Kappa (company)
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Headquarters |  Turin, Italy |
| Key people | • Marco Daniele Boglione, Administration Council President and Massimo Boidi, President |
| Industry | Textile |
| Products | Footwear |
| Revenue | 16 millions |
| Website | http://www.kappa.com [ ????? http://www.basicnet.com/ www.basicnet.com ????????] |
Kappa is an Italian clothing company that started as a sock and underwear manufacturer in 1916 in Turin.
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[edit] Logo
A silhouette of a relaxed man (left) and woman (right) sitting back to back in the nude.
[edit] Company structure
Kappa and its sister brands are owned by the holding company BasicNet.
[edit] Brands
- Kappa
- Robe di Kappa or RdK
- Jesus Jeans
- Superga
- K-Way
Kappa is a corporate sponsor of world football; their boots are worn on many pitches by footballers throughout the world. The company also is the current kit supplier for the Italy national rugby union team.
[edit] Football teams who have Kappa as kit sponsor
[edit] National teams
Burkina Faso
Montenegro
U.S. Virgin Islands
Wales (Ends in 2008)
[edit] Club teams
[edit] Europe
SK Brann
Wacker Tirol
Rijeka
Baník Ostrava
Viljandi Tulevik
Maccabi Netanya
FC Metz- Le Mans
- FC Nantes (starts on July 2008)
FC København
SV Werder Bremen- SG Olympia Leipzig
- 1. FC Kaiserslautern
- TSV 1860 Munich
- 1. FC Mülheim
- Torino F.C.
- A.S. Roma
- Sampdoria
Feyenoord Rotterdam
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Partizan Belgrade
Real Betis
Denizlispor
[edit] Africa
[edit] Americas
Barracas Bolívar- Deportivo Armenio
- Excursionistas
- CA Huracán
- Platense
- Racing de Córdoba
- Rosario Central
- San Martín de Tucumán
- Sportivo Italiano
- Unión de Santa Fe
- Unión de Sunchales
Botafogo- CSA
- Rio Branco-AC
Deportivo Temuco
Deportivo Pereira
Arabe Unido
Olimpia Asunción- Cerro Porteño
Defensor Sporting- Montevideo Wanderers
[edit] Asia
Changsha Jinde- Zhejiang Lvcheng
- Qingdao Zhongneng
Xiangxue Sun Hei
JEF United- Tokyo Verdy
- Consadole Sapporo
Pohang Steelers
Home United FC
[edit] Popular culture
In the United Kingdom, Kappa-brand clothing, and their distinctive white trainer, are associated with the chav subculture, so called Kappa Slappers. The term comes from British magazine Viz which includes a character called Tasha Slappa, an exaggerated teenage female chav. [1] (The character was originally called "Kappa Slappa" until the Kappa company filed a lawsuit against Viz, specifically because the strip implied their clothing was highly flammable.) The 'Vicky Pollard' character from Little Britain, whose catchphrase is "Yeah, but no, but yeah..." wears Kappa clothes. This links back in with the Chav connection.
