This is the shocking moment Notorious Ferencvaros Ultras MermemMs itself as stewards and launches a surprising fight against their European rivals.
Ferencvaros, often called the most feared football fans of Hungary, started a huge melee with AZ Alkmaar supporters in their tense Europa League collision on Thursday.
The Hungarian champions won the game 4-3 and narrowly in addition to a late AZ Alkmaarstoot in extra time when they scored twice.
But the action on the field was overshadowed by fighting in the stands.
Images shows dozens of Ferencvaros Ultras secretly dressed in security jackets with high visibility that make their way through the stairs in the Groupama Arena of Budapest.
Their secret plan saw them mixing with the actual security check of the end to keep problems at bay between the two sets of supporters.
The large group of men managed to get as close as possible to the AZ Alkmaar fans before the punches were thrown – start chaos in the stands.
Both sets supporters then seem to start launching strikes to each other in the brutal fight.
Herinke fans from both sides of the handrails soon noticed the battles with drinks that quickly flew from different corners to the fiery crowd.
The real security teams could be seen to try to break the fight while the Melee went on for a while.
Riot Police equipped with protective visors and armons were quickly forced to be set up when the fake protection broke through in the stands.
The Europa League match between Ferencvaros and AZ Alkmaar was always tipped as a very intense affair because of the history of both parties.
The fans of Ferencvaros have long been considered to be one of the most violent teams in Central Europe about earlier arguments.
The UEFA administrative body has punished the club several times in the past.
Hooligans who are linked to the club reportedly stabbed Four Millwall fans in 2004 for a UEFA Cup match.
UEFA also stormed the club about crowd of problems and racist abuse aimed at Millwall players.
Subsequently, fans also fought with the police in 2013 after a friendly match against Leeds United.
AZ Alkmaar -away days are also known to English fans as a potentially volatile journey.
In 2023 AZ AZ Alkmaar Yobs knocked down barriers to storm their own main standard through two sets of stairs and attacks West Ham supporters.
There were also clashes between West Ham and AZ fans prior to the kick-off, which were again masked when they caused chaos in the streets of Alkmaar.
A local news exhaust described that it was a “grim atmosphere” before and during the competition.
The hooliganism of AZ would come from the early days of the club with a group known as the supporters of the “Ben Side”.
The name refers to where the group is in the Jan van der Ben Stand, which is named after the chairman of a predecessor club.
The group claims that they “made their mark for the first time” during an away game in Feyenoord in 1977, according to an AZ supporter website.
There they collided with oppositions, threw beer bottles and cans at players.
In another notorious meeting, the group clashed with Haarlem in June 1977.
Riots followed the game, with many supporters who picked knives, and agents later made different arrests.
A 16-year-old was stabbed and about 28 people were arrested during a particularly horrible exchange of words in March 1986 between AZ and PSV fans.
The teenager, a PSV fan that was not identified, was taken to the hospital.
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