Racism Breaks the Game

Racism Breaks the Game (Romanian: Rasismul strică fotbalul; Romani: O Rasismo Rimol o Khel) was a three-day campaign in Romania designed to combat racism in association football, particularly against the Romani minority, as well as to "stimulate social dialogue and promote tolerance and fair-play through football".

[1] The campaign, which took place between October 27 and 29, 2006, was a joint effort between the Romanian Football Federation, the National Council for Combating Discrimination, the Open Society Institute in Romania, the Romanian Agency for Press Monitoring and the European Roma Grassroots Organisation.

For example, a Football Cup against Racism was organised between the teams in Romania's Liga 1 (premier league).

The tournament consisted of nine games, and all players and referees wore T-shirts with the campaign slogan Rasismul strică fotbalul, which was also displayed on banners at the stadiums.

The matches were televised alongside a short discussion about the nature of racism in sport and reached an estimated audience of 2.3 million viewers.