Horde Zla (English: Hordes of Evil) is the organized

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group that supports

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n football club

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. The group's logo consists of a stylized depiction of the

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and

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. The group's organizational structure is fairly decentralized with many subgroups present at the stadium's north stand – the gathering point of the club's most loyal and passionate fans. Some of the most well known subgroups are Outlaws, Maroon Brothers, Vutrasi, Fina Gradska Raja, Stara garda and Downtown.

History

Background

From the moment FK Sarajevo was established on 24 October 1946 it quickly grew a following in the city of Sarajevo. The fact that nearly all pre-war Sarajevan clubs were banned by the new communist authorities left a large vacuum in a city that was traditionally a footballing centre in the

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. The majority of fans stemmed from the numerous downtown Sarajevan

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, Stari grad and Centar neighbourhoods predominantly inhabited by

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. This is not to say that other ethnicities did not support the club. They did in huge numbers, but the history of organized support for the club is nevertheless closely tied to the aforementioned neighbourhoods. The only major Sarajevan football club not banned by the post-war authorities was

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, based in the Grbavica neighbourhood of the city, which would go on to become the maroon-white's biggest rival. FK Sarajevo supporters were historically known as ''Pitari'' while an individual was, and is still known as a ''Pitar''. The nickname, meaning a consumer of the local Bosnian dish

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, was originally a derogatory label given by fans of working class Željezničar that implied the upper-class background of most FK Sarajevo supporters. This notion was based on the fact that the old downtown neighbourhoods of the city were the traditional centres of commerce and artisanship, even though the socioeconomic landscape of the city had dramatically changed by the time the club was formed. FK Sarajevo being formed by the post-war communist authorities also meant that the club garnered support from the political and

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establishment of the

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which created a specific symbiosis between the progressive state establishment and the traditional, conservative Sarayevan

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Beginnings

The first contours of organized support for the club were drawn out in the late 1950s when the eastern stand of the

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stadium drew in the most ardent of supporters. As Sarajevo folklore stipulates, no footballer was ever fully accepted by the eastern stand which was for decades known as a polygon for the city's particular sense of humour and as the main proving ground for every player wearing the maroon and white jersey. The legendary east stand was generally a meeting point for residents of the Sarajevan mahalas that would picnic with their friends, relatives and neighbours while watching matches, only fully supporting players that stemmed from the city's downtown neighbourhoods – a particular form of local patriotism that has, in a way, survived until today. By the mid 1980s, the eastern stand's rowdiness during matches of the time provoked large media coverage. During a league tie against

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on 17 April 1986 it was reported that a maroon painted snake, reported by some as being a specimen of the venomous

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, was thrown off the eastern stand onto the visitors bench. This was never verified by the police or club, while other rumours in circulation stated that the incident against Red Star was caused by someone from the crowd hitting the referee with a large stone. Again, this rumour was never verified either and has in subsequent years become an

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, as is the case with the snake rumour. Nevertheless, alarmed by constant incidents and media coverage, the club management headed by then Director

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opened the north stand of the Koševo stadium to the most fanatical of fans. The north stand was traditionally not very popular with the footballing public, but was found to be the most adequate because it was the farthest from the field. This move coincided with the

subculture reaching the Former Yugoslavia in the mid 1980s, and finding fertile ground among both members of the

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and

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subcultures and non-affiliated football supporters. Soon after, Horde Zla came into being. Namely, several prominent FK Sarajevo supporters of the younger generation, influenced by the Ultras subculture decided to meet, as the story goes, in an alternative nightclub of the time known as ''AG'' and create a new identity based on a popular Zagor comic book of the same name. Soon enough, Horde Zla became one of the most popular youth organizations in the city of

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. By the end of the 1980s Horde zla had become one of the five largest and most organized fan groups in SFR Yugoslavia, alongside

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and

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, out-marching to all of FK Sarajevo's matches across the country and travelling to Italy in support of

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during the

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. At this time the group also became known for some of the most infamous examples of football violence in the country, including the 1991 stabbing of two

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supporters in front of the

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in Belgrade and the 1989 riots in the city of Mostar before a league fixture against Velež, resulting in the stabbing of a local resident and the destruction of huge amounts of public and private property. While most other Ultra firms in Yugoslavia popularized and marketed the growing nationalist fervor that would lead to the

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, Horde Zla mostly stayed apolitical. As political tensions escalated on the eve of the Bosnian war, Horde Zla shifted its apolitical course and became one of the first organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina that openly endorsed and supported the return of the old, historical name for Bosnian Muslims –

, as well as calling for Bosnian independence.

