No beer for the Dnipro boys
While their counterparts in Kiev and Donetsk might guzzle Baltika or Obolon by the bucketload, fans of FC Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk eschew alcohol for a fit lifestyle and beer-free support of their favourites. Before Tottenham arrive for their Europea League fixture, Peterjon Cresswell visits the place that used to make space rockets for the Soviet Union […]
Nice
Nissa La Bella attracts Europe’s top names again
Parrillas, piranhas and Lionel Messi
Rosario is home to Argentina’s fiercest fish, fieriest derby and finest steaks. It also produced Lionel Messi. Ruth Jarvis visits his favourite restaurant and checks out a long-running exhibition dedicated to the history of the local game and its cross-city rivalry. The story is still told in his home town of Rosario, Argentina. Lionel Messi’s […]
Tromsø
Past the Arctic Circle, back in Norway’s elite
Arctic adventure
Until November 2013, Tromsø IL were the world’s northernmost top-flight football club. Their Alfheim Stadion hasn’t moved, it’s still backdropped by a Polar sky and surrounded by treacherously icy streets – but TIL’s 11-year adventure in Norway’s Tippligaen is over. A 0-0 draw at the Alfheim with yet-to-be-crowned 2013 champions Strømgodset followed by a 4-1 […]
About Libero
Libero is a digital travel guide for football fans. Using thousands of original photos and only first-hand research, taken and undertaken over the course of the last two seasons, Libero aims to be the most up-to-date travel companion to the game’s most exciting destinations, city-by-city, club-by-club. Leaving no turnstile or barstool unturned, Libero has been painstakingly […]
Hajduk Split
Revered across Dalmatia, revived
in recent seasons
Split
De facto capital of Dalmatia is
mad about Hajduk
Budapest
Heritage football capital now prestigious host