Season 04/05 - May

SV Salzburg - Sturm Graz - 07/05/05

Source: forums

For this game, visitors came with 3 coaches.
prior to the game, about 45 Graz fans faced about 20 locals (10 youth). The toe-to-toe took place for 2 minutes before a police intervention.
Five people were arrested, including 4 Graz fans.

At the end of the game, about 40 locals regrouped in front of the visitor stand.
The large police presence didn't move and locals attacked Graz fans.

Litex Lovech - CSKA Sofia - 07/05/05

Source : sportni.bg

CSKA side

RSC Charleroi - FC Brussels - 07/05/05

Source: mail - local lad view

During the week before the game, several phonecalls were exchanged between both sides, as Brussels' BCM announced their venue.
Firstly, their contact said FC Liège lads will be with them. It was false.
Secondly, they announced KV Mechelen and Anderlecht lads with them. Another time, it was false but it's strange to know police forces had infos of this game.
Prior to the game, news phonecals exchanged: BCM contact announed 32 cars...anf 20 minutes after, only 22, for a total mob of about 80 lads (???).
Finally, locals decided to gave an off and they left their pub with about 40.
Finally only about 10 BCM'ers were seen and of course no punches were exchanged.
In fact, BCM, inside the stadium was with only 20 lads.
At the end of the game, about 40/50 locals tried to find their rivals but no one was seen.
So....was the BCM contact a lyer or just the 'bad' guy? Too many lyings for a game who ended in a new total non event.

Podgorica Buducnost - Zeleznik Beograd - 07/05/05

Source: forums

Riots occured at the end of the game, opposint local fans to police forces.
Many fans were arrested and troubles continued during the night, in the city centre.
In the same time, police forces assaulted the Zelzenik fans coach, using batons against ultra, women and children.

Real Madrid to be fined over anti-immigration banner - 11/05/2005

Source : REÜTERS

Spain's Anti-violence Commission has recommended that Real Madrid be fined for failing to prevent fans from displaying a large anti-immigration banner during Saturday's Primera Liga match at home to Racing Santander.

In calling for a 3,001 euro fine the government-run body criticised the club's turnstile security for failing to prevent such a large banner from being brought into the Santiago Bernabeu stadium for the game, which Madrid won 5-0.

The banner read: "They invade us, they kill us. Justice for Spain. Justice for Manu."

Manu refers to a youth who was fatally stabbed in a Madrid suburb last week, reportedly by a Dominican.

Santa Fe - America de Cali - 11/05/2005

Source : AP

Rival soccer fans rushed on the field before being stopped by baton-wielding police, leaving one person dead and 23 wounded.
Edison Andres Garzon, 20, died of injuries at the first-division game Wednesday between Santa Fe and America de Cali, firefighters said. He was struck in the head and his body thrown over a balcony in Bogota's El Campin Stadium, Garzon's cousin, Andrea Hernandez, told local radio.

Most of the wounded were treated on the spot.

The violence started when up to 100 Santa Fe fans angry over the referee's calls broke down two security doors and surged onto field in a game won by America de Cali 5-2.

Turkish authorities confident of security arrangements - 14/05/2005

Source : AFP

Turkish authorities are confident security arrangements at the Ataturk stadium will prevent trouble at the European Champions League final later this month between Liverpool and AC Milan.

The kinds of scenes when two Leeds fans died in April 2000 before a UEFA Cup match against Istanbul club Galatasaray after a pitch battle between supporters is unlikely to repeat itself, say authorities.

Liverpool's presence in Istanbul on May 25 also evoked memories of the Heysel stadium tragedy in Brussels in 1985.

As Liverpool and Juventus were preparing to contest the European Cup final, a wall collapsed killing 39 people as Juventus fans tried to escape a surging mass of Liverpool fans.

But with less than two weeks to go to the showpiece final, local officials are adamant similar scenes will not take place.

About 2,600 stewards will be spread throughout the crowd and 1,000 police will be present, including 600 hidden underneath the stands.

Sami Colgecen, who is in charge of organising the final, told AFP: "We don't have any particular worries about British supporters. A list of hooligans will soon be sent to us and they will not be able to enter Turkey."

Strict security checks will be made at Istanbul airports by Turkish police, aided by British authorities, and any trouble makers would be quickly identified, added Colgecen.

"We know that English clubs only sell their quota of tickets to supporters who have followed the club the whole season, which helps the situation," he added.

