You're meant to be on the same side! Belgrade football derby descends into chaos as fans turn on their own by stripping supporters NAKED, beating them and burning them with fireworks

  • Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade derby resulted in at least 17 injuries 
  • Tonight's match, which incidentally ended 1-1, erupted in a pyrotechnic brawl
  • Two rival factions of Partizan's supporters battered each other on the terraces
  • One set of fans tried to take another group's territory, but it ended badly for them
  • Rival group beat them up, stripped and burned them before kicking them out 

By Gareth Davies For Mailonline

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The Belgrade football derby descended into chaos when a pyrotechnic brawl erupted between rival factions of the same set of supporters.

Red Star against Partizan Belgrade is always circled on the calendar as one of the most brutal football rivalries in the world. 

But tonight's match didn't even need the animosity between the two teams to produce bloodied fans and police officers as Partizan crowd turned on themselves. 

One sub-group of supporters tried to enter another's territory on the terraces, but it ended badly with them getting battered, stripped, burned and kicked out of the ground half-naked. 

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Police escort the football fans injured during the fights at a match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia December 13, 2017. They were stripped by a rival faction, battered burned and kicked out of the end they were trying to take

Police escort the football fans injured during the fights at a match between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia December 13, 2017. They were stripped by a rival faction, battered burned and kicked out of the end they were trying to take

A still image from a video showing supporters being frogmarched out of the ground. One man, the second from the front, can be seen with a bloodied face and another in the back of the crowd in front of the yellow gates appears to have been stripped completely naked

A still image from a video showing supporters being frogmarched out of the ground. One man, the second from the front, can be seen with a bloodied face and another in the back of the crowd in front of the yellow gates appears to have been stripped completely naked

Partizan fans put their hands on their heads as riot police officers escort them from the ground

Partizan fans put their hands on their heads as riot police officers escort them from the ground

The fans, many of which appear to be naked, can be seen being marched away from the fracas

The fans, many of which appear to be naked, can be seen being marched away from the fracas

The mass brawl resulted in 17 people suffering injuries, the Beta agency said on Wednesday.

Photographers at Partizan's Stadion Partizana said the fight broke out in a section of the stadium housing home fans and lasted around 10 minutes. 

Police were forced to intervene to end the scuffles while several fans, some with bloodied faces, were evacuated from the stadium.

It is understood the fight occurred in the area reserved for an organised group of Partizan fans called the Grobari, which translates to Gravediggers. 

A number of supporters from the Young Boys clan, also Partizan supporters, tried to take control of the south stand of the stadium.  

Serbian riot police officers attend the Serbian SuperLiga football match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade, Serbia, tonight which descended into chaos

Serbian riot police officers attend the Serbian SuperLiga football match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade, Serbia, tonight which descended into chaos

Red Star supporters light flares during the Serbian SuperLiga football match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade after watching their city rivals turn on each other

Red Star supporters light flares during the Serbian SuperLiga football match between Partizan and Red Star in Belgrade after watching their city rivals turn on each other

Red Star soccer fans light torches during a Serbian National football league derby match

Red Star soccer fans light torches during a Serbian National football league derby match

Grobari ultras stood their ground and battered the trespassers, burning them with flares, before stripping them and kicking them out of the terraces naked. 

Police managed to rescue the Young Boys while the match, which incidentally finished 1-1, was temporarily halted.  

Since the break up of the former Yugoslavia, the Belgrade derby has often been beset by hooligan problems. 

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