Peaceful fan march in Neu-Ulm: Police in action at the basketball game!

On December 26, 2024, the second Christmas day, a basketball game of the Europa-League between Ratiopharm Ulm and Besiktas Istanbul took place in the Neu-Ulmer Arena. In the run-up to the game, the Besiktas Istanbul guest club organized a registered fan march, which took place from around 5:00 p.m. from Meininger Allee in Neu-Ulm. Around 400 people took part in this march, which was mostly peaceful.

During the fan march, however, individual cases of pyrotechnics that were burned down, whereby no injuries were reported. The causes of this pyrotechnics are previously unknown. The mood during the game was described as emotional but peacefully. An incident occurred in the second game area when a viewer threw a mug on the field, which led to a police operation. The fan in question was temporarily arrested during the half-time break and handed over to the Neu-Ulm police inspection. After depositing a security deposit, the fan was released, but an advertisement due to attempted dangerous bodily harm can be expected. The security measures were correspondingly high due to the classification of the game as high -security game, and the emergency services were prepared for possible occurrences.

incidents at the away game of SSV Ulm

In another incident in the Region, around 450 fans of SSV Ulm 1846 football accompanied their team to an away game at Viktoria Cologne. After the game, a small group of fans should have noticed negatively by expressing racist insults and threats of violence. A sympathizer of the association living in Cologne informed SSV Ulm about these incidents. SSV spokesman Max Rieck expressed that such incidents are unacceptable and emphasized that the association is trying to quickly clarify the incidents. The association is in contact with the Cologne police and the security chief on site to examine the events in detail, as the Augsburg general reported.