The series, starring Ben Sultan, Sean Softy, Dekla, Daniel Manohin, David Shaul, Asaf Harel, Ilay Elmakias, Nehorai Kalifa, Avraham Shalom Levi, Shimon Mimran, and other actors, will premiere on Kan 11 starting June 9, 2025.
The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation has scored another international achievement with the sale of its new series to overseas markets. Following the success of Tehran, Manayek, Unknowns, Hour of Closing, Rehearsals, Six Zeros, and other hit series, the social thriller drama Hooligans will also air on leading platforms CANAL+ in France and ARD/SWR in Germany.
The series, produced by Artza Productions and United King Films, will be titled Hooligans in English and focuses on the clash between an extreme fan organization of a Jerusalem football club and rival extremist groups.
At the heart of the story is Manny Azoulay (Ben Sultan), who arrives at Teddy Stadium every Saturday with a supermarket cart. Not for the game itself, Manny isn’t even a football fan. He's a lone wolf with an explosive temperament and he struggles to fit into frameworks or connect with others.
Though the game doesn’t interest him, when he saves a man who turns out to be the leader of the club’s radical fan organization, the police force him to become an undercover agent against his will. To his surprise, it’s under these circumstances that he discovers his place and the sense of belonging he’s long lacked, within the turbulent and nationalistic world of the fan organization.
