What is HoolsRank?
HoolsRank is a comprehensive ranking platform for football hooligan firms worldwide. It presents both global and country-specific rankings by tracking fights between clubs and calculating dynamic standings through an iterative scoring algorithm that takes into account opponent strength, fight duration, numbers involved, age restrictions, and international versus domestic match-ups.
The formula
The rating formula is complex and incorporates a wide range of factors. The final score reflects a firm's size, international victories, activity level, opponent ratings, significant historical wins, and more. At present, the database includes over 2,500 agreed meetings, covering more than 99% of fights from the past five years. The rating system is not perfect and has its flaws, but it is gradually being improved, primarily through the addition of older fights and the updating of existing records.
The calculation ONLY includes forest fights, arranged meetings in the city, and encounters in approximately equal numbers and conditions. It does not take into account the size of the ultras sector, unequal clashes in the city, the total number of hooligans, nice Insta pics, or other similar factors.
The site's second aim is to function as a kind of Wikipedia for the world of football hooligans. The database contains over 2,500 agreed meetings, along with the names of firms, allied clubs, and other relevant information for each club.
The Russian football hooligan scene will not be represented on this website, as a hooligan with a Fan ID and under the supervision of an FSB officer is no longer a hooligan. HoolsRank stands with Ukraine.
Disclaimer
HoolsRank is an independent statistical archive. It records arranged fights between football supporter groups that have already taken place, and calculates rankings from those records.
HoolsRank does not organise, arrange or encourage fights, and does not take part in them. Nothing on this site is an invitation to commit violence or any other offence.
The site records clubs and groups only. It does not name or identify individual people.
If you think a record is wrong, or you want something removed, please use the contact page. Every request is reviewed.
Contact
The contact page is the easiest way to reach me: send a message or submit a fight without giving your email address away.
It serves for suggestions and requests, including the addition of significant historical fights, updates to existing data, improvements to club profiles, or proposals for refining the rating formula.
Email also works if you prefer it: hoolsrank@proton.me
Please note: emails along the lines of 'my club should be higher and the other club should be lower' will be ignored. We already know that.