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  Company Type Public
  Foundation 1948
  Key People Robert Louis-Dreyfus
  Industry Sportswear and Sports Goods
  Products Footwear <br> Accessories <br> Sportswear
  Homepage http://wwwlecoqsportifcom


Le Coq Sportif (, Translated in English as '''The Sporting Rooster''') is a French company producing Sport s Equipment such as Shoes and T-shirt s. It was founded in 1948 by Emile Camuset although Camuset had been designing for many years prior. [http://www.vogue.com.au/fashion_central/companies/fashion/le_coq_sportif

The company has Sponsorship deals with many Football clubs, including Sheffield United , Wolverhampton Wanderers , Carlisle United , Queens Park Rangers , Manchester City (as of 2007-08), and Hibernian . In addition, the company also sponsors the Quick Step-Innergetic and Team Milram cycling teams. Le Coq Sportif also supplied kits to the Tottenham Hotspur team that won the FA Cup in 1981 and 1982, Aston Villa , Chelsea , Sunderland A.F.C. and the Everton team of the mid 1980s; the FIFA World-Cup winning Argentina teams of 1978 and 1986. It currently supplies the kit for the Algeria National Football Team .

Despite its modest size (compared to companies like Adidas , Reebok or Nike ), the brand has seen considerable exposure, including the Korean television series Full House in episode n°11.

The company's name derives from the Gallic Rooster , a national symbol of France.


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