History of Association Football - Racism in Association Football, European Cup and Uefa Champions League History (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Racism in association football, European Cup and UEFA Champions League history, Timeline of association football, Administration, Sheffield Rules, History of the FIFA World Cup, History of CAF, Oldest football clubs, IFFHS continental Clubs of the 20th Century, History of the bicycle kick, History of the Copa Libertadores, Cambridge rules, Scotland v Wales, Association football during World War II, Scotland v England, Oldest football competitions, Brazilian football match-fixing scandal, List of football club mergers, FIFA Two, 1988 Mexico national football team scandal, Scotch Professors, Mob football, List of footballers killed during World War II, FIFA Clubs of the 20th Century, Caso Genoa. Excerpt: Racism in association football is the abuse of players, officials and fans because of their skin colour, nationality, religion or ethnicity. Some may be targeted (also) because of their association with an opposing team. However, there have been instances of individuals being targeted by their own fans. Hanif Adams, the owner of Lusaka Dynamos, was subject to racist abuse due to his Indian heritage while running for the Presidency of the Football Association of Zambia. Historically, many Australian League clubs have been formed based on ethnic and racial associations and thus there have been instances of people of other groups not getting fair opportunities in football employment. New regulations in 2005 forbade such racial associations. At a 1994 match in Melbourne between the Croatian community supported Melbourne Knights and the Greek community supported South Melbourne, many ethnic slurs were exchanged between the two sets of supporters. Oguchi Onyewu, an American of Nigerian descent, has been punched and shouted at by racist fans while playing for Standard Liege. He's also had incidents with other players, such a...