American Reacts To The World's Best Football Fans & Ultras: EUROPE 

American games: "Oh, this is nice. How joyful and entertaining!" European games: *Literall war rallies*

In US sport is a business while in Europe sport is passion

As a German I can say that you really don’t care how do you feel in the seats. You are just singing and feeling it. You have to see German fans when their team scores

Just to mention: Dynamo Dresden at 14:30 just plays 3rd league in Germany!

america will have fans like this once they have 5000 yrs of history, my pub's front door is older than america

In Greece we say, is more easy to change religion than to change football team"

Not only in Europe, but in México, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, etc we live the sport, we live for our club which represents our country or city or town. It's more than a sport... It's family, it's identity, it's the community, the vales we hold dear!

14:13 As a german i can say a few things about that You feel very connected to the people around you and like you are part of something really big. Nothing matters just your love for the club. Clubs, particularly in germany, have a special status in law. They are not companies people take great interest in. Its ... literally a club you can join. Which allows you to part-take in voting of the leading personell of the club (its works very similar to our political elections). Thus these clubs (sometimes more, sometimes less) really show and stand for the values of the people that are supporting it. Sometimes clubs even have a political identity. Like St. Pauli in Germany or Lazio Rom in Italy. I come from a "working town" that made a lot of money in coal and steel back in the day. And values like "hard work, always getting back up, blood sweat and tears" are deeply ingrained into the region. And thats also what we expect from the players, we dont expect technical brilliant, mind blowingly beautiful football. We want work horses that never give up. If they do that and lose thats totally fine.

You have to know that these light flare's are prohibited in most countries in Europe but they still get them inside the stands. In Europe football is a way of life and you support your team everywhere. Before I had kids I travelled to 10 different countries in Europe to support my team during European away games. The band you get with you fellow supporters is something unique. I've been to Ajax Amsterdam ( Netherlands ) a few times as well and it's amazing to experience the atmosphere over there!

Supporting your club in Europe can sometimes have very little to do with football, and be all about pride, patriotism, rivalries, politics and sometimes religion. It’s an escape from the real world and being an ultra is ultimate way for people to express their passion and love for their club. It’s really hard to put it into words, but it’s not just being a fan of a football club for them, it’s a way of life.

Bro, I live in Germany and am a real football fan of a German team myself. I can tell you that it's the same with every football game, in every stadium, this is an experience that everyone must have had, an experience that has to be experienced.

As a paok fan ( 7:53 ) I have to say that every time I go to a match, the atmosphere is amazing and it’s worth going there only to see it

The one with the date 1944 was the tribute on the day of 73rd anniversary of Warsaw Uprising. We have a time in the day everyone in a whole country of Poland stands for few minutes in silence to honor the people who took a part in it and died for our freedom. It is called "W hour". The fans stood in silence and brought the banner up to honour the fallen.

Germany has a rule called the 50+1 rule, which means a football club can never be totally owned by outside investors, which means the fans tend to own their own clubs, as a result they are some of the most passionate fans in the world. And yes as an Englishman it pains me to say that, but at least Leeds United made the video, defiantly one of the loudest and most passionate English teams.

"they are littrelly on fire" can someone explain this dude its flares

Galatasaray currently holds the guinness world record for the loudest crowd measured from the center of the stadium, measuring at 131.7 decibels, which is louder than a jet engine. you can find many videos of it on youtube. btw last night we won the championship and ultras went craaaazy so i suggest watching that aswell.

It has been said multiple times, American fan culture is business and money, but in Europe it is all passion and love for the sport and the team.

The sickest feeling is when you are "inside" the stadium and you are about to walk through the tunnel out to where the stands are. Everything is vibrating and you hear muffled noise and only get a small glimpse of the arena in the narrow tunnel as you walk in. And it opens up and its like nothing else. Its like entering another World

This feeling of standing in the stadium with all the people around you who support the club unconditionally is indescribable. It feels like you're in another world. Come to Germany and experience it yourself 😉 you will never forget this experience for the rest of your life Greetings from Germany my friend

Missed one of the most impressive in recent years. Look at Iceland national team fans Viking chant they did at the 2016 Euro and 2018 World Cup. For such a tiny island nation, it’s awe inspiring to watch.

Let’s have a moment of silence for our brothers in Austr(al)ia

I'm a PAOK fan and I was in there in this clip of Greece. Never gonna forget that day. This atmosphere was later called 'The Ring of Fire'.

The feeling is like if ur at a concert and everyone is singing but it's not your song, it doesn't matter it's something when so many people are making sound at the same time, goosebumps.

