Football Supporters Europe (FSE) celebrated International Women’s Day 2024 by announcing the first selection of locations and dates for the Fan.Tastic Finals Exhibition during UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany.
The Fan.Tastic Finals Exhibition is the sequel to the original Fan.Tastic Females exhibition, with new stories being captured to feature alongside the original wave of interviews. The theme of International Women’s Day 2024 fosters a sense of belong, relevance, and empowerment of women, and these three principles are fittingly at the heart of the Fan.Tastic Finals concept.
The Fan.Tastic Females – Football Her.Story project told the stories of fan.tastic women through a physical exhibition and digital video portraits about their love and passion for the game, their journey into the stands, their greatest, most impressive, funniest stories of fandom, but also the more challenging experiences of being a woman and a football supporter.
Following the success of Fan.Tastic Females, the next natural step is to take the discussion into the context of national team fandom, with a perfect opportunity to continue the exhibition into this summer’s UEFA EURO 2024 before bringing the tour to a close. Thanks to the funding from Stiftung Fußball & Kultur EURO 2024, we are creating at least 15 new video portraits about female fans of national teams (find out how to take part here). These will delve into regional distinctions and provide a broad representation of fan culture. It will be curated to recognise the diverse nature of fan culture, so we aim for intersectional representation and invite individuals from all backgrounds and identities to share their stories.
The new stories, alongside the original Fan.Tastic Females stories, will then tour the host cities of UEFA EURO 2024 accompanied by an engaging programme of panel discussions and events to foster transcultural exchange among fans from participating football countries.
CONFIRMED LOCATIONS & DATES
The exact opening hours and other locations are to be confirmed. The exhibition is free of entry. Content is available in German and English on mobile displays and banners. The videos can be scanned and viewed with subtitles on smartphones using QR codes.
Following the conclusion of the physical exhibition after EURO 2024, the video portraits will be presented online at fan-tastic-females.org.
The exhibition in Frankfurt is organized by the DFB.
LOCATION: DFB-Campus
Kennedyallee 274
60528 Frankfurt am Main
PERIOD:15.05.2023 - 26.05.2023
OPENING HOURS: FOLLOW
SUPPORTING PROGRAM:
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We want to invite you to join us for the very first international female+ football fans meeting within the Europen Football Fans Congress*
The European Football Fans Congress (EFFC) has been an important forum for FSE members since 2008. Its purpose is to identify and address fans’ most pressing concerns through workshops, panel sessions, and discussions with representatives from European governing bodies and political institutions.
#EFFC22 will take place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 21st July to 24th July, 2022, kindly hosted by the Eintracht Frankfurt Fan Department.
The Thursday will be dedicated to national teams and fans’ embassies embassies ahead of UEFA EURO 2024, while the remaining days will cover a wide range of transnational topics and the Big General Meeting. The female+ football fans part will be held via workshops on Friday, a network meeting on Saturday and a brunch on Sunday.
We will publish further information, including a draft programme, in the coming weeks and months. Unfortunately, we cannot predict how the pandemic might develop, so all the above may be subject to change.
>> Register HERE and click on f+ collective if you are interested in our network part <<
If you got any questions or ideas, let us know via
* The Female+ meeting is open to women, trans, nonbinary or agender people
The exhibition in Cologne is organized by the Cologne Fan Project, the German Sport & Olympia Museum in Cologne, Jugendzentrum.digital and by BiBeriS - Education and Consulting in Sports
EXHIBITION LOCATION:
Sport & Olympia Museum in Cologne
Im Zollhafen 1
50678 Cologne
OPENING HOURS:
Tue - Sun 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
On request, visits to the exhibition or guided tours can also be arranged at other times through the Cologne Fan Project:
SPECIAL EVENTS:
08/03/ 2022 from 7:00 p.m. at the German Sport & Olympia Museum
Kick-off: Panel discussion "Fan.Tastic Females - in Cologne and everywhere".
With:
Nicole Fischer - 1.FC Cologne
Antje Grabenhorst - Fan.Tastic Females
Gina - Coloniacs
Hendrik Hübel - Cologne Fan Project
Moderation: Nicole Selmer
The panel will open the exhibition at the Olympia Museum and will address the issue of female fan and club culture in Cologne and beyond.
The talk will be streamed live on twitch and can be seen here: https://www.twitch.tv/jugendzentrum_digital
After the talk the exhibition will be opened.
09/03/2022 from 19:00 German Sport & Olympia Museum
Workshop "Antisexism united"
This evening will be a practical discussion of what can and must be done against sexism and sexualized violence in the stands, in the stadium and around football matches.
Want to participate? Then send a registration until 03.03. to
FC Stadium Academy workshops for young people
The FC-Stadionakademie (Lernort Stadion) will come to the exhibition on several mornings with school classes and offer workshops.
Group tours for fans
The fan project offers joint visits to the exhibition for and with the active fans. Registration via Carsten or Hendrik:
