Dec 18, 2019
SD Europe to partner up with Atmosfair
SD Europe is delighted to announce it has partnered with Atmosfair, a not-for-profit carbon offsetter.
The aim of the partnership, which will begin in January, is to tackle the impact of the unavoidable harmful emissions that are created as a consequence of SD Europe’s air travel. Through Atmosfair, SD Europe will be able to offset these emissions by supporting programmes dedicated to developing sustainable and more manageable alternatives to fossil fuels in communities that need it the most.
SD Europe CEO Antonia…
Dec 23, 2019
SLO of the Month: Quentin Gilbert Of Standard de Liège
In honour of the upcoming 10 year anniversary of the development of the Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) role, SD Europe is excited to share the third edition of ‘SLO of the Month’, where we speak to SLOs from across Europe about their role and experiences.
For December’s edition, we had Standard de Liège SLO Quentin Gilbert sit down with us to speak about his experience at the football club since he joined 18 months ago. Quentin’s role is quite unique amongst…
Dec 17, 2019
LIAISE Close Meeting In Paris & The 12th and Final Exchange Visit
LIAISE: Project Close Meeting in Paris & Final Exchange Visit
In December 2019, the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) hosted the LIAISE project close meeting at its headquarters in Paris, followed by the 12th and final LIAISE exchange visit to the Ligue 1 fixture, Amiens vs Dijon. LIAISE is funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme and UEFA.
Representatives from the French Football Federation, Bulgarian Football Union, Czech Football League, French Football League, Polish Football Association, Portuguese Football Federation, Swedish Football League…
Dec 10, 2019
‘FANS MATTER!’ - SD EUROPE PROJECT SELECTED FOR ERASMUS+ FUNDING
SD Europe is excited to announce that our latest project, “Fans Matter!”, has been selected by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union for funding.
The primary objective of “Fans Matter!” is to improve the capacity and professional management of member-run football clubs and supporter organisations that are involved in the management of clubs, particularly on the non-elite – lower league and amateur level.
National/continental fan organisations, national football associations and member-run clubs from eight countries, spreading across three continents, will be…
Dec 02, 2019
3rd LIAISE Workshop Takes Place in a busy week in Portugal!
Earlier this month, the SD Europe Supporter Liaison Officer team took part in two interesting meetings in Lisbon, Portugal, hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The week was highlighted by the third and final LIAISE workshop, with a LIAISE exchange visit to the match between Vitória de Guimarães and Sporting Braga, the tenth in a series of 12, taking place as well.
This was the third workshop under SD Europe’s supporter liaison and engagement project LIAISE, which is funded by…
Nov 25, 2019
SLO of the Month: Matijas Loeb of Valerenga IF
In honour of the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the development of the supporter liaison officer (SLO) role, last month SD Europe announced a new monthly interview featuring various SLOs across the European SLO network.
In the second edition of this feature, we asked Matijas Loeb, the SLO at Norwegian club Vålerenga IF, to reflect on his role and the future of SLO development.
What are some of the achievements the SLO department has had at your club?
Vålerenga is unfortunately not spoiled…
Nov 19, 2019
The European Community Club Tournament Preview!
The SD Europe network is international, connected, and constantly coming together to celebrate supporter involvement.
Israfans, SD Europe’s Israeli members, is a supporter network having a second community tournament for supporters of various clubs within their membership.
In this edition of the tournament, Israfans invited AKS Zly and HFC Falke from Poland and Germany respectively, to fly to Israel and participate. This is an exciting development as it is the first time the tournament will involve fans of clubs outside of Israel….
Nov 07, 2019
The SD Europe Fund to support six projects of fan organisations and member-run clubs
The objective of the fund is to enable the members of the SD Europe network to establish their own projects that further develop supporter involvement.
The SD Europe Fund will see the distribution of €12.000 to its members: €9,000 to fund three projects run by national fan organisations and €3,000 to fund three projects with exchange visits of member-run clubs within the network.
Each project under the SD Europe Fund can fall under the categories of:
Democracy, Cooperation, Solidarity and Sustainability.
The fund shows…
Nov 04, 2019
An 'alternative' celebration of the power of passion
As UEFA announced last week, Warsaw-based ASK Zly recently won the UEFA Best Grass Roots Club Award for 2019.
The football club is a member of SD Europe and prides itself on being the first democratically ran, fan-owned football club in Poland. More than 1,000 people of Warsaw celebrated this success in last Sunday’s double match and SD Europe was there to share these moments of happiness with the contributors of this award.
SD Europe headed to Warsaw this weekend to…
Nov 02, 2019
Two LIAISE visits in Sweden highlight the continued SLO Role Development!
At the end of September and beginning of October, the SD Europe Supporter Liaison Officer team took part in two exchange visits in Sweden organised by the Svensk Elitfotboll under SD Europe’s supporter liaison and engagement project LIAISE, which is funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ programme and UEFA.
Norrköping
SD Europe, together with the delegations of Svenska Fotbollssupporterunionen, Svensk Elitfotboll, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, and a group of the Czech Football League’s SLOs were guests at the IFK Norrköping stadium to attend…
