#Heimspiel -The Project
#Heimspiel [haɪ̯mspi:l] – for more diversity in football and an open urban society.
Dates
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#Heimspiel – Look back
#Heimspiel
About #Heimspiel
In spring and summer 2023, football matches and small tournaments were held at various locations in Chemnitz. On 26 August, the starting signal was given for the #home match in the stadium – An der Gellertstraße! We are now working on new plans for 2024 and 2025.
Football should be fun, bring people together and invite them to play. The teams in our tournaments should be as diverse as possible in terms of sporting criteria, while a cultural programme with exhibitions, workshops, music and talks will accompany the matches and focus on the breadth of the sport, its forms of play as well as its political content, rituals and fan culture. With this in mind, we are calling on everyone to take part, help shape the programme and enjoy a great day of football together with us, the other teams and fans, friends and families.
Team #Heimspiel
Numerous individual players, creative artists and initiatives are involved in the #Heimspiel. The project ran for the first time in 2021-2023 as a cooperation between CFC Fans gegen Rassismus and ASA-FF e.V., among others, as part of the new undiscovered narrative 2025 programme. You will soon find out how it continues here in 2024.
For us, Chemnitz is a city where football and diversity belong together, even if that was unthinkable in the stadium in recent years. That’s why we joined forces for the #Heimspiel project, which became a reality in summer 2023: A football tournament in which football culture and an open-minded society can be combined and an environment can be created in which everyone feels comfortable – regardless of age, gender, origin, religion, disability or sexuality. In this sense, #Heimspiel sees itself as a broad-based campaign for and with Chemnitz’s urban society and, ideally, beyond. Also in the future.
You want to join?
Do you want to be part of #Heimspiel? We are looking for supporters as well as active and interested people who would like to participate in our project to playfully mobilise the Chemnitz urban and civil society, to bring them (back) to the stadium and, last but not least, to back up diversity-sensitive players and fans.
#Heimspiel Tournament
The matches 2023
The game was played in tournament mode at one of four possible preliminary tournaments and on 26 August at the final of #Heimspiel in the stadium – An der Gellertstraße. Approximately four teams could play on each match day and qualify for the final. The game was played with at least seven players (18+) per team according to the classic football rules on a small pitch. Each game lasted 2 x 10 minutes.
The games were accompanied by an extensive cultural programme: In addition to great match days, there were exhibitions, workshops, discussions and film screenings as well as a networking trip to Gelsenkirchen! Tomma Suki Hinrichsen developed DIY football furniture for us that turned the urban space into a pop-up football pitch. We kicked off summer 2023 together in the UK with a football festival for kids, brought the exhibition Between Success and Persecution – Jewish Stars in German Sport up to 1933 and afterwards to the station forecourt and combined football and hip-hop, got to know fantastic teams, great fans and important initiatives and projects, exchanged views on inclusive, integrative and diversity-sensitive issues in football and experienced four great pre-tournament match days with music, sunshine and fair play.
#Heimspiel Dates
02.11.2024, 7 p.m.: #Heimspiel x Bookcorner/n/ presents Ronny Blaschke with "Spielfeld der Herrenmenschen"
Author Ronny Blaschke is coming to Chemnitz at the invitation of Bookcorner/n/ and #Heimspiel and will be presenting his book and research: ‘Spielfeld der Herrenmenschen. Kolonialismus und Rassismus im Fußball’.
Racism in football is often reduced to neo-Nazis. But if you want to understand the causes, you have to go back much further: Colonial powers such as England, France, Portugal but also Germany wanted to ‘civilise’ their subjects through sport. Their ‘racial doctrine’ has long since been refuted, but a European idea of superiority persists to this day. Journalist Ronny Blaschke travelled to five continents for the reports in this book. And he analyses structural racism in Europe: black people are seen as powerful athletes, but they are hardly given any opportunities as coaches or board members. Blaschke explains neo-colonial thinking in talent promotion, sponsorship and the media. And he introduces people who want to raise anti-racism to a new level.
