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AbstractDuring the last decade, football fans in Germany and Ukraine have become increasingly active in the struggle for their interests. This article compares their respective activism based on reasons, tactics and spaces of activism over a span of eight years. The comparison shows that national politics are a dominant motive for Ukrainian fan activism, especially after the so-called Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan) in 2014, including the Russian invasion. Politics is so important that activism is politically framed in this context even if non-political players like club management or the football association are addressed. In Germany, football's governance is the major reason for fan activism, as fans strive to preserve or extend their influence on clubs' and associations' decisions. This difference emphasises the influence of national settings on fan activism. Concerning space and tactics, the samples show similarities, as in both countries ultras are the dominant type of fan group, an intersection of global ultra culture and activism tactics exists and activism mainly takes place in football stadiums. Therefore, fan activism can be understood as a globally connected movement that is nonetheless highly determined by the respective local context.

Deckblatt -- Titelseite -- Impressum -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung: Die vielen Facetten des Fußballs -- Identitätsdiskurse -- Politik -- Skandale -- Identitätsdiskurse -- The Introduction and Integration of Soccer into the Politically Divided Germany, 1871-1933 -- The Creation of Conservative Soccer -- The Creation of Socialist Soccer -- The Nationalization of Soccer -- Football's World of New Things: The Case of Germany, 1870s to 1914 -- The Market and the Increase of Things -- Manuals as a Part of Practice -- Balls as Material Means of Definition -- "Frippery" or Necessity: Shoes -- Shin-Guards as Educational Means -- Shirts, or: The Thin Line between Caricature and Distinction -- Conclusion -- "Football Epidemics": The Reaction of the Society of the Russian Empire to the Birth of Football in the early 20th Century -- Historiography and the Research's Source Base -- The First Steps of Football in St. Petersburg and Moscow -- Footballers Outside the League: "Savages", "Summer Residents", "Ladies' Football" -- Football in the Province -- The Public Perception of the "Football Epidemics" -- First Football Fans -- Thirty Years of Hurt: The Anglo-German Football Rivalry in the Sports Press 1966 and 1996 -- Introduction -- "Of Course, a Little Chauvinism was in Order": England and Germany in 1966 -- "Tin Soldiers": The English Press and the German Team in 1966 -- Welcome Them like World Champions: The German Press Reactions 1966 -- "Let's Blitz Fritz": England versus Germany 1996 -- "Rettungsgriff zum Teekessel": German Press Coverage 1996 -- Conclusion -- "Wir wollen einen sauberen jugoslawischen Fußball spielen."* Die Jugoliga Baden- Württemberg - Nation-Building in der Fremde? -- Der politische Rahmen - Arbeitsmigration im Kontext des Kalten Krieges -- Jugoslawische "Gastarbeiter" in Baden-Württemberg.