"What you might not know is that most of the clips were from away matches involving German fans in England."

In europe most of the clubs won‘t give their number „12“ to a player, since there are 11 soccer players on the pitch and one player is off the pitch… the crowd is the 12th men indeed

3:30 was probably the section dedicated for the fans of the away team so the home fans where still arriving

These were all scenes (except the 8:07 one) from German away games in Europe.

Gotta remember that most of these are away fans, hundreds of miles away from home, mostly in other countrys and usually on a random tuesday or wednesday evening

9:27 this was the first International Game in Years for the 1.FC Köln against London, and to support the Team, round about 35000 Fans drive to England even they have no Tickets for the Game. 😅

At the end was Arsenal v 1.FC Koln. I was there. As an Arsenal fan. I was impressed.

These ultras are only on one of the four stands of a European stadium, the other three are for families and "normal" people :)

What is important to me is that the ultras do not only use the events to support, but also to express their opinions about things that happen in other areas of life. When many thousands, many tens of thousands of people shout something, you can't help but pay attention.

Ultras are the player #12 they are a KEY element IN THE GAME. They are the atmosphere, the support, they give that extra push to the players so they keep on fighting. Ultras travel with their team to support them in wherever city or county they go play. Win or lose they are there chanting cheering for their team. RESPECT!!! Btw one corner (curva) of the stadium is for the ultras of the home team and the opposite curva is for the away team. You will never ever sit them near each other, that will not be good 😅

These walks to the stadium, are usually the away fans. The fans arrive with special trains and get escorted by the police to the stadium to avoid contact with the local fans.

To prevent a fight between the Ultras in a high risk game like Dortmund vs. Schalke the home and away team are separated by police from each other before, during and after the game.

3:30 in Europe fans are often devided, into sections and they enter/leave the stadium at different times, so they won't kill each other, when coming across. There are even some stadiums, where fans of each team have their own sections at nearby trainstations divided by fences and of course so they won't sit in the same train/tram/bus.

Cologne vs. Arsenal away from home. I was There and I will Never forget those Come on Effzeh ❤

If the fans go overboard the team is punished. Either fans (income) are banned and they have a so called “ghost game” or they have to pay a fine. Also the fireworks are prohibited (bengal lights).

1:42 This is actually a normal sight at large games. Away team fans are brought in by train, collected at the railway station by the Rozzers and then marched to the stadium to prevent pre-game riots. Deutsche Bahn (railway company) often runs dedicated extra trains for the incoming fans, so they don't travel on regular trains.

Here in germany and other european or south american countrys Football is just More Than a Sport for some people. Its for life

In Europe the other sections apart from the Ultras sections are for those who just want to sit down and watch the game unfold. Sometimes I even forget about the game when I'm just watching and listening to the ultras

Youre right. “The 12th man” is what good fans in Germany are called.

As an Englishman,I can only applaud the ultras in pretty much every European country. Been to many of the games over there following Manchester United and the atmosphere was always top notch. Dortmund were special when we went there and the Yellow Wall is impressive as was Schalke but the best I ever saw was at Fenerbache in Istanbul,Turkey. At one point,3 quarters of the stadium looked it was on fire,and the chanting was deafening.

I am Portuguese. This weekend was the end of The championship ended with the victory of my club Sporting. We all went out to celebrate.

When you say the crowd is like an extra player on the field. Well, we call them "de twaalfde man" here, which literaly translates to "the 12th man". (the other 11 are on the field for those that don't know the math in football).

Fun Fact, at every Game from 1. FC Köln (Cologne) in this Video I´m seen! Imagine you travel to London with your Club, you conquer the city with 25000 Fans. It was awesome!

Just for completion, this is the positive side of the ultras when they are going crazy in a positive way, but there is a backside of the medal when they get crazy in a negative way. My impression is the last few years we have seen far more of the positive side.

Ultras are crazy all over Europe. As long as they behave, it's just sports craze. ^^

IN The US these would be classed as Riots. We British, German, Italian, Spanish and EU as a whole are very happy to more Free than Americans when it comes to this sort of fun.

