of football club Kaluga Oleg Mitrofanov signed in April 2010 a cooperation agreement for further support for football development in Kaluga.

Thus VOLKSWAGEN Group Rus continues its sponsorship project in support of Kaluga football. 2009 the company sponsored the Kaluga football team "Lokomotiv".

Lokomotiv and the other football team from Kaluga – MiK - took first and second place in the Russian Amateur Team Championship for the Chernozemye region according to the results from last season’s games. In the end of last year Kaluga Region administration decided to unite the two teams into one. So the united team of the Kaluga football club entered the second-tier professional football league.

"We see that the players of Kaluga team are aiming for victory, and we believe in the great athletic potential of the Kalugans. At Volkswagen Group we support both professional and amateur football – not only high-profile sport, but the true people’s sport as well Support for sport is an important initiative for the Volkswagen Company. But professional football requires significantly greater concentration and responsibility and the Kaluga football club should demonstrate the desire for further development", emphasized Volkswagen Group Rus general director Dietmar Korzekwa.

The Volkswagen Group traditionally supports football. For example the Volkswagen brand has its own football club - VFL Wolfsburg, the Volkswagen Arena stadium, and the youth football championship Volkswagen Junior Masters, which is held annually and includes participation from Russian junior teams. Last year Volkswagen became sponsor of the Russian national team.