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26 Feb, 16 tweets, 5 min read
Bayern Munich players with an advert for Qatar Airways singing "Ain't No Sunshine When You're Gone" to their fans.

Think this is a good time to remind ourselves what many of Bayern Munich's match-going fan & ultra groups think of the club's Qatar dealings.

Thread. 1/14
"The ugliest face of Bayern Munich is being shown by those who take blood money from Qatar and the likes!" 2/14
"And human rights are flying away with Kafala Airaways again!" 3/14
Bayern Munich boss Karl Heinz Rummenigge: "The situation in Qatar has improved through football"

(Tomatoes on eyes) 4/14
"You say you're against discrimination, how did the Qatar deal happen, then?" 5/14
Then-Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeneß:

"The training conditions in Qatar are incredible!"

(Money blocks eyes of Hoeneß, Rummenigge from seeing workers' conditions) 6/14
"Money over human rights? Capital over morals? Open your eyes when it comes to sponsor choices!" 7/14
What you see here are Bayern Munich bosses Herbert Hainer and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

The rest is pretty self explanatory. 8/14
A Bayern Munich member during the club's AGM:

"We criticize PSG as Qatar's state club. But we happily sign sponsorship deals with them. We take pride in the legacy of Kurt Landauer (Bayern's Jewish honorary president), but Qatar are on our sleeves." 9/14

Bayern Munich were invited to speak at an event held by the club's fan and ultra groups to raise awareness to the situation many guest workers face in Qatar, with two former workers also taking part.

They refused to attend. 10/14
11/14
Bayern Munich's ultras are known to be politically, socially engaged on a wide range of issues, from anti-fascism, through fighting LGBT hate to Holocaust remembrance.

Some background on Bayern Munich's most well-known ultra group. 12/14
Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge about Qatar: "A certain level of patience is needed... It's a different culture."

Interviewer: "Human rights abuses are not a matter of culture." 13/14
Reminder of what human rights experts say about the situation in Qatar. 14/14
Every match-going fan loves an authentic campaign, especially at Bayern Munich, where fans often hang an "against modern football" banner in the Südkurve.

It's almost as if this advert's target audience is... not the people who they claim to miss.
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22 Jan
The Unity, Borussia Dortmund’s most well-known ultra group, recently celebrated their 20th birthday.

Thread about who they are, what they stand for and why #BVB thanked them despite them being critical of their own club on numerous occasions.

(1/21) #nonazisdo
The Unity were established on January 16, 2001.

In the beginning, they were just a group of young fans who organized in one of the Südtribüne’s upper blocks.

Here’s one of their first choreos from 2001, back then still in block 82 on the upper part of the Südtribüne. (2/21)
When it comes to their visual style, The Unity have clearly gone a long way over the past 20 years.

Here’s one of their most recent choreos, in which they celebrate the city of Dortmund.

“Big city, my dream!” (3/21)
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28 Nov 20
In recent years, fan and ultra groups in Germany used the matchdays ahead of Christmas to provide help to those in need.

Despite not being able to attend games due to #COVID19, many groups still keep the tradition going.

Football fans in the community, a rolling thread. 1/23 Image
Bayer Leverkusen’s Nordkurve collects donations for the city’s pubs, cafes and restaurants hit by the second lockdown in Germany.

(Via @NK12eV) 2/23
#F95’s Ultras Düsseldorf sell their 2021 calendar, with proceedings going in support of children from difficult backgrounds and women affected by domestic violence.

They’ll also collect donations & items for the homeless.

Dates and collection points, via @Onnetar 👇 3/23 ImageImageImageImage
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2 Nov 20
Jubos, one of Borussia Dortmund’s main ultra groups, have reportedly dissolved.

This is worrying for two very, very different reasons.

Thread on fan culture in #COVID19 times, commercialization and the fight against the far right in the city of Dortmund.

1/21 #BVB #nonazisdo
Jubos (Junge Borussen, or “Young Borussia Fans”) were established in 2005.

Along with The Unity and Desperados, they were one of Borussia Dortmund’s three main ultra groups.

Jubos’ main focus was the fight against football’s commercialization. 2/21
In November 2019, they boycotted a Borussia Dortmund away game in Barcelona due to away tickets costing the maximum 70 euros price.

Jubos were also active against commercialization in Germany, most recently against the likes of Rasenballsport Leipzig and Hoffenheim. 3/21
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30 Oct 20
It's derby day in Hamburg, and only 1,000 fans will be allowed into the Volksparkstadion due to #COVID19.

Here's what a matchday between HSV and FC St. Pauli looks like under normal circumstances.

#HSVFCSP #HSV #FCSP (Thread, 1/14) ImageImage
A normal derby day in Hamburg:

When even the training grounds are full. 2/14
A normal derby day in Hamburg:

Meeting point for away fans. 3/14
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11 Sep 20
Match-going fans are currently excluded from football due to #COVID19. Executives, however, are still at it.

Long thread about two alarming developments involving fans and the network of support offered to them which could significantly affect Germany's fan culture. (1/22)
Meet the Fanprojekt (FP), a form of social work developed around young football fans in Germany over the past 30 years.

The FP’s staff are completely independent and are not committed to a club, associations or police.

At the center of their work: Being there for fans. 2/22
No matter the issues fans face, from problems with police to social issues at home, they know they can rely on the FP to provide help.

One of the most important elements in the FP’s work: Helping fans to organize, find their voice. 3/22
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23 Aug 20
Bayern Munich vs. PSG.

Qatar-sponsored vs. Qatar-owned.

Think it’s as good a time as any to remind ourselves what’s behind the football.

The #Qlassico, human rights and sportswashing, the Bayern Munich angle. (Thread 1/17)

#PSGFCB #PSGBayern #FCBayern #UCLFinal
Workers’ rights. 2/17

Sexism. 3/17

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