Season 05/06 - May

Inter Milan - AS Roma - Italian Cup - 11/05/2006

Source : DataSport

Greece: New tickets to halt hooligans - 13/05/2006

Source : Kathimerini

A significant step to drive hooligans out of Greek soccer grounds will be taken in about three weeks, Sports Minister Giorgos Orfanos said yesterday, when firms bid for the contract to set up an electronic ticketing system.

The new system will force fans to supply identification when buying their tickets and to show it when entering soccer grounds. Orfanos said this will stop the selling of mass blocks of tickets to clubs of team supporters — often thought to be responsible for violence. This practice of selling tickets in bulk makes it hard to trace troublemakers.

The system should be in place for the start of the soccer season in August, when the first division Super League will be launched. Meanwhile, an AEK fan was charged with attempted murder for firing a flare at a coast guard from the ferry carrying supporters from the cup final in Crete. Three other fans were charged with criminal damage.

BFC Dynamo - 1. FC Union Berlin - 13/05/2006

Source : The advertiser + Dynamoberlin website + UPI

Police cops taste of future

GERMANY'S police was given some early practice of how to deal with unruly football fans in a regional match between Berlin rivals BFC Dynamo and FC Union overnight.

Dynamo fans climbed over the barriers and stormed the pitch in the direction of their rival supporters alerting the 1000 police officers on hand.
With bottles and other objects being launched onto the pitch, the police was forced to calm the situation and several arrests were made.
After 15 minutes of riots the local derby was abandoned with the scores at 1-1.

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Berlin: Hooligans clash, police watch

A 1,000-man police force failed to prevent violence between hooligans at a soccer match in Berlin, Germany.
Some 6,471 people attended the Saturday afternoon derby between BFC Dynamo Berlin and FC Union Berlin; then, in the 76th minute, things got out of control.
Hooligans from the BFC fan block took the field, charging the Union supporters; the roughly 1,000 police agents deployed to safeguard the match stood and watched -- as did the private security agents hired by the clubs, according to the Berliner Zeitung newspaper.
The hooligans threw stones and bottles at each other, and began a mass brawl.
"The police was a miserable failure; I'm scared when I think about the World Cup," Mario Weinkauf, president of the BFC, told the newspaper.
The international soccer tournament kicks off in less than four weeks, and hooliganism is a major security concern for officials.
Observers say roughly 600 fans ready to commit violence were in the stadium Saturday. Several people were injured and 33 were arrested. Videos of the violence will likely lead to more arrests, the police have said.
"This is a dark day for Berlin soccer," Union Manager Christian Beeck said.












More pics : http://www.fc-union-berlin.de/default.php?content=galerie&id=267

Polish police battle soccer hooligans - 14/05/2006

Source : AP + REÜTERS

Soccer fans celebrating a league championship broke store windows, damaged restaurant terraces and fought with police, outbursts leading to more than 200 arrests in the capital and injuries to more than 50 officers.
About 1,500 officers in riot gear clashed with hooligans Saturday night after some of the estimated 7,000 fans celebrating Legia Warsaw's victory in front of the Royal Castle tried to break into a liquor store and attacked police with paving stones.
Police arrested 231 people for assault and property destruction, Warsaw police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski said Sunday. Fifty-four police officers were injured, and one remained hospitalized with a concussion.
Fifty-eight people will be charged with assaulting police officers, and could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, national police chief Marek Bienkowski said.
The World Cup begins June 9 in neighboring Germany, and Polish and German media have raised concerns over the possible violence by Polish fans. Poland plays Germany, Ecuador and Costa Rica in the first round of the tournament.

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Poland to act on soccer violence after riots

Polish authorities on Sunday promised to rush through anti-hooligan measures after two weeks of street and stadium battles raised worries Polish fans may be a source of trouble at next month's soccer World Cup in Germany.

Police detained more than 200 after supporters of league champions Legia Warsaw went on a rampage in the Polish capital on Saturday, injuring 54 police officers and leading to the cancellation of the title presentation on Sunday.

The riots, which left bars, cafes and shops smashed across the city's historic Old Town quarter, followed fighting involving thousands of fans at games in Lodz, Krakow and the southern city of Zabrze a week earlier.

"If we want to counteract banditry, we need stiffer laws and we must enforce them," senior interior ministry official Wladyslaw Stasiak told a news conference with police on Sunday.

"If we had the laws they have in Britain, such criminals would have to report to police and be registered. That is an extension of the system now in place."

Officials said new measures, including a register of troublemakers and fan ID cards, will go to cabinet on Tuesday.

