Qatar Airways Official Title Sponsor of FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013

Qatar Airways has been named the official title sponsor of the FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013 to be held in Thailand and Malaysia next month.

The exhibition games will give FC Barcelona football fans in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur an opportunity to see the Spanish La Liga Champions, in action when they take on the Thai National Football Team in Bangkok on 7 August, and an all-star team of the Malaysian League’s best players in Kuala Lumpur three days later on 10 August.

The club will be making their first ever appearance in Malaysia and returning to Thailand for the first time since 2002.

The matches, to be held in Bangkok’s Rajamangala National Stadium and Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium, are expected to reach capacity at 50,000 and 100,000 spectators, respectively.

Sandro Rosell, President of FC Barcelona said, “We are pleased that the club is returning to Asia this summer with Qatar Airways, our travelling companion from 1 July. We very much look forward to seeing our Thai friends again and returning to their country for the first time in more than 10 years. This tour will also enable us to visit Malaysia for the first time, where we know we have a lot of dedicated supporters. We want to feel close to them, especially the children, and for them to enjoy the team and our players, and get to know our club better, a club unlike any other in the world, and also our country. We thank Qatar Airways for the chance to visit these fans that have dreamed for long to see our players live.”