Sunday June 27th 2021
At a test match in the Czech Republic
Chemnitz Hools shock with Nazi slogans
Around 50 hooligans from Chemnitzer FC march through the Czech city of Most with right-wing extremist slogans. The association refers to an “unteachable minority”, and the Lord Mayor of Chemnitz is shocked. Others are no longer surprised by the right-wing extremists.
The regional soccer team Chemnitzer FC has distanced itself from “people with right-wing extremist slogans” after a test match at FK Banik Most-Sous in the Czech Republic. The association had gained knowledge of a video showing a group that marched through the streets of Most yesterday Saturday with right-wing extremist slogans. The video is also available at ntv.de.
“Once again, an unteachable minority is dragging the reputation of the entire Chemnitz football club into the mud and thwarting all previous efforts to improve the image of our club,” the club announcement said. The recordings showed the “ugly grimace of the far-right fringe of society, but certainly not the Chemnitzer FC and what it wants to stand for”.
The group is said to be members of the right-wing ultra-group “Kaotic Chemnitz”, which the club has banned from appearing in the home stadium. The group is being watched by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Parts of this group were banned from the stadium at Gellertstrasse at home. The club and the police are investigating the case.
According to information from ntv.de, the group was not accompanied by the scene contact officers (SKB) of the Chemnitz police. They traveled to the first game in front of fans in 2021. Around 40 to 50 people can be seen on the video. “Sieg Heil” can be heard. A total of 350 fans are said to have accompanied the Himmelblauen to the away game in the Czech Republic.
Not the “real CFC”
From the environment of the Saxon fourth division team it can be heard that the club does have “a problem with these groups”, but that it is also “a social problem for the city of Chemnitz”. “We need the city, the police and the judiciary to solve the problem,” report sources from the club. Last week, the club took part in the rainbow campaign for the European Championship game between Germany and Hungary. The club has received some encouragement on social networks, it can be heard. The response also reached the association through channels that were not open to the public, probably also “for fear of positioning themselves publicly”.
The Lord Mayor of Chemnitz, Sven Schulze, took a clear position on Sunday afternoon. The SPD politician was shocked by the images that “have nothing to do with sporting competition in football and peaceful and respectful coexistence in our society,” the statement said. “There is no tolerance for that, there is no excuse. The incidents in and at the stadium in Most reflect the anchoring of right-wing, homophobic and therefore inhuman ideas in parts of our society.
This is not the “real CFC”. “We must now strengthen those in the CFC who are committed to a peaceful, cosmopolitan, sportingly fair and positive image of football. The club must also make its contribution. But it also needs support on this path from within society.”
Chemnitzer FC is not writing negative headlines for the first time. The sky blues are considered “dirty children”. Following the insolvency proceedings that were concluded in March, the association is currently developing a new mission statement. He wants to reposition himself. For good reason: The club’s violent right-wing fan scene hit the headlines in March 2019 when there was a minute’s silence for the deceased leader of the group “Hooligans Nazis Racists” at the game between the Regionalliga Nordost and VSG Altglienicke.
“How often is negligence excusable?”
The then Chemnitz player Daniel Frahn held up a black shirt with the inscription “Support your local hools” up after his goal to make it 3: 2. He then said that he was “not a Nazi” and that it was not clear to him that “this shirt is so deeply anchored in the neo-Nazi scene.” The sports court banned him for four games. In August 2019, the club suspended the team captain at the time after another incident that again brought him close to the “Kaotic Chemnitz” group.
In the summer of 2018, right-wing extremists hunted down refugees in Chemnitz. The city was in the headlines for weeks, mostly negative. According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, “Kaotic Chemnitz”, the group that is now back in the headlines, were also involved in the hunt. “How can you set up a test match in the Czech Republic after all this time without spectators? That is at least negligent,” wonders someone who has often dealt with Chemnitzer FC in the past. He asks: “How often is negligence excusable?”
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