{{Short description|Brand of association football balls}} {{Notability|date=April 2024}} The '''Adidas Torfabrik''' (English: "Goal factory") is a family and brand of [[Ball (association football)|association football balls]]. Used as official match balls of [[Bundesliga]] between 2010 and 2018, the Torfabrik balls, in order to distinguish them in their construction, have had the year of adoption in their names.
== History == The first version of Torfabrik, the official match ball of [[2010–11 Bundesliga]], used the same technology and design of [[Adidas Jabulani]], in fact, for this reason was also nicknamed ''Jabulani Torfabrik''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-13 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2010/2011 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2010-2011/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2010/11 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2010/2011 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2010-2011 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was orange. The official match ball of [[2011–12 Bundesliga]], although the decoration template was similar to that of the previous season, was based on the new [[Adidas Tango 12]], the new standard technology of Adidas footballs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-13 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2011/2012 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2011-2012/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2011/12 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2011/2012 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2011-2012 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was red.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-15 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2011/2012 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2011-2012-winter/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bundesliga, Adidas created a special design for [[2012–13 Bundesliga]] official match ball.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 12/13 Bundesliga OMB Unveiled |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2012/05/adidas-torfabrik-1213-bundesliga-omb.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-15 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2012/2013 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2012-2013/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2012/13 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2012/2013 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2012-2013 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was red.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-15 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2012/2013 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2012-2013-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> For [[2013–14 Bundesliga]] was adopted as official match ball a variant of [[Adidas Cafusa]] with a silver decoration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Bundesliga 13/14 Torfabrik Ball Released |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2013/01/Bundesliga13-14Torfabrik.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-16 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2013/2014 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2013-2014/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2013/14 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2013/2014 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2013-2014 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was yellow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-16 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2013/2014 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2013-2014-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> As official match ball of [[2014–15 Bundesliga]] Adidas presented a variant of [[Adidas Brazuca]], the new standard technology of Adidas footballs, with a red and silver decoration.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik Bundesliga 14-15 Ball Released |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2014/02/adidas-torfabrik-bundesliga-14-15-ball.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-16 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2014/2015 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2014-2015/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2014/15 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2014/2015 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2014-2015 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was yellow.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-17 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2014/2015 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2014-2015-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> The official match ball of [[2015–16 Bundesliga]] showed an orange template, with the same shape of [[Adidas Conext#Adidas Conext 15|Adidas Conext 15]] balls.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 15-16 Bundesliga Ball - Orange Winter Ball Debuted |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2015/03/adidas-torfabrik-15-16-bundesliga-ball.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-17 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2015/2016 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2015-2016/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2015/16 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2015/2016 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2015-2016 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was orange.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-17 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2015/2016 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2015-2016-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> The official match ball of [[2016–17 Bundesliga]] had a silver decoration, arranged in the same template as the balls that replaced the line started with Brazuca, which was first used for [[Adidas Beau Jeu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfrabik 16-17 Bundesliga Ball Released |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2015/12/adidas-16-17-bundesliga-ball.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-18 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2016/2017 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2016-2017/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2016/17 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2016/2017 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2016-2017 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was orange.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-19 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2016/2017 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2016-2017-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> The official match ball of [[2017–18 Bundesliga]] adopted a green version of the same template as the balls that replaced the line of Adidas Conext 15, which was first used for [[Adidas Krasava]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-20 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2017/2018 |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2017-2018/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2017/18 is official match ball of Bundesliga 2017/2018 {{!}} Football Balls Database |url=https://football-balls.com/ball-details/adidas-torfabrik-official-match-ball-of-bundesliga-2017-2018 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=football-balls.com |language=en}}</ref> The winter version of this model was orange.<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2020-07-20 |title=Adidas Torfabrik 2017/2018 Winter Ball |url=https://foot-ballz.com/adidas-torfabrik-2017-2018-winter-ball/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=FOOT-BALLZ.COM |language=en}}</ref> As the official match ball for the [[2018–19 Bundesliga]], Adidas presented a new version of Torfabrik based on the technology developed with [[Adidas Telstar 18]];<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adidas Bundesliga 18-19 Ball Leaked - Never Released Due to End of Contract |url=https://www.footyheadlines.com/2022/03/adidas-bundesliga-18-19-ball-leaked.html |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Footy Headlines |language=en}}</ref> however, the ball was never used due to the non-renewal of the contract with Adidas, which was replaced by [[Select Sport]] as the official sponsor of the German football championship.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Torfabrik 02.jpg|Torfabrik 2010–11 File:Torfabrik 2011-12.jpg|Torfabrik 2011–12 File:Adidas Torfabrik 12-13 OMB.jpg|Torfabrik 2012–13 </gallery>
== References == <references />
{{Adidas}}
[[Category:Adidas footballs|Torfabrik]] [[Category:Bundesliga]]