Bosnian independence

With the start of the

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many Horde zla members together with their counterparts from other ultras groups stood at the forefront of fronts to defend their city and homeland. A memorial plaque on the north side of the Asim Ferhatović Hase Stadium bears tribute to the hundreds of members of the group killed in the fight for Bosnian independence. As peace was restored to the country and competitive football once again resumed, Horde zla took back their place on the North stand of the country's biggest stadium on the 10th anniversary of the firm's founding. The group again made headlines when, during the 1998

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against Željezničar, they invaded the pitch after members of the opposing firm,

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assaulted the FK Sarajevo goalkeeper

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, resulting in a large on field skirmish that resulted in over thirty serious injuries.

The new generation (2007–)

By the mid 2000s a new generation of Ultras came up the ranks, unhappy with what they perceived as the group becoming a source of income for the older generation through petty theft, collaboration with an unpopular club management, drug dealing and exploitation of the Horde zla brand. Furthermore, differences existed in the way the two sides saw the future of the group. The younger generation namely wanted a more decentralized organization, while the older called for stronger centralization. By 2006 the new generation, organized through half a dozen subgroups, left the north stand in boycott of the ''agentry'', as they called the leadership of the group, and moved to the west stand of the stadium, where they became known as Horde Zla Zapad (English: ''Hordes of Evil West''). For a year and a half the two fractions supported their team separately, often going into battle across the city. By 2008 physical altercations and violence between the opposing camps turned the city into a battle ground, eventually leading to the younger generation taking control of the north stand. On 9 August 2007 Horde zla clashed with security personnel and police before a Champions League qualifying tie in

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. In April 2010 Horde zla invaded the pitch after Sarajevo played a 1:1 draw against

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, and eventually went on to demolish large portions of the stadium including the VIP box and the benches in clashes with the police and security personnel. The incident resulted in over 40 minor and serious injuries. That same evening members of the group took part in large scale riots during a war veteran's rally that was demanding more social benefits from the government. In July 2012, Horde Zla clashed with

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supporters in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League match that was held in Sofia, Bulgaria. They had previously occupied a hotel in downtown Sofia which they ransacked and demolished, not allowing the police to enter by raising barricades. On 20 July 2013 Horde zla clashed with the fans of Albanian club

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before the start of a Europa League match. On 25 September 2013 Horde zla invaded the pitch during a game versus FK Borac, charging on the visiting fans situated on the South stand of the Asim Hase Ferhatović stadium. The police were forced to intervene and the fixture was subsequently abandoned. On 13 July 2015 Horde zla clashed with

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hooligans for hours the night before a Champions League Qualifier in

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, near Sarajevo. On 22 July 2015 Horde zla clashed with

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hooligans in Prague, while on their way to Poznań for the reverse leg. On 21 March 2015 Horde zla clashed with police during a league tie fixture at the Vrapčići Stadium in Mostar, leading to numerous injuries. On 22 August 2015 Horde zla clashed with the special police and Čelik fans during a league tie in

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, which halted the game for over half an hour. On 9 March 2016 Horde zla clashed with police at the Tušanj Stadium in Tuzla during a Cup tie against Sloboda Tuzla. On 23 July 2016 Horde zla halted the Sarajevo derby on the

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for nearly an hour, after clashing with police and ripping off seats and setting them alight.

Široki Brijeg riots

On 4 October 2009 Horde zla again made headlines during the infamous Široki Brijeg Football Riots which are considered the worst example of football violence in the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The riots resulted in the death of Horde zla member Vedran Puljić from gunshot wounds, with over 40 other participants of the mayhem sustaining serious injuries, including four nonfatal gunshot wounds. The riots started with confrontations between members of Horde zla and the hometown Ultras,

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, which subsequently spilled out over the majority of the town. Horde zla burned cars, nearly blew up a gas station and demolished shops while Škripari and residents of Široki Brijeg stoned visiting fan's buses and shot at them with firearms. Horde Zla also claim multiple counts of severe police brutality which led to the death of Horde zla member Vedran Puljić from police inflicted gunshot wounds. There are conflicting reports about who started the violence. Horde zla accused local residents and police of mistreatment on their way to the match, saying that the incident was planned by local politicians and that their buses were separated and parked too far from the stadium which left them open to stoning and attacks. They also claim that initially there were only 30 local policemen present, and they did nothing to prevent the violence. Local police and residents said Horde Zla fans were the first to attack. A local policeman, Oliver Knezović, accused of murdering Puljić, fled to Zagreb, Croatia from where he could not be extradited to the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as there is no agreement on this issue between the two countries.

