Fancoach Project

• Mision:The Feyenoord Fancoach project enables young Feyenoord supporters within the age group of 13 to 24 years old to develop themselves in a positive way through intensive guidance and the network and attraction of Feyenoord.

• Vision:Stimulating personal development and teaching young Feyenoord supporters the right standards and values.

• Young Feyenoord supporters aged

13 to 24 years old

• Stadium ban

• In contact with the police

• Fanatic groups in the stadium

Target group

Project Goals

• Increasing the clubbinding and the sense of social responsibilities among Feyenoord supporters aged 13 to 24.

• A decline in football hooliganism and violence among Feyenoord supporters in the age of 13 to 24 years.

• Reducing recidivism for “first football offenders’ in the age of 13 to 24 years.

• Letting young people develope themselves in a positive way.

Guiding young supporters with a football-related sanction: the alternative route

• Making contact when a young person receives a sanction

• Estimating possible problems and responding to them, such as referringto authorities or monitoring with the police

• Obtaining background information

• Designing a customized alternative route

• Appropriate guidance for young people during the process

• Keeping in touch with young people when sanctions have been lifted

Benefits

- Always in contact with your fans with a stadiumban - Less problems on the stands - Easier to solve problems with supporters on matchdays without

the interference of stewarding or police. - Knowing what goes on related to supporters

• Government funding• The project started in 2005 • No involvement in handing out sanctions• Not related to security • No safety or security role• Only 2% recidivism

Facts

Matchday’s league

- Indoor football games

- Every home game

- 300 participants in one season

- Being active instead of drinking or doing drugs

Eurofanz

• Annual football tournament for supporters in LVIV

• 50 teams from different countries (supporters)

• Four intense days to build a relationship with your supporters

Firebrigade Day

- Prevention of pyrotechnics in the stadium

- Health risk

- Firemen drills

- Meeting new supporters

- Single out bad behaviour

Antisemitism

• Big problem for the club / media / pr

• Stadiumban is five years

• Not really antisemitism but a reference to our rival

• Workshops In Rotterdam

Documentary Feyenoord is for everybody

• The Fancoach is also a supporter liaison officer during the matches

• Not alone but in a team

• Every game including UEFA matches ( sometimes U19 )

• Matchday’s SLO

• Fancoach/SLO is also a DAO Dissability acces officer

Supporters liaison officer