English and Italian supporters will have a hard time meeting such are the arrangements that have been put into place.

English fans will arrive by charter plane at the Sabiha Gokcen airport, on the Asian side of the city, while those from Italy will fly into the Ataturk airport on the European side.

The two groups of fans will be escorted to the stadium by different routes and will occupy distinctly different parts of the 78,000-capacity venue.

The Turkish Cup final on Wednesday night, won 5-1 by Galatasaray against Fenerbahce, served as a dress rehearsal for security arrangements with about 8,000 police, stewards and officials on hand to ensure fans of the two Istanbul clubs did not express their rivalry in physical terms.

Istanbul governor Muammer Guler, quoted by the Anatolie press agency, said: "We deployed all the measures which could be needed for the Champions League final and we were happy with the results."

A meeting between sports officials and authorities of the governor of Istanbul will be held in the next few days to fine tune arrangements, particularly the securing of the area around the stadium and in the city centre.

About 70,000 tickets for the final will be distributed, with 20,000 each for the two clubs, 16,000 for fans in Europe and 6,000 for sponsors with the rest going to European and national sporting bodies.

The 120-million-dollar Olympic stadium of Ataturk is three and a half years old and was built as part of Istanbul's plan to attract the Olympics to the city but it has been largely underused. It is the biggest and most modern stadium in Turkey.

Several hundred buses will ensure transport to the stadium, which is about 20km outside the city, with the help of reserved lanes and traffic restrictions imposed in certain areas, Colgecen added.

Utd fans take protest to gallery - 13/05/2005

Source : BBC NEWS

About 100 Manchester United fans disrupted a function at the Manchester Art Gallery.
Fans were protesting against JP Morgan investment bank, which organised Thursday night's event, for its backing of Malcolm Glazer's club takeover bid.

They left the city centre gallery when the police arrived and no arrests were made by officers.

Five people were arrested earlier in the day after a demonstration outside the club's Old Trafford ground.

Police said the demonstration began shortly before 1700 BST on Thursday.

Two hours later a crowd of around 200 people had gathered to demonstrate against Malcolm Glazer's takeover bid.

Greater Manchester Police said the protest was, "in the main, peaceful" but a small number of people became abusive and five were arrested for public order offences.



Police officers arrested five people at Old Trafford

Anti-Glazer Fans Warn Of Final Chaos - 15/05/2005

Source : SPORTINGLIFE

Manchester United fans opposed to Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club have threatened to cause "sheer pandemonium" at next week's FA Cup final.
Many supporters have already protested outside Old Trafford following the American's bid to take control of the Red Devils.
And now one leading fans' group has warned they will target Saturday's clash with Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium to vent their fury at Glazer's coup.
"We won't do anything that endangers safety but they may have to draft in the army to police the match," said Oliver Houston, vice-chairman of Shareholders United.
"The suggestions range from sheer pandemonium, to hurling thousands of beach balls on the pitch, to a Gandhi-esque protest of people just walking onto the field and sitting down," quotes The Sunday Times.

Aris Saloniki - Iraklis - 15/05/2005

Source : AFP

Five Aris Salonika fans were arrested during Sunday's home derby with cross-town rivals Iraklis for attacking police and opposing players.

Four of the Aris fans, aged between 23 and 38, were arrested for throwing stones, bottles, firecrackers and other objects at Iraklis players and the police force sent to maintain order during the match.

The fifth fan was detained for assaulting an Iraklis player during a pitch invasion in the 41st minute.

Aris' fans stormed the pitch just as their team had scored a goal to pull back to 2-1.

The hosts were desperate for a victory to avoid relegation, and Greek media reported that Iraklis' players had received anonymous threats by phone during the preceding week.

The match was eventually abandoned by the referee after a one-and-a-half hour wait following injuries to two Iraklis players. One of them was reportedly hit with a crowbar.

The Greek Professional Football Clubs Association (EPAE) will decide the fate of the match Monday.

Aris look certain to lose on paper, and the club also risks being sanctioned a further three points.

Tension over this weekend's football fixtures was rife all week in Salonika, Greece's second largest city.

In addition to the Aris-Iraklis showdown, heavy fan pressure was exerted on another cross-town clash between PAOK FC and Apollon Kalamarias FC. The latter club was also struggling against relegation.

Politehnica Timisoara- National Bucharest - 15/05/2005

Source : REÜTERS

A Romanian club team coach needed emergency treatment after he was hit by a stone thrown from the crowd after a local first division match at the weekend, local media said on Monday.

