🇳🇱 The Amsterdam city council has declared Maccabi Tel Aviv "undesirable" in the city, following incidents of violence and vandalism by its fans in November 2024. 👇

UN experts (including Francesca Albanese) today called on FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israel from international competitions, due to the genocide in #Palestine. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

🇬🇧 Jeremy Corbyn, former leader of the British Labour Party and Arsenal fan, has spoken out in favor of excluding Israel from international football because of the genocide in #Palestine. 👇

🇵🇸 Athletic Bilbao will offer physical education and sport lessons to 8,000 Palestinian boys and girls in vulnerable conditions, through a project managed by its foundation and by the Euskadi office of @unrwa.org. 👇

Ousmane Dembélé won the 2025 Men's #BallondOr.♥️

🇪🇸 Aitana Bonmatí won the Women's #BallondOr for the 3rd consecutive year, establishing a new record.❤️

The 2025 Sócrates Award for social commitment in football goes to the Xana Foundation, which supports children with chronic diseases and their families. Founded in 2024, it is named after the daughter of PSG coach Luis Enrique, who died of cancer in 2019 at the age of 9. #BallondOr2025

🇪🇸 🇵🇸 Yesterday, during Barcelona-Getafe in La Liga, a fan invaded the pitch with a #Palestine flag. 👇

" #Palestine will win!" The chant by Riazor Blues of Deportivo La Coruña, in Friday's match against Huesca in the Spanish second division. 👇

"Good speed, Global Sumud Flotilla" The banner of the Armata Bruzia 92 of Cosenza for the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, in yesterday's Italian 3rd division match against Casertana. 👇

Before today's derby, the Lazio Ultras paid tribute to far-right propagandist Charlie Kirk, who was murdered in Utah on September 10. 👇

🇧🇷 Leônidas was one of the greatest Brazilian footballers of all time and the star of the 1938 World Cup. But he was also one of the first athletes to speak openly about politics, declaring he voted for the communists. Read the article here (in Italian). pallonateinfaccia.com/2025/09/21/l...

"Soccer Federations: Boycott Israel" Last Tuesday, this message appeared on a screen in Times Square, New York: it was the launch of #GameOverIsrael, a new campaign calling for Israel's expulsion from international football. 👇

💥Tomorrow we'll see each other in #Sardinia: at 5:30 pm in Bono (Sassari) at the Mens Sana Festival, to talk about my latest book, "Football is Politics. Sport as an Antidote to Nationalism".

"The time has come to suspend Israel. Clubs everywhere must refuse to play Israeli teams, current players everywhere must refuse to play against Israeli teams." Éric Cantona for #Palestine, Wednesday evening at the Together 4 Palestine event.

🇮🇪 The 1990s were the years of #Ireland, with its sudden economic growth accompanied by international football prominence. 🎧 Listen to this story in the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/6xF5... 👇

🇵🇸 On November 15, the #Palestine national team will play another historic friendly in Europe, at the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao, against a team from the Basque Country.

🇲🇦 In yesterday's match against FAR Rabat, the Raja Casablanca ultras created a great choreography inspired by the colors and designs of the keffiyeh, as a tribute to #Palestine. 👇

Friday morning.☘️ #Ireland

"Against #racism": in Arabic, English, and Hebrew. A flag carried into the stadium on Monday by Hapoel Tel Aviv fans, during their 3-2 league victory over Beitar Jerusalem, the team that symbolizes the Israeli far-right. 👇

"We will be on your side from today until the last day." Last night, fans of Athletic Club Bilbao dedicated a large banner to Palestine during their #ChampionsLeague match against Arsenal. 👇

"F**k Hamas! F**k St. Pauli! F**k Hapoel!" Maccabi Tel Aviv fans displayed these banners today in their league match against Hapoel Petah Tikva, responding to St. Pauli ultras' messages about #Palestine. 👇

"When the world stays silent, we set sail" The choreography for #Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla performed on Saturday by the Espérance Tunis fans, in the league match against Stade Tunisien. 👇

"We are indigenous, we are migrants, we are the Sounders" The Seattle Sounders' Emerald City Supporters performed a tribute to Latino immigrant and Native American communities during Sunday's match against the Los Angeles Galaxy. @weareecs.bsky.social 👇

🇧🇷 Happy International Day of the Democracia Corinthiana! If you'd like to learn more about this story, we discussed it in the podcast here (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/6p4q...

