These are the 'fun' fans. Wait till you find out about the 'ultras'.

My feeling is, in the US, sports are entertainment. In Europe it is passion. But I'm from Europe so maybe I'm wrong.

Football is deeply rooted within the social fabric of many countries, which is why you often find clubs associated with class struggles, many of the so called working class clubs are still very much proud of that history like Schalke in Germany, who still connect strongly to mining workers culture. Or you have clubs like Liverpool, where the fans celebrated the passing of the famous conservative Thatcher singing "the witch is dead" and stuff. You have Clubs like Celtic, once formed to support the starving poor in Glasgow and many other stories that have little to nothing to do with the sport itself, it just happened to be football that was popular with the people at those times. could have easily been any other team sport but the fact, that all you need is a ball to play it, surely made it easy.

For those wondering here the translations of the German chants: - BVB 09 (4:54): Borussia Dortmund, black and yellow is my club. Whether it’s the fight against relegation or for trophies, Borussia Dortmund, singing for you so you may win, because there is nothing more beautiful in the world for me and my friends. - 1. FC Köln (5:28) Regardless of what may happen the red wall stands behind you, does not move from your side, because it’s only here for you. Oh FC Kölle. A whole life for the club. - Eintracht Frankfurt (6:17, 9:41) Hey Eintracht Frankfurt Shalalalala lalalala (This is sung to the melody of the TV series „Pippi Longstocking“ based on the works of Astrid Lindgren, at the end of the second time „Louder“ is shouted) And as a bonus the one Dutch chant: Ajax Amsterdam (9:57): 90 minutes long, for our club from Amsterdam, madhouse on the tribunes, nobody can stop us.

Maybe it’s me but the UK can descend into a chant on any topic and they can be funny depending on the occasion.

The floor has to built to be able to move, otherwise it would break. Like skyscrapers are built to be able to move in the wind... Ajax is not Greece, that's Netherlands, Ajax Amsterdam.

As an Eintracht Frankfurt fan I am sooo proud to see the ultras twice in this video. When we won the europacup the fans gone crazy.

Football has a deeper history in Europe and the rest of the world. It's special when there's 4,000 singing a song. I've started songs that 30,000 people have ended up singing. It sends a shiver down your spine and you sit there thinking that I started it.

Catharsis is the word that comes to mind. When you have had a shit week in a not very stimulating job it can feel amazing to be part of a big group bellowing your lungs out until you are hoarse. If you win so much the better as you can completely justify the celebratory pints and consequent hang-over that you were going to get anyway. Good stuff

the text on the banner the romanian fans are holding up at the end of the vid can be translated to: “we were all roman regiments: moldova, wallachia, transylvania”. imagine being a football player and stepping onto the pitch reading that…. it’d probably make you feel like the game was a significant moment in national history, and not just a football game…

Reminds me of the Terry Pratchett novel “Unseen Academicals” where he describes ‘the crowd’ in football as an almost sentient being; a beast made up of thousands passionate souls. I’m not into sports at all, but even I have a deep respect for that kind of collective passion and the sheer force behind that 😌

well, the National Icelandic football team (that was the giant, the dragon, the bull and the eagle on blue) summoned quite literally half the country to watch them. And of course we are enthusiastic when any Icelander manages (or any team) to gain international recognition. For a country like America it must be much harder to get recognized - hence summon the enthusiasm of the crowd.

Hi with the flooring moving it's built in like structures in earthquake areas saves them falling down so often regards Dave

in case you were wondering about the countries: 4:52 dortmund (germany), 5:28 cologne (germany), 6:17 frankfurt (germany), 7:26 northern ireland (ireland), 8:03 milan (italy), 8:06 marseille (france), 8:57 iceland (iceland), 9:18 thessaloniki (greece), 9:40 frankfurt (germany), 9:57 amsterdam (netherlands), 11:06 malmö (sweden), 11:57 paris (france), 12:28 romania (romania)

The U.S. have FANS at a soccer game ?!?! Who was expecting that! ^-^ Respect!

In the US, sports are family events. You bring your family, get some hot dogs, and enjoy the show. A Disneyland basically. In Europe, you put on your armor, say goodbye to your loved ones, and tell your fellow warriors that if you should fall to tell your sons that you died with honor.

