AZ has two different home kits. The Alkmaarders choose to sell both shirts with main sponsor Kansino and Alkmaar Zaanstreek Foundation. With this, the club is responding to the commotion that has arisen about gambling companies that are on the shirts of many football clubs.
The AZ home shirt is available in two variants. Main sponsor Kansino adorns the shirt that will be worn by the players. The other variant has room for the logo of the Alkmaar Zaanstreek Foundation. Shirts for fans under the age of 18 are only sold with the social organization on the shirt.
Gambling companies
In the Netherlands there is currently a lot of talk about gambling companies that sponsor football clubs. Minister Conny Helder of Long-term Care and Sport would prefer a ban on gambling companies on shirts of football clubs. She does not think it is desirable for sports and gambling to be intertwined in this way and would like to protect the youth against gambling.
The shirts of several North Holland clubs now feature the logos of gambling companies. FC Volendam presented it this week new home kit with BetCity as main sponsor. Earlier this month Ajax concluded a sponsorship deal with Unibet. This resulted in a lot of criticism from the fans of the Amsterdam club.