Football – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:20:55 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Football – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Football and Roma https://rroma.org/football-and-roma-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=football-and-roma-3 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:14:04 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=33114 Two articles in the Serbian press about Roma footballers.  The articles highlight the significant contributions of Roma players in the history of the FIFA World Cup, mentioning legends like Hristo Stoichkov, Gheorghe Hagi, and Ricardo Quaresma.

They emphasise the achievements of these players, including Stoichkov’s pivotal role in Bulgaria’s fourth-place finish in 1994 and Quaresma’s pride in his Romani heritage.

The piece calls attention to the ongoing underrepresentation of Romani players in contemporary football, despite their historical impact on the sport.

]]> Romano Football https://rroma.org/romano-football/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romano-football Sat, 20 Dec 2025 15:00:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30856 The Roma football club, which was founded without a pitch and without money, today attracts the attention of opponents and spectators throughout the district. SK Roma Mělník had to fight for its place in football. “I was excited, but at the same time I knew that starting from scratch would be incredibly difficult,” says its chairman and player Dominik Malinský in the DROMcast podcast.

]]> Documentary https://rroma.org/documentary-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=documentary-2 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 07:59:22 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=24798 A documentary on Slovenian TV on Jože Horvat Didi who was the first and only Roma footballer in the second division of the Yugoslav Football Association. He took his first football steps at Pušča, played for Mura, then in the second German league and then in Austria. He was born on May 4, 1946 in Pušča, and died on February 2, 2024.

  • Na ogled dokumentarna oddaja o Didiju, romski nogometni legendi. In: Vestnik. 11.08.2024. https://vestnik.svet24.si/clanek/aktualno/na-ogled-bo-dokumentarna-oddaja-o-didiju-romski-nogometni-legendi-1298907
]]> Slovenia: Jože Didi Horvath https://rroma.org/slovenia-joze-didi-horvath/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovenia-joze-didi-horvath Sat, 03 Feb 2024 16:59:36 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22934 The star footballer Jože Didi Horvath died. He was famous, a Roma, and fought against discrimination.
May he rest in peace.

]]> Serbia, Roma, and Football https://rroma.org/serbia-roma-and-football/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serbia-roma-and-football Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:19:25 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22529 The Roma football club “Veternica” from Leskovac is the oldest active Roma football club in the Balkans. It was formed back in 1926 in Leskovac and was founded by Leskovac manufacturer Dimitrije Nikolić, for his workers, Roma spinners from the outskirts of the city in the Roma settlement “Podvorce”.

]]> Slovakia: Football Tournament https://rroma.org/slovakia-football-tournament/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slovakia-football-tournament Fri, 13 Oct 2023 08:47:13 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21947 The EQUAL CUP football tournament is taking place in Záhorí under the auspices of the Human in Danger organization, with the participation of students from Lozorn and Plavecký Štvrtek. As part of the Better Future for Young Roma project, which is financed by the Volkswagen Slovakia Foundation, the organization Human in Danger works with young people from marginalized Roma communities (MRK) in western Slovakia, primarily in Záhorí.

]]> Football and Roma https://rroma.org/football-and-roma-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=football-and-roma-2 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 06:51:45 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=19982 Again, and unfortunately as usual, supporters of the AC Roma insulted a player by calling him a Gypsy. Racism among supporters is just not acceptable, but everywhere, authorities turn a blind eye. They should be fined and banned from the stadiums.

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