Next month, June, it will be Being Euro 2024, it's going to be crazy in Europe.

you can change your name, you can change your sex, you can change your religion... but you can never change your club...^^

Despite this the fans in Germany have got a lot of influence (indirectly). It was in discussion that external inverstors should pay a lot of money for getting a lot of influence (f.e. on dates of some games which they exclusivly wanted to broadcast (on extra days sometimes not at the weekend andby this a lot of fans wouldn't be able to watch them any more because they had to work). Furthermore a warning example is England where investors own the Premier League = higher TV-prices, very high ticket-prices. In combination To show their protest for several weeks they threw tennisballs on the pitch which interrupted the games again and again. In the end the Bundesliga gave up their investor fans. 🙂

FRANKFURT!!!🦅

In Germany, by law, 51% of shares belong to fans

Don't forget, they also go with 25k or even much more people to the opposing teams stadium and do it there to support their team. Even to other countries.

1. Fc Köln 🔴⚪

Greetings from Dortmund/Germany ,our Club the BvB make it to the Uefa Cl Final last night,the first time since 2013! Final ist hosted by the famous Wembley Stadium in the UK on First of June

Great appetizer for todays Champions league semi final.

Ultra’s are called the 12th man for a reason

yeah many germans still seem very coordinated with the shout into arm movement stuff xd

Thats true love for the Team! Spend all ur little money to be part of ur Team every weekend.

In Europe you are born with love for your club. Your father was a fan, your grandpa, his father ...etc :). The club is "defending" the pride of your City. Its way more than just a sport for us.

In Germany, as in the rest of Europe, you are a fan of the club your father and grandfather supported before you. This is usually the club of your hometown, with which you identify 100%, and at every game, you represent your club, your city, and your family. It is hard for outsiders to understand such a thing. The club holds a very high status. I know families who no longer speak to each other because they support rival clubs.

That ist Schalke!⚒️💙🤍🤙😈 Greats from Germany!

I'm from Germany but I'm an NFL fan and we're looking forward to more NFL games

Now I haven't been to a match for a while, and every country & even every club is different. But in general : Visiting ultras are guided by police to and from and from the stadium . There is a part of the stadium for the Home team ultras and for the visiting ultras ( Other side of the field ).Then there's parts of the stadium for more modest fans, families with kids and such. There are different entrances to these sections. ( With empty sections in between if it's a explosive match ) So with high risk games, there are 'closed off' sections to keep home team ultras from clashing into the ultras from opposing team . It's the ultras that travel along with their club when they play in other stadiums.

What I don't like at all are the red pyrolights and the smoke. Sometimes the game has o be suspended for a while because the players can't see the ball properly any more.

The first one were Dutch police.

I strongly suggest you to watch the final of the Champion's League 15 of June ! Expect some insane supporting ! Borussia Dortmund is already qualified !

I highly recommend that Top Gear Tunnel video of the Audi quattro S1! It's a bit off topic but it's great!

Shame the Vid that you watched skippet the Framkfurt Ultras entirely and the Gelbe Wand in Dortmund. Must be an Beginner who produced it 🤣

3:30 its common in european Football the away team arrives protected by police and early to the game, especially on international championships or specific rivalry. By the way, these are fans from my Home Team Borussia Dortmund. Like the Next at 3:54 as well... Most intimidating is the South Stand, die Südtribüne in our Stadium. Might wanna look for a compilation of choreographies from some of these Yellow an Black 24.454 People! :-)

Some fans are escorted by the police from the requisite train and bus stations

The eastern germany Clubs with theire Fans are insane too. Like Hansa Rostock , Dynamo Dresden, Union Berlin , Magdeburg , they like theire Fire aswell 😅

Hey I like your content. I think it could be very interesting to make a video about how german ultras stopped a deal with an investor in the dfl.

10:47 Incredibly cool and awesome

Mind these are all ultras and in a soccer stadium they always group in one area like the Südkurve (southern corner). So if you want to enjoy the game a littler calmer you can just book another corner.

guest fans have to enter the stadium earlier as the home crowd in most cases(or something in that direction). thats why it still was so empty at 3:40

The Euro finals are coming up mid June to mid July, the tournament will be held in Germany, this type of club support will be there, but this time, rival supporters of each nations clubs will put aside their differences and get together to support their Country, again is a magical moment, both on the Euro finals, as well as on the World cup finals.

Would love to see you react on Damaged by October ends

3:06 that's why we say the fans are the 12th man of the team

It's usually quite chill and family friendly too, there are certain areas for the ultras but there are also areas for families with kids. At most places at least.

3:30 This is the section for the away Fans, these Fans travelled from Dortmund, Germany to London to support their Team in the international game ( Champions League, the top league in whole europe.) And they do this to every game, no matter how far, this is what Football means to us.