Soccer violence has been a growing problem in Poland in recent years and police have pointed to Polish gangs, about whom relatively little is known, as a potential threat at the World Cup, where Poland play hosts Germany in the first round.

Poland's ruling right have promised to crack down on hooligans but police are still a long way behind foreign contemporaries, with few closed circuit cameras at grounds and no register other than a list of those with full stadium bans.

Authorities this week closed Wisla Krakow's home ground for the first four games of next season after several hundred fans stormed onto the pitch after their final home game last Saturday, injuring six opposition players.

Legia, already crowned Polish champions, lost their final match of the season 2-1 to arch-rivals Wisla on Saturday, sparking the first signs of trouble when some 500 fans charged a police cordon trying to keep them off the pitch.

"More than 200 troublemakers remain in custody and we hope the prosecutor deals with them with all severity," chief police spokesman Zbigniew Matwiej said.

AC Lugano - FC Sion - 13/05/2006

Source : Sionsupporters website

FC Porto - Setubal - Portugal Cup final - 14/05/2006

Source : AP

Brentford - Swansea City - 14/05/2006

Source : Jackarmy website

FC Metz - Paris SG - 13/05/2006

Source : Getty Images + Forum

At the end of the game, Metz fans invaded the pitch.

German, Polish hooligans pose World Cup threat - 15/05/2006

Source : Mail&Guardian

German and Polish hooligans will present the biggest risk of violence at the World Cup finals in Germany, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in a newspaper interview on Monday.

"The biggest problem we have is with German hooligans. We must not place the blame on neighbouring countries," Schaeuble told Der Tagesspiegel newspaper.

"However, it is true that Poland has a hooligan problem. We are working with the Polish authorities. Our cooperation is going so well that I will attend the match between our two countries with my Polish counterpart Ludwik Dorn."

Germany's match with Poland in Dortmund on June 14 is the focus of particular security concerns and those fears were fuelled after Polish football fans fought running battles with police in Warsaw at the weekend.

But Schaeuble said officials believed violence could break out in the centres of any of the 12 cities hosting matches during the June 9 to July 9 tournament.

"I am not worried about the World Cup stadiums, because they are well-secured. But we will be confronted by a new sort of fan tourism. Hundreds of thousands of people will gather in the centre of cities."

At all of the main meeting places in the cities, dozens of video cameras will keep watch on the crowds.

"Our officials will spot immediately where trouble is starting. Surveillance scares people off," Schaeuble said. "On all of the biggest city squares everyone has got to expect to be filmed."

Schaeuble confirmed that the Iranian government had expressed concern that its team was at risk of an attack.

"We promised special liaison staff for all of the World Cup bases. The Americans will also have that because they are a potential target too."

Although there is currently no indication that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will come to Germany to watch the finals, Schaeuble said Germany was obliged to open its doors to him.

"If he travels with the team we have to let him in, but we will tell him that his statements are unacceptable."

Ahmadinejad denies the existence of the Holocaust and has called for Israel to be wiped from the map.

FC Hansa Rostock - Dynamo Dresden - 15/05/2006

Source : Ultras Dynamo website

Lada Toliatty - KAMAZ Naberzhnye Chelny - 08/05/2006

Source: lada-fans.hut1.ru

Before match ~60 of local youth clashed with ~20 guests from N. Chelny (Chelny Guard just supporters not hooligans group).


Video: http://lada-fans.hut1.ru/video/hbg10.rar

World cup ban on 40 Bolton fans - 18/05/2006

Source : This is Lancashire

MORE than 40 football fans from Bolton will be banned from travelling to the World Cup in Germany.

They will have to hand in their passports and report to police stations on the days when England are playing.

Police from Bolton will be among 86 uniformed officers and plain clothes "spotters" travelling to Germany as part of a joint operation with overseas authorities to stamp out any trouble.

Violent clashes tarnished the reputation of England fans during the 1998 World Cup in France.

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Twenty-three football fans from Bolton have banning orders as a result of convictions for disorder in previous years.

A further 18 were served with banning orders in the season that has just finished.

And a further three Wanderers fans are due to appear in court before the start of the tournament and could be banned from making the trip.

Information about known hooligans from Bolton and elsewhere in Greater Manchester will be collated on a national database.

Police spotters will also be on alert at the region's airports to identify hooligans trying to breach the ban by leaving the country.

PC Adie Ollerton, Bolton's football intelligence officer, said: "The majority of Wanderers fans have been well behaved this season but the small number who cause trouble have been targeted.

"There were one or two incidents of people misbehaving abroad at UEFA Cup matches, but on the whole, we have been able to avoid any disorder through identifying and monitoring known offenders.

"Those who pose the most threat to a peaceful tournament will not travel.

