Munich – After the scandalous Bundesliga match day and before the DFB Cup match on Schalke, the focus is on one of FC Bayern’s fan groups: the Schickeria.
“Two trains racing towards each other.” This is how ultra expert Christoph Ruf described the currently hardened fronts between Ultras and clubs in an interview.
In Munich, these two locomotives are FC Bayern and its active fan scene – especially the “Schickeria”.
This fan grouping of the German record champions was the catalyst for the escalation on the previous scandalous match day. It was their banner that led to the first interruption of the match between TSG Hoffenheim and FCB. The Red Fanatic group was responsible for the second banner.
Although several Ultra groups from various clubs have taken part in the coordinated action in some stadiums (reputation: “The Ultra scenes are incredibly well networked.”), the chic squad as the best known and most influential fan group of the largest German club is particularly in the spotlight – and with it their two faces.
Schickeria: Foundation at the beginning of the millennium
It was founded almost 20 years ago. In 2001, in the autumn after the FCB’s triumph in the Champions League, several fan groups got together and moved together to the lower part of the fan block in the Munich Olympic Stadium, the south curve. This was followed in 2002 by a formal merger into a grouping that was eventually given the name Schickeria.
In the Allianz Arena – the home of the Bavarians since 2005 – the Schickeria supporters can also be found in the southern curve, in blocks 112 and 113 directly behind the goal.
Although – or perhaps because – their relationship with the club, other groups or fans has never been trouble-free, they have become something of an opinion leader. Her mission statement is shaped by values such as tolerance, respect and solidarity, and her political interest and commitment are high.
In particular, her remembrance work around former club president Kurt Landauer has been honoured and awarded many times.
Landauer commemoration for Rummenigge “very moving
With several impressive choreographies, the chic commemorated Landauer, who as three-time president between 1913 and 1951 left his mark on FC Bayern for many years, when Jude was persecuted by the National Socialists and in the meantime fled into exile in Switzerland.
Since 2006, the club has also been organising an anti-racist football tournament for the Kurt-Landauer Cup.