10 most dangerous ultras of world football

#5 River Plate (Los Borrachos del Tablon)

The River Plate fans cheer on their side during the Copa Sudamerica

Part of the Barra Brava group that rules the roost in Latin American Football, the Los Borrachos del Tablon (Drunks of Leaderboard) have become notorious for their antics off the pitch. The Ultras have been involved in numerous criminal acts including murders.

A match against rivals such as Boca Juniors and Newell’s Old Boys tends to bring the worst out of the Ultras in the past. In 2002, River Plate’s game against Boca Juniors was suspended after one of the Boca fans was shot and in 2004, the Ultras ambushed a bus full of Newell’s Old Boys supporters and engaged in a physical altercation, which left two fans dead and numerous others injured.

All hell truly broke loose in 2011, when the club was relegated for the first time in 110 years and engaged in an altercation with the police, which left 65 of them injured.

While the opposition fans and fans were not provided any respite, the club’s Ultras have also engaged in an intra-Ultra war over the last 10 years, with two strong units fighting to take over the leadership of the notorious group and being involved in a bloody power struggle.

The hooliganism existing at the club came to the limelight in 1958 post the murder of fan remains true to this date and the Ultras do not seem keen to cede any power or their disruptive abilities.