USD Bosna

Horde Zla and FK Sarajevo garner a close relationship with USD Bosna, or University Sport Society Bosna (). The most notable members of said society are

, that won the

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title in 1979 and

, that reached the 1/8 finals of the

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in 2011. The relationship traditionally stems from the fact that both sides share unique maroon and white club colours, which lead KK Bosna Royal to garner most of its fan base from FK Sarajevo in its rise to the top in the mid and late 1970s. Through time the two sides became colloquially interchangeable, as Horde zla equally followed both, forming a so-called ''Maroon Family''. Even though RK Bosna did not represent a big player in Yugoslav

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, the club's post-war ascent was thoroughly supported by Horde zla. After an initiative proposed by Sarajevo fans, on 29 August 2013 FK Sarajevo and RK Bosna Sarajevo signed a cooperation agreement based on the principle of strengthening ties between the aforementioned ''family'' members. On 6 November 2013 the same was done between FK Sarajevo and KK Bosna Royal, by which the forty-year-old relationship was officialized.

Notable supporters

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Zlatko Lagumdžija Zlatko Lagumdžija (born 26 December 1955) is a Bosnian diplomat and politician serving as List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations, Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations since July 2023. ...

– Bosnian politician *

Nenad Marković Nenad Marković (born 6 June 1968) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player who played at the shooting guard position. He was most recently the head coach for Dinamo Sassari in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). Early life ...

– Bosnian former professional basketball player and current head coach *

Dino Merlin Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Born in Sarajevo, he founded and led the band Merlin (Yugoslav band), Merlin, one of the best-selling Rock b ...

– Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician and producer * Marjan Mijajlović – Bosnian-Serbian sports commentator *

Kemal Monteno Kemal Monteno (17 September 1948 – 21 January 2015) was a Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter whose career stretched from the 1960s to the 2010s. He is widely considered one of the greatest songwriters of the former Yugoslavia. Mon ...

– Bosnian recording artist and singer-songwriter *

Džanan Musa Džanan Musa (, born 8 May 1999) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at and weighing , Musa plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by ...

– Bosnian professional

player for

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

Dino Mustafić Dino Mustafić (born 6 July 1969) is a Bosnian film and theater director and current managing director of the Sarajevo National Theatre. Biography Mustafić was born in Sarajevo, at the time part of socialist Yugoslavia, the son of renowned Yugo ...

– Bosnian theatre director *

Jusuf Nurkić Jusuf Nurkić ( ; born 23 August 1994) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the 16th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft, be ...

– Bosnian professional

player for the

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Miralem Pjanić Miralem Pjanić (born 2 April 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow. Pjanić started his professional career at Metz, playing there for one season. He signed for fellow ...

– Bosnian professional footballer * Jusuf Prazina – Bosnian

figure *

Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature.

– Yugoslav novelist * Adam Shapiro – American actor *

Amra Silajdžić Amra Silajdžić-Džeko (born October 1, 1984) is a Bosnian model and actress. Career In 2000, aged 16, Silajdžić won the French contest, Metropolitan Top Model. She was noticed by fashion scouts and became a member of the modeling agency E ...

– Bosnian fashion model *

Danis Tanović Danis Tanović (born 20 February 1969) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or. Ta ...

– Bosnian film director *

Mirsad Terzić Mirsad Terzić (born 12 July 1983) is a Bosnian handball player for Wisła Płock. He is a left-back, but primarily known as a defender. While with Izviđač though, he scored 50 goals in only six games of the 2004–05 EHF Champions League se ...

– Bosnian professional

player *

Hari Varešanović Hajrudin "Hari" Varešanović (born 16 January 1961 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian musician. Varešanović remains the vocal soloist, primary composer and lyricist for the musical group Hari Mata Hari. Biography Hajrudin Varešanović was born in 1 ...

– Bosnian pop singer and vocalist for

Hari Mata Hari Hari Mata Hari is a Bosnian pop band. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hari Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and s ...

Safet Zec Safet Zec (born 5 December 1943) is a Bosnian painter and graphic designer. Biography Safet Zec was born in the town of Rogatica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a Bosniak family. He graduated from the School of Applied Arts in Sarajevo in 1964. ...

– Bosnian painter

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