Siareiras Galegos (or Siareir@s Galeg@s) is a group of fans of the Galician national football team, born in the mid-1990s.[1]

Galician flag including Kingdom of Galicia's coat of arms

History

Nationalist Galician flag, also called Bandeira da Pátria or Estreleira

Siareiras Galegas began in December 2005, with the resurrection of the Galician football team at a match against Uruguay after 69 years of prohibition. It was generally viewed as a success by Galician supporters. Siareiras Galegas held a great demonstration supporting the officiality of the Galician national team, attended by at least 2,000 people all around the streets of A Coruña.[2] This became a kind of tradition, and every year the collective holds demonstrations coinciding with every match of the Galician national team. It is conformed by hundreds of supporters, and participates actively in political movements sometimes.

Performance

Their football songs usually have a strong political charge, as they are officially Galician nationalists. Galician bagpipes and percussion usually go with them, as they show flags of Galicia, flags of the Kingdom of Galicia and coats of the Galician kings. They have taken to the stadiums flags of the Celtic nations or simply Scottish and Irish flags, considering these as friendly countries.

Matches organized by Siareiros Galegos

26 December 2009 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 9–0 Club Deportivo Paraguayo Santiago de Compostela
Stadium: Santa Isabel
23 December 2010 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 6–3 State of Palestine Palestinian XI Ourense
Stadium: Os Remedios
23 December 2011 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 2–1  Western Sahara Teo
Stadium: Cacherias
29 December 2012 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 3–2  Kurdistan Region Pontevedra
Stadium: A Xunqueira
28 December 2013 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 1–7  Occitania Lugo
20:00 ?' Report Massaré 21', 59'
Bertini 29', 32', 49', 83'
Congré 85'		 Stadium: O Polvorín
Attendance: 600
26 December 2015 Friendly Galician XI Galicia (Spain) 1–0 Senegal Senegalese XI Santiago de Compostela
Stadium: Santa Isabel


References

  1. ↑ "Siareir@S Galeg@S". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
  2. ↑ "2000 pessoas reclamam selecçons galegas oficias na Corunha". Archived from the original on 2007-06-12. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
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