When you are with the fans, and the atmosphere gets you, a man, that's the best feeling. It's indescribable. You have to live it to know it

Hi, German here, it's a damn great experience if you ask me. It just feels so great supporting your club like that and it's this like huge, massive thing and it feels and looks so powerful. You literally can't not enjoy it

"How you are allowed to bring fire?"... well, you are not. but... 😅

It feels so powerful. Like all these people with you are united into one organism and it is so-so powerful and strong that it is unbreakable and it makes all the people feel unbreakable. This feeling is beyond anything I have felt ever.

It’s so much fun to see your reactions! Nobody is evacuating anything, the “fire” is part of the experience 😂😂😂😂

the dude says in italy "they are literally on fire!!" i was like ok wait till u get to greece

the thing americans struggle to understand is our relation with clubs. Its not like a franchise you choose to support. Its about passion.

Hello from Austria! I used to attend Rapid Wien, the green team from Vienna. Imagine being part of these great crowds when you were a child. It was sooo amazing participatiing as simply everyone is doing the same.

It's a really nice feeling to stand right in the mittle of the crowd. Unforgetable experiences

PAOK GREECE in TOUMBA THESSALONIKI is the ultimate ultras fans in country. This show was called one of the best pyro shows in football history, against olympiakos Ajax chant was taken from PAOK chant after so many times we played between us for champions league groups. And of course noone is getting burning by the "fire"

5:55 It was the anniversary of an event from the WW2 - the Warsaw Uprising.

Welcome to Europe ! This is what passion mean and love for our teams !

bro the Italians and Germans are the wildest, it's literally super cool to go to their stadiums

It's always so funny to me to see Americans reacting to our sports

When I was younger, I never missed a single match of the local team. It was a small team, it played at the regional level. But it was hot in the stadium. When a team from a neighboring city came to us, in 90% of cases everything ended in a grand fight. Everyone took part in it: fans, football players, coaches, police... Once we were losing 0-3, and the coach of our team asked me and a few other guys to cut the tires of the opponents' club bus. And we did it. And of course, we understood that in a few weeks we will go to play in the city of our rivals, and there we will be beaten, thrown stones and fireworks... But it was fun, it was a youth drive.

You may not gonna read this, but sport, especially football in Europe, is our modern way of fighting eachother. Europe has been at war with itself for centuries, litterally centuries. Not one country havent been at war either with itself, or with another at some point in history. Modern sports, and the fan culture of the teams often has roots in the history of citys or regions fighting eachother. If you rewind to the part of Napoli and read the translation, you get the part of "And we defend this city!" So instead of actually fighting eachothers in wars, we support the teams we belong to, and through them, we "fight". So it can some times look very violent and chaotic, and some times it does get that. But however violent it may get at these games, it beats getting into actual wars.

Here in Europe it's about the passion not about the game that much and the americans would never understand that

Football here, in Europe, is like a religion. Each neighborhood or town has its own football team and you get raised in that religion of your neighborhood's team. Sometimes football matches are becoming wars between neighbouhoods or towns. We love our teams with passion!

I‘m from Germany and I went to one of the games of Cologne and this was crazy. The people sang all the 90 minutes straight and every time they score a goal, they spin their scarf around and it was amazing. (They won the game)

Extremely good feeling and atmosphere

huge supporter of paok here,and football here in greece is more than just a game,more than a passion!

You asked how they are all in sync. Well, when you visit a match of your club for the first time, you will learn the songs and celebrations by just taking part in it. If you don't understand some of the lyrics, you can ask anybody in your stand and they will be more than happy to help you as they see that you're a new fan (or maybe a visitor from another place that is interested in the club). Greetings from Germany!

Well, me as a German, i can tell you: we are a football nation hahaha it‘s like we were born with a football in our hands lol 😂 its pure passion haha

Just imagine being a player. Really feeling the support !

