#Heimspiel is a cultural production that we have been supporting with members of CFC-Fans gegen Rassismus since July 2021.
The project advocates more diversity in soccer and an open urban society.

How exactly did it work? Diverse teams competed in small tournaments on various pitches throughout Chemnitz. The game was played in tournament mode at one of four possible preliminary tournaments and on 26.8.2023 for the final of #Heimspiel in the stadium the prominent team “#Heimspiel-Auswahl”. One team could qualify for the final on each match day, from which a Stadtgesellschaft-team was put together. The game was played with at least seven players (18+) per team according to the classic soccer rules on a small pitch. Each game lasted 2 x 10 minutes.

The games were accompanied by an extensive cultural program: In addition to great match days, there were exhibitions, workshops, discussion rounds and film evenings as well as a networking trip to Gelsenkirchen! Tomma Suki Hinrichsen developed DIY soccer furniture for us, turning the urban space into a pop-up soccer pitch, and we kicked off summer 2023 together with a soccer festival for kids, which was framed by the exhibition “Between success and persecution – Jewish stars in German sport up to 1933 and beyond” on the station forecourt.We combined soccer 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 soccer and experienced four great pre-tournament match days with music, sunshine and fair play.

The project attracted a lot of attention and a large number of partners were involved.
#Heimspiel continues, with numerous individual players, cultural workers and initiatives involved.

Click here for the website of the cultural production #Heimspiel. (in German)

Partners:
CFC-Fans gegen Rassismus

Prizes/awards:
Julius Hirsch Prize 2023
Citizens’ Prize of the Citizens’ Foundation for Chemnitz 2023
Recognition prize of the Saxon Promotion Prize for Democracy 2023

Featured image: Ernesto Uhlmann