Riots during the 2016 European Football Championship

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Riots during the 2016 European Football Championship in Marseille

During the European Football Championship in 2016 there were sometimes serious riots between hooligans of different nationalities. A new dimension of massive violence was forced by a group of around 150 well-organized Russian hooligans. In the following games, too, there were fights again and again, including with the participation of German hooligans, but on a much smaller scale.

Up to 100,000 police officers, soldiers and private security forces were on duty during the EM and a total of 1,550 people were arrested.

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Marseille before the first game

Before the EM started, many fans were already at the venues. In Marseilles , there were riots between English hooligans, locals and the police . The English had with chants like “ ISIS , where are you? "(" ISIS, where are you? ") Provoked the young people, some of whom came from the Maghreb . There had already been violent clashes between English hooligans and local youth in the city at the 1998 World Cup in France .

Game Russia against England on June 11, 2016

In the context of the game Russia against England (1: 1) on June 11, 2016, there were serious riots. Before the game, Russian and English hooligans were repeatedly involved in violent clashes in the old town of Marseille. According to French eyewitnesses and L'Équipe magazine , the rioting on Cours Estienne-D'Orves near the Old Port began after Russian fans attacked a group of English people in a bar. As early as early Sunday morning, the French media counted over 30 injured people, including four seriously injured. An Englishman was still in mortal danger days later. During the game, several flares were fired from the Russian block in the stadium. Immediately after the game, Russian hooligans stormed into the English block and attacked English fans there. After the game there were clashes again.

French police arrested six British, one Austrian and three French in connection with these riots. Two Russians were expelled from the country, but not a single Russian hooligan could be arrested.

According to the first results of the investigation by the French attorney general, the violence was predominantly carried out by a group of 150 Russian hooligans, some of which were British. The Russian hooligans were "extremely well trained" and responsible for "ultra-fast, ultra-hard violence". The majority of the injured were English. English fans said that Russian hooligans attacked the English in a coordinated and targeted manner, attacking both English hooligans and normal English fans. Russian fans and some Russian newspapers reported that the English provoked the Russians by chanting about Maria Sharapova and Vladimir Putin .

In the evening, UEFA announced that the Disciplinary Commission was investigating Russia's Football Association. It's about the storming of the English block by the Russian hooligans, about racist behavior and the throwing of fireworks. Russian fans had already thrown fireworks at the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland and the Ukraine and attracted attention because of their racist behavior. The Russian association had to pay a fine of over 120,000 euros at the time and was warned. The English association is not being investigated because the misconduct by the English fans took place outside the stadium and therefore outside of UEFA's jurisdiction. UEFA finally sentenced the Russian Football Association to a fine of 150,000 euros for the riot of its hooligans in the stadium and to a disqualification on probation for the entire duration of the European Championship; If the case is repeated, the tournament will be excluded immediately after the UEFA judgment.

Three Russian hooligans were sentenced to one to two years in prison in connection with the violence surrounding the game. 20 other Russians, including the head of the Association of Russian Football Fans, Alexander Shprygin, were expelled from the country. A few days later, Schrprygin, despite his expulsion, traveled back to the European Championship and was arrested again.

The Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko had initially said after the final whistle that there had been no clashes between Russian and English fans. He later described the behavior of the Russian hooligans as unacceptable and the UEFA investigation as "normal procedure". However, he could not rule out new violence from Russian fans because the Russians were "constantly provoked". Some Russian officials downplayed the riots or expressed support. Igor Lebedev , parliamentary vice-president and board member of the Russian Football Association , said the Russian hooligans had defended Russia's honor and should continue. Vladimir Markin, the head of the Russian investigative authority, said of the suspicions that trained thugs had traveled specifically to the European Championship: “They are surprised when they see a real man who looks like a man should look. They are only used to seeing men at gay parades. "

The Russian player Artyom Djuba criticized the information provided by the French authorities that the violence had mostly been perpetrated by Russian hooligans. The English are “not angels” and are responsible for half of the violence. Russian national team coach Leonid Sluzki said English fans intervened during the Russian anthem - it was unethical.