Greetings from the heart of Europe. Frankfurt.

„Wir sind keine Fusballfans, sondern deutsche Hooligans“

I love to see you Americans watch to German Ultras. I am one by myself, and I love it.

Not all Ultra groups have to be separated. There are also long running friendships between fan groups of different teams. For example the fan friendship between KSC & Hertha BSC. 3 weeks ago 12‘000 marched together to the stadium after a joined fan festival the evening before: kzfaq.infoAabD8zLVwBI?si=XXpG3QVCgEe63VbJ

That's the passion of the most beautiful game! ; )

This is something you don’t have in the US and will never ever have.

Yeah my bvb 09 Dortmund, now they are in the final of the biggest tournament in europe

That's why we call the fan the 12th man

Watch the video of the „HSV Abstieg“. They got relegated and the show of the ultras was crazy.

Beside of one scene, this was all German Away Support in European Cup Tournaments.

Part of the crew, part of the ship.

you should look at Hanover vs Brunswig (96 vs BTSV) they have a deep rivalry so the pyro and stuff are always something else

there are some good videos of NBA players talking about their time in Euroleague

All the videos you've seen there, were from away games mostly in the UK. So it's bit more amazing. In 2022 Eintracht Frankfurt was at their Europa League Game in Barcelona, Spain with about 30,000 Fans! Since then we've much problems to get tickets in european Countries because they fear another invasion xD

Just to put things into perspective, like how normal this is: Here is a clip of my hometown Innsbruck. They play in the 4th highest (so basically, completely regional, players certainly not earning enough to quit their regular jobs) austrian league at the moment, yet the fan energy is like they are playing the world cup every time. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bMCYZryCvsyXioU.htmlsi=-InXhZrQR01F83Z5

Hi Ian !! You might want to look into the football culture in South America as well. Especially in Argentina and Brazil, with the matches between Boca Jrs vs River Plate in Buenos Aires and between Flamengo vs Fluminence in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracana stadium. They are equally mad/exelent fans !!

The Copa90 channel has some great documentary TV style videos on their channel talking about the ultras more in depth, the history and lifestyle of the people and why they do what they do.

You should watch a compilation about Hannover 96 pyro shows. The last years have been insane

Regarding the first part, which would probably be a completely unfamiliar concept to Americans, but fans are actually walking to the stadium, making sure to celebrate their team on the way!!!

Maybe another fact that is special. From where I live in Germany, 25 Minutes to Mönchengladbach (Black/White/Yellow - Minute 12:12), about 2h to Geselnkirchen (Schalke 04 from the start of the video), even about 2 h to Dortmund (yellow/black), Paris 3h by train, London about 6h by train (from here Manchester and Liverpool are easy to reach) , if you took the plane you can reach Barcelona and Madrid in less than 5 h (includes the transfer to the Airport). By American standards (I would imagine), the absolute top football clubs (worldwide) are packed together in a very small space.

While these ultras look and sound crazy, which they are, they can take a vilant tone pretty quick also, most ultras are reserved in one or two sections of the stadium to prevent things getting out of hand, because violence can erupt,note that the police within the crowds are wearing helmets and body armor, just in case, good video though, blessings dude, keep up the great videos, thanks for the show,chau for now

My issue is when kids get hurt by ultras throwing pyros around like it's candy...otherwise it's just another thing I may not understand but to each their own.

The first Team is my Home Team and we are in Second Division. But in every Homegame there are 65.000 People Glück Auf from Gelsenkirchen

Mainly away games, separated small sections for the german fans

The Back/Vellow Fans are from Borussia Dortmund. They have reached the Championsleague Final on 08.05.24 in a match against Paris. Dortmund has the second highest budget in German Football, but compared to Teams like Real Madrid (they have to face in the final), Och Manchaster City (beaten by Real Madrid in Quaterfinals) and PSG (Paris) tey are poor. The Video shows the moment when the game was finished. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7t4q9J_3a21nKM.html

The crowed of Köln Fans were visiting a Game in London! It was not even in Germany :-))

Former German football player Mario Basler said just yesterday that playing away with supporters offending him etc., it gave him an extra motivation. Taking corners with beer thrown at you etc. When they do that, they fear you. If you are no good, they don't care that much. Regarding the fan scene in Europe in general. Europe was for long parts of it's history divided in many regional powers. the Holy Roman Empire or Italy. Small kingdoms, shires, duchies, independent city states, etc. That resulted in a lot of regional pride and never went fully away. People working at different coal mines (sometimes even at the same coal mine) ... The biggest rival is your neighbor. Be it within the city, the next city or the next region. Just imagine New York would've not only one football club in each borough, but the Bronx or Queens would have several clubs in itself. Of course there would be rivalries between this clubs. especially when they play in the same league. And on top of that there would be a rivalry with clubs from Boston etc.

