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A fan-run soccer club pushes back against Poland’s nationalist stadium culture
The club fields men’s and women’s teams and welcomes LGBTQ+ and immigrant players as fans reject chants and hostility in the stands.
- In Warsaw, the fan-run club Alternatywny Klub Sportowy Zly operates as an inclusive alternative to hostile, nationalist Polish stadium culture, welcoming all people regardless of sexual orientation, race, or nationality.
- Juliusz Wrzosek, a former Legia fan, established the club after being marginalized for refusing to participate in hateful stadium chants, joined by supporters of rival club Polonia seeking democratic alternatives.
- Former player Eliza Tran, 37, stresses the supportive community embraces LGBTQ and immigrant players while investing equally in male and female teams and covering academy costs for poorer families.
- Coordinator Jan Dziubecki said fan culture in Poland has "drifted sharply to the right," with openly hateful slogans now common, making AKS Zly's democratic model essential for alienated supporters.
- President Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and Justice party, maintains long-standing ties to Lechia GdaDsk; yet Dziubecki suggests this nationalist climate might paradoxically drive more fans toward AKS Zly's democratic alternative.
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A fan-run club pushes back against aggressive stadium culture in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A grassroots Warsaw soccer club formed by fans more than a decade ago to resist aggressive nationalist stadium culture is hoping to find new relevance in
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A fan-run soccer club pushes back against Poland’s nationalist stadium culture
The small Warsaw soccer club AKS Zły is gaining attention in Poland as the country is led by a president who recalls his own days fighting rival fans.
·United States
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