tifo

thumb|A basic card display mosaic tifo at Montreal Impact (1992–2011)|Montreal's old Claude Robillard Centre ground Tifo () is the phenomenon whereby the fans — or tifosi — of a sports team make a visual display of any choreographed flag, sign, or banner in the stands of a stadium, mostly as part of an association football match, although it expanded to include other sports, for example cycling, Formula One, and ice hockey. Tifo are most commonly seen in important matches, local derbies, and rivalries, and although the tradition originated at football club teams, some national teams also have fans that organise tifo on a regular basis. Sometimes sponsored or arranged by the club itself, tifo is primarily arranged by ultras or a supporter club to show their love to the club.

== Etymology == thumb|A tifo combining held shields and multiple hoisted painted banners at Providence Park in [[Portland, Oregon, U.S.]] The plural tifosi is used for a mixed sex or an all-male group; masculine singular is tifoso, feminine singular tifosa, feminine plural tifose. Tifosi () is a fandom, or group of supporters of a sports team, especially those that make up a tifo. The term is derived from Italian , meaning "typhus or typhoid patient" (the two illnesses were often confused, and both were called in Italy), referring to the "fevered" behaviour of the most dedicated fans. The Times of Malta observed that the English term "fan" sounds similarly odd to Italian ears, as to them fanatico usually is only used in the context of religious fanaticism.