Napoli fan here, thanks for the video. However proud of my colors, we have to admit that Greece is just at the next level. Respect to PAOK Ultras 🔥

So im from Dresden, Germany which was in the video as well… and I‘ve been to loads of games in the stands. And not just in the own city, but also when your team plays somewhere else. It‘s something I recommend everybody who has never done this before! You push your team to the maximum and I‘ve had games that where almost lost and the crowd gone so wild that the team got new spirit and turned it around to win at the end. Those memories are not compareble to anything else

You feel like if we are just one entity its amazing 😉 Europe history give us all this heart and soul, thousands of years together sharing the continent. Greetings from London 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

14:11 the sick thing about Dynamo Dresden is that they have such awsome support, even though they're not one of the top teams. They actually are only 3rd division

It's a rush being at these games. Football is huge and people are very passionate about it in Europe and South America. I've been to a number of big games around Europe but the one that really stuck with was a game between Inter and Juventus in Italy. That was absolutely nuts!

the crowds in Germany is so amazing

This is the first reaction video ever I enjoyed because this guy knows the most times when it’s a good time to pause the video and comment I like that

I've had a season ticket for two clubs that are in this video. First from 1996 to 2004 I was at Ajax, in Amsterdam, and from 2006 to 2009 I had a season ticket for Celtic in Glasgow, Scotland. I have been to many games with atmosphere like in this video, and very often I had to check what the result of the game was after coming home, because I really didn't know.

It's like the biggest party ever when you go there. I'm from Germany and it's really special everyone supports the team no matter if they loose or not they won't stop it's so cool

You feel amazing. Afterwards, first time you are alone, win or loose. You feel like you have been shaken violently. Then you go to bed, sometimes with a bit of tinitus. Then you wake up and do what is expected of you. Thank you for content. ❤

Tudod ember ez az amit soha sem fogtok meg érteni! Mi meg halnánk a szeretett klubbukért!!! Ez az életünk! HAJRÁ FRADI

Ultras don't just chant about football but also about remembering historical events Especially in places like Turkey, Greece and Middle Eastern countries and North African countries they are also used to do protests and fuel protests. Why you might ask because the authorities will struggle if at all to identify in mass crowds and its televised. Now in the case of legia Warsaw in Poland the first one you saw was to do with historical remembrance of events that shouldn't be forgotten such as the atrocities in ww2 by Germany including ordinary German army units and the bravery of those that fought against Germany in the Warsaw uprising. The second one you saw was legia Warsaw ultras protesting against UEFA the governing body for football in Europe and calling UEFA greedy for always giving fines to Legia Warsaw ( some of the fines were justified) for way either fans behaved or lack of control from the club. So that tifo of UEFA as a pig and all the flares being lit was in protest and as a big fuck you to UEFA

I was home Naples Italy for the 2006 World Cup. EVERYBODY was watching the final match Italy v France on tv. If you muted the sound on your own set you would still hear it from the neighbours. When When the final whistle went and Italy won the whole bay of Naples lit up with fire works, the sound of horns and singing like we all were at the stadium. In Europe football is not a matter of life and death, it’s much more important than that!

German soccer games are incredible, atmosphere, pyro (flares) and fights between the Clubs... pure goosebumps

Im German and Ive been to Kaiserslautern games a bunch . I can tell you it’s just unity and not scary ! It’s the most fun with brothers ever ! Pure passion for the club , the team and each other

German here. The atmosphere in those stadiums is just unbelievable. Everybody is jumping and yelling. The emotions are also on a different level. Sometimes you have children yelling at the referees and calling their mom h0€s and stuff. It’s just different here in Europe man

for my experience: its hard to describe, its just sooooo much energy, the air is blistering, when you get to one of tose games where you have a hypetrain like that ( not every game is like that tho)

To answer your question I went to many games like this in Germany and it is amazing it feels like you are one big family

Im a big German Football Fan and visit most of Borussia Dortmund's Football matches. Im going to the big Standing- Tribune called "Die Gelbe Wand". When 25 000 people begin to jump and sing to the same beat, and youre a Part of it, you just feel electryfied. You Feel Unity. You can turn of your Brain and just drink Beer and Cheer. Für immer BvB < 3

The reason people don't get hurt from flares (atleast here in Sweden) is because the ones holding the flares are usually very friendly and warn the people around them so that they can move.

Just so you know... In 2015 in France, there had been a terrorist assault on multiple places in Paris. One of them targeted the stadium where an international game (France - Germany) was being played. No one reacted on the first explosion of the first bomb. The second one, some players did understood it was weird, but still they continued to play. It's only after the game that everybody (including fans in the stadium) learned about the suicide bombs terrorists. By chance, they "only" manage to kill one person, because they couldn't come inside the stadium. Yeah, sometimes people use firecrackers so loud it sounds like a literal bomb, to the point to when a real bomb explode just at the entrance of the stadium, nobody flinch. Also, it is cool to see the good side of the Ultra, they really know how to put a show. But with their passion, they are also sometimes troublesome. Many many bad things happening with football fans is almost always related to ultra groups. Fights outside of inside the stadium, racists songs or slurs, aggression towards players or security agents, and the list can go on and on. It's really like a double edged sword. Sometimes the greatest thing in football, sometimes the worst...

