BFC Dynamo has also attracted hooligans from outside, who are otherwise not affiliated with the club, to certain matches. Polish fans of Pogoń Szczecin were allegedly linked to riots during a match against Berliner AK 07 in the final of the 2009-10 Berlin Cup. Stewards and players of BFC Dynamo threw themselves in to prevent further riots. Goalkeeper Nico Thomaschewski later received an award from the Berlin Football Association (BFV) for his actions. Large scale riots occurred during a match between BFC Dynamo and 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the 2011-12 DFB-Pokal on 3 July 2011, when supporters of BFC Dynamo stormed the block of 1. FC Kaiserslautern at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark. Club officials openly expressed their embarrassment and disappointment over the behavior of some of its supporters and publicly apologized. While the police stated that most of those arrested were from Berlin, the club claimed it had never seen most of them before.