Angry fans surrounded the Politehnica Iasi locker room and threatened players and club officials after their team lost 2-1 to National Bucharest by a goal scored in injury time.

FC Zurich - FC Luzern - Cupfinal - 15/05/2005

Source : ATS






pics : http://fcl.schesl.ch

Lyon - Bordeaux - 15/05/2005

Source : mail





LYON mob

Arrests in football violence hunt - 16/05/2005

Source : BBCnews

Twelve people have been arrested on suspicion of football violence after a series of raids across Yorkshire.

More than 100 officers swooped on 16 addresses on Monday following violence after the game between Leeds Utd and Cardiff City on 15 January.
One suspect was arrested at Pontefract Hospital where his partner was waiting to give birth.
During the January disturbance, officers were pelted with missiles and confronted by fans armed with wood.

Four months

Det Supt Phil Sedgwick of West Yorkshire Police said those who thought police had forgotten the incident should think again.
"Those involved in the violence know who they are. After four months have passed they probably thought we had let it go.
"I'm here to tell them that we know who most of them are."
Police said they would later be releasing photographs of anyone not yet identified.
The raids were carried out in Gipton, Gledhow, Garforth, Seacroft, Woodlesford, Morley, Drighlington, Allerton in Bradford, Skipton, Doncaster, Batley, Cleckheaton, Gomersall, Catterick Garrison and Pontefract Hospital.

Steaua Bucarest president handed year ban after slapping fan - 17/05/2005

Source : AFP

The president of Romanian first division football club Steaua Bucharest has received a one-year ban for slapping a home fan during a match on the weekend.

The Romanian football federation also fined president Mihai Stoica 5,370 euros.

"I recognise I committed an error but I think this ban is harsh," Stoica said Tuesday, adding that he would appeal the federation's ruling.

Stoica slapped a Steaua fan during Saturday's match against CFR Cluj "for having insulted a Steaua Bucharest player."

Romanian police had already fined Stoica 138 euros "for having provoked and taken part in a disturbance."

Aris Salonika fans get suspended prison sentences - 18/05/2005

Source : AFP

Four Aris Salonika fans were handed suspended 18-month prison sentences for attacking police and rival supporters during Sunday's home derby against Iraklis.

A fifth Aris fan, charged with assaulting an Iraklis player during a pitch invasion by the hosts' supporters will now await sentencing, a judicial source said Wednesday.

The four fans, aged between 23 and 38, were arrested for throwing stones, bottles, firecrackers and other objects at Iraklis players and the police force sent to maintain order during the match.

They have been banned from attending Aris matches for the next two years.

Aris' fans stormed the pitch in the 41st minute of the city derby just as their team had scored a goal to pull back to 2-1. The hosts were desperate for a victory to avoid relegation.

The match was eventually abandoned by the referee after a one-and-a-half hour wait following injury to two Iraklis players. One of them was reportedly hit with a crowbar.

The Greek Professional Football Clubs Association (EPAE) will decide the fate of the match Thursday. It seems certain that Aris will lose on paper, and the club also risks being docked a further three points.

ROTTERDAM - Police set photographs football vandals on internet - 17/05/2005

Source : REÜTERS

The Rotterdam police set on internet photographs of persons that concerned were last month by the riots around the competition Feyenoord-Ajax. That reported Superintendent A. Meijboom Thursday.

"That we this on internet set, is new. I expect no problems with justice, otherwise we would not begin here at." Meijboom hopes that the football lunatic as he she characterizes, itself report to prevent that their photograph on internet comes.

Indications

Police men have to analyze put together through fifty hour image material meanwhile 250 electronic files because of open violence. 250 files of meelopers are make yet in the, according to Meijboom. It goes around near it for instance men that indications gave.

Problem for the police is that the identity of many relschoppers not known is. In first authority within the corps Rotterdam-rhine mouth or agents looked becomes recognize someone, go see come after that the photographs to other police corps in the Netherlands Feyenoord-fans from the entire country.

Further it is Requested the intention on 23 May in the broadcast of the television program Location a number of photographs of relschoppers to show.

Backwards pull

End of Mays would be all photographs then on internet to see. A positive Meijboom: "We go this group totally backwards pull."

Around the competition Feyenoord-Ajax of 17 April became all 43 men arrested. In the soak after that followed there yet single apprehensions. A man reported itself because of a fire works incident by which a Rotterdammer heavily wounded hit.


