Croatian ultras scene vol. 2

Day 1,573, 07:07 • Published in Ireland Croatia • by Marinko Margarin

Tornado Zadar

Tornado 1965

Tornado Zadar are a supporter group from Zadar, Croatia. They have been organized since 1965. making them second oldest supporters firm in Croatia after Torcida Split with whom they are friends. They mostly support basketball club KK Zadar, but also football club NK Zadar as well as other teams from Zadar. It is accustomed that any match made by KK Zadar is followed by a group of Tornado supporters. They don't have exact rivalry (although some see Šibenski funcuti group from Šibenik as their rivals) but they are with odds mostly with clubs from Zagreb, or internationally from Serbia and their respective ultras. Throughout the era of former Yugoslavia the tensions were high on matches with KK Crvena Zvezda.The group is known for harsh and loud atmphosfere they create on home venues, the state of the art Krešimir Ćosić Hall and run-down Stadion Stanovi. In the old Jazine Basketball Hall they grouped moustly on eastern stand. In season 1997/98 they were selected for the best fan club in Croatia.








Kohorta Osijek

1988

Kohorta Osijek is a group of supporters of Croatian football club NK Osijek. It is located on the southeast stands of the Gradski vrt stadium in Osijek.The group was founded in 1988.

From 1972 to 1978 the group was named Šokci. From 1986 it is called Osijek Torcida.

In 1988 the group was renamed Kohorta from the Latin word cohors which has two meanings. First is the basic tactical infantry unit Roman Army - the tenth part of Legion. Another meaning of Kohorta is "a strongly bonded group of people".

Among the fans are Kohorta in early 21st century comes to a certain flow of generations and assume leadership of a group young people. Kohorta is experiencing a revival; the number of members is increasing rapidly, with many teams and subgroups established. Tours are unavoidable, the creation of new props, banners, regulated stand, flares and messages during the games become an indispensable segment, as well as other Croatian fan groups, and city of Osijek.






Armada Rijeka

the way of life

Armada are a football supporters club for NK Rijeka.

The name of the fan club was given in 1987 at a bar in the "Ri" shopping mall in Rijeka, and the first game attended by the Armada was the Final of the Yugoslav football cup against Hajduk Split in Beograd on the 9th of May 1987. The newly formed supporters group named themselves after the Spanish Armada because of the strength they showed in their support. Their fiercest rivals are BBB (Bad Blue Boys), Torcida and Kohorta.

Armada members gather in the west stand at Stadion Kantrida, from where they fiercely support their club.

Their mottos are: Sami protiv svih - Alone against everybody, and Krepat, ma ne molat - Die but not give up.






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