Almost all Europe Countrys have had fought against each other, even City against City, or got conquered by the strongest, and fight back, and so on. Europe is born on Fights and Wars, and some Wisdom. And Football ist the beautiful Way, to fight those ancient Fights without Weapons. Sports with Rules is a Good Way to do it. ♥

In the 3rd video thats the fan section 1 hour before the game even started

Its important to say that these fans showed are away fans in an international game and not in their home ground/city. To have a parade with all awayfans together from the city center to the stadium of the opponent it is what fans do in football instead of tailgate in the US (what i find also really cool)

It depends a lot on the team. There are very funny fans but others are very dangerous with fights and even deaths. In Spain there are legendary rivalries like Betis and Sevilla that are very fun and others that the police have to intervene 🚔🚓

Check out "Ultras - our way of life"

1;40 - These are the away fans of Schalke being marched either to the stadium or to a train station to get to the stadium from there. Appears to be in Amsterdam. This is a common approach in European international games, since fans arrive from multiple directions by multiple means(trains, planes, cars) when it's an important game and there are lot of away fans are coming. Uefa says minimum 5% of capacity, so for most stadiums in Western Europe that would be around 3000-4000(more if agreement is reached between clubs). Police designates some gathering spot, usually a square in the touristy center, from where they do this organized march, called a "corteo". A lot of the terminology comes from Italy so it sounds italian - Ultra, tifo, corteo. So this Corteo achieves multiple goals at the same time. When all the fans are at the same place they get to have their fun and pose with "overtaking the city", have some beers, while being surrounded by Police to avoid any incidents with local fans actually happening. It's a bit foolish, but you get the best balance - make your presence known, without causing havoc like in 80s England.

You really should watch the Champions League Final on June 1st, that’ll be a great intro to European football.

These are only clubs from 1st Division in Germany, you have to watch some clips of 3rd Division Teams like Dynamo Dresden, Wismut Aue or maybe even 4th Division with Alemannia Aachen! Nice Video btw.

1:49 The police vans have yellow license plates, so they are dutch. The fans of Schalke 04 from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, followed their team in a continental match to the Netherlands.

We fans go to the games to leave our hearts and souls in the stadium cheering for our team for 90 minutes. English is not my mother language so I'm sorry if I wrote it wrong.☺

For some videos you might want to have someone to give you context: as the comments say this is german fans in england in away machtes being louder and more "fanatic" then the more numerous local fans

That first clip, from Schalke 04? They're the arch-enemies of my local football club (Borussia Dortmund, clip #3). When they played each other, people working with both fan groups in either city used to collect the Schalke Ultras at the train station and brought them to a place -- a field, or parking lot -- where "our" Ultras were already waiting. Then both groups were given permission to brawl, with medics and police present just in case. The rationale was to put a cap on possible aggression beforehand and keep it out of the stadium. Afterwards, they were marched separately to the stadium, watched the game and afterwards were brought back to that place to get rid of any frustration and anger by being permitted to brawl AGAIN. No idea if they're still doing this, but a friend who worked for the municipal sports department said it worked, after a fashion. Meaning, no severe injuries, no property damage and everything was kept kinda, sorta, more or less ... uh, civilized? *whistles innocently* Btw, the area for the local Borussia fans is known nationwide as "the yellow wall" (club colors are black and yellow) and are often considered to be the 12th player on the field because they can spur the team on so much Oh, and they only sell drinks in plastic cups; players and/or referees have actually been injured when someone hurled a glass bottle onto the pitch. (One referee got hit in the face by a cigarette lighter once, too.) The guys in the yellow vests and helmets aren't police, but volunteer helpers who check for contraband -- like pyrotechnics and "weapons" like sticks or brass knuckles.

And this is going on on the way to the stadion, during the whole game and - in case they won - on the way home. But I have to say, this are "just" German Ultras. The Ultras from the Balkan are the ones I really wouldn't want to mess with 😂