(tranlated from the publishers text)
The evening is a cooperation between Bookcorner/n/ an #Heimspiel kindly supported by the CFC Fans gegen Rassismus
Lecture
Weltecho
Free entry – donations required (if possible)
15.09.2024; 11 p.m. in Dortmund: football meets art and discourse!
From 12-16 September 2024, we and other cultural players will be travelling to Dortmund for the nun educational trip! East-West / West-East is the theme, to which we will also contribute our perspectives on art, discourse and football and for diversity, tolerance and democracy, network and get to know the FAVORITEN Festival, among other things!
On 15 September, we want to get into action together, or more precisely, onto the pitch. A rally between East and West. Together with nationwide anti-fascist, anti-racist and queer football and fan clubs, we invite you to a special kind of football tournament. The FAVORITEN Festival, #Heimspiel from Chemnitz and the Partnership for Democracy Dortmund and the City of Dortmund are jointly inviting you to exchange ideas during and alongside the game.
Would you like to take part? Then you can find all the information about the tournament here:
Start 11 a.m.
Game mode: 7 against 7
Please contact Frauke.Wetzel@asa-ff.de as soon as possible with the following information:
– How many ends
– Are you a team or individual players
– Do you need accommodation in Dortmund (from when to when)
– What do you need to take part in the game (requirements)
And there’s also a great programme. So if you’re in the neighbourhood, come along!
1 p.m. Workshop Kick-off: Football and activism
Can football be an activist medium for a diverse society? In various workshops on fan chants and flag design for young and adult participants, we will familiarise ourselves with the practice of anti-racist fan clubs.
3 p.m. Panel discussion on art, sport and emotion
No communities without a feeling. But what determines whether groups come together openly and in solidarity or are defined by demarcation and hatred? And what do art and sport have to do with it? An exchange with experts from culture, politics and science.
5 p.m. Performance: Deutschland. Ein Labermärchen
Caroline Kapp and Julia Nitschke performatively scrutinise how the football summer of 2006 made German national pride suitable for the masses again and defended themselves against the repression of the Nazi past in a fairytale-like fictional way.
7 p.m. Closing party with concert
FC Roj, Ebertstraße 26, Dortmund
11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Free entry
24.08.2024, 2 p.m.: #Heimspiel at Hang zu den Kulturen!
In the inner courtyard of the former Vulkan AG machine tool factory, we are represented alongside other associations and initiatives at the Hang zu den Kulturen! Here you can find out more about our project and join us in designing a large banner, which we will take with us on our educational trip to Dortmund in September 2024. Come along, get active, celebrate Sonnenberg and enjoy the programme that will take you through the district all day long: https://www.hangzurkultur.de/programm-2024
Vulkan AG (Hinterhof) Gießerstraße 5
2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Free entry
06.07.2024, 5p.m.: EM-Pub Quiz and Public-Viewing!
The final round of the European men’s football championship is underway! The public viewing of the 2nd quarter-final round will be accompanied by a pub quiz at the Weltechohof! Together with the Weltecho and Atheltic Sonnenberg, we’ve picked out some great questions, curiosities and music and will be playing two small rounds with you at 5pm and between the games! So come around, join in the quiz and enjoy the games in a relaxed atmosphere!
Weltecho
5 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Free entry
14.06.2024: EM-Public-Viewing!
The European Men’s Football Championship kicks off on 14 June 2024 with the opening match between Germany and Scotland. See you at selected match dates at the public viewing at the Weltecho! You can find the dates there and on our channels. Together with the Weltecho and Atheltic Sonnenberg, there is also the opportunity for last-minute fans to take part in our betting round weltechoXHeimspielXAthletic and win prizes! You can expect free tickets for the Weltecho, Atheltic Sonnenberg merchandise, a VIP seat at the first and true Chemnitz Club Championship and a reading in autumn. So get in there! And until then, we wish you great games in a relaxed atmosphere!
Weltecho
Free entry
08.06.2024: Wheel of Fortune and Football at KOSMOS Chemnitz!
At the end of the day we drift into the evening and move to the Konkordiapark!
