Capelli Sport has focused on the soccer market,[4] producing kits, goalkeeper gloves, and balls, as well as casual wear – such as t-shirts, hoodies, jackets and leggings – and accessories, such as bags and hats.[5] In 2022, basketball and volleyball apparel lines were added, and in 2023, the business expanded into baseball, softball, football, flag football field hockey and lacrosse, tennis, golf, swimming and wrestling lines are slated to be added in 2024.
History
In 2013, Capelli Sport signed a corporate partnership with the Wilmington Hammerheads, a United Soccer League PRO team, at the time, that has since rebranded to USL Championship. As of 2021, Capelli Sport is the new exclusive uniform and apparel provider for PRO, an organization of professional referees. The referees officiate Major League Soccer matches, which attract roughly 300 million viewers in the US alone, and will now feature Capelli Sport on viewers screens.
Capelli Sport owns and operates several professional soccer clubs around the world including Barnsley Women's FC in England, KFUM Roskilde in Denmark, Inter Allies FC in Ghana, and HB Køge in Denmark. HB Køge is a professional football club founded in 2009 as a merger of two of the proudest clubs in Danish football, Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub, both former Danish Champions. After Capelli Sport started investing in HB Køge, the club's amateur women's team rapidly rose through the Danish leagues. Five sensational straight promotions led them to the Danish top tier Gjensidige Kvindeliga. HB Køge currently plays in Capelli Sport Stadium in Køge, Denmark which is undergoing renovations with a 2025 completion. The renovated stadium will hold 7,000 fans, includes a VIP lounge, and has a turf field approved for matches in the Danish SuperLiga, UEFA and FIFA.
Capelli Sport has equipped various soccer teams, most notably European based clubs AEK Athens, Grasshopper Club Zurich, Pogoń Szczecin, VfL Osnabrück, London City Lionesses, and HB Køge. United States based clubs include Colorado Switchbacks, Charlotte Independence, Rhode Island FC, Tampa Bay Sun FC, and Carolina Ascent. Capelli Sport is the official uniform and on-field apparel sponsor for the USL Super League.[6] Capelli Sport currently equips the Trinidad and Tobago National Federation team.[1]
On March 15, 2023, Capelli partnered with US-based Legends FC for their 2023 season.[7] Capelli Sport will be in charge of the uniform, apparel, and the equipment. Players will also have access to Capelli Sport's European clubs, events, coaching, education, and a players pathways club through Capelli Sport+.[7]
In 2024, Capelli Sport's sponsorship helped launch U.S. College Club Soccer (USCCS)[8], a national organzition to support the approximate 600 university-sanctioned, student-run men’s and women’s teams[9], which since 1994 have competed for the NIRSA National Soccer Championships.
Sponsorships
The following is a list of professional football teams sponsored by Capelli Sport:[10]
Aurelijus Skarbalius is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former player, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided full-back. He is the Global Director of Capelli Sport, the owner of his former club HB Køge.
Herfølge Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based in Herfølge, a southern suburb of Køge in the eastern part of Zealand. In 2009, the club shared its licence, and merged its professional football with Køge BK to form HB Køge.
Køge Boldklub is a Danish football club from Køge, Zealand.
Herfølge Stadium is an association football stadium located in Herfølge, Køge municipality, Denmark. It has been the home ground of Herfølge BK (HB) since 1936 and has previously hosted the professional superstructure HB Køge (2009–2018). In November 2018, the total capacity of 8,000 spectators made it among the 25th largest football stadiums in Denmark.
BSG Wismut Gera is a German association football club playing in Gera, Thuringia. The club is the successor to 1. SV Gera whose football department joined Blau-Weiß Gera and Geraer KFC Dynamos in 2007 to form FV Gera Süd, which, in turn, changed its name to BSG Wismut Gera in 2009.
Lasse Nis-Hansen Kronborg is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He has previously represented Vejle Boldklub and HB Køge in the Superliga. He played eight games and scored two goals for various Danish youth national teams from 2003 to 2004.
Fabio Trinidade da Silveira, commonly known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently a free agent.
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Emmanuel Ake Richard Muttendango is a Kenyan former footballer of Seychellois ancestry. Ake played as a forward. He has spent the past ten seasons playing for different clubs in Denmark.
Køge is a seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland, Denmark. In 2024, the urban area had a population of 38,647.
HB Køge is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It was created through the merger of Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.
Marcel Ibsen Rømer is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Lyngby Boldklub.
The 2012-13 season is HB Køge's 4th season in existent, since formed from Herfølge Boldklub and Køge Boldklub in 2009.
Adebayor Zakari Adje is a Nigerien professional footballer who plays for DStv Premiership clubs AmaZulu and the Niger national team.
Capelli Sport Stadium may refer to:
Alexander Hartmann Bah is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Denmark national team.
HB Køge Women, commonly known as HB Køge, is a Danish women's football club based in Køge, Denmark. Founded in 2009 as HB Køge Pigefodbold, the club plays in the Elitedivisionen and, like the men's team, they play their home matches at the Køge Stadium.
Aidan Liu is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Viktoria Berlin in the German Regionalliga.
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