Feyenoord fans pack centre of Rotterdam to celebrate league title

Thousands of singing and dancing fans crowded the streets in front of the town hall early on Monday, hours before the team would appear on the balcony around 12:00 CET.

"I have been here since 5:30am, but I don't care," a fan told local TV station RTV Rijnmond. "Feyenoord is champion!"

Feyenoord clinched their first Eredivisie crown since 2017 on Sunday with an easy 3-0 win over Go Ahead Eagles, sparking wild celebrations in the port city, which lasted throughout the night.

"Winning a championship is great, but achieving it with Feyenoord has something special, seeing what it does to all these people here and because it doesn't happen every year," Feyenoord coach Arne Slot said.

The city planned the official celebrations at midday on Monday in an effort to avoid the riots that erupted from similar celebrations in the past.

Streets in front of the town hall were closed off when they reached capacity hours before the ceremony to avoid overcrowding, while alcohol was banned and police searched fans for fireworks.

Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said the festivities on Sunday evening had passed without major incidents, even though more than a hundred people were arrested for vandalism, open drunkenness and assaulting the police.

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