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Coca-Cola launches football fan campaign ahead of FIFA World Cup
‘The Lost Voices’ celebrates India’s passionate fans with real supporter recordings
MUMBAI: Some trophies gather dust. Others leave fans with nothing but a sore throat and stories to tell. Coca-Cola is putting those battle scars of football fandom centre stage with ‘The Lost Voices’, a new campaign that celebrates Indian supporters who have quite literally shouted themselves hoarse while cheering for their favourite teams.
Developed by Ogilvy India, the campaign features recordings of real football fans whose voices have given way after passionate match-day celebrations. Rather than scripted performances or celebrity narrations, Coca-Cola will use these authentic fan recordings across its social media platforms throughout the FIFA World Cup, turning supporters into the campaign’s unmistakable voice.
The initiative is part of Coca-Cola’s global ‘Feel It All’ platform and reflects the brand’s continuing association with FIFA. It also taps into India’s growing football culture, where loyal fan bases for nations such as Brazil and Argentina stretch far beyond geographical borders.
The campaign will focus on football-loving communities across Kerala, Goa, Assam and West Bengal, regions where World Cup nights routinely transform homes, cafés and neighbourhoods into mini stadiums filled with chants, celebrations and heartbreak.
Coca-Cola TM India & Southwest Asia senior director for marketing Karthik Subramanian said the campaign recognises fans whose passion is so genuine that they lose their voices cheering. By making those real voices the centrepiece of the campaign, he said, the brand hopes to celebrate the rituals, communities and emotions that define every World Cup.
Echoing the thought, Ogilvy India chief creative officer Sukesh Nayak said Indian football fans experience every match with remarkable intensity, making their “lost voices” the most authentic expression of the tournament’s emotion.
By swapping polished scripts for raspy cheers, Coca-Cola is betting that the loudest story of the World Cup might just come from fans who can barely speak at all.
