The Loudest Soccer Fans on Earth

[menacing violins playing]

I've come to Istanbul

Turkey's largest city of 70 million people

and a crossroads between Europe and Asia.

[menacing horned instruments blare]

Football is huge in Turkey.

I've come to meet some supporters of Galatasaray

who were last year recorded making

the loudest ever noise heard inside a football stadium.

I'm going to travel with them to a big game

and see just how loud they are.

[men chanting]

[electric club music]

I'm on [men shouting] Ali Sami Yen Street

two hours to kick off.

Galatasary fans, they meet on this street

they gather together, they make an incredible atmosphere

I am with Atahag who's a supporter of Galatasary

What does Galatasary mean to you?

Everybody you see here has the same feelings

we don't support Galatasary, we believe in Galatasary.

[men chanting]

[dark music]

[men chanting]

I've just arrived at the stadium

the sound is incredible already, I can hear the fans

loud and clear.

I've got the decibel meter reader, so I'm going to take

this inside and see just how loud those Galatasary fans are.

[Chanting]

[Narrator] The fans are still getting used to their new

home which is over twice the size of the old

Ali Sami Yen stadium.

Other clubs have moved home, but struggle to replicate

the atmosphere in their new stadium, that is not the case

with Galatasaray.

The noise is sparked by four different vocal areas around

the stadium.

When one starts, the rest usually join in and the

noise cascades down from all tiers.

Unbelievable!

What an incredible experience

even when Galatasary were losing the fans didn't stop

singing on all four sides of the stadium.

Almost fifty-two thousand people, and the decibel

meter reader recorded everything. That's if it's strong

enough to record it.