Violência, juventude e idolatria clubística:

Uma pesquisa quantitativa com torcidas organizadas de futebol no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo

Abstract

This article presents some of the results of a quantitative research conducted with associative segments of football fans, commonly called organized and/or uniformed supporter groups. The general proposal of this study was to draw a socioeconomic profile of the organized supporter, as well as to identify a map of the spatial distribution of the supporter groups in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The questionnaires were applied between 2013 and 2015 and covered an universe of over 1000 respondents. As the limits of this article, we highlight the perceptions that young aficionados have of their own associations and group behavior in stadiums, clubs, trip caravans, and way towards matches. Marked by the stigma of violence, a source of constant controversy on the part of public opinion, we seek here to present a contemporary sociological framework of these groups, stressing understanding aspects rather than judging ones. We avoid value judgments and seek to understand how the organized supporters see their acting in the universe of professional football, how they behave regarding club rivalries and how they recognize their collective actions according to more or less accepted criteria of typification of violence, somewhat internalized socially.