Season 23/24 - December

Borussia Dortmund - PSG - 13/12/2023

Source : https://aktuell.meinestadt.de/

Since 6 a.m. this morning, police officers have been checking vehicles registered in France, in Aachen, but also at the German-Dutch and German-Belgian borders. So at 4 p.m., more than 350 people and nearly 100 vehicles were checked.

3,800 PSG supporters are expected in Dortmund by the authorities.





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Source : https://www.sportbuzzer.de/

Several PSG fans were found in possession of smoke bombs and cs-gas bombs. For them, the trip stopped in Aachen.



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PSG

Linzer ASK - Toulouse FC - 14/12/2023

Source : Mail

A short fight broke out between the supporters of the two clubs, at the initiative of the Toulouse ones, with a few members of the KOB (PSG).

Catania - Pescara - Cup - 13/12/2023

Source : https://www.ilpescara.it/

The Catania ultras attacked the Pescara supporters' bus with smoke bombs. Police intervention prevented the two camps from physically confronting each other. A young 17-year-old supporter.

Ferencváros TC - AC Fiorentina - 14/12/2023

Source : https://24.hu/

Budapest police seized flagpoles, pickaxe handles, motorcycle helmets, smoke bombs and knives from the Fio ultras. Three men, two Italians and 1 Hungarian fan of Újpest, are brought to justice.





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Fio & Újpest

ŠK Slovan Bratislava - Olimpija Ljubljana - 14/12/2023

Source : https://www.noviny.sk/

Shortly after 4:30 p.m., a group of around 200 fans of the Olimpija club were checked by police officers on Kollár Square in Bratislava. Smoke bombs, firecrackers and combat gloves were seized.

Legia Warsaw - AZ Alkmaar - 14/12/2023

Source : https://www.soccernews.nl/

For fear of incidents caused by Polish hooligans, the AZ club decided not to sell tickets to their fans.

Blackburn Rovers - Leeds United - 09/12/2023

Source : https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/

Several people were arrested and ejected from the ground before and during today’s match between Blackburn Rovers and Leeds United.

Lancashire Police say they carried out a “significant” operation around Ewood Park during the fixture and that the “overwhelming majority of fans behaved impeccably, as they usually do.”

But they also had to deal with several isolated incidents during the game.

A Lancashire Police spokesperson said: “Before the match two away fans were arrested outside the stadium, a 24-year-old man from Burton in Pembrokeshire on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly and a 23-year-old man from Leeds on suspicion of an offence under Section 5 of the Public Order Act.

“After Leeds made it 1-0, there was an incident of disorder in The Riverside Stand.

“This resulted in two people being ejected and a 34-year-old man from Chatburn arrested on suspicion of an offence under Section 4 of the Public Order Act.

“In the second half a man was ejected from the Darwen End after making offensive gestures towards supporters in the home end.

“That incident is continuing to be investigated.

“After Leeds went 2-0 up, a 43-year-old man from Leeds was arrested on suspicion of possessing a flare in view of the pitch.

Ajax Amsterdam - AEK Athènes - 14/12/2023

Source : https://www.ad.nl/

140 Ajax fans were arrested on Thursday evening before the match against AEK, at the Weesperplein metro station.





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Source : https://nltimes.nl/

According to the police, Greek supporters assaulted three stewards in the Johan Cruijff ArenA after a disturbance surrounding the use of a laser pointer by the supporters. Immediately after the match, the police arrested a suspect for the assault. The stewards were injured and will press charges shortly. The police are investigating the case, and more arrests may follow. Greek supporters were also arrested for, among other things, public drunkenness and insulting the police with a sticker with the print ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards).

Angoulême CFC - Bordeaux - Cup - 09/12/2023

Source : Mail

Den Bosch - De Graafschap - 15/12/2023

Source : Mail

Den Bosch & Standard

Atlético Madrid - SS Lazio - 13/12/2023

Source : Mail

Lazio

Real Betis - Glasgow Rangers - 14/12/2023

Source : Mail

SC Paderborn - Hansa Rostock - 15/12/2023

Source : https://www.faz.net/

Protesting against the arrival of foreign investors in the DFL  (1 billion euros injected), Rostock fans caused numerous incidents. The referee was even forced to send the players back to the locker room. There were two interruptions in play, the longest of which lasted 20 minutes.

Martin Hornberger, general director of the SCP, estimated the damage, a few hours after the match, at around 100,000 euros.

In addition, two police vehicles were vandalized.

