300 Swedish supporters risk being thrown out of Stožice Stadium tonight.
If they wear blue -yellow national team jerseys.
Or wave with blue -yellow flags.
Martin Fredman.
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Photo: Johanna Säll / Bildbyrån
The Swedish national team has landed in Slovenia and Ljubljana to, during Friday night, start the qualifying game against the World Cup 2026. With them they have a great supporter support. About 1,500 blue -yellow fans are said to have made the journey south to be present when the seriousness begins.
Martin Fredman is security manager at the Swedish Football Association:
– Of them, 850 have a ticket on our assigned section. Then we have a number of tickets on the long side which are players’ families and such. They are slightly hundreds. Then we have more than 300 people who have bought in other parts of the arena.
And then through the Slovenian union. For them, Friday night risks being slightly problematic.
– The Slovenian union sees a risk in the mixture that is on the stand and has made an assessment that Swedish attributes would not be so positive. Therefore, people will not be allowed to enter through the entrance with flags, scarves, match shirts and so on that are Swedish, says Martin Fredman.
He continues:
– If someone still comes in with this type of clothes or attributes and then starts living it inside the arena, that person will be rejected from the arena.
Throws out, in other words.
According to Martin Fredman, the information must have been sent to all 300 ticket buyers. With that an opportunity to repurchase the tickets.
Is this a common reasoning, that people are thrown out if they wear “wrong” sweater or scarf?
– I think it is more common in club football than it is in national football, but it is up to each country to make decisions here.
Do you risk any additional punishment if you are rejected?
– No, not basically. This is more like an order rule in school. It may be a reason to reject someone, but that does not mean that it is a violation of the legislation in any way. As long as you do as they say, this will be handled in a calm and good way.
As for the general security situation in Slovenia, says Martin Fredman:
– It’s a good feeling. We have a great cooperation with the Slovenian union. We also know that we are in a country that is certainly from a lot of aspects. Both normal crime, but also linked to terror cases. Of course, it’s nice.
The meeting between Slovenia and Sweden has kick off 20.45 during Friday night.
