Season 06/07 - June

Austria passes anti-hooligan legislation ahead of Euro - 20/06/2007

Source : HearthTime

Austria's government on Wednesday passed controversial new compulsory registration rules for football hooligans in preparation for the Euro 2008 tournament it hosts together with Switzerland. According to the new legislation, persons with previous convictions related to violent behaviour and hooliganism will be required to report to their local police stations during certain football matches.

This measure is aimed at preventing these persons from being at stadiums or fan zones during the tournament, conservative Interior Minister Guenter Platter told journalists ahead of Wednesday's ministers' council, where the regulations were approved by government.

According to media reports, this measure would affect around 250 persons, who will be informed two weeks ahead of a game to report to a certain police station four hours ahead of the match.

During the match they will be "informed" about the legal regulations, Platter said. Violators of the obligation to report can be detained by police for up to 24 hours.

Ahead of their adoption these regulations led to debates over their constitutionality. Social Democrat Justice Minister Maria Berger, who resisted the interior ministry's original plans for "preventive custody" for hooligans, said she would consent to the new "measures".

The Euro 2008 tournament takes place June 7-29, 2008.

Hooligan sentenced to 18 weekends in jail - 18/06/2007

Source : Cyprus Mail

A FOOTBALL hooligan has been sentenced to 18 consecutive weekends of detention, the first such punishment to be implemented following the passing of the relevant law last year.
Marios Papayiannis, 23, was found guilty of aggravated assault, causing grievous bodily harm and of illegally assembling outside a sports ground.

The incident took place after a high-risk football match between Anorthosis and APOEL back in April 2006. Papayiannis was one of a group of nine APOEL fans who attacked and seriously injured 56-year-old Angelos Mina.

TV cameras captured the scenes, showing Papayiannis and the others beating and kicking Mina unconscious while the victim’s eight-year-old son looked on.

The father and son were apparently targeted because the boy was wearing a sweater bearing the photo of the Anorthosis coach.

The fans shoved Mina to the ground, violently kicking him in the head and various other parts of his body. His son watched on in horror, begging them to stop.

The 56-year-old suffered head injuries, extensive bruises and two abrasions in his left eye, resulting in a serious sight problem.

Using the footage, police soon arrested one of the suspects, 27-year-old Yiannis Pipis, who pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to four months in jail. Pipis also compensated the victim to the tune of £10,000.

Papayiannis, a salesman from Nicosia, must now report to the Central Prisons every Friday at 8pm, and will be released at 5am on Monday.

He must continue to do so for 18 straight weeks.

The law is intended to crack down on known hooligans and keep them away from sports venues.

Moreover, if he once fails to show up at the Central Prisons on time, Papayiannis will automatically be sentenced to four full months’ imprisonment.

SERBIA - ENGLAND (played in Nimegue) - 17/06/2007

Source : Teamtalk

Serbian sports minister Snezana Markovic-Samardzic was disappointed by racist abuse of England Under-21 players by her country's fans.

Several England players were targeted by Serbia fans on Sunday, and the Football Association have also accused at least one Serbian player of racism after the match.

Markovic-Samardzic spoke to British counterpart Richard Caborn on Wednesday and said she wants to learn lessons from Britain about how it has tackled football violence and racism.

Caborn said: "I had a very constructive conversation with the Serbian sports minister who has said she will be looking into the events at Sunday's match.

"She too firmly believes that there is no place for racism in football and has asked us to share information with her about how the British authorities have successfully cracked down on football violence and racism."

A dossier of information from the Government will now be sent to the Serbian Minister outlining the steps that have been taken to beat football violence including the formation of the Football Licensing Authority and banning orders against known hooligans.

Caborn told Markovic-Samardzic that he had been deeply saddened by the racist behaviour of the Serbian supporters at Sunday's match and encouraged her to take action to stop it happening again.

A Hearts football fan has become one of the first in Scotland to be banned from all of Britain's football grounds - 26/06/2007

Source : Forum

Dean Gollan, from Edinburgh, has been barred for three months from entering any UK stadium where a regulated match is taking place, a court has ruled.

Gollan, 33, was given the football banning order for a breach of the peace during a match between Aberdeen and Hearts at the Pittodrie ground.

He was sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Thursday.

He was also fined £200.

Gollan shouted and swore at fans during the 10 March match and tried to climb over a fence segregating rival supporters.

The order is only the second imposed in Scotland by a criminal court since the introduction of new legislation.

Football banning orders have been in existence in England since 2000.

They came into Scottish law under the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland )Act in September 2006.

The orders can be imposed in a criminal court or by civil application by the police.

Welcome decision

A Scottish Executive spokesman said there had only been one previous criminal football banning order in Scotland.

This was given to a protester who invaded the pitch at Ibrox stadium during Rangers' Uefa Cup tie with Maccabi Haifa and shouted sectarian abuse at the Glasgow team's fans.