The Rotterdam police nails the troublemakers around Feyenoord-Ajax at the pillory. ,, This can we not over our side let go.''

Remco works for 22 year at the police. But what he last month around Feyenoord-Ajax, he had never experienced seen yet. I bewildered be looking'', tell he in the personnel leaf of the police Rotterdam-Rijnmond.

,, Yet never so many supporters at the same time throwing seen, yet never such massive aggression experienced, yet never such varition at things past see fly. Stones, traffic plates, lampposts, fences.. And everything came on their away, became through the 'supporters' destroyed.''

The agents its large a month after dato yet through the irregularities, according to them the most awful football riots shocked in Rotterdam ever. We sat finished and closed in a rain of stones, as I experienced never' it yet', tell an agent that by the riots a middle hands bone broke. ,, They bekogelden us of the side, with broken gegooide doorstep tile according to me. They had also a scoop or other tools with self.''

A third agent that at the word comes, turns though since 1980 with in the 'football event'. ,, Normal can a charge of the roared agents a street sweep clean. Now that were there always a few lunatics that remained stand and tried at the colleagues to go hang. There even one was pulled colleague of its horse.''

The insanity around Feyenoord-Ajax remains not without consequences. Eight hooligans were picked up already and sit yet fixed. 500 others see their face shortly on internet: special police personnel has in totally 50 hour tape CCTV of the riots.

There is happened already much on the territory of football riots'', according to Superintendent Meijboom. ,, But this almost was not to be believed. The hatred and aggression that our men saw, knew she not yet. A part of these 'football lunatic' was not from on Ajax-supporters, but gather on the police.''

The Superintendent do not pecks it longer. The images of the perpetrators go the internet on. The interest of privacy, he finds, has been subordinated here. Meijboom looks at in such a way forward the next edition of Feyenoord-Ajax:,, I go about it not, but what me concerned its Ajax-supporters near it no longer welcome.''

Verona given stadium ban for racist chanting - 18/05/2005

Source : AFP

Italian second division club Verona have been given a one-match stadium ban after a large section of its supporters racially abused Perugia's Senegalese defender Ferdinand Coly in last Friday's league match at the Bentegodi stadium.

The club, whose fans have a history of racist behaviour, will have to play one of their remaining two home matches behind closed doors.
It is the first time in Italy that a club has been handed a ground closure because of racism.

The Italian Football League's disciplinary council said Verona were punished for the persistent racist chanting towards Coly and because their supporters had already been sanctioned for racially abusing players in three home matches and one away game this season.


VERONA fans during the VERONA-GENOA game (2005)

Chkalovets-1936 Novosibirsk - URALmash Ekaterinburg - 09/05/2005

Source: nskfans.h12.ru

~15 guests from Ekaterinburg attaked ~20 locals not far from the stadium.

Video: http://nskfans.h12.ru/files/d.php/12

FC National - Steaua Bucarest - 18/05/05

Source:Reüters

Sixty-one Steaua Bucharest fans were detained and fined for damaging club property after their team's 1-0 defeat by city rivals National Bucharest on Wednesday, police said.
League leaders Steaua Bucharest have taken only seven points from their last six matches and are now only one point ahead of arch-rivals Dinamo Bucharest, who beat Apulum Alba Iulia 3-1, with three games remaining.
About 300 angry fans gathered at club headquarters to protest against Steaua's poor performances, executive president Mihai Stoica's violent behaviour and club transfer policies.
"Police detained 61 violent fans and fined them with sums from one million to five million lei ($35 to $175)," police spokesman Vlad Neagu said. They were all released in the early hours of Thursday.
Neagu said fans broke a gate to Steaua players' locker rooms and destroyed fences before police intervened.
At a previous match, Stoica punched a supporter who criticised Steaua's policy of selling their best players abroad. Stoica said he would not resign even if he was banned for a year from official activity.

Atletico Madrid - 20/05/2005

Source :Reüters

Atletico Madrid players were threatened and insulted by a group of irate fans who broke down a fence and invaded the pitch during a team training session on Thursday.
Around 20 fans confronted the players who had been training at the club's headquarters in Majadahonda just outside Madrid.
Players were escorted from the training ground by members of the Civil Guard at the end of the session to prevent any further incidents with the fans.
"I understand that some people are angry with the team and want to show it," said coach Cesar Ferrando. "We live in a democratic country and everyone is free to express their opinion."
Atletico looked to be on course for a European place midway through the season but have slipped to 11th place in the league over the last two months and were knocked out of the King's Cup by Osasuna at the semi-final stage last week.

