BHFanaticos

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BHFanaticos
NicknameFanatikosi
AbbreviationBHF
Founded2000
Type Supporters' group
Teams
Motto"Nad nama nebo ima da gori" (The sky is going to burn above us)
HeadquartersFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina
Website

BHFanaticos is the largest supporters group in Bosnia and Herzegovina who follow Bosnian national sport teams mostly in football, basketball, handball and sitting volleyball. [1] [2] Members are located throughout Europe, United States and Australia.

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Since the Bosnian national anthem has no lyrics, BHFanaticos sing lyrics from the old national anthem Jedna si jedina.

On BHFanaticos logo there is a lily. It is based on Lilium bosniacum which is native to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a historical symbol related to the House of Kotromanić who ruled the Kingdom of Bosnia in medieval period and also found in the former flag of Bosnia.

Controversies

Flares in Norway

On 24 March 2007 during match between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Norway at the Ullevål Stadium in Oslo, BHFanaticos and other Bosnian fans caused an hour-long delay due to an unprecedented amount of flares that had been thrown onto the pitch in protest against corruption of Bosnia and Herzegovina football federation president Munib Ušanović, who later has been sentenced to five years in jail over tax fraud.

Racism

Charges were brought before UEFA's CEDB against the Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Federation after Zenica incident:

Decision was made on July 31, 2015, and the CEDB has ordered the partial closure of the Bosnia stadium during the next UEFA competition match, in which the team would play as the host association, and, in particular the North Stand of the stadium. The association has also been fined €18,000. [3]

Zenica incident

On June 12, 2015, on the day of UEFA European championship qualification game between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel, in Zenica’s ”Bilino polje” stadium, group of the Bosnia supporters came at the center of international focus, for the blatant anti-Semitic incidents prior and during the game, perpetrated by a group. [4]

Vienna incident

In Vienna, just prior to a friendly game between Bosnia and Austria on March 31, 2015, group of Bosnian fans joined a pro-Palestine protest on city's main square, the Stephansplatz. During short participation, group could be heard chanting ‘Kill, kill, kill, the Jews’, which was recorded on video. [5]

Immediately after the Vienna incident, in an open letter to the UEFA president, Michel Platini, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre expressed shock at ”the behavior of Bosnia football fans” and urged UEFA ”to take the strongest disciplinary measures against the Bosnian Football Association and [we] expect that other European clubs take care that such behavior be banned from any match, by the fans of any team.” [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Finale EP-a u sjedećoj odbojci: Naši reprezentativci optimisti, Nijemci ipak prijete".
  2. ↑ "U polufinalu: Reprezentacija BiH u sjedećoj odbojci uz podršku BH Fanaticosa pobijedila i Poljsku". 5 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Disciplinary" (html). uefa.org. UEFA. 31 July 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Dario Brentin (15 June 2015). "Does Bosnian Football Have an Anti-Semitism Problem?" (html). balkanist.net. Balkanist. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Austrian police investigate BiH fans' anti-Semitic incident" (html). bosniatoday.ba. Bosnia Today. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Dario Brentin (15 June 2015). "Does Bosnian Football Have an Anti-Semitism Problem?" (html). balkanist.net. Balkanist. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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