In the Uk the crowd is known as the 12th man, because their chanting lifts the team and act as an incentive.

Nobody in Europe, would even take the title of this video seriously 😂

A lot of clubs have their own song. It's worth listening to some like Liverpool and AS Roma, because when the whole stadium sings a beautiful song it's really moving.

In 6:20 - I started to smile, it was the title tune from Pippi Longstocking!

rather than every country thinks they have the best fans, its more like every town/club is convinced they have the best fans

10:18 - "so this is a dutch gathering, with the guy on the lightpost" You're right - these are the fans of Ajax Amsterdam, a well known dutch club.

Those call and response type chant like the Seattle sounders do are very common in Germany, but they only work if you got thousands chanting it instead of the 10s or 100s participating here. In Germany fan songs are also often times like love letters to your club, like at 5:27

You should watch a video of the choreographies the Ultras do, especially in Italy and Germany they are huge

If you want to delve a little deeper into the atmosphere of a football game, I recommend the video by Connor Sullivan "Mein ERSTER DEUTSCHER FUSSBALL SPIEL! * Verrückt *" This is a video of an American at his first football game and the atmosphere beforehand. Very well done in my opinion.

Love it! Especially that Eintracht Frankfurt featured twice!

ppl forget, america its just show and entertainment, where as europe, sports replaced tradition and tribal wars. europe basically is compeatig tribes just without slaughter nowadays

Love from Romania.. the last clip in this series. Cheers mate.

The match in Marseille and the last one in Romania are matches with the national team and the crowds are singing the national anthems (unlike in the US, the national anthems are played only when the international teams play or frequently at the Cup Final, but not for league matches or the regular Cup matches; not even at international club matches such as the Champions League). Not quite the same as the football chants themselves.

5:30 that’s the fans of Cologne. I live about two miles from the stadium as the crow flies, and I can hear the chanting from my apartment when my window is open on match days. And there are a number of busy streets and a substantial forest between my place and the stadium.

Considering Europe, you should also watch fans from the eastern part of Germany, especially Dynamo Dresden and Union Berlin (but don't get fooled by RB Leipzig fans as they view their matches more like commercial events, while for the majority of other fan cultures, football is more like a religion). Also Turkish fans in general are spectacular, they are so loud that they regularly outclass fans from other European countries at away matches (with the away side often having just about 10% of the tickets) during European club competitions as well as international matches.

IN the US, sports is entertainment like all the major leagues. In Europe, football is a way of life, a religion, a sense of belonging, an identity. The players are the fans' soldiers, they fight on the pitch while the fans provide the atmosphere to scare the away team.

I've been to numerous NHL games and International Ice Hockey games, pretty much the same as you've shown in soccer with so much energy in the International games.

When you're standing in the middle of a crowd like that you jump automatically .... because of how hyped you get yourself from it and also because the floor just bounces back up making you jump even if you aren't trying to do so

As a german I dare say american fans are more cute than ….ambitious ! No offense !

7:25 I still love northern Irelands "Will Grigg's on fire" song, he had a good season (In englands 3rd or 2nd league) prior to the euros 2016 and some fan posted this song online. They sang it every match in the euros and Will Grigg didn't play a single minute hahaha

9:15 This is called the “Boom Boom Clapp”. Seattle Sounders do this at every single home match and the entire stadium participates. It’s amazing

for you is sport, for us is life.

Will Grigg's on Fire is a classic. :) Gala Rizzatto herself even had to smile about their adaption of her song. :)

Loved it that you said Football and not Soccer, thanks for that

Bro yeah you're getting it, is is actually more fun than the game itself. This is why for many people in some specific teams the performance of the fans is more important than the performance of their team and the result of the game itself.

European footie fans win easily over American fans;although with the Europeans,it can get too extreme(ie hooligans ='Ultras' -PSG and Milan,etc);but when its good,its good,ie the Dortmund fans [5:10] who marched through Newcastle city centre, a few months ago,for the UCL cup-tie against my team NUFC !👌👍

There are some that also include chilling chants from morocco as well. Those are amazing.

thats by far not even the hardest videos from europe... when its derbytime it turns into a rampage overhere.

The "fight and win" guy from Seattle was beyond hilarious.

