Supporters
Supporters of the club have the reputation of being "nationalist thugs". One supporter claims that supporters of the club "don't start fights" and are "just giving their team support". The supporter went on to say that "everything'll be fine" if supporters of other clubs don't provoke him or other supporters of Karpaty Lviv. If they had foreign players at the club, they would send them back home if they could. The club protects its players from its nationalist fans. Danilo Avelar, a player from Brazil, stated how he "hasn't heard of nationalist fans and hopes it isn't true". However, authorities have been problems in the past with violent fans in Lviv. There was a riot in Lviv's old town when ultranationalist Karpaty supporters clashed with supporters of German side Borussia Dortmund where supporters from both sides were injured.
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