Sweden : Free-fight - 16/12/2023

Source : Mail

IFK Göteborg Youth vs Örebro SK
7 vs 7
Win Göteborg

FC Andorra - RCD Espanyol - 16/12/2023

Source : Mail

Espanyol

VfL Bochum - 1. FC Union Berlin - 16/12/2023

Source : https://www.dw.com/

Union Berlin fans went on to throw tennis balls and chocolate coins on the pitch, forcing a short interruption of their match at VfL Bochum.

Borussia Mönchengladbach - Werder Bremen - 15/12/2023

Source : https://www.dw.com/

On Friday, the start of the Bundesliga clash between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Werder Bremen was delayed for five minutes after fans threw fake coins on the pitch. This came in addition to the 12 minutes of silence at the start of the match.

FC Nantes - Brest - 17/12/2023

Source : https://www.ouest-france.fr/

More than a thousand supporters of the Brigade Loire gathered this Sunday, December 17, before the match against Brest. A gathering full of emotions in memory of Maxime Leroy, killed on December 2, a few hundred meters from La Beaujoire, during a fight with a VTC driver.

Liverpool FC - Manchester United - 17/12/2023

Source : https://www.benchwarmers.ie/

Manchester United team bus struck by projectile on it’s way to Anfield

The Man United team bus was struck by a bottle which bounced off the front window.

SC Freiburg - 1. FC Köln - 17/12/2023

Source : https://www.waz.de/

As at other stadiums, the match was interrupted for five minutes, following chocolate coins being thrown onto the field.

Servette FC - FC Lugano - 17/12/2023

Source : https://www.tdg.ch/

As a sign of protest against the closure of the North stand, 200 Servetti fans gathered on Sunday, at match time, on the Praille esplanade.

RB Leipzig - TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - 16/12/2023

Source : Mail

A first fight between 35 guys from Leipzig and 50 from Hoffenheim turned to the advantage of the latter. The police intervened. Other confrontations between supporters took place here and there.

37 visiting supporters were arrested by the police.

Bologna FC - AS Roma - 17/12/2023

Source : https://www.sportitalia.com/

Before and after the match, there were clashes between the ultras of the two teams and the police forces who tried to keep them away from each other, outside the Dall'Ara stadium.

Greece : Hooliganism, crime and extremism - 18/12/2023

Source : https://www.ekathimerini.com/

A report submitted by Citizen Protection Minister Giannis Oikonomou to the Supreme Court prosecutor’s office last week details the criminal activities of many well-known soccer hooligans and the connections, at least of some of them, to political extremism on the left and right.

The report was part of the request by the government for judicial authorities to upgrade their investigations on hooliganism and consider all soccer fan clubs as potential criminal gangs.

After the grievous injury to a police officer caused by a flare – his life is still hanging in the balance and has had a leg amputated – the government has vowed to crack down hard on the activities of hooligans. A similar vow about hitting hard the “mafias” fighting over turf in shaking down businesses was made in May 2021; the crackdown was not a success, to put it mildly.

Hooliganism may not be confined to the biggest clubs, but the report focuses on Greece’s five biggest, three in the Athens area (AEK, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos) and two in Thessaloniki.

Oikonomou’s report contains the names of 31 “high-risk” individuals for each of the three Athens club. In the case of Olympiakos, one of whose fans, aged 18, has confessed to throwing the flare that injured the policeman, the names that stand out are those of a 26-year-old manager of a well-known trapper, a 30-year-old neo-Nazi and a 39-year-old widely considered to be the leader of “Gate 7,” Olympiakos’ hard-core hooligan club.

The report notes that several of the “high-risk” individuals have direct or indirect relations with club officials. It also says that there is a state of virtual civil war among Panathinaikos’ hooligans, with bombings of local fan clubs, among other actions.

Ipswich Town - Norwich City - 16/12/2023

Source : https://www.edp24.co.uk/

Canaries fans who made the trip to Ipswich to cheer on their team in the East Anglian derby have complained of the "extremely dangerous" way they were treated.



Supporters said there was "pandemonium" in the cramped away end and that they were left to merge with Town fans shouting abuse at them, on their way to and from the stadium.

It comes after ugly scenes saw items, including a beer can, thrown at the car carrying City's co-owners Delia Smith and Michael Wynn Jones to the game, which ended in a hard-fought draw - extending City's 14-year unbeaten streak against their rivals.

The Canaries Trust said it had received complaints about the way Norwich fans were handled, while Ipswich Town confirmed that it was looking into the stewarding of the away fans.

Suffolk police said two people had been arrested on the day, one for assault and one for failing to disperse, although it is not clear if they were Town or Canaries supporters.

But some Norwich fans said the situation had risked getting out of control on several occasions.