💰 Young people aren’t bored of watching professional football. They’re priced out of watching professional football by the very clubs who claim to be acting in their interests.
⚖️ Exhibit A: An €80 #UCL away ticket at Real Madrid.
🗣 “Enough is enough.”
❌ FSE wholly opposes plans to create an illegitimate & unfair breakaway #SuperLeague. Governing bodies must act now to stop a handful of wealthy clubs from ruining the game.
FSE is deeply concerned to see the return of fans being fenced in at tomorrow’s French Cup Final.
Tragedies from the past have shown how dangerous such measures are.
Solidarity with
Fans at the Champions League final bear no responsibility for tonight’s fiasco.
Thousands are still trapped outside the stadium, remaining calm in the face of a completely unreasonable situation.
We urge the relevant authorities to ensure the safety of all fans.
🚨 CONFIRMED: Return of away fans at UEFA club competitions.
✅ FSE can confirm that away fans will be permitted to attend European club competitions matches from next week.
(local restrictions & travel requirement might still apply)
ICYMI: FSE is calling for the blanket ban on away fans at UEFA club competitions to be lifted.
Football fans shouldn’t be subject to specific exclusions, which amount to a form of unequal treatment.
Read more: http://bit.ly/2UOe4Dl
Exclusive: In private meeting with UEFA members, Gianni Infantino launches attack on enemies in push for biennial WCs:
"The enemy of football is not the World Cup or is not FIFA but it is other activities that young boys and young girls are running after"
https://apnews.com/852c9b3684c356a427985173752ad5d0…
Board have written an open letter to chairman Andrea Agnelli opposing #UCL reforms. FSE has signed the letter & fully supports their stance.
#StopUCLReforms
🗣 “We do not want or need more World Cups.”
🌍 National fans’ groups from across the 6 football confederations have issued a joint statement opposing plans to hold the World Cup every two years.
#️⃣#No2YearWorldCup
📣 The decision to ban #Rangers fans from travelling to Lyon is an unacceptable restriction on freedom of movement & blatantly illegal.
🇫🇷 Together with
Un arrêté préfectoral limite à 2.000 supporters des Rangers le déplacement à Lyon.
Manifestement, le ministre n'a lu que le titre "interdiction" et non l'article 2 "jauge à 2.000".
Donc le ministre va publier, la veille du match, un arrêté d'interdiction totale.
One week ahead of their away #UEL game against Rapid Vienna, & with 1,700 tickets already sold & travel arrangements made, #WestHam fans have been banned from attending the game.
Disproportionate. Unacceptable. Time to end collective punishment,
’s decision to reject Munich city council’s request to illuminate the #allianzarena in rainbow colours for tomorrow’s tie between #ger & #hun.
🏳️🌈 We extend our solidarity to all those targeted by anti-LGBT+ discrimination in Hungary & around the world.
🗣 1/2 “An unpopular, illegitimate, & dangerous scheme in the eyes of the overwhelming majority of fans.”
🤝 In an unprecedented move, fans’ groups from across Europe have issued a joint statement in opposition to a European Super League.
🔗http://bit.ly/3ozZ4le
🗣 "The real fight begins now."
📣 We demand stronger regulation. We demand immediate action to safeguard our clubs & communities. And we demand this never happens again.
#NoEuropeanSuperLeague#StopUCLReforms
Game over. Fan activism works.
But we must guard against any return to the status-quo.
1️⃣ The wreckers must be held to account.
2️⃣ All this must be used as a springboard from which to launch a root & branch reform of the entire game.
#NoToEuropeanSuperLeague
Manchester City have withdrawn from the European Super League and Chelsea are also preparing to do so.
Chelsea and Man City were not drivers of this plan, they were the last to sign and feared being left behind.
Full story #bbcfootball
🗣| We are closely monitoring the situation in #Valencia.
