Tel Aviv soccer fans wearing printed shirts calling police, racist party and rival team ‘scum’ barred from game

6 December 2025, 4:33 pm

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Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer fans were barred from a game today after wearing t-shirts reading “ultras Hapoel against the scum,” with symbols of the police, the banned racist Kach party, and the Maccabi soccer club.

Many who attended the game against Hapoel Petah Tikva at Tel Aviv’s Bloomfield Stadium boycotted the match, with images showing much of the stadium empty.

Police say in a statement that a “handful of fans arrived at the stadium wearing shirts with a print blatantly insulting Israel Police and another rival team.”

“The police’s action is in accordance with the law, and the police have the authority to prevent entry if there is a real concern about a breach of order to prevent harm to life and property,” the police says.

אנשי מיליציית בן גביר מוציאים אוהדי הפועל תל אביב מהיציע בבלומפילד. הסיבה: הם לובשים את החולצה הזאת.
בושה וחרפה, שיא שלילי חדש אפילו בעבור העובדים של המחבל מהממשלה.
שאר היציע יצא החוצה – כי סולידריות היא הנשק הכי חזק מול פאשיזם ואלימות.#רקהפועל pic.twitter.com/qVrdUISpLU

— Haim Har-Zahav (@haimhz) December 6, 2025