For the first time football supporters organizations from seven different European countries will collaborate during the EURO 2004 football championship. The network Football Supporters International (FSI) in cooperation with FARE (Football against Racism in Europe) is organizing a fan support for football supporters from seven participating countries.

FSI consists of the KOS-Fan-Projekte from Germany, Progetto Ultra from Italy, the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) from England, EURO Support from the Netherlands, Fan Projects from Switzerland as well as groups from the Czech Republic and France.

An important element of this international cooperation are antiracist initiatives. FARE thus provides a street-kick facility in different match venues for short notice tournaments, where not only foreign football fans participate, but also the many local and migrant groups from the local communities. Also a rock concert is planned as well as an antiracist fanzine with tips how to engage in football against racism and xenophobia.

[image:122,left,10,0,0]For German football supporters there is a special website, that publishes general as well as up-to-date informations around the EURO 2004 from the perspective of fans. The German football fans will be accompanied by a "Mobile Fan Embassy", an old fire brigade bus, that was provided from the fan project from Frankfurt/Main and will act as a contact point for fans.

The EM Fanguide 2004 is a travel guide for German football tourists. On 120 pages in the format of a paperback are tips and special informations listet about the location of the playgrounds, how to get there and local peculiarities. Additionally there are reports about German group adversaries, a little language and vocabulary support, a background article about football culture, fan scene as well as history and the current political situation of each participating country. Furthermore German supporters and groundhoppers are reporting about their experiences in Portugal - starting with travel plans, up to concrete experiences with the beach life in Portugal or the travel with a campmobil.

The Fanguide is being distributed freely to German football fans in Portugal by Koordinationsstelle der Fan-Projekt (KOS). Those who send in a written order with 1,44 Euro in stamps, will receive the fanguide by mail in time between 25th of may or 4th of june. Offers please directly to the printing company: Druckerei Imprenta, Bachstraße 4a, 63179 Obertshausen