"Standing with the Sumud Flotilla. Stop genocide." A banner displayed yesterday outside the Castellani Stadium by Empoli fans, who had already stood up for #Palestine and were among the first in Italian professional football to join the "Show Israel the Red Card" campaign. 👇

"Is this not enough for you to act, FIFA and UEFA?" asked former footballer and TV commentator Gary Lineker yesterday, sharing on Instagram the news of 10 boys from a football academy in #Gaza killed by an Israeli attack. 👇

"Netanyahu, fascist! Stop killing civilians in #Palestine!" The message shown today by Ultras Sankt Pauli, during Bundesliga match. 👇

"Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians." In yesterday's Greek League match, the Atromitos FC players took to the field with this message about #Palestine: "Stop the genocide of the Palestinian people," the club reiterated on social media. 👇

🇸🇪 Ruben Svensson, known as "the Red", was an iconic footballer in #Sweden in the 70s and 80s, especially for his political ideas. Read the article here (in Italian). pallonateinfaccia.com/2025/09/14/r...

🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund midfielder Felix Nmecha is another footballer who commemorated right-wing extremist Charlie #Kirk, who was murdered on September 10 in Utah. 👇

🇸🇦 There is only one foreign-owned club in #SaudiArabia: Al-Kholood, which since July has been in the hands of an American who also owns part of Cádiz. Read the new issue of THE BEAUTIFUL SHAME, the English-language newsletter from Pallonate in Faccia👉 pallonateinfaccia.substack.com/p/al-kholood...

🇺🇸 American striker Christian #Pulisic is among those who mourned on social media the death of Charlie Kirk, a far-right propagandist murdered on September 10 in Utah. 👇

"This award demonstrates that perhaps it's ok, sometimes, for us to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice." Gary Lineker, last Wednesday, receiving the award for Best Presenter of the Year at the National Television Awards. 👇

"It surprises me that sometimes we give more importance to stopping a sporting event than to genocide. Sometimes we have to stop and demand human rights." Attacker Borja Iglesias spoke yesterday, defending the pro #Palestine protesters at the Vuelta. @borjaiglesias9.bsky.social 👇

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 Israeli and Palestinian activists staged a soccer match with a replica of Benjamin Netanyahu's head in front of the UN headquarters in New York on Sunday. 👇

"You can stick your Palestine up your a*s!" On Sunday in Stuttgart, before the match against Germany, Northern Ireland fans chanted at the pro #Palestine protesters marching through the city. 👇

🇷🇸 Clashes between Serbian fans last night in Belgrade during the Serbia-England match: one group chanted against President Aleksandar Vučić, a second group attacked the first, then the police intervened. 👇

🇺🇸 Zorhan #Mamdani, Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, denounces FIFA's dynamic price policy for the 2026 World Cup, which will make it very difficult for working-class people to attend live matches. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 👇

"Forgive us, Dubrovnik" On Monday, Montenegro fans, in Zagreb to play against Croatia, apologized for their country's role in the bombing of Dubrovnik during the Yugoslav wars. 👇

Anwar El Ghazi spoke against Israeli attack on Doha, #Qatar. 👇

🇮🇱 🇮🇹 During Israel-Italy last night, some Azzurri fans turned around during the Israeli anthem. Some people on social media celebrated their gesture, unaware that they were known neo-fascists. Pallonate in Faccia on L'Ultimo Uomo (in Italian). www.ultimouomo.com/italia-israe...

🇵🇸 During yesterday's friendly match against Malaysia, the #Palestine players took to the field with a placard to remember Suleiman Al Obeid, the "Palestinian Pelé" killed in an Israeli attack while waiting to receive humanitarian aids.

The Ultras Italia turned their backs during the Israeli anthem, as they did last year. But they're a far-right group: no pro-Palestinian gestures, symbols, or statements were ever made by them. #IsraelItaly 👇

"Sport no longer exists here. Paralyzed by deaths, arrests, checkpoints, and rubble. I was born in Rafah: today it's a city that almost no longer exists, razed to the ground. I've lost more than 250 people, including relatives, colleagues, and friends." Ihab Abu Jazar ( #Palestine coach) 👇

Tonight, #IsraelItaly is being played, a match that has been met with controversy and protests, with calls for a boycott and the Azzurri making platitudes. Pallonate in Faccia on InsideOver (in Italian). it.insideover.com/politica/ita...

🇮🇹 The players of Juventude Stabia, a club from Castellammare di Stabia that plays in the Italian 6th division, took to the field yesterday wearing a #Palestine inspired jersey and carrying an anti-war banner.

"Rino, you don't play with those who kill children." The banner was displayed yesterday in the streets of Corigliano, the hometown of Italy coach Gennaro "Rino" Gattuso. This evening, Israel and Italy will play in the World Cup qualifiers. 👇

"We support the Global Sumud Flotilla" Fasano fans, in today's Italian 4th division match against Afragolese, declared their support for the #GlobalSumudFilotilla initiative. 👇

🇷🇺 The case of #Russia 's exclusion from international football is often compared to the non-exclusion of Israel. But few seem to remember exactly what happened in those days. pallonateinfaccia.com/2025/09/07/e...