Football Supporters Europe

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📍🇩🇪 Our latest preparatory visit took us to Leipzig, where this season's #UECL final will take place.

🗣️We were there to provide feedback & recommendations to support UEFA with match preparations & the hosting of finalist clubs’ fans in May.

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📍🇭🇺 This season's #UCL final will be at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest & we were there this week completing a preparatory visit.

🗣️Through these visits, we provide feedback & recommendations to support UEFA with match preparations & the hosting of finalist clubs’ fans in May.

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🇪🇺🗣️ We met with the European Commission’s Sport Unit in February to ensure supporters’ priorities remain central to the future of EU policy.

📢 We raised key issues affecting fans including dynamic ticket pricing, Multi-Club Ownership, & more.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4tXRx2v

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Large white letters spelling 'Beşiktaş JK' stand in front of a stadium under a cloudy sky.

Vibrant mural of passionate fans cheering with raised fists and flares inside a stadium tunnel under Tüpraş Stadyumu sign.

📍🇹🇷 We were at Beşiktaş Park in Istanbul this week for a preparatory visit ahead of this season’s #UEL final.

🗣️ As ever, we were there to provide feedback & recommendations to support UEFA with match preparations & the hosting of finalist clubs’ fans in May.

“Television interview screenshot of FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaking indoors against an ornate gold-and-cream backdrop. On-screen subtitle reads, ‘That’s part of the market that we are in. Prices for some matches will go up, some will remain stable.’ Lower-third banner says ‘FIFA Pres. on World Cup Tickets’ with CNBC Money Movers branding.”

FIFA said it wouldn’t use dynamic pricing for World Cup tickets. In a totally unsuprising move, its president has now openly said it will.

Dynamic ticket pricing risks reduced transparency & prices ordinary fans out.

🔗 Statement with Euroconsumers: https://bit.ly/40qLNka

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✈️ Followed your team away to a #UEL match last night? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: http://bit.ly/4oMENsO

✈️ Followed your team away to a #UCL match this week? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: https://bit.ly/4oMENsO

EU lobbied FIFA boss to protect fans at US World Cup | Euractiv Sport Commissioner Glenn Micallef wants FIFA to step up, amid fears over ICE policing the tournament

While concerns around the safety of fans travelling to this year’s #FIFAWorldCup continue to pile up, we welcome EU Sport Commissioner Glenn Micallef’s commitment to protecting the welfare of European supporters.

While recognising progress, FSE stressed that challenges remain, but they can be bridged through even stronger cooperation.

We also reaffirmed our focus to ensuring football is welcoming to all, referencing the launch of our Disability & Inclusion Fan Network in 2025. 6/6

The coordination between stakeholders to protect the European Sport Model against the super league & misguided domestic games abroad projects were highlighted as what can be achieved when we stand together.

EU Commissioner for Sport, Glenn Micallef, was thanked for his solidarity & support. 5/6

"...showing that European football is leading the way on fair and accessible ticket prices - as evidenced recently by the EURO 2028 ticketing framework, but also the UEFA Club Competitions price cap for visiting fans." 4/6

"...when other competition organisers are shamelessly taking advantage of fans with extortionate prices and dynamic ticketing models, together with UEFA we have advanced Fans First Ticketing Principles..." 3/

FSE's Executive Director Ronan Evain reflected on the progress made with UEFA, including the efforts to embed fans' voices at national level with NAs, work towards fairer & more accessible ticketing policies, & development of SLOs. 2/6

FSE Executive Director Ronan Evain stands behind a lecturn delivering a speech on a stage.

FSE Executive Director Ronan Evain stands behind a lecturn delivering a speech on a stage

Large group of formally dressed attendees seated at long tables during the 50th UEFA Congress in a dimly lit conference hall.

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FSE addressed the UEFA Congress for the first time today – a milestone recognising fans as key stakeholders in European football.

👇Our message: football is stronger when fans are genuine partners in shaping its future. 1/6

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👥 We celebrate the diversity of football fan culture.