UEFA Cup champions CSKA : violence in Moscow - 19/05/2005

Source : AFP

Reports said that thousands of excited fans invaded the streets of central Moscow immediately after the final whistle, blown by English referee Graham Poll, shouting "Thank you guys" and "We are the champions."
Police said that no outbreaks of serious hooliganism were recorded on the night of Wednesday to Thursday though 84 celebrating fans were detained mostly for being drunk in a public place.

Racism in East European Stadiums - ??/05/2005

Source : BBC

The websites of some Eastern European clubs have featured material that encourages racism, a leading Roma organisation has said.
Recent years have seen a worrying rise in racist behaviour at Eastern European football matches, notably with England players subjected to abuse at the hands of Slovakian fans in a World Cup qualifier.
However, racism against gypsies is an equally big problem. Valeriu Nikolai, the Chief Executive of the European Roma Information Office, told BBC World Service's World Football programme that the internet sites of clubs such as Steaua Bucharest have featured racist material.
"If you look at their fan website, the racism, the hate is absolutely incredible.
"That was back in 2003 - they had available on the website a game where it was possible to hunt down gypsies.
"In fact, on the website you can easily find unbelievable hate. You can also find pictures of the racist banners. But this is something that has gone on for years, and nobody has looked at it."

Political message

Ms Nikolai attacked as derisory the total amount of money spent on anti-gypsism in Romania, saying that the figure of 400 euros for a whole year was "absolutely ridiculous."
And she called for Uefa to work with the European Commission to help eradicate the problem, and for them to focus anti-racism programmes on Eastern Europe.
"In general the problems are the same - in Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia, and so on," she added.
"This needs to stop, and Uefa can stop it.
"If they send a strong political message that this is not accepted, and if the European Commission sends the same strong message, then things will change."
The European Union's Commissioner for Racial and Multiculturalism Jan Fiegal said that the long-term solution was education, and that 2004 - the European year of education through sport - had been a year of "many successful initiatives."
"There were so many projects, and so many clubs, federations, associations and schools participating that this might bring gradual fruits," he added.
However he called for "much more" to be done on a national level.
"We will organise in May an international conference on preparation for future EU sport policy, because there is now, for the first time, a clause in the drafted treaty of the EU Constitution speaking about sport," he added.
"I'm sure that fairness and openness in European competitions, and the protection of physical and moral integrity of those who practice sport - especially the young - is an important precondition for the credibility and positive effect of sport in our societies.
"Much more should be done on the preventive side, via education, more intensive co-operation, and civil action, against racism."

Olympiakos - Aris Salonique - Greek Cup final - 21/05/2005

Source : ASSOCIATED PRESS

Launch of football thug crackdown - 21/05/2005

Source : BBC news

Police are set to patrol airports in a bid to prevent football hooligans from flying to Istanbul for the Champions League final.

Officers from the Greater Manchester and Merseyside forces will be on patrol at local airports, monitoring flights ahead of Wednesday's match.

Detectives will check on fans who have a known record of football violence.

They say they want to ensure the safety of fans who make the trip legitimately to watch AC Milan play Liverpool.

They particularly aim to prevent those who are known to be the subject of a football banning order from travelling to Istanbul.

The initiative, called Operation Buffalo, will take place from Sunday until Wednesday.

It is being run by officers from Greater Manchester Police's football intelligence unit with other agencies, including the National Criminal Intelligence Service, Merseyside Police and uniformed officers based at the airport.

Ch Insp Martin Gaffney said: "Officers are being deployed across Manchester Airport to ensure that legitimate football fans, not intent on causing trouble, can travel safely and easily to Istanbul.

Leeds fans deaths

"We wish Liverpool Football Club and its fans the very best in the Champions League final but would warn anyone who is the subject of a football banning order or restriction order not to bother trying to travel to Istanbul.

"These people will be identified and prevented from travelling to the fixture if they attempt to board a flight to Istanbul, or any other viable route, from Manchester Airport."

Two Leeds United fans were stabbed to death in Istanbul in April 2000.

Kevin Speight, 37, and 40-year-old Christopher Loftus were killed during disturbances the night before their team played in a Uefa Cup semi-final against Galatasaray.