Some advice:
1. Record everything
2. If you are a victim of police violence, press charges immediately
3. Contact us via DM if you need legal representation. We can put you in touch with Valencia-based specialist lawyers
🇫🇷 After destroying its identity & engaging in a constant war with fans, #Bordeaux’s owners have pulled out of the club, leaving it on the brink of bankruptcy.
📣 Robust regulation is needed immediately to prevent these vultures from ruining any more of our community assets.
, a company that monetises fan engagement at the expense of match-going fans.
This is an incomprehensible move at a time when football needs protection from crypto-mercenaries.
An announcement that will concern fans - UEFA selling fan engagement now through Socios cryptocurrency fan tokens as a means of supporters getting access to "VIP trips to UEFA Season Kick-Off Events, the chance to visit UEFA's HQ, virtual meet-and-greets with UEFA legends"
1/4 The Newcastle takeover is yet another example of how football allows states with some of the worst human rights records to use it as a geopolitical & sportswashing tool.
The game as a whole must reflect on why it has become so attractive to authoritarian regimes.
Amnesty International has urged the Premier League to change its owners' and directors' test "to address human rights issues".
It comes as Newcastle United moved closer to a Saudi Arabian-led takeover.
#nufc#bbcfootball
❌ Tonight’s tie between Hoffenheim & Leverkusen will be the final Monday night game in the #bundesliga until 2025 at the earliest.
🤬 The decision to get rid of #montagsspiele came after sustained pressure & protest from German fans.
🎉 The ministerial order banning #Rangers fans from travelling to Lyon has been withdrawn. This means that the 2000 Rangers fans with an away sector ticket are free to go to the game.
👏 Thanks again to
We now have confirmation that the sole prefectoral order will be in force. The 2.000 Rangers fans who bought an official ticket for the away sector are WELCOME to the game.
The ministerial travel ban was withdrawn.
@rangersfc@scottishfsa
This unprecedented alliance between a club and public authorities to ban away supporters is a worrying development. We remind Italian authorities of their duty to protect supporters’ fundamental rights.
Solidarity with all
🗣 “The reasoning behind a super league is simple: it allows big clubs to succeed off the pitch even when they fail on it.”
✍️ In January, 139 fans groups from 16 countries signed a statement condemning plans for a franchise league. They were ignored.
#NoEuropeanSuperLeague
Despite the crumbled credibility of the claim that Liverpool fans with fake tickets caused the Champions League horrors, Uefa still has it on its website.
@FansEurope and @spiritofshankly have asked Uefa to take it down immediately.
https://uefa.com/insideuefa/news/0275-15414eabcf51-37a2da35db3e-1000--uefa-statement-on-the-issues-surrounding-uefa-champions-league-final-kickoff-delay/…
🗣 1/2 “Un projet impopulaire, illégitime et dangereux aux yeux de l'écrasante majorité des supporters.”
🤝 Pour la première fois, des groupes de supporters de toute l'Europe s'unissent contre le projet de Super League européenne.
🔗http://bit.ly/3tgp8Fz
🗣| EUROPE WANTS TO STAND
Supporters organisations from across the continent have united to urge UEFA to drop their outdated ban on standing at European games.
Read the open letter below.
➡️https://bit.ly/2C715jp
We're calling all #LFC fans affected tonight by police brutality in Seville to fill out our away fans survey, so that we can follow up with UEFA. Also get in touch with our friends at
Travelling to an #UCL game tonight or tomorrow?
Make sure you fill in our #AwayFans survey after the game: http://awayfans.typeform.com/to/mlbT18#AwayDays
After Italian public authorities' recent decision to ban Feyenoord fans in Rome, French authorities have just announced a ban of FC Basel supporters two days before their game in Nice.
A terrible week for supporters’ rights & freedom of movement in Europe.
🏆 UEFA’s reforms to the #UCL include safeguards for elite clubs, allowing them to qualify even if they underperform domestically.
