text: “Can you see ME? CFS”
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BAG of Fan projects
text: “Bleib stark, Julian! ME/CFS-Forschung fördern!” (“Stay strong Julian! Fund ME/CFS research!”)
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Awareness Matchday in Bremen
On March 15, 2025, our first major matchday campaign took place during the Bundesliga game between Werder Bremen and Borussia M’gladbach. There, we raised awareness for ME/CFS on multiple levels.
Our awareness posters featuring the motif “Missing in the stands – lost to ME/CFS” were distributed throughout the stadium. Additionally, in cooperation with the ME/CFS Research Foundation, we operated a booth before the game where fans of both clubs could participate in the #LemonChallengeMECFS. In the pre-game program, Arndt Zeigler (stadium announcer), Leo Bittencourt (player), Oliver Hüsing (academy director), and Larissa Mühlhaus (player) also took part.
The Bremen Fan Project supported us with banners. One banner called for “More research for ME/CFS,” while another reading “We’re thinking of you, Julian” was dedicated to our member Julian (a fan of 1. SC Göttingen 05). Our “Empty Stands” banner also made its debut.
We thank the ME/CFS Research Foundation, Werder Bremen, the Fan Project, and all volunteers on site and behind the scenes who helped organize the matchday campaign. We are happy to have raised ME/CFS awareness in front of more than 42,000 fans and look forward to future actions—because this is only the beginning.
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SV Werder Bremen: Endeavour 3000
group: Endeavour 3000, text: “Mehr Forschung zu ME/CFS – Wir denken an dich, Julian!” (“More research on ME/CFS – We are thinking of you, Julian!”)
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1. SC Göttingen 05: Fanszene Göttingen 05
group: Fanszene Göttingen 05, text: “Unsere Friends zurück in die Kurven! ME/CFS Forschung fördern!” (“Our friends back in the stands! Promote ME/CFS research!”)
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SC 1903 Weimar: Kulturstadt Mafia
group: Kulturstadt Mafia, text: “Der Krankheit ein Gesicht geben – Fight ME/CFS” (“Give the disease a face – Fight ME/CFS”)
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VFL Wolfsburg: Green White Angels 1995
group: Green White Angels 1995, text: “ME/CFS: Forschung fördern!” (“Promote ME/CFS research!”)
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Visiting Meppen: Raising Awareness for ME/CFS
On February 22, 2025, during the Regionalliga home game between SV Meppen and VfB Oldenburg, we were able to raise visibility for ME/CFS.
A text was printed in the matchday program that highlighted the difficult fate of Elias, an 18-year-old SV Meppen fan who has been ill for three years.
Additionally, SV Meppen, like 1. FC Kaiserslautern before them, showed our awareness video on the stadium screen.
