Kelme (company)

For the Lithuanian town, see Kelmė.

New Millennium Sports, S.L., trading as Kelme (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkelme]), is a Spanish sports equipment manufacturing company that creates and produces sportswear and athletic shoes. It was founded in 1963 by Diego and José Quiles and its products are destined for the football, futsal, basketball, running, cricket and tennis markets.^[2]

New Millenium Sports, S.L.

Trade name	Kelme
Company type	Sociedad Limitada[1]
Industry	Textile
Founded	1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Founder	Diego Quiles José Quiles
Headquarters	Elche , Spain
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Carlos García Cobaleda (President)[1]
Products	Sportswear, footwear
Website	kelme.com

Kelme is headquartered in Spain, but has other offices worldwide including a United States Division in Conover, North Carolina.

Kelme sponsored a professional cycling team, together with the Valencian government.

Their products are endorsed by high-profile players such as David James, Josemi and Paul Kelly, and others. Their football boots are made to provide established power, swerve, accuracy and durability. Daniel González Güiza wears the Kelme Masters for RCD Mallorca. Real Madrid and RCD Mallorca used to wear kits produced by Kelme.

Sponsorships

Teams and athletes sponsored by Kelme worldwide are:^[3]

Cricket

National teams

•    Nepal (Since December 2020)

Basketball

National teams

•  Argentina^[4]
•  Ivory Coast
•  Moldova

Club teams

• Dinamo Bucuresti
• Incheon ET Land Elephants
• Busan KT Sonicboom
• Neptūnas
• Al Riyadi Beirut
• Borac Banja Luka

Football

Football Federations

• AFC Asian Cup 2023

National teams

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (From March 2023)
•  Dominica (Only Female teams)
•  Lebanon (From November 2023)
•  Mongolia (From June 2023)
•  Palestine (From January 2024)
•  Jordan (From February 2024)
•  Turkmenistan (From June 2024)

Non FIFA national teams

Associations Teams and athletes sponsored:

Non representative national teams

•  Murcia

Referees

Kelme is also the official referee kits supplier for the leagues:

• Jordanian Pro League
• Philippines Football League

Club teams

• USM Bel Abbès
• JS Saoura
• WA Tlemcen
• 1º de Agosto
• Arsenal de Sarandí (From January 2025)
• San Martín de Tucumán
• Macarthur FC
• Druk Lhayul
• Gomo Football Club
• Borac Banja Luka
• Leotar
• Rudar Prijedor
• Široki Brijeg
• Deportes Concepción
• América de Natal
• Foshan Nanshi
• Guangxi Pingguo Haliao
• Guangzhou
• Jiangxi Lushan
• Liaoning Tieren
• Nanjing City
• Qingdao Red Lions
• Shanghai Jiading Huilong
• Suzhou Dongwu
• Yunnan Yukun
• Ceramica Cleopatra
• Al Hammam
• Pharco
• Smouha
• Tala'ea El Gaish
• Watford
• Maidenhead United
• Wealdstone
• Siquinalá
• Comunicaciones
• North District FC
• Hong Kong Rangers FC
• Southern
• Persik Kediri
• Hapoel Holon
• Hapoel Be'er Sheva
• Thespakusatsu Gunma
• Iwate Grulla Morioka^[5]
• Al-Wehdat SC
• Al-Faisaly
• Al-Ramtha SC
• Al-Hussein SC (Irbid)
• Al-Salt
• Al-Jazeera Club (Jordan)
• Sahab SC
• Shabab Al-Ordon Club
• Gwangju
• Bucheon FC 1995
• Gimcheon Sangmu
• Dordoi Bishkek
• Al Ahed FC
• Nejmeh SC
• Cheng Fung
• FAM-MSN Project^[6]
• PIB F.C.
• Negeri Sembilan FC
• OCK
• Nepal Army Club
• New Road Team
• Nepal A.P.F. Club
• Nepal Police Club
• Quick Boys
• Al-Nahda
• Al-Nasr
• Belenenses SAD
• Boavista
• Machico
• Oliveirense
• Al-Gharafa
• Sajir
• Vojvodina
• Espanyol
• Espanyol B
• Kelme CF
• Dynamo Bryansk^[7]
• Zenit Saint Petersburg^[8]
• Al-Hilal
• Tainan City
• Tatung F.C.
• Ayutthaya United
• Buriram United Academy^[9]
• Chiangmai
• Chonburi Bluewave Futsal Club Academy^[10]
• Uthai Thani^[11]
• Rajpracha F.C.
• Songkhla^[12]
• Balkany Zorya
• Chornomorets Odesa
• Dnipro Cherkasy
• Mynai
• Olimpik Donetsk
• Podillya Khmelnytskyi
• Skoruk Tomakivka
• Sumy
• Tavriya Simferopol
• Veres Rivne
• Albion
• Boston River
• Defensor Sporting
• Nasaf Qarshi
• Vinh Long^[13]
• Luxury Ha Long
• Quang Nam FC
• Chicken Inn FC

Track and field

National teams

• Cameroon

Volleyball

National teams

Club teams

• Al Ahly

Futsal

Associations Teams and athletes sponsored:

• Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala (Since the 2013/2014 season)
• Ju Delgado
• Benicarló F.S.
• Caja Segovia FS
• Elche CF
• Sofía Rodriguez
• Lorena Rubio
• Laura Fernández
• Patricia Chamorro
• Arturo Santamaría
• Dani Salgado
• FC Litija
• Oplast Kobarid
• Al Hilal

Esport

Associations Teams

• Koi Squad

Roller hockey

Clubs

• Hockey Club San Jorge

See also

• Kelme (cycling team)

References

1. Company Overview of Kelme International – Bloomberg Business website
2. Dhungel, Prabin. "KELME off to a good start in Nepal". The Annapurna Express. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
3. Kelme sponsorships at company's official site Archived 2012-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, 2012-05-20
4. Se presentó la nueva indumentaria de la Selección Argentina on CABB, 31 Jul 2022
5. "いわてグルージャ盛岡". March 2022.
6. "SIARAN MEDIA: KELME TAJA SKUAD PROJEK FAM-MSN". Football Association of Malaysia. 1 March 2021.
7. "Динамо - Брянск".
8. "Зенит - Санкт Петербург".
9. "KELME Thailand". March 2022.
10. "Bluewave Chonburi Futsal Club". March 2022.
11. "#KELMExUTFC". March 2022.
12. "KELME Thailand". May 2022.
13. "Kelme Vietnam". March 2022.

External links

• Official website