You should watch the video: "ultras our way of life", that is how serious it is, and also why there are a lot of fights with police and other clubs

7:39 "Kerch bridge on fire! Your defense is terrified" Yes, those are the lyrics. Slava Ukraine!

It's even greater in Britain. They've got fantastic chants! Sunshine on Leith/ Edinburgh or You'll never walk alone/ Liverpool. Many more!❤

4:54 That celebration is not daily business but they celebrated winning the German Championships. 6:27 That melody is from the TV show based on the Pippi Longstocking novel by Astrid Lindgren. So they are big children. 🙂

I lived in Seattle from 1972 to 1985 and followed the Sounders from Memorial Stadium to the Kingdome when tickets where less than $5. I now live in Norway and don't follow them so closely anymore.

Don't worry about the European football stadiums, the designers know the fans and build everything so that the buildings can withstand it. XD

The energy and enthusiasm hordes of men used to spend in wars, they now use in football. It's fantastic. The energy release hasn't disappeared, it's just been rerouted into organised, nergetic passion for a non-bloody war-like competitive sport

The ultras officiate fights in some random locations before the game so if for example Dortmund plays Schalke they meet in some field a few minutes away from the Stadion and just have a 20v20 brawl and then everybody leaves and gets to the game

If you are interested the second video is from my hometown in germany. translated They are singing: "No matter what ever happens the "Red Wall" stays behind you will never leave your side cause only for you we are hear - Ohhh FC Cologne my whole live for the Club" and you are right....this is more fun than the actual game!

I never been to watch football match live. But since i am in Europe and my husband is football's fans. It was crazy..make you feel embarrassed by the atmosphere. So fun..

The statics of the stands are specially designed for this. Anyone who wants to host international football tournaments must build their stadiums according to these standards, otherwise the country will not be awarded the contract to host them.

I was watching a couple of these type of videos last night, and it dawned on me what the difference is between the fans in North America vs Europe. In North America when you buy a ticket to a game, you are going as a spectator. You are going to watch the game, and cheer for your team. In Europe, when you buy a ticket to a game, you are going as a participant in the game. You aren't there to merely watch, you are there to will your team to win. The chants, the noise, the drums are like war cries. They are meant to give energy to your team, and intimidate the opposition. It's just a totally different mentality. The closest I can think of to this in North America would be the fans of the Seattle Seahawks, and the Chicago Blackhawks when they played in the old Chicago Stadium arena.

Seattle's got the vibe. Dude on the mic is gold.

You should take a look at some derby videos - Birmingham city vs Aston Villa (English second city derby) and rangers vs Celtic (Scottish old firm derby) are personal favourites the crowds are wild

Man you definitely need to watch USA vs Europe fans in basketball, I promise it will blow your mind

You need to check out Dynamo Dresden. They play in the third division, but the atmosphere is incredible.

Send you love from Romania❤❤❤❤

JP, something you wouldn't have picked up on. The Greek team at the 9:20 point in the video are away fans that travelled all the way from Greece to the UK for a Europa League (second tier of European football) game against Manchester City in 2011. They lost the game 3-0. Manchester City have since gone on to become massive footballing powerhouses - probably the best football team in the world at the moment (they are English, European and World Champions at this moment).

It's not just for football. You will see the same at a basketball, handball water polo etc matches as well.

That crowd with the flags jumping up and down wasn't during the game- that was during the warm-up

The Danish chant at around 9:02 0nwards was great! Well known from when they won the European championship. An old Viking chant!

I went to an England game, we needed to get a result to quaify for the World cup finals, and score at the end to do so. I am not joking the stand I was in shook when we scored, have never experienced anything like it, and been going for over 45 years!

Stadiums are built to withstand the bouncing of the crowd and that's concrete bounching and moving. Same as skyscrapers are moving slightly with the wind.

On European football being serious, Bill Shankly (Liverpool Manager for 15 years) was quoted as saying "Somebody said that football's a matter of life and death to you. I said 'Listen, it's more important than that.'"

I don't care much about football, but my son does...I went along once, but the atmosphere is just cool! I have to go to Frankfurt someday, I love its energy...and passion.

