Bundesliga 2020: A year without fan culture
For most of the year, German football has had to do without one of its greatest assets: its fans. What have Germany s football supporters been up to, and what long-term effects could the pandemic have on fan culture?
Borussia Dortmund s fans raise an elaborate choreography Dortmund: big city, my dream! read the banner across the front of the
Südtribüne, the famous Yellow Wall at Borussia Dortmund s
Westfalenstadion.
Behind it, a gigantic hand-painted tapestry depicting the Dortmund skyline and a massive municipal coat of arms. In the background, 24,000 fans held aloft plastic sheets to show the red-and-white colors of the city, which were then flipped to become the black-and-yellow of Borussia Dortmund, and the city eagle was replaced by the club crest.