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Tifo
Tifo (Italian: [ˈtiːfo]) is the phenomenon whereby tifosi of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match.
Tifo are most commonly seen in important matches, local derbies, and rivalries, and although the tradition originated at club teams, some national teams also have fans that organise tifo on a regular basis. Tifo is primarily arranged by ultras or a supporter club to show their love to the club, but are sometimes sponsored or arranged by the club itself.
The plural tifosi is used for a mixed sex or an all-male group; masculine singular is tifoso, feminine singular tifosa, feminine plural tifose. Tifosi (pronounced [tiˈfoːzi; -oːsi]) is a group of supporters of a sports team, especially those that make up a tifo.
The term is derived from Italian tifoso, meaning "typhus or typhoid patient" (the two illnesses were often confused, and both were called tifo in Italy), referring to the "fevered" behaviour of the most dedicated fans. The Times of Malta pointed out that the English term "fan" sounds similarly odd to Italian ears, as to them fanatico usually is only used in the context of religious fanaticism. Journalist Birgit Schönau traces the term tifosi back to the 1920s, a time when football fever was spreading in Italy and typhoid fever was also still prevalent in the poorer parts of the country.
Other sources link it to Greek τῦφος (typhos, "smoke"), which is also related etymologically to the disease, but historian John Foot states that a derivation from the disease is more plausible.
The tifos culture, like the origin of its name, has its roots in Italy and Southern Europe, and has a strong presence in Eastern Europe. It has much in common with the ultras culture and appeared at the same time, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Tifo, while highly prevalent in Europe, has become more widespread and more common in all parts of the world where association football is played.[citation needed] It gained popularity in the late 2000s and early 2010s among Major League Soccer teams in the United States, with some supporters' groups spending up to $10,000 for materials. The Portland Timbers–Seattle Sounders rivalry has featured some of the largest and most elaborate tifos in U.S. soccer.
Tifosi is mainly used to describe fans of clubs in football. Apart from the many local fan clubs in Italy, whose main role is, for example, to provide a meeting place for fans and friends and organize away trips, since the late 1960s, many Italian fans rely on organized stadium groups known as ultras. The main goal is to choreograph fan support with flags, banners, coloured smoke screens, flares, drums, and chanting in unison. For most teams city rivalries, colours, coat of arms, symbols, and the overall iconography have roots in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
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Tifo
Tifo (Italian: [ˈtiːfo]) is the phenomenon whereby tifosi of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match.
Tifo are most commonly seen in important matches, local derbies, and rivalries, and although the tradition originated at club teams, some national teams also have fans that organise tifo on a regular basis. Tifo is primarily arranged by ultras or a supporter club to show their love to the club, but are sometimes sponsored or arranged by the club itself.
The plural tifosi is used for a mixed sex or an all-male group; masculine singular is tifoso, feminine singular tifosa, feminine plural tifose. Tifosi (pronounced [tiˈfoːzi; -oːsi]) is a group of supporters of a sports team, especially those that make up a tifo.
The term is derived from Italian tifoso, meaning "typhus or typhoid patient" (the two illnesses were often confused, and both were called tifo in Italy), referring to the "fevered" behaviour of the most dedicated fans. The Times of Malta pointed out that the English term "fan" sounds similarly odd to Italian ears, as to them fanatico usually is only used in the context of religious fanaticism. Journalist Birgit Schönau traces the term tifosi back to the 1920s, a time when football fever was spreading in Italy and typhoid fever was also still prevalent in the poorer parts of the country.
Other sources link it to Greek τῦφος (typhos, "smoke"), which is also related etymologically to the disease, but historian John Foot states that a derivation from the disease is more plausible.
The tifos culture, like the origin of its name, has its roots in Italy and Southern Europe, and has a strong presence in Eastern Europe. It has much in common with the ultras culture and appeared at the same time, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Tifo, while highly prevalent in Europe, has become more widespread and more common in all parts of the world where association football is played.[citation needed] It gained popularity in the late 2000s and early 2010s among Major League Soccer teams in the United States, with some supporters' groups spending up to $10,000 for materials. The Portland Timbers–Seattle Sounders rivalry has featured some of the largest and most elaborate tifos in U.S. soccer.
Tifosi is mainly used to describe fans of clubs in football. Apart from the many local fan clubs in Italy, whose main role is, for example, to provide a meeting place for fans and friends and organize away trips, since the late 1960s, many Italian fans rely on organized stadium groups known as ultras. The main goal is to choreograph fan support with flags, banners, coloured smoke screens, flares, drums, and chanting in unison. For most teams city rivalries, colours, coat of arms, symbols, and the overall iconography have roots in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance.