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"Fans kick off a European football fans’ network
1st European Football Fans’ Congress proved a great success
Football
fans from 28 countries, from Norway to Israel, Ukraine to Portugal,
have launched a European Football Fans’ Network, to be known as
Football Supporters International (FSI).
More than 250 fans,
representing over a million supporters, registered for the inaugural
European Football Fans’ Congress, which was held at the Emirates
Stadium in London last weekend and supported by UEFA.
The event
saw the formation of a management committee with nine different
countries represented, which will develop the network, organise the
next Congress and work towards establishing a constitution that can
help protect and represent their interests at a Europe-wide level. Fans
were also involved in workshops on topics such as fan culture, policing
and repression, anti-discrimination, ticketing and club ownership. On
top of that, several fringe events over the entire weekend provided
opportunities for an informal get-together and networking amongst the
participants.
The congress was organised by the Football
Supporters International network (FSI) who were delighted to observe
lively debates taking place in the different sessions, all of them
leading to impressive results for the development of joint action in
the near future.
At the same time, FSI will also maintain its
original field of work, organising fans’ embassies at international
matches and tournaments, by establishing a semi-autonomous fans’
embassy department alongside the FSI steering committee.
The steering committee will consist of the following representatives:
Kevin Miles, Football Supporters Federation, England
Martin Endemann, Bündnis Aktiver Fussballfans, Germany
Dirk Vos, Supportersfederatie Profclubs (SFP), Belgium
Ashley Green, Progetto Ultrà, Italy
Shay Golub, Israfans, Israel
Moira Boyd, Asociación Señales de Humo, Spain
Michal Riechansky, ĽUdia Proti Rasizmu (People Against Racism),Slovakia
Vjegar Hjermund, Norske Supporters Allianse, Norway www.rasizmus.sk/en.stm
Daniela Wurbs, FSI-Coordination, Germany
Daniela Wurbs, the FSI Coordinator, said:
“This
event can be considered as an overwhelming initial kick-off. Both the
number of participants and the diversity of countries and groups
represented exceeded our expectations. All participants at the event
were highly motivated to work together for their common objectives and
interests, which was clearly underlined by the comprehensive results
elaborated in the workshops to define the essentials of our future
agenda.
“The FSI would like to thank everyone who contributed to
this highly successful event, from Arsenal FC and the staff at the
Emirates, to the technicians and translators, to UEFA for their support
and to the FSF as the hosts. Most importantly we thank the fans
themselves, including guest speakers and chairs. The level of effort
and commitment with fans travelling hundreds, if not thousands, of
miles to come and get this going were astonishing.
“This is only
the beginning. We got the impression that all participants of the
congress are aware of this and won’t let up regarding committing
themselves and getting involved in the next steps towards the
establishment of a strong voice for football fans at European level.”
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Notes to editors:
Football
Supporters International (FSI) is an independent body comprised of
various fan-related organisations from across Europe, and has provided
and developed support services for fans travelling abroad for more than
15 years.
Administrative support for the European Football Fans’
Congress has been provided by the Football Supporters’ Federation
(FSF), based in England, founding member of the FSI network and
currently responsible for the overall coordination of FSI.
The
Football Supporters Federation (FSF) is the national supporters’
organisation for all football fans in England and Wales comprising more
than 142,000 individual fans and members of local supporters’
organisations from every club in the professional structure and many
from the pyramid. For more info http://www.fsf.org.uk/about-the-fsf.php
Further information on FSI and the congress: www.footballsupportersinternational.com.
Contact:
Daniela Wurbs, FSI Coordination: dani.wurbs@fsf.org.uk or +44 75 078 54 686.
c/o Football Supporters Federation, 1 Ashmore Terrace, Stockton Road, Sunderland, SR2 7DE, England
Contacts to the steering committee members can be obtained via the FSI Coordinating Office.