Publication details
Football Supporters´ Behavior
| Authors | |
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Logos Polytechnikos |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | https://www.vspj.cz/tvurci-cinnost-a-projekty/casopisy-vspj/logos-polytechnikos |
| Field | Sport and leisure time activities |
| Keywords | Aggressive behavior; football; football hooliganism; supporters. |
| Description | Football is a phenomenon of the last decades. Given the long history of spectator sports events consumption it is not a surprising fact that there have also been serious manifestations of spectator aggression. In this context, we realize that the rapid development of sport itself has brought problems and complicated relationships, especially at the professional level. The goal of this paper is to analyze the relationship between supporters’ verbal and other expression and their violent behavior at football stadiums in the Czech Republic. Primary data were collected by a questionnaire survey (PAPI method) mainly at the Eden stadium and in part also on other first league football stadiums in 2015. A total of 45 respondents (aged 23.02 ± 8.98 years old) participated in this pilot study and all of the respondents were attending in a stand of home team supporters. In our pilot study, we found that 42.22 % of the supporters found the most serious activity demolishing stadium and other disturbances. Furthermore, 28.89 % of the supporters marked physical aggression against rival supporters in the stadium as a considerable problem. Expressions of racism are considered the most serious expression of violent behavior by 26.67 % of the supporters. |