Game Ukraine against Germany on June 12, 2016

Before the game, German hooligans were hanging out in cafes in downtown Lille. At around 5:30 p.m., more than 50 German hooligans attacked Ukrainian fans near Lille train station. Bottles, chairs and smoke bombs were thrown in front of street cafes, the German hooligans chanted right-wing extremist slogans and displayed a Reich war flag. The police were late with a larger presence because the emergency services got stuck in traffic. Police said two Ukrainians were injured.

According to information from the SID, around 150 German violent criminals known to the police were in Lille.

Game Russia against Slovakia on June 15, 2016

English football fans rioted in Lille. They had traveled to the England versus Wales game in nearby Lens . After a fireworks exploded near Lille train station, around 200 English fans who had been sitting in front of a pub ran through the surrounding streets. When the CRS got in the way of the hooligans, arguments broke out. After these clashes, 36 hooligans were arrested, 50 people had to be treated by rescue workers and 16 of them were hospitalized.

There was also a fight between fans from England and Wales on a train from Calais to Lille. At Hazebrouck station near the Belgian border, the police took five people off the train.

Match Croatia versus Czech Republic on June 17, 2016

In the match between Croatia and the Czech Republic there were riots in the block of Croatian fans in the 86th minute. It was pyrotechnics used and there were brawls between Croatian fans. One folder was slightly injured by a firecracker exploding next to him . The game had to be interrupted for several minutes.

Match Croatia versus Spain on June 21, 2016

Before the match between Croatia and Spain , Croatian fans announced that the game would be abandoned due to riots in the 30th minute, which then did not take place.

Background and police measures

According to figures published after the EM, up to 100,000 French police officers, soldiers and private security forces were on duty. The police arrested 1,550 people during the 2016 European Championship.

By June 14, 2016, 20 suspected rioters had been arrested, including a German. A police spokesman said of the Russian hooligan group: "These are people who train for something like that."

On the same day, the national gendarmerie in the south of France stopped a coach with Russian football fans on its way from Cannes to Lille for the Russia versus Slovakia game. 43 people were taken into police custody, 29 of whom the authorities applied for deportation.

UEFA

When Russian and English fans engaged in a mass brawl in the stadium after the game, UEFA's video control did not offer any pictures from the stands to the broadcasters. This led to a complaint from ARD and ZDF.

The Mirror correspondent Rafael Buschmann criticized the attitude of UEFA, hooligans were a marginal phenomenon of the 80s and 90s. That is wrong. “And it doesn't get any better if football officials who use cheap rhetoric to save their flagship product 'football' keep repeating it. Hooliganism is alive, maybe more than ever. He just withdrew more and more from the stadium to the periphery because the new arenas are equipped with high-resolution security cameras and because umpteen TV transmissions are used before and during the game. Now hooliganism lives in forests, on fields and meadows. "

Russia

Özcan Mutlu , spokesman for sports policy for the Greens parliamentary group , said after the first riots: "In view of the violent riots by Russian hooligans during the European Championship group game and the dubious award of the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the doping swamp in the country very much the question of whether FIFA should not have long since reconsidered this World Cup award. [...] There is still time for a new award for FIFA. FIFA must finally act. "

On June 14, French police stopped a coach carrying a group of Russian fans near Cannes . The group is said to have been involved in the riots in Marseille during the game between Russia and England. Among them was Alexander Shprygin, the accredited representative in France of the “All-Russian Federation of Football Fans” and employee of the Parliament's Vice-President and board member of the Russian Football Association Igor Lebedev ( LDPR ). Shprygin is a right-wing extremist and was a leader of the neo-Nazi and hooligan scene around the club FK Dynamo Moscow in the 1990s . The daily called it a “scandal” that Shprygin “is in France with an official accreditation from the Russian Football Association”. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the French authorities of stirring up “ anti-Russian sentiments”. The request to the group of Russian fans to show their papers and get off the bus is unacceptable. The French approach could damage the Russian-French relationship, Lavrov said.

Individual evidence

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