The hooligans of FC Berlin were the most notorious for years in Germany. The youth television programme Elf99 on Deutscher Fernsehfunk (DFF) ran a special story on the hooligans of FC Berlin in August 1991. The story was called "Elf-Spezial: Das randalierende Rätsel – Der Berliner Hooligans zwischen Wahn und Scham?" and can be found on YouTube as of 2020. An asylum shelter in Greifswald was attacked during an away match against Greifswalder SC 1926 on 3 November 1991. This caused SV Hafen Rostock 61 to postpone its upcoming match at home against FC Berlin for security reasons. Playing for meager crowds in regional leagues, the club also became a meeting place for individuals from the Berlin far-right, hooligan and criminal underground. One of those involved in the assault on French policeman Daniel Nivel during the 1998 FIFA World Cup had connections to the hooligan scene of FC Berlin.