2000 UEFA Cup Final riots

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2000 UEFA Cup Final riots
Date17 Mey 2000
LocationCeety Haw Square, Copenhagen, Denmark
55°40′33″N 12°34′9″E / 55.67583°N 12.56917°E / 55.67583; 12.56917Coordinates: 55°40′33″N 12°34′9″E / 55.67583°N 12.56917°E / 55.67583; 12.56917
Caused biRetaliation attacks for murthers o Leeds Unitit fans bi Galatasaray fans in Istanbul an Fitbaa hooliganism.
MethodsRiot
Resultit in19 ceevilians injured, 60 arrests
Pairties tae the ceevil conflict
Breetish hooligan firms
Galatasaray fans
Lead feegurs
Mogens Laurisden
Nummer
500+ (approximately)
2,000

Th' 2000 UEFA Cup Final Riots, also kent as the Battle of Copenhagen,[1] wis a riot in City Haw Square in Copenhagen, Denmark, atween fans o Inglis fitbaa team Arsenal an Turkish side Galatasaray aroond the 2000 UEFA Cup Final on 17 Mey 2000. The fechts, in that fower fowk wis stabbed, wis viewed as pairt o revenge attacks for the killin o twa Leeds Unitit fans bi Galatasaray fans the month afore.[2]

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Copenhagen's hall of shame". London: The Guardian. 19 Mey 2000. Retrieved 27 Januar 2012.
  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/may/14/uefa.football