The fairplay initiative will organise the first „Girls Football Festival – Football Zajedno“ that will be more than a normal tournament. The girls and their teams will be three days in Vienna for joint training sessions, public viewings of matches of the UEFA Women Euro 2017 in the Netherlands (e.g. Austria vs. France on 22 July), a collaboration with local clubs – and of course the tournament. Intercultural exchange will be established with an educational and cultural programme including topics of sexism, nationalism, respect, fairplay and empowerment of girls.
Participating Teams
Seven Teams will participate in the first edition of the Vienna Girls Football Festival: FC Altera Porta (Austria), FK Obilic Herceg Nowi (Montenegro), Kicken Ohne Grenzen GIRLS (Austria), MFFV 23 BWH Hörndlwald (Austria), Radnik Bumerang Bijeljina (Bosnia and Herzegovina), ZFK Vojvodina (Serbia), SFK 2000 Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Programme
Friday, 21 July
- Welcome-Evening in the Wiener Prater
Saturday, 22 July | 9-20:00 Uhr
- 9-12:00 Uhr Football Training | Public Event
Where? Nachwuchszentrum der Vienna (NWZ), Spielmanngasse 8, 1020 Wien
- 14-16:30 Tour through Vienna
- 17-20:00 Uhr Youth Culture & Public Viewing of Women's Football EURO | Public Event
Microsoccer-Tournament, DJin of feminist collective Femme DMC together with girls from the DJane Workshop
Where? WUK – Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus – 1090 Wien, Währinger Straße 59
- 18:00 Switzerland versus Iceland: Public Viewing Women's Football EURO 2017
- 20:45 Austria versus France: Public Viewing Women's Football EURO 2017
Sunday, 23rd July
- 9-12:00 Uhr Football Tournament | Public Event
Where? Nachwuchszentrum der Vienna (NWZ), Spielmanngasse 8, 1020 Wien
Background
Football is not only a place to get to know other players and teams, in football intercultural youth exchange and breaking down prejudices is possible easily. It is also a place of empowerment of which girls and young women are taking possession more and more. Their commitment shall be promoted with this football festival for girls’ teams in Vienna.
From 2017 the fairplay festival “Football Zajedno” will bring together teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia with female football players and the ex-Yugoslav community in Vienna. The festival will last three days and will include an international football girls’ tournament and an intercultural fringe programme.
The festival is part of our project “Football Zajedno - Promoting Equality and Non-Discrimination through Football”. The joint project is coordinated by the fairplay initiative and the Balkan Alpe Adria Project (BAAP) in cooperation with the football associations of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Football Zajedno is funded through UEFA’s HatTrick programme.
The Festival is co-funded by the Austrian Development Agency, the City of Vienna (Sportamt Wien, MA 51) and the European Commission as part of the project Queering Football.