The ability of the European community to respond to the multiple crises threatening the European Union and Europe depends in part on citizens' shared European identity giving legitimacy and support to communal action. Men's elite European club football is an example of a cultural practice that is highly Europeanised, reaches diverse audiences and is a known carrier of collective identities. This article examines the emergence of a European public football sphere through the convergence of football coverage across national media spaces, serving as a foundation for European identity constructions. It connects the concept of a European public sphere to the Europeanisation and mediatisation of football and its potential effects on European identity formation. Results indicate a convergence of football coverage around high-profile and high-status aspects of European football, creating a strongly aligned, homogenous but exclusive European public football sphere that leaves many parts of Europe on the sidelines.

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足球团结的欧洲公共领域：德国、挪威、波兰和西班牙足球媒体的比较定量文本分析

欧洲共同体应对威胁欧盟和欧洲的多重危机的能力部分取决于公民共同的欧洲身份，为共同行动提供合法性和支持。欧洲精英男子俱乐部足球是高度欧洲化的文化实践的一个例子，它覆盖不同的受众，并且是集体身份的众所周知的载体。本文探讨了通过各国媒体空间足球报道的融合，欧洲公共足球领域的出现，作为欧洲身份建构的基础。它将欧洲公共领域的概念与足球的欧洲化和媒体化及其对欧洲身份形成的潜在影响联系起来。结果表明，足球报道围绕欧洲足球的高知名度和高地位方面进行了融合，形成了一个高度一致、同质但排他性的欧洲公共足球领域，这使得欧洲许多地区处于观望状态。