A selection team from #Heimspiel will play a friendly match against Athletic Sonnenberg Mixed and the wheel of fortune: Come bright and colourful! Together we cheer on our guests and the two teams and let the wheel of fortune spin.
The friendly match runs for 2×15 minutes on a small pitch. Each half also has a special twist – luck decides how the game continues!
6 p.m.-6.45 p.m.
Konkordiapark
08.06.2024: KOSMOS Chemnitz
We are part of KOSMOS Chemnitz 2024 and look forward to spend the day with you: Among others, we create a part of the sports area together with Athletic Sonnenberg, the AJZ Siebdruckwerkstatt and IVF Leipzig!
What we have planned:
What connects us on and off the pitch? And what is football and fan culture for you?: Together we will build a diversity banner for Chemnitz. Come along and help design part of the banner!
You want to design your own merch? We prepared motifs for screen printing and colours for your messages and the AJZ screen printing workshop will help you with the printing. So bring your shirts, bags or similar (ideally unprinted and cotton!) and get creative with us!
The IVF from Leipzig will be bringing along a parcours on the special features of blind football. IVF Leipzig has been involved in anti-discrimination work in football for many years and was already part of #Heimspiel x KOSMOS in 2022 with its exhibition ‘Strafraum Sachsen 2.0’!
12 noon-5 p.m.
Promenadenstraße / Ecke Erich-Schmidt-Straße
07.06.2024: Workshop with Zusammen1!
Zusammen1, a project by MAKKABI Deutschland e.V., is coming to Chemnitz and will be organising two educational training sessions against antisemitism and group-focused enmity for and with interested teams at 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm. The training sessions for young people and adults are by appointment only.
We still have a few places available for the afternoon training session: So if you would like to take part and are aged between 14 and 20, please get in touch with us at kontakt@heimspiel-chemnitz.de!
23.05.2024, 8 p.m.: On Screen -discover Europe with football and film
In the run-up to the UEFA European Championship EURO 2024, a film programme with selected European football short films will be shown throughout Germany. The eight feature films, documentaries and animated films will be accompanied by a series of talks with prominent guests and experts.
In Chemnitz, the programme series will make a stop at the Metropol in May. We will also be there in advance and are looking forward to an exciting film programme!
Information on the individual films, trailers and tickets can be found here: http://metropol-chemnitz.com/on-screen-mit-fussball-und-film-europa-entdecken/
Film + talk
> 81 Minutes
15.03.2024, 4 p.m.: Open-Space about the future of #Heimspiel
We invite all interested fellows and allies to talk with us about the future of the project and to start developing initial ideas. Anyone who, like us, would like to campaign for a non-discriminatory football culture is very welcome. Please register via the link above. Respect our Fair Play-Rules!
Open Space
Fair Play
We appreciate every participation in our project, every comment and every discussion under our posts. We are aware that we cannot all have the same opinion. In order for this exchange to take place on an equal level and always remain fair and factual, a few simple rules are required:
1. We do not tolerate racist, sexist, anti-semitic, anti-LGBTIQ or otherwise discriminatory comments about groups or individuals.
2. We do not accept personal insults, belittling or other derogatory comments about appearance.
3. We do not tolerate glorification of violence or calls for violence.
Furthermore, we reserve the right to make use of our domiciliary rights to deny access to or exclude persons from our events who belong to right-wing extremist parties or organisations, who are associated with the right-wing extremist scene or who have already made an appearance in the past through racist, nationalist, anti-semitic or other inhuman statements.
Your team #Heimspiel
Support
#Heimspiel was develloped as a cooperation between the CFC Fans gegen Rassismus and the ASA-FF e.V., accompanied by the programme new undiscov_red narratives 2025.
The programme new undiscov_red narratives 2025 is funded by the federal programme Demokratie leben!, Weltoffenes Sachsen and co-financed by the cultural area of the city of Chemnitz.
The Network
Contact
Postal address:
ASA-FF e.V.
Zietenstraße 2A
09130 Chemnitz