Soccer has been in Russia and the Soviet Union since the beginning of the 20th century. Even though soccer has been in Russia for the better part of 100 years, soccer fan culture has remained the same across the decades. The fans have always and will always be enthusiastically cheering for their team. However, while there were incidents of fans getting rowdy during the early days of soccer, there is a new sub culture present today that was not present back then. This subculture is known as hooliganism, which can be found all over Europe. Russian hooligans are known for their organized violence against each other during soccer matches. Hooligans build groups around the Russian soccer clubs, then they go and incite violence with each other.
