Football fan culture in the Czech Republic: Development, problems, causes

This article deals with the Czech fan football culture. Czech fan culture has a very great and long tradition. The first football clubs were already established as early as the in 19th century. Society-wide events have had an impact on Czechoslovak football, primarily the occupation in the years 1939-1945 and the communist era from 1948-1989. Football in the Czech Republic is a well-known phenomenon, although this fact is not significantly supported by the number of spectators at individual football matches of the Czech football league. Czech football fans are modest in behaviour and displays of hooliganism appear to be entirely an exception.