Addy Ruben, a 24-year-old Maccabi Tel Aviv fan who traveled to Amsterdam for the club's Europa League match with Ajax, told the BBC he was kicked to the floor by a group of youths who confronted him as he approached. the hotel
He said more than 10 people approached him and his friends and asked them where they were from.
"They shout 'Jews, Jews, IDF, IDF,'" Mr Ruben said, referring to the Israeli army.
"They started messing with me and I realized I had to run, but it was dark and I didn't know where to go. I fell on the floor and 10 people were kicking me. They were shouting 'Palestine'.
"They were kicking me on the floor for about a minute, then they left, they weren't afraid of anything.
"I realized I had blood all over my face and my nose was broken and it was very painful."
Mr Reuben said he could not see properly for about 30 minutes after the attack, but decided to go to hospital in Amsterdam because he heard the taxi driver had been involved in violence.
Instead he said he was going to Israel on a flight organized by the Israeli government on Friday afternoon and would be treated there.
"It was a well-planned attack," he added.
Some Israeli soccer fans said they were asked to show their passports during the attack.
Gal Binanmin Shubha, 29, told the BBC he was attacked after watching a different type of football game outside a casino in the city on Wednesday.
"We encountered about 20 people who rushed towards us. They asked me where I was from and I said I was from Greece. They said they didn't believe me and they asked to see my passport.
"I said I don't have a passport and then they beat me and pushed me to the ground and started kicking me in the face.
"I don't remember anything after that, and I woke up in an ambulance with blood all over my face, and realized they were going to knock out two of my teeth."
Panina, another Maccabi Tel Aviv supporter, also told Dutch media agency NOS that the violence against Israelis appeared premeditated.
"It looks like it was organized. There were a lot of people. They jumped on us... We hid in the hotel until it was safe to go out," she said.
Esther Voet, editor-in-chief of a Dutch Jewish weekly, lives in the city center and said she offered her home to shelter several Israeli fans after seeing footage of the violence.
"I told them this is a Jewish home and you are safe here," he told Israel's public broadcaster Kan. "People were really scared. I never thought I'd go through that in Amsterdam."
Dutch police said Israeli fans were subjected to "serious abuse" during the "hit-and-run" attacks, many of which were carried out by youths on scooters.
Amsterdam police chief Peter Hola said such attacks are difficult to prevent despite a large police presence in the city centre. The force eventually decided to surround the Maccabi supporters and protect them before busing them out of the area.
Five people were injured but have since been released from hospital and between 20 and 30 others suffered minor injuries, he said.
There was some tension between Maccabi fans and people in Amsterdam after the overnight attack on Friday, officials said.
Maccabi fans attacked a taxi and burned a Palestinian flag on Wednesday, police chief Holla said. The taxi drivers then headed towards a