Two separate civil orders have also been handed out.

Pc Simon Gardiner, Grampian Police's football banning order co-ordinator, welcomed the decision to impose the latest order.

He said: "I am sure that the vast majority of well-behaved fans not only in Aberdeen but throughout Scotland will see the ban as a positive step towards deterring bad behaviour at football matches.

"People attending football matches should be able to enjoy the sport without fear of trouble by a minority of individuals.

"Fans should be aware that their behaviour at matches could have serious consequences not only in running the risk of criminal prosecution, but also their ability to attend football matches throughout the UK."

Nueva Chicago - Tigre - 26/06/2007

Source : Associated Press + Reuters

One killed, 14 injured in Argentine brawl

One man was killed and 14 others injured as rival soccer fans swinging metal pipes and throwing rocks clashed Monday after a promotional playoff match between two Argentine clubs that spilled out onto a busy rush-hour freeway, authorities said.

At least 78 arrests were reported in the fighting after Tigre defeated rival Nueva Chicago 2-1 in the Argentine capital, a result that relegated Nueva Chicago from the first division.
"We regret to announce one death," Dr. Alberto Crescenti, director of paramedics services for Buenos Aires city, declared on television. He said a 41-year-old man died from blunt force wounds to the skull. "All attempts to revive him failed."

Television footage showed angry bands wildly swinging pipes, throwing rocks and even trying to use a metal advertising sign as a battering ram in the free-for-all that began at Nueva Chicago's stadium.

The clash, coming days after the end of Argentina's first-division Clausura season, was the latest and most serious episode in a season plagued by violence, police clashes and other incidents.

Police, who initially appeared overwhelmed by the fighting, were backed up by reinforcements firing volleys of tear gas and rubber bullets. Rock-throwing fans scattered from the stadium in the Mataderos section of the capital, and some spilled onto a busy highway in rush-hour traffic. Motorists were seen swerving and slowing as police chased the rioting fans.

Crescenti said 11 of the 14 injured required hospitalization, many with stab wounds and cuts.

Police chief Claudio Marcelo Stabile said 78 people were detained.

Authorities moved to immediately shut down the Nueva Chicago stadium.

The victory returned Tigre to the first division for the first time in 27 years.

Pohorje - Hajduk Split - 25/06/2007

Source : Mail

FC Karlovac - Dinamo Zagreb - 22/06/2007

Source : Mail

FC Bienne - FC Cham - 17/06/2007

Source: Switzerland Press

SK Rapid Wien - Dinamo Zagreb - 30/06/2007

Source : APA + Kleine Zeitung

Fights errupted between fans until 11:00 pm. Dinamo fans attacked police too. 30 fans and policemen were injured. 5 Dinamo and 4 Rapid fans were arrested.






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Source : Mail

Dinamo fan view

About rapid-dinamo, fight didnt errupt beetwen fans. First we (bbb) attacked police, few minutes after that rapid fans attack police to, from other side... and after few minutes fans were mixed, and together fight against police.





photos : BBB

Venezuela - Peru - Copa America - 30/06/2007

Source : Reuters

Alianza Atlético - Alianza Lima - ??/06/2007

Source: www.perublogs.com

A brick threw by fans injured the referee.

Hartlepool vs Darlington: Football fans in court over matchday clash - 21/06/2007

Source: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk

RIVAL football fans who clashed on the day of a derby match appeared in court yesterday.

Two Hartlepool United supporters were bound over to keep the peace for a year after they denied affray.

But two Darlington followers who admitted the same charge had their cases adjourned for three weeks.

Andrew Dalton, 27, and 19-year-old Adam Webb will return to Teesside Crown Court next month to be sentenced.

The court heard yesterday that the Quakers' fans were seen to advance towards brothers Michael and Andrew Sherry.

Shaun Dodds, prosecuting, said the fighting occurred in Hartlepool town centre about 20 minutes before the end of last October's match.

It was thought rival groups of fans had arranged a showdown and supporters left Victoria Park ahead of the final whistle.

Michael Sherry, 35, of Milton Road, and his brother, Andrew, 32, of Pintail Close, both Hartlepool, were said not to have been the aggressors.

Mr Dodds said police had received intelligence about the confrontation and spotted fans gathering near the Middleton Grange shopping centre.

Dalton was seen to throw punches while Webb held out his arms and was heard to shout: "Come on then, I'll have you."

At the next hearing, prosecutors will apply to have football banning orders imposed on the pair from Darlington.

Yesterday, Dalton came close to being locked up for a Bail Act offence because he failed to turn up for a hearing on Tuesday.

He was arrested yesterday morning as he got off a plane at Manchester Airport after arriving in the UK from a family holiday in Mexico.

Dalton, of Lansdowne Street, Darlington, appeared in the dock in a Liverpool football shirt and a pair of shorts.