📢 Football must be safe & welcoming for all supporters. Whether you're an individual or a group, help us achieve this. Make our collective voice as fans even stronger.

️ ✍️ Join FSE: https://bit.ly/48Wenf2

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Four people seated on leather couches engaged in a panel discussion at the UCC Supporter Liaison Officer Workshop.

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🙌👥 100+ SLOs from clubs competing in this season's UEFA men’s competitions met in Amsterdam for the 3rd annual SLO Workshop, delivered by FSE, European Football Clubs, & UEFA, & hosted by AFC Ajax.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4rpTgvw

Snow-covered street outside a stadium with a large red banner reading 'Alt for Norge' on the left building.

A mural featuring Norwegian players

Inside the stadium bowl of the Ullevaal Stadion. The pitch is covered in snow and the stands are empty.

🏟️ We were at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo yesterday for a preparatory visit ahead of this season’s #UWCL final.

🗣️ As with all UEFA club competition finals, our role is to provide feedback & recommendations to support match preparations & the hosting of finalist clubs’ fans in May.

🤝 FSE's National Team Fans Coordinator, Jussi Hartikainen, was on the road this week engaging with national team supporters.

📍🇳🇴 Jussi met with the Norsk Supporterallianse, Oljeberget, & Norges Fotballforbund in Oslo to discuss this summer's FIFA World Cup & to present the Fans' Embassy concept.

Crowded stadium view from stands during a football match with fans watching the pitch and overlayed with tex for FSE Away Fans Survey 2025/26 season.

✈️ Followed your team away to a #UEL match last night? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: http://bit.ly/4oMENsO

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✈️ Followed your team away to a #UCL match last night? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: https://bit.ly/4oMENsO

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🤝 Last weekend FSE once again joined our friends at ISC North America for their annual conference in Denver.

📢 FSE's Executive Director, Ronan Evain, attended to discuss the global landscape of supporter advocacy, particularly ahead of this summer's World Cup in North America.

www.fanseurope.org/news/the-cou...

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🗺️🏟️ With fans travelling away to European matches this week, we look at the @coe.int’s recently adopted recommendations on collective bans against travelling supporters, shaped by significant input from FSE.

❗ It’s now up to national governments to act.

🔗 bit.ly/4pZAaer

We are devastated by the news that several PAOK FC supporters have died & others are seriously injured in a road accident in Romania while travelling to their away match vs Lyon.

Our thoughts are with the families, the injured, & all affected at this incredibly difficult time.

🟢⚪ Organising away trips, representing the supporters’ voice, & inspiring the next generation are just some of the activities of the Amalgamation of Northern Ireland Supporters Clubs (AoNISC).

📺⤵️ This excellent 10-minute documentary offers a great insight into their work: bit.ly/46fFxiz

Crowded stadium view from stands during a football match with fans watching the pitch and overlayed with tex for FSE Away Fans Survey 2025/26 season.

✈️ Followed your team away to a #UEL or #UECL match this week? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: bit.ly/4oMENsO

Floodlit football stadium packed with fans watching a UEFA match. Overlaid text reads: “FSE Away Fans Survey 2025/25 Season – UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women’s Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women’s Europa Cup, UEFA Conference League,” with the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) logo in the corner.

✈️ Followed your team away to a #UCL match this week? We want to hear from you.

🗣️ From ticketing & travel to accessibility & stewarding — share your experience, good or bad, in FSE's 2025/26 #AwayFanSurvey.

👉 Take part: https://bit.ly/4oMENsO

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⚽️📢 Whether it's men’s or women’s football, international tournaments, UEFA club competitions or the grassroots game, we know that supporters are the heart & soul of football.

Make our voice even stronger.

✍️ Join FSE: https://www.fanseurope.org/join-us/

We're very happy to help 🤝

French police, football fans, and a history of violence: 'They don’t care'

“The way the French police football games is completely outdated… it doesn’t meet any of the modern standards of de-escalation.”

FSE Executive Director Ronan Evain on the dangerous treatment of fans by French authorities & the failure to learn lessons from the 2022 UCL final.

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