US EditionHistoric Return: Argentine Football Clubs Welcome Away Fans After 12 Years | Sports-Games
ARGENTINA, JUL 17 – The staged return aims to improve fan experience and safety following a ban imposed after 2013 violence, with security approvals required for hosting away supporters.
- On July 17, 2025, Claudio Tapia announced the staged reintroduction lifting a 12-year ban, beginning with a test run when Lanús hosts Rosario Central.
- Long imposed to curb violence, the ban in 2013 followed violent incidents including the death of a spectator, motivated partly by excitement over Ángel Di María's return.
- Under a strict protocol, 6,500 away fans will occupy Lanús' away section, and clubs must secure approval from authorities, Javier Alonso said.
- For now, the measure applies only to Buenos Aires province, sectors of the opposition to the Buenos Aires government warned, and Gonzalo Belloso appealed for fans to behave.
- The reintroduction reflects broader fan demand, Javier Alonso said, emphasizing the long-term goal of responsible supporter integration.
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La Jornada
Independent EspañolBuenos Aires., The Argentine Football Association (AFA) announced yesterday an ambitious plan for the progressive return of the visiting fans in the local league games after 12 years of a restriction that sought to end the violence in the stadiums without results.
The songs, the screams and the gestures of the Argentine fans long ago are repeated as a mirror that returns their own image to them. The tribunes full of fans shout against their rivals of turn or of always, but in front they only have a bloated one with their same colors. This is the case for 12 years, when the entrance of the visiting public to the stadiums was forbidden, to prevent acts of violence. Now, the prohibition will begin to rise. C…
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The Straits TimesArgentine clubs welcome back away fans after 12 years
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine football clubs can now welcome away supporters after a 12-year ban, the Argentine Football Association said yesterday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Argentine clubs welcome back away fans after 12 year-ban is lifted
The ban, imposed in 2013 following violent incidents, including the death of a spectator, has now been lifted as part of a staged reintroduction ahead of the next round of fixtures in the current league campaign.
After a twelve-year ban, football fans in Argentina are allowed to accompany their clubs back to away matches.The ban, which had been imposed since 2013 after violent riots and the death of a spectator, is gradually lifted, announced football association president Claudio Tapia at a press conference on Thursday. At test games on the weekend, away fans are allowed to return to the stadium for the first time.Klubs, who want to allow away fans, mus…
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