"People who we suspect may cause trouble in Germany will be closely monitored by police from both the UK and Germany."

Bolton has the third highest number on the ban list. Only Manchester United and Manchester City have more, with 97 and 64 respectively.

A total of 3,286 yobs in the UK are subject to banning orders, which were introduced as part of the Football Disorder Act in 2000, according to latest Home Office figures.

Greater Manchester, where 247 orders are in operation, is fourth in a list of shame headed by West Midlands (290), Greater London (267) and South Yorkshire (264).

Anyone with a banning order will be required to hand their passport to police by May 31, meaning they cannot leave the country, and must report to a police station on match days.

All of those banned face prison if they enter any football ground in England or Wales during the term of their order.

Greater Manchester Police's Assistant Chief Constable Steve Thomas will head the British part of the operation.

He has spoken of his hopes that a repeat of the good behaviour displayed by England fans at Euro 2004 in Portugal will dispel the reputation of the country's fans as hooligans.

He said: "Some people think the good behaviour of England fans in Euro 2004 was a one-off but if the supporters can maintain that for Germany there's no reason to think that image won't disappear.

"There are many challenges ahead but I am confident that we will be able to assist in the successful running of the tournament."

45 arrested, 107 hurt as Barcelona fans celebrate Champions League win - 18/05/2006

Source : REÜTERS

Forty-five people were arrested and more than 100 others were injured as an estimated 125,000 FC Barcelona fans celebrated the team's Champions League title early Thursday morning.

Most of the arrests were made near Canaletes fountain on Las Ramblas, the traditional site for celebrating the club's wins, police said, after several shops were looted and garbage containers and telephone kiosks burned.

Six officers were among the 109 people injured, and 30 were taken to the hospital, although none of the injuries were considered serious.

Barcelona, whose only previous triumph in Europe's top club competition came 14 years ago, rallied to beat Arsenal 2-1 on Wednesday for its second Champions League title.

The team was expected to receive a huge welcome later Thursday when it flies in from Paris with the cup.

Captain Carles Puyol and the rest of the team will parade through the streets in a giant truck equipped with a powerful sound system en route to its Camp Nou stadium for speeches, fireworks and a light show before what is expected to be a capacity 98,000 crowd.

Lokomotiv Plovdiv - Botev Plovdiv - 16/05/2006

Source : Lauta hools website

Fans set for toughest test of new image - 20/05/2006

Source : Daily online

LONDON: A few hours before an England friendly soccer international match in Denmark last year, four fans sat drinking quietly in a local pub before leaving for the stadium.

To their dismay, a nervous-looking local man approached and begged them not to start trouble.

The incident served as a reminder that despite England fans' good behaviour at the last two international tournaments, bad reputations take a long time to shake off.

England fans will once again come under scrutiny when more than 100,000 travel to Germany - their most bitter soccer rivals - for the June 9 to July 9 World Cup.

"The vast majority of England fans are supporters of the England team," Professor Tom Riley, who studies science and soccer at Liverpool John Moores University, told Reuters.

"Hooliganism now is a very different phenomenon from the late '70s and mid-'80s where you had large sections of individual clubs who were basically hungry for trouble.

"But that doesn't hide the fact that given certain circumstances, England fans could still get drawn in."

Both British and German police say they are confident the tournament will pass off smoothly as the two sides have worked closely to prevent known troublemakers from travelling.

The combination of sun, alcohol and thousands of fans from around the world mixing under close police inspection could still lead to trouble, however.

Some 945 English hooligans were detained and expelled after rioting in Belgium during Euro 2000, and the 1998 World Cup in France was marred by violent England fans.

Supporters at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan were praised for their behaviour, however, and in Euro 2004 in Portugal, the overriding image of England fans was of young men and women, draped in their country's colours, loudly supporting their team.

It is a look they are keen to repeat.

Travel ban

Following the trouble in Belgium in 2000, the English authorities introduced banning orders on a large scale, preventing known hooligans from travelling during a tournament.

The orders have the added effect of reassuring the host police, who think the worst fans will not be present.

Mark Perryman, a leading member of the England Fans' Group, told Reuters he was quietly confident.

"The encouraging thing is that Japan and South Korea, Portugal and the qualifying campaign for this tournament were all such a huge success, when before both those tournaments and the qualifiers people expected trouble," he said.

Dougie Brimson, a former England hooligan who has since written several books on the subject, said the style of policing would determine how the fans behaved.

"One of the problems traditionally for England fans abroad - and it's a big shock when it happens for the first time - is that the forces of law and order are not necessarily there to protect you. They view you as the problem," he told Reuters in an interview.

