. champion type subsidiary industry textile founded rochester new york u.s. 1919 ; 97 years ago 1919 1 headquarters winston salem north carolina u.s. number of locations 34 stores 2 area served north america europe products clothing sportswear footwear parent hanesbrands inc. website www.champion.com champion or alternatively also stylized as champion u.s.a is an american manufacturer of clothing specializing in sportswear . the brand is a subsidiary of hanesbrands inc. based in winston salem north carolina which was spun off by the sara lee corporation . the company was originally based in rochester new york prior to its acquisition by sara lee . 3 champion is hanesbrands second largest brand with the namesake hanes brand in first place . other brands owned by hanesbrands inc. are playtex its third largest brand bali just my size barely there wonderbra l eggs c9 by champion duofold beefy t outer banks sol y oro rinbros zorba and ritmo . champion produced uniforms for some national basketball association teams during the 1990s and some nfl teams during the 1980s and 1990s . it has also produced sportswear for many major colleges . 4 from 2008 champion produced kits for premier league side wigan athletic the wales national football team and the jersey of the greek basketball team . 5 also pallacanestro cant in italy . for many years champion supplied the athletic uniforms for the notre dame fighting irish . in 2001 notre dame signed a 5 year exclusive agreement with adidas which ended a partnership champion had with the university that spanned over 50 years . 6 contents 1 sponsorships 1.1 current sponsorships 1.1.1 basketball 1.1.1.1 associations 1.1.1.2 national teams 1.1.1.3 club teams 1.1.2 lacrosse 1.2 past sponsorships 1.2.1 basketball 1.2.2 football 2 merchandising licensed manufacturer 2.1 replica jerseys 3 references 4 external links sponsorships edit champion has manufactured and provided kit uniforms for the following teams and associations current sponsorships edit basketball edit associations edit fiba 7 national teams edit albania cyprus 8 italy 9 south africa club teams edit crvena zvezda lacrosse edit usa national team past sponsorships edit basketball edit nba all teams 1990 2002 u.s. national team 1992 2000 football edit wigan athletic 2008 09 ac parma 1999 2005 including the last season as main sponsor of the club wales national football team 2008 10 fc sochaux montb liard 2003 05 including the last season as main sponsor of the club merchandising licensed manufacturer edit the following is a list of the products made by the company in the licensed sports business replica jerseys edit nba all teams 1990 2002 nfl all teams 1980s 2000 references edit http articles.chicagotribune.com 1989 02 14 business 8903050345 1 sara lee coach leather goods champion products list of champion stores http articles.chicagotribune.com 1989 02 14 business 8903050345 1 sara lee coach leather goods champion products abraham and william feinbloom champion products inc. champion presents the new greek national basketball team jersey adidas allegiance on notre dame magazine by ed cohen fiba global partners retrieved 31 aug 2014 cyprus basketball federation http www.basketball.org.cy retrieved 1 october 2015 . greek champion listed as sponsor at the federazione italiana de pallacanestro website retrieved 14 march 2013 external links edit official site hanes brands v t e hanesbrands bali barely there champion duofold hanes hanes hosery just my size l eggs outer banks playtex wonderbra retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title champion sportswear & oldid 741455749 categories sara lee corporation brandsclothing companies established in 1919sportswear brandsclothing companies of the united statessporting goods manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in winston salem north carolinahidden categories articles with greek language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages espa olfran ais norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 16 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view