He tried to argue that he was unaware of Tuesday's court date, but the Recorder of Middlesbrough, Judge Peter Fox, found him guilty.

The judge fined Dalton £1,000 and told him: "You can think yourself extremely fortunate I am not going to impose a prison sentence."

Webb, of Netherby Rise, Darlington, and Dalton will return to court on July 13 to be sentenced.

Poland: Zaglebie Sosnowiec - Jagiellonia Bialystok 03/06/2007

Source: Szalikowcy.com

On the way to game, Gornik Zabrze&GKS Katowice(white shirts), ambushed
Jagiellonia train. The fight was short, cause when nearly whole train of Jagiellonia fans(1000) get out from it, Gornik&GKS run away.

Atletico Huila - Millonarios - Cup - 12/06/2007

Source: youtube.com + itn.co.uk

Tempers boiled over at a Colombian football match - resulting in 18 people being stabbed.

Passions run high in the footie-mad country - sometimes too high - and the violence kicked off at Monday night's semi-final in the Aperturta tournament.

It was being played in the northwest city of Neiva between home team Atletico Huila and visitors Millonairos from the capital Bogota, who have won the tournament 13 times.

Two goals from underdogs Atletico in quick succession and there was rumbling in the terraces and riot police were forced to step in.

Doctor Antonio Carrea, who treated the injured at a local hospital, said: "There are 18 injured. Most of them have wounds from sharp objects. Some have wounds to their stomachs but most of them are to the chest."

Atletico Huila, who have never won the tournament, went on to win and make the final. But both sides are waiting to see what action the authorities might take after the events off the pitch.





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOqlbVnbrXs

Brazil: Police: Football fans with grenade arrested - 04/06/2007

Source: The Associated Press

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Two Brazilian football fans accused of planning to throw a grenade at a bus full of rival supporters after a league game were arrested.
The two Palmeiras fans were stopped at a highway checkpoint Sunday night following the team's 3-1 loss to Cruzeiro in Sao Paulo, the federal highway police said.

The fans were carrying an American-made grenade and confessed they were going to throw it at the bus taking Cruzeiro fans to the team's hometown of Belo Horizonte, about 340 miles from Sao Paulo, police said.

The Palmeiras fans - 22-year-old Jefferson Ferreira Lima and 26-year-old Jorge Luiz Sampaio Santos - had been following the bus since it left Palmeiras' Palestra Italia stadium in Sao Paulo, police said.

Poland: Mrągowia Mrągowo - Granica Kętrzyn - 03/06/2007

Source: http://www.granica-ketrzyn.prv.pl/

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Gremio (Brazil) - Boca Juniors (Argentina) - Libertadores Cup final - 20/06/2007

Source : Reuters

Budapest Honvéd FC - Debreceni VSC - Super Cup - 11/06/2007

Source : NB1.hu

Hungary 2nd Div : Makó FC - Nyíregyháza Spartacus FC - 09/06/2007

Source : NB1.hu

Australia : Melbourne Victory - South Melbourne FC - 21/06/2007

Source : ABC News

Victory match marred by crowd violence

Victorian football fans were evicted from Albert Park Stadium last night after fights broke out among spectators during the preseason match between A-League champions Melbourne Victory and South Melbourne FC.

Police say a security guard was injured during scuffles between rival fans at the match, while flares were set off during the match and police on horseback had to break up fighting.

Football authorities will examine vision which shows South Melbourne player Andrew Bourakis being hit by a flare and falling to the ground.

Bourakis was not injured by the flare.

Victory chief executive Geoff Miles said the club would come down hard on any fans found to be responsible for taking part in the fracas.

"There were some flares ignited last night and from our club's point of view there is a zero tolerance to those," Miles said.

"They've been a feature of the world game overseas for a number of years, and look we were pleased last year at Telstra Dome that we believed that that issue had largely been eradicated."

In all 15 people were evicted from the grounds, and four fans are expected to be charged on summons over the incident.


Police say 15 people were evicted from the grounds after a flare struck South Melbourne player Andrew Boukaris.

Mexico - Cost Rica - CONCACAF Gold Cup played in Texas - 17/06/2007

Source : Press

Brøndby IF - AaB Aalborg - Match played in Rønne - 09/06/2007

Source : dr.dk

A mob of 80 Brondby supporters caused havoc in the Ronne North Stadium.
Everything started in the terraces and continued in the pitch, opposing rival fans (a total of twenty) so the referee stopped the game.
Some people were also arrested in the city center.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Helsingborgs IF - GAIS Göteborg - 18/06/2007

Source : hd.se

The day before the game, police intervened to avoid a planned off between hooligans from both teams.
Thousand locals waited 2 vans full of Goteborg hooligans.

When vans arrived, forty other HIF hooligans arrived on the scene but dog-handlers avoid any toe-to-toe.
Vans were sent back home.

Translation Underground Fans