Football fans and their tifos – in pictures

Seattle Sounders supporters display their tifo that shows coach Sigi Schmid playing cards and holding a Royal Flush before an MLS match against the Portland Timbers last Sunday. The Sounders won 3-0
Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP

Milan fans display a banner at San Siro before last weekend's Derby della Madonnina with Inter Photograph: Dino Panato/Getty Images

Meanwhile, here Milan supporters display a giant Pac-Man tifo ahead of the Champions League quarter-final first-leg match with Barcelona last season Photograph: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images

Inter supporters at the 2010 Champions League final against Bayern Munich Photograph: Carl Recine/Action Images

An older version from Milan fans ahead of a Milan derby in April 2006 Photograph: Paco Serinelli/AFP/Getty Images

Roma supporters display a huge flag before the 1984 European Cup final against Liverpool at their Olympic Stadium. Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Boca Juniors fans spread out a huge flag during their match against Banfield at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires last December Photograph: Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images

Fans of Hamburg hold banners celebrating 125 years of their club in September Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images

Uruguay supporters display a huge flag in support of the national team before the start of their World Cup qualifier with Venezuela, at Montevideo's Centenario Stadium in June Photograph: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP/Getty Images

Fans of the Portland Timbers raise a tifo before the game against the Vancouver Whitecaps at Jeld-Wen Field in August Photograph: Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

Fluminense fans display a gigantic mosaic depicting the team's shield at a match against Palmeiras in November 2010 Photograph: Buda Mendes/LatinContent/Getty Images

Supporters wave a giant Argentinian flag climbing on a fence in Herzogenaurach ahead of their first group game against Ivory Coast at the 2006 World Cup Photograph: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images

Hannover fans display a giant Europa 96 banner prior to the Europa League play-off match against Sevilla in August 2011 Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images

Fans of St Pauli hold banners during the Bundesliga match with 1. FC Union Berlin earlier this month Photograph: Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty Images

Inter supporters display a giant banner during the Serie A match against Bari at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in September 2010 Photograph: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images

French fans hold a giant shirt before their team's World Cup semi-final against Croatia in 1998 Photograph: Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Marseille's supporters prior to the French Cup final with Paris St-Germain in April 2006 Photograph: Pierre Andrieu/AFP/Getty Images

Holland fans hold a giant flag at the 2010 World Cup quarter-final match against Brazil Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

Marseille's supporters use paper sheets to create an 'OM' tifo at the beginning of their 2010 Ligue 1 game against Grenoble Photograph: Patrick Valasseris/AFP/Getty Images

Parma fans with a largo tifo at the Stadio Ennio Tardini during the Serie A match with Bari in April 2011 Photograph: Claudio Villa/Getty Images

Porto supporters with a huge flag at the 2003 Uefa Cup final against Celtic, which the Portuguese side won 3-2 after extra-time Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images

Sevilla fans during the Spanish Primera Liga match against Real Betis played at the Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium, in Seville Photograph: Allsport/Getty Images

Torino fans display a giant banner during the Serie A match with Inter in September Photograph: Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images

Supporters of San Lorenzo cheer their team with a giant flag before their Argentinian match against River Plate in November 2010 Photograph: Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images

And to round it all of, River Plate supporters march with the world's largest banner (7,829 metres long and setting a Guinness World Record in the process) in Buenos Aires last weekend Photograph: Ricardo Nunez/EPA