Subculture of football fans - Identity formation

Navijačka subkultura oduvijek je budila interes javnosti te je 80-ih godina postala svojevrstan društveni fenomen. Tako je i cilj ovog rada objasniti navijački pokret te prikazati kako je nastala navijačka subkultura, tko su glavni akteri i po čemu se razlikuju od drugih subkulturnih skupina. Navijači su i više od sudionika na sportskim događanjima, njihova aktivnost seže u borbu protiv društvenih anomalija te volonterski rad. Nerijetko završi i huliganizmom, ali treba razgraničiti ta dva pojma.Football fans subculture has always aroused public interest and in the 1980s it was a social phenomenon. The aim of this paper is also to explain the football fans movement and to show how the subculture originated, who are the main actors and how they differ from other subcultural groups. Fans are more than just participants in sporting events, their activity goes back to combating social anomalies and volunteer work. It often ends in hooliganism, but the two concepts need to be distinguished