Open Payments?: Dispute Escalates – VfB Stuttgart Submits Lawsuit Against Sponsor

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Already in the DFB Cup final, the dispute caused a stir, now the VfB Stuttgart decides on legal steps: The football Bundesliga club goes against its jersey sponsor.

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The relationship between the VfB Stuttgart and its previous main and jersey sponsor has long been regarded as burdened. Now the German cup winner moves to court for allegedly outstanding payments.

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VfB Stuttgart is bringing Winamax to justice, as the sponsor has not made any payments since spring 2025.

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The change of the main sponsor with football club VfB Stuttgart has a court replay. The former financier criticizes a violation of contract contents, the VfB wants to file missing payments.

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The relationship between the VfB Stuttgart and its previous main and jersey sponsor has long been regarded as burdensome.The club is now moving to court for allegedly outstanding payments.Fußball Bundesligist VfB Stuttgart has filed a lawsuit with the civil chamber of the Stuttgart Regional Court against its previous main and jersey sponsor Winamax.The French betting provider "concluded all payments from the advertising and sponsoring contract i…

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The sponsorship dispute continues to escalate: VfB Stuttgart has sued its former main sponsor Winamax. The French betting provider has not yet paid the Swabians a outstanding sum of millions. Winamax "has stopped all payments" At the DFB Cup Final (4:2 against Arminia Bielefeld) the shirt with the chest ring was not short-term jersey sponsor Winamax, but a lettering of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) the shirt with the chest ring. The re…