⚽️ This is unfair & anti-competitive, & we’ll continue to campaign against it. #StopUCLReform🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/3iQaKA3
🗣 “The cycle of endless concessions must stop here & now.”
📣 FSE’s is calling on UEFA to halt the #UCL reform process, & consult all stakeholders on the future of the game, including fans.
#NoEuropeanSuperLeague#StopUCLReforms
🗣 “A historic victory for the European fans’ movement.”
👏 Years of campaigning by fans has led Uefa to approve the use of #safestanding facilities in its club competitions for the 2022-23 season. For now, this will include England, Germany, & France.
#️⃣#EuropeWantsToStand
NEWS | Arsene Wenger has backed plans to stage a FIFA World Cup every two years, believing "it's what the fans want."
Do 𝙮𝙤𝙪 want a biennial World Cup?
! There’s a friendly tomorrow between 🇮🇷 and 🇹🇹 at Azadi.
Footballfans worldwide are asking: Will woman be able to buy tickets and attend? And we’re not talking about a few selected, officials, player relatives, but ALL female Iranian fans.
Your statutes below.
🗣 “Despite our clubs' behaviour, we are unified in opposition to them & we will continue to do all we can collectively to stop these plans.”
🏴 Strong statement of opposition to the #superleague by fans of the Breakaway 6 in England.
and the Italian authorities to ensure the safety and security of fans travelling to Italy next week by allowing them to attend their #UCL game as planned.
🍾| Seems like Blackpool fans finally got rid of the Oyston family. Well done, hats off for your devotion throughout all these years. There might some 🍺 being drunk in Blackpool tonight.
are in conflict with their board, therefore boycotting the games. So what to do? ❓
Travel 1200 km to watch the only other team called Tennis Borussia in the lowest level of german football to be able to sing the same songs❗️
, the Swedish police claimed that FSE endorse UEFA’s Smith report on pyro. We don’t.
While we did commission the study, we had reservations about the findings.
➡️https://bit.ly/2EdWTzu
🗣 "Trop, c’est trop."
❌ FSE s’oppose fermement au projet de création d’une #SuperLeague européenne.
Les instances dirigeantes du football européen doivent s’opposer à cette tentative de prise de contrôle par une poignée de clubs richissimes.
📣 2/2 The statement is signed by:
✔️ National fans’ organisations
✔️ Fans representing the top 200 ranked UEFA clubs
✔️ Fans representing clubs that reportedly back the Super League
✔️ Fans representing previous winners of European competitions
#NoToSuperLeague
📣 “Most supporters do not want, nor can we afford, more football. Instead, we want better football.”
🏆 The FSE paper on the future of UEFA club competitions is now available.
🔗 Read more: http://adobe.ly/3vdSRzZ
🗣 "Genug ist genug."
❌ FSE lehnt Pläne zur Schaffung einer illegitimen & unfairen abtrünnigen #SuperLeague strikt ab. Die Fussballverbände müssen jetzt handeln, um zu verhindern, dass eine Handvoll reicher Clubs das Spiel ruiniert.
, and 6 FC Basel supporters organisations, we requested the suspension of the administrative orders banning Basel fans from traveling to Nice.
An expedited hearing is scheduled tomorrow at 09:00 at the Conseil d’Etat
Heute Morgen informierten uns die französischen Behörden, dass keine Fans aus Basel beim Rückspiel hier in Nizza zugelassen werden. Hauptgrund sei die nationale Sicherheit, die aufgrund der anhaltenden Streiks nicht gewährleistet sei.
#FCBasel1893#MirSinBasel#rotblaulive #12
#No2YearWorldCup was confiscated at last night’s France home game in case it upset FIFA president Gianni Infantino, who was in attendance.
📸 Make sure you share the below photograph far & wide.
banner that was confiscated.
🇧🇪 Right: Belgian fans displaying similar banners in the stands.
🗣 Same day. Same competition. Same regulations. Different outcomes.
