【SFR声明】上港外籍球迷致俱乐部的一封信

A Letter from the Shanghai Foreign Reds (Subsection of the Bats Supporter’s Group)

Since its conception three years ago, the Shanghai Foreign Reds (SFR) supporter’s group has dedicated itself to following the Shanghai SIPG football club not only at home, but also all over the continent. Throughout this time, we have seen the growing passion and dedication with which not only ourselves, but also our local counterparts, have supported this football club. Therefore, it goes without saying that we release this statement not keeping in mind what we believe to be the best for us, but keeping in mind what we believe to be the best for the Football Club. We are thoroughly disappointed with the recent reports that the club will be renamed 上海海港足球俱乐部。While the importance of the Shanghai Port is immeasurable to the city and its history, we do not believe that the new name of the club will be beneficial. We believe that it clearly neglects the fans’ opinions and experiences by forcing the creation of a new club name that never had any relationship to the club in the first place. A club name not only represents the club, but also gives pride to its most important aspect: The fans. The fans want a name that they believe represents the team’s history, the city, and themselves. 上海海港足球俱乐部 is not this name. While it represents the city’s history, this name has nothing to do

with the fans, nor has it got anything to do with the club’s history. Furthermore, the name is directly connected to the SIPG company through the 上海海港 newspaper. While we are grateful for the support that the SIPG company has given our club over the past years, we are not SIPG’s football club. We are the fans’ football club, we are Chongming’s football club, and we are Shanghai’s football club. We believe that these aspects should be incorporated into our club’s new name.

Furthermore, we are disappointed in the lack of fan involvement during this moment that will be so important for the club’s history. A club without its roots is nothing, and the roots of a club are its fans. Regardless of a what has happened and what will happen, a football team will always have one (and only) constant: its fans. There will be a day when Gu Jinshan will leave. There will be a day when Cai Huikang and Yan Junling will retire. There will be a day when Oscar returns to Brazil. In a football club, people, stadiums, and trophies all come and go. Only the fans stay, and they are therefore the constant and the soul which keeps a football club alive. Therefore, we ask that you listen to what we have to say, and that you choose a name that represents this club and all that it stands for. The company that owns this club does not define it. We want a name that represents all that this club stands for –

its fans, its city, and its history. Our club board members have been given the honor to represent a club that has quickly grown into a Chinese football giant. This is a job that many fans would love to have, but do not have the opportunity. Therefore, it is the board members’ obligation to defend the club and the fans in the best way possible.

我们不是海港队，我们就是上海队！

中文翻译如下：

一封来自上海外国红色信仰群体的信

由于 3 年前的构想，我们这群上海外国红色信仰球迷群体（简称 SFR)开始专注于不仅在家里追随上港足球俱乐部，我们的足迹更遍布于全国各地。在这段时 光里，我们不仅看到了我们自己还有更多的球迷朋友们对这只球队日益高涨的热 情和奉献精神。因此，我们可以说发表这篇声明不是因为考虑到这是对我们球迷 有利，而是我们相信这是对俱乐部最好的选择。我们对于最近报道俱乐部将改名 上海海港足球俱乐部是彻底失望的。虽然上海港口对于这座城市和它的历史的重 要性是不可衡量的，但是我们依然不相信球队新名字会使我们的俱乐部从中受益。但我们相信它明显忽略了球迷们的意愿，也忽略了创造一个球队新名字对俱乐部 在各种关系中处于领先位置的影响。一个球队的名字不仅代表俱乐部自己，它还 将给它最重要的领域带来骄傲：它的球迷们。球迷们需要一个名字来代表球队的 历史，这座城市和他们自己。上海海港足球俱乐部显然不是具有这样意义的名字。就算它代表了这座城市的历史，这个名字也和球迷们没有任何关系，也没有体现 俱乐部的历史。更何况，这个名字因为和上海海港报重叠而直接和上海上港集团 相联系。虽然我们感激上港集团在过去几年给与这只球队的支持，但我们不只是 上港集团足球俱乐部，我们是球迷俱乐部，我们是崇明足球俱乐部，我们是上海 的足球俱乐部。我们相信这些因素应该和我们新队名联系在一起。

另外，我们对于俱乐部在关乎于球队历史这样重要的时刻，并没有让球迷们参与而感到失望。没有根基的俱乐部什么都不是，一个俱乐部的根基就是它的粉丝。不管发生什么或将要发生什么，一只球队只有一个永恒主体：它的球迷们。总有一天顾金山会离开，总有一天蔡慧康和颜骏凌会退役，总有一天奥斯卡会回到巴西，在一个足球俱乐部里，人，体育场和奖状都会来来往往。只有球迷们永远在，所以他们才是永恒的，他们才是球队存在的灵魂。因此，我们请求俱乐部听听我们不得不说的话，你们选择一个名字，它要能代表这只俱乐部和所有一切它要去代表的。拥有这只球队的公司不能否定它。我们需要一个名字来代表这只球队所要代表的-球迷们，城市和它的历史。我们俱乐部管理层已经被赋予这个荣耀，将代表的这只俱乐部快速成为中国足球界的巨头。这是很多球迷热衷于去拥有的工作，现在不是没有这个机会。因此，这是逼迫管理层尽最大可能去保护

我们的俱乐部和球迷们。

我们不是海港队，我们就是上海队。

Shanghai Foreign Reds