FARE was established in 1999 by sports activists and fans involved in anti-racism activities, who met at a conference in Vienna. The goal of the meeting was to introduce a common strategy of combatting xenophobia and racism inside and outside stadiums. Since then, Football Against Racism in Europe has created a network of cooperation from 13 European countries, which work to identify discrimination problems in football circles, implement anti-racist policy, and create a partnership of all organizations committed to these goals.

The FARE website includes a variety of materials available online: reports and documents containing common strategies for fighting racism and xenophobia. FARE also maintains archives of videos, books, fanzines and photographs.