🤔 Almost as if the French FA & FIFA have a problem with freedom of expression.
🏆 Did you attend last night’s #UCLfinal?
🗣 We know how difficult it was & want to hear your feedback. You can have your say by completing the 2021-22 FSE #AwayFanSurvey.
✍️ Complete the survey: http://bit.ly/3Etm9zl
A representative of Germany's association of fan and ultra groups went on stage to speak to the DFB's conference on human rights in Qatar ahead of the World Cup.
Here's his personal speech on LGBT rights in the country, addressed directly at Qatar's ambassador to Germany.
FSE has received confirmation that we will be part of Uefa’s independent report into the #UCLfinal, alongside fan representatives of the finalists.
We welcome this positive response & are fully committed to identifying the root causes of Saturday’s events.
⬇️ More information
🚨 BREAKING NEWS!
The multi-billionaire owner of Juventus has decided he knows what’s best for fans, football, and society. And guess what? It’s a closed shop that benefits multi-billionaire owners.
#UCL#ChampionsLeague#UEL#EuropaLeague
Letter from Juventus and ECA chairman Agnelli to all ECA clubs confirms desire for a European pyramid with promotion and relegation in Champions League after 2024 instead of direct qualification from domestic leagues:
regulations, the rainbow flag is allowed in all #euro2020 stadia.
We’re working with UEFA, the local organising committee & the Danish FA to clarify the situation & ensure that the flag is returned to its owners.
The French Senate hearings on the #UCL final have reneged on their promise to hear the testimony of fans—the people who were affected & could be again.
FSE is therefore repeating its request that fans’ reps from #Liverpool & #RealMadrid be included in the cycle of hearings.
On this tragic day, our thoughts are with everyone in Ukraine, our friends, colleagues, members, & their loved ones.
Given the events unfolding, we expect an imminent announcement from UEFA on the relocation of the Champions League final from Saint-Petersburg.
🗣 “#StopUCLReforms - football for millions of fans not billions of euro“.
🏆 Banner by Südtribüne Dortmund during their #UCL game against Sporting tonight | #BVBSCP🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/39KoHuI
ADOPTING AWAY PRICE CAP FOR #UCL (70 EUR) & #UEL (45 EUR).
❗️FSE welcome this as a step in the right direction, but we will continue to lobby for the cap to be lowered to a more reasonable level.
⬇️ Read our full statement below.
🗣”Enough is enough. We demand action!”
🇩🇪 German national fans’ organisations have come together to publish a statement aimed at the DFB, DFL, UEFA, and politicians.
1️⃣ Stop UCL reforms
2️⃣ More fan involvement
3️⃣ Fairer revenue redistribution
The €120 Barça are charging MUFC fans for Camp Nou is the most expensive ticket in MU's history outside of a final. MUFC will now increase cost of Barça's tickets at OT to €120...and use difference to subsidise ticket prices for travellers to Camp Nou down to £75.
🌈| Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, & Biphobia.
FSE believes that football should be open to all & we support our partners in the LGBT+ community.
#IDAHOBIT2019#LGBTQ
😎 April 2021: Real Madrid found the closed “super league” so they never have to play clubs like Benfica again.
🥸 December 2021: Real Madrid make it clear that they really, really want to play clubs like Benfica.
"Shameful!"
Real Madrid were less than impressed after yesterday's #UCL draw fiasco that saw their tie against Benfica become a high-profile showdown with PSG.
https://bit.ly/3GyK7cC
🗣| Yesterday, Spain followed the lead of Italy by announcing that the Supercopa will be held in Saudi Arabia.
Taking the competition away from the fans & awarding it to a dictatorship is yet another example of football’s ignorance when it comes to human rights.
Today’s mass execution of 37 people in Saudi Arabia is a chilling demonstration of the authorities' disregard for human life. It is yet another gruesome indication of how the death penalty is being used as a political tool to crush dissent. https://amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/04/saudi-arabia-37-put-to-death-in-shocking-execution-spree/…
& urge the international sporting community to apply pressure so that Iranian girls & women are allowed to watch football.
🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/3rqZ3m0
BREAKING: FIFA formally rule out possibility of playing La Liga matches in the United States: “Official games of a league must be played inside the constituency country.” https://football-espana.net/75289/fifa-rule-out-playing-la-liga-games-abroad…
🏆 We were in Sevilla, Spain, yesterday as part of an observatory visit ahead of this season’s #UEL final.
🇪🇸 Thanks to local fans’ organisation & FSE members
on LFC away allocation at the Santiago Bernabéu:
"It's entirely unacceptable for a club such as Real Madrid to openly disregard Uefa regulations as well as its responsibility to fans."
🔗http://ow.ly/u4WU50MwcWZ
Kontrollkommission hat Ermittlungen gegen RSC Anderlecht aufgenommen, aufgrund deren Ticketpreise für die CL. Ein gutes Signal für alle Fußballfans und vielen Dank an all unsere Mitglieder und Freunde in München.
Der Ausschuss #3Liga hat die DFB GmbH Co & Co. KG beauftragt, den neuen Medienrechte-Vertrag der #3Liga ohne Montagsspiele auszuschreiben. Mit seiner Empfehlung folgt der Ausschuss dem Votum der Managertagung & dem eingeholten Meinungsbild in der Liga.
http://dfb.social/montagsspiele_a3l…
🏆 Tottenham fans have been barred by an administrative order from entering Rennes city centre on Thursday.
❌ We oppose this outdated approach to visiting fans.
🗣 To this end, we’ve expressed our concerns to
Les supporters de Tottenham vont découvrir la joie des arrêtés préfectoraux à la cause.
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https://ille-et-vilaine.gouv.fr/content/download/55087/374676/file/recueil-35-2021-133-recueil-des-actes-administratifs.pdf…
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Reminder: As per @uefa regulations, the rainbow flag is allowed in all #euro2020 stadia.
We’re working with UEFA, the local organising committee & the Danish FA to clarify the situation & ensure that the flag is returned to its owners. twitter.com/dw_sports/stat…
🗣️| "Football needs to change dramatically. And it needs to change for the better."
⚽️ FSE & 26 national fans' organisations have published a statement calling on the authorities to involve supporters in discussions on the future of the game.
⤵️http://bit.ly/37DGi5F
✈️ Did you travel to the #EintrachtRangers#UEL final?
🗣 Experience any problems? You can have your say on everything from ticketing to stewarding by completing the 2021-22 FSE #AwayFanSurvey.
✍️ Complete the survey: http://bit.ly/3Etm9zl
🇵🇹 Portuguese fans won a historic victory today as the nation’s Parliament struck down an unpopular & unjust fan ID scheme, which in the end was in force for only 3 months.
✊🏼 Congratulations to
Hoje é um dia histórico para todos os adeptos, o dia que todos esperávamos, O DIA DA PRIMEIRA VITÓRIA DOS ADEPTOS!
É certo que ainda há muito a fazer mas, hoje, é dia de celebrar!
Obrigado a esta imensa minoria que esteve sempre certa!!
Foi sempre pelos adeptos!
📣 FSE is calling for the blanket ban on away fans at UEFA club competitions to be lifted.
❌ Football fans shouldn’t be subject to specific exclusions, which amount to a form of unequal treatment.
🔗 Read more: http://bit.ly/2UOe4Dl
The actions of the police—unprovoked—are deeply concerning.
We’ve raised our concerns directly with the Spanish authorities & will do so with other relevant parties.
Stay safe & share any information—eye witness reports, video material, etc.—with us & @faircop_
Spanish Police in the United end in full riot gear. There’s never any trouble in our away ends in Europe and there no justification for this brutality from the Spanish Police. All this to clear a walkway. Disgusting. @FansEurope@WeAreTheFSA