"Hooliganism is caused by a mood, it's caused by an atmosphere and (it is affected by) the perception that precedes you. We need police that aren't going to try and tame the England fans but police that will protect them."

Right-wing thug

Brimson said fans had suffered in the past because the image of young lads draped in the St George's flag of England carried an extreme and violent right-wing connotation.

"Traditionally it has been a problem for the English to say: 'I'm proud to be English'," he said. "The only way most working-class lads were able to do that and celebrate the cross of St George is via sport, and in the main that means football."

"Back in the '70s and '80s (the flag of St George and the union flag) was latched on to by the National Front, the BNP (British National Party) and various right-wing groups.

"So the perception remains to this day that you see all these big, bulky lads draped in the Union Flag and you automatically think - right-wing thug. I think that is finally changing."

Fans' groups have worked hard over the last five years to improve the England followers' image, from one of violent troublemakers to fun-loving patriots who just want to support their team.

Observers warn that although behaviour has improved, it is still too early to say that England no longer has a problem with hooliganism abroad.

England's chief police officer in charge of preparing for the tournament, Assistant Chief Constable Stephen Thomas, has discussed with his German counterpart the fact that England fans could be targeted by other supporters because of their past reputation.

FC Baník Ostrava - AC Sparta Praha - Cup final - 19/05/2006

Source : Thordivision + Sparta Forever websites

Stal Rszeszow - Sandecja Nowy Sącz - 21/05/2006

Source : KIBICE forum

Igloopol Dębica - Resovia Rzeszow - 21/05/20062

Source : Kibice forum

FC Sibir Novosibirsk - Salut-Energija Belgorod - 18/05/2006

Source: lads.mysoccer.ru

Clash beetwen 2 Novosibirsk supporters groups. One group (United Gang) agreed with new name of their club (FC Sibir), but Novosibirsk Support Crew loyal only for old name of Novosibirsk Football Club - Chkalovets-1936, thats why they have conflict.









Fight ~30 x ~30, 30 sec., United Gang had be beaten by NSC

Torpedo Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow - 14/05/2006

Source: post

Before the match Lokomotiv mob (all main firms represented) against Union (Spartak Moscow) ~130 x ~120, 30 sec. of good fight, part of Loko hools run away about 60 Loko hools stay and had beaten.

After the match ~80 of Lokomotiv hools vs ~70 of Torpedo. 1,5 minutes of fight, total victory of Lokomotiv even after hard clash with top Spartak firm.

Energetik Uren - Dynamo Kirov - 14/05/2006

That day hools from Nizhny Novgorod came to Uren for fight with Blasphemous Gang (Dynamo Kirov)













Video: http://sector-a.narod.ru/uren.wmv
http://sector-a.narod.ru/uren2.wmv

CSKA Sofia - Cherno Morre 3:1 Cup Final - 24/05/2006

Source : FOCUS News Agency

Clashes between fans and security guards took place during the match for the Cup of Bulgaria.

Steaua Bucharest fans caught racially chanting on TV-26/05/2006

Source:farenet.org

A TV-report of the Romanian Division A match between CF Sportul Studentesc vs. FC Steaua Bucuresti (1:2) on 21st May 2006 caused major outcry due to the racist behaviour of Steaua supporters and the players.

According to several reports that the FARE network have received from Rapid Bucharest supporters, the fans chanted:
"Am avut si vom avea mereu/ Boala pe tigani. Ne pisam pe ei la infint/Muie lui Rapid"
("We hate and we will always hate gypsies, we piss on them forever, f*ck you Rapid.")

The chants could clearly be heared during the TV report aired on Antena 1 TV - sung by both players and fans - and the fascist salutes given by the fans in the sector were applauded by the players.

Some of the Rapid Bucharest supporters also mentioned that the song was allegedly performed during the recent UEFA Cup competition. FARE has forwarded the report to UEFA and FIFA, urging both football governing bodies to embark on further investigations.

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Two romanian teams form Bucharest,Dinamo and Steaua will play one match at home without crowd.The two clubs are punished for the racial chants of their supporters.


Old Dinamo tifo (Rapid-Dinamo)---Die gypsy!!!

That's a well know fact that the rapid supporters are mostly gypsies.

Geel - SK Lierse - Play Off - 25/05/2006

Source : Post

At the belgian playoff game between geel and lierse riots occured before the game.a group of lads from geel +sittard+genk 75 lads strong fought with lierse +antwerp 35 lads strong for a few minutes.lierse well tooled up with ambrelles and paraplus and geel without anything buth there fists.at the end cops arrived and game over.respect for lierse for standing there ground.cheers

RECEIVED BY MAIL : None Antwerp lads were there !