"How their allowed to bring fire!?" "We are not! We do it altough we are not allowed to do so" 😂😂😂

PAOK from Greece has the best ultras in the world 🔥⚪⚫

Dutch fans are some of the best. When Netherlands played Northern Ireland in Belfast a few years ago. Their fans marched from city hall to the stadium behind a big orange double decker bus blasting hard style . The created a great atmosphere both outside and inside the stadium . Some great videos on RU-vid

Once you are in that crowd you'll feel the soundwaves going through your body. Epic feeling.

Feels awesome going to these games, playing against the neighbouring cities and matches at the bottom of the tables are the best!

you get the most intense goosebumps its an incredible feeling, you can not describe this

Another German here🙃. It's absolutely crazy to go and watch a football game from your team. The atmosphere especially in Kaiserslautern is amazing. You can say you go ones then you go every time its like an strong addiction 😁

You feel great in the Stadion when you stay in middle of thousends of fans together and supporting your team. My whole youth it was for me looking forward for Saturday because Saturday is Match day in Stadion.....it was a great time in my life...of course when you are young you try things, so I tried the Hooligan Life and I noticed that I'm not a Hooligan but a real Ultra Football Fan!! When I was young things were better for my team, they played in the first German League, now they are in the Third Leage and I don't go that often to matches...

When you are in the crowd you are just lit and singing everithing you could

These matches are every weekend, it’s funny how you’re surprised 😂

14:08 , you feel like you never felt before , you feel like you can take over the world , you feel like you would die for your team any time any day , it’s passion, its love you never experienced before , it’s something that can not be explained no matter what type of words or language you use or speak. It’s unbelievable love that life style. Hello from Horde Zla - Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina

In a lot of European clubs there is standing room only location which is why you get so many of these simultaneous jumping clips, especially Germany!

Being on a football match in Europe is magic. You go for the game to support your club, and the club comes to play to support their fans. They play for their fans, we sing for our team. It can become really strong and emotional. Especially if you win against your biggest rival, the cup or the series or conference league, European league or champions league. You just love your club. And the more sound the better.

Respeto para todos los hinchas europeos, son otro nivel de hinchada sin duda😊

It isn’t fire 🔥 😂😂😂 they are light flare’s ☝️‼️

10:24 Australian. Murica is never gonna get the difference.

Crazy Experience where the vibe takes over you if you want or not 🔥

all that fire is them lighting flares.

in our minds, our players can only play as good as we chant :)

My experience is a kick to go to these games in Europe it is the best supporters and unite in football, fantastic feeling to stand with all the supporters and join in singing and enjoying In Europe we can use all kinds of flags

It feels very nice to be on these games

Yes sir, we are very passionate about our football, the vibes go through your entire body, it's very contagious, I had my voice screwed many times because of the chants and the jumping and dancing is like having a 2 days of hard body work 😂 but it's all worth it ❤

5:39 and that's the true story... football fans aren't just hooligans... they are also residents of the city... they remember the history of their city and will not let it pass away

Ετσι κόκκαλο πρέπει να μένουν ολοι και να απορούν⚫️🦅⚪️ PAOK 1926 ⚫️🦅⚪️

Being a football fan in Europe is tribal it’s not just about the team it’s where your from your born into it , it’s your identity

Being in a game like this in Germany, especially with thousands of fans, that's a different experience, no one else can match it, and our ultras are the most violent, but they're always cool, you get cool shots and great pictures, and the feeling there is just awesome

As a german: its fund to watch sports in a stadium. You get really hyped, loose or win. But with certain teams, i am afraid to walk home afterwards. Some hooligans just are not ok anymore.

I am from germany and to be in this crazy crowd at my favorite club SV Werder Bremen is an incredible feeling

Its so amazing. I get goosebumps everytime❤

When you are there you can't help but join in. Watching on youtube you'd think it was terrifying but the atmosphere is contagious. You feel at home in no time.

I'm half italian and half german, i grew up in italy and live now in germany. In both, the feeling of a full stadion, is an experience, every time.

I'm from Portugal, my club being Sporting, and we may not win a lot, but when we win we go CRAZY! Last time we won was in 2021 and even tho it was during a pandemic nothing stopped us. But the two other big clubs in Portugal (Benfica and Porto) have the same passion that we have. We have songs, anthems, chants to celebrate and love our club. In Portugal and in all Europe we truly live and love football 💚