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Aston Villa teams up with Mondogoal in Fantasy Sports Partnership

Aston Villa FC

Mondogoal, the fastest growing global fantasy sports platform, announced today the addition of Aston Villa FC as its latest partner. Since the platforms launch in 2014, over £1,500,000 in cash prizes have been won by fantasy managers around the world.

Fans can begin playing immediately. For a full set of contests and to sign-up today please visit: www.mondogoal.com/AVFC or download the newly released mobile app.

Aston Villa are one of the most storied and successful football clubs in the history of English football. Aston Villa were the originators and founder members of the Football League in 1888. They were also founding members of the Premier League in 1992. They have the fifth highest total of major honours won by an English club, having won the First Division Championship seven times, the FA Cup seven times, the Football League Cup five times, the European Cup, and the UEFA Super Cup.

“With such a storied history and one of the most passionate groups of supporters in all of sport, we are excited to welcome Aston Villa and their fans to the Mondogoal team. Aston Villa has over 130 supporters’ clubs around the world, and counts over 2.2M Facebook fans, a figure amongst the very best in all of club football,” stated Shergul Arshad, CEO and Founder of Mondogoal. “AVFC supporters will now be able to compete amongst each other in our one-day fantasy football contests every matchday for cash and club related prizes.”

The platform is already offering major cash prizes through its partners using the adoption of a new form of engagement. With Mondogoal, create an account and add funds; on every match day there is the chance to win money by building your own starting 11 and competing in a Head-to-Head battle or Multi-User-Tournaments against other fantasy managers from around the world.

“Mondogoal’s unique product provides a new, fun and exciting way to engage and bring together Aston Villa fans around the world,” said Peter Wright, Head of Partnerships at Aston Villa FC. “There is no doubt that fantasy football gaming is a growing engagement platform around the world, and we are proud to be able to offer this innovative opportunity to our fans through a partnership with Mondogoal.”

Mondogoal is licensed to operate globally, and is available for cash play in multiple major markets around the world, with specific emphasis on the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and Brazil.

(Report courtesy Mondogoal Press Release)