Max-Morlock-Stadium in Nuremberg, Germany always got some good shaking going on. 😄🥁🙌

you have to watch the beginning of the matches of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, a team from Portugal that uses an eagle while singing the team's music

i feel it fair to point out that the southern american countries are just as fanatical in the support of football if not more so 😏

6:40 Yes, the stadiums were specially designed to absorb the impacts and not collapse under them. :)

The floor has to be built flexbible. Just like bridges need space to expand with temperatures, those floors have been built taking the fans jumping in unison into account. It would collapse if it wasn't flexible.

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Hope You will have the chance to experience the atmosphere of a good football game once live. It is really great

On the December the first u should fly over and watch the Derby from St. Pauli against hamburg. It's so damn intense and the energy there when St. Pauli trashes hamburg again will be epic. There is nothing better then a good Derby!

The atmosphere of literally any sport is much different in the US vs Europe. Football, hockey, handball, basketball you name it

You should react to european basketball fans its even more impressing

You have to watch Olympique de Marseille and the RC Lens

Wow. As a German who is not into football I never saw these intense chants and crowd scenes so comprised together. I only associate negative feelings with crowds of football fans. When I have to use public transport (or I worked at a train station), these groups of fans are very scary, mostly drunk, loud men... But this video shows the positive side and gets me excited and infects me with the enthusiasm.

'I believe that we will win' is just adorable to be honest. I just want to pinch their cheeks 🤗

Watch “Ultras Our way of Life” 👌🏽

Football/soccer in the USA appears to be more of a family-oriented sport. And, while there will be families at football in Europe, it will always be huge groups of young men creating the wild atmosphere. It's crazy when the stands start to bounce, especially of you are below one that looks like it might collapse at any second! I went to the 1990 World Cup in Italy as a Scotland fan and, yeah, the football was great. But the atmosphere, the parties, the dancing... that was what really made it. Helped having Sweden, Brazil and Costa Rica as our group opponents; all fans that enjoy a good laugh.

I grew up in the Fc Porto Ultras aka Hooligan Firm (Colectivo 96 if anyone wants to research) and its was preety funny seeing the Americanised version of the Ultra lider (the one who holds the mic)

I believe Seattle is known for it's coffee so perhaps the Seatle chant guy was getting a bit high on the old caffeine. If you could harness the energy coming out of the Euro game chants you could power a small city or two. I wonder how often they have to inspect the stadiums for wear and tear? 😳😳

Thought i never would see such a compilation without Liverpool "You'll never walk alone". It gives me shivers everytime.

"we have a lots of sports so the fans scattered i would say than Europe" -- WTF Europe not only has Football please...check Basketball, Handball , Hockey Waterpolo fans as well on youtube , you probably suprised we got many many sports as well , the difference we got CLUBS and not FRANCHISES and with that 1 club has multiple sport teams : Football,Basketball, Handball, Waterpolo, volleyball, hockey etc etc so we support THE CLUB and all of their sports team meanwhile USA you support the 1 franchise team in 1 sport and we not choose our club its come down from father to son under the years its in the family

Bread and circuses. Imagine these men stood up and fought for things that actually matter.

The fact there isn't the Liverpool fans chant is a crime lol. they chant "you'll never walk alone" and it's moving.

I moved to Cologne in 2020, Rhein Energie Stadium atmosphere is mental

The Frankfurt stadium that was shown in the video was the venue a few weeks ago for the two NFL games, just saying

This diferente porque hay descenso. Juegas para no ser el peor. Gracias por mostrar

Liverpool is sorely missing in this clip. Whenever the Kop is chanting 'You'll never walk alone' I get goosebumps... and I am a Manchester United supporter

Oh man you should totally check out Haka and Sipi Tua war dances!! They are basically something New Zealanders and Tongans do before a football match! It is extremely important to Oceania culture so as an Australian it’d be so fun to see an American react to them! They’re crazy awesome man!!

Talking about football (soccer), maybe you can react to Jürgen Klopp? The most famous German outside of Germany ❤

You should also do a comparison between Europe and Latin America Fans. Crazy and chilling atmosphere here in LATAM.

You got to check out 1 FC Kaiserslautern Westkurve. It is a second league club but the fans are one of the best of all teams in Europe!

Cheers from ROMANIA!!! Search for Giga Hagi...one of the best footbal players in the world back in the '90.