Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 08:50• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 08:54

Club Brugge will involve all supporters in a new campaign to keep racism out of the Jan Breydel Stadium. The reason is an incident with Anderlecht coach Vincent Kompany in mid-December. Fans of the Belgian club will soon be able to report racism using a QR code, for which the club will place about 24,000 stickers on the seats in the stadium. “It is therefore not the case that every report will immediately lead to a stadium ban,” said Bob Madou, CBO at Club Brugge.

On December 19, Belgian football was shocked when part of the home crowd made a racist statement during the match between Bruges and Anderlecht (2-2). “We have been scolded for brown monkeys here for an entire game. I am going home disappointed,” Kompany said afterwards. Eleven Sports† The racismerel led to a large-scale investigation, but received no further follow-up. A number of suspects were identified. To prevent repetition in the future binds Blue-Black compete with his own supporters.

Bruges will put 24,000 QR codes on the seats in the Jan Breydel Stadium by means of stickers, which should lead to fans reporting racist statements from fellow supporters in the future. By scanning the code, the seat number of the person in question can immediately be passed on. “It’s about an absolute minority that ruins things for others,” Madou said The last news† “A lot of fans have already indicated that they no longer want to be associated with this behavior. And that’s how we see it ourselves. Anyone who expresses themselves racist does not belong here.”

According to Madou, it is mainly about addressing fans about their sense of responsibility. “And make it as easy as possible for them to make a report. There have already been a lot of awareness campaigns. But they do not always reach the people for whom they are intended. So this is not a campaign, but rather a plan of action. We want now mainly appeal to the group feeling to get the bad apples out. And of course we will also hear the people who are accused. So it is not the case that every report will immediately lead to a stadium ban.”