Football Supporters Europe teams at international tournaments. But the real story of FSE as it now exists began in July 2008, when the UK's Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) hosted in London the first European Football Fans’ Congress. The London meeting, held at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, discussed the issues which concerned fans across Europe, and gave a great impetus to the development of the network. The following year, in Hamburg, the second European Football Fans’ Congress (EFFC) was held, and alongside the workshops on issues such as discrimination, policing, ticket pricing and commercialisation, the decision was taken to adopt statutes and formally establish the
Supporters of FC Barcelona development of a larger national fan-base has created friction between the Catalan nationalist supporters, who wish to secede from Spain, and the club's other Spanish supporters. There exist four different types of supporters of Barcelona; one is the "soci" or club-member, who is eligible to vote in the presidential election of the club and other matters. The "penyes", who are closely affiliated with the "socis", are fan-clubs, which in the past have been responsible for large donations to the club. Also, there are "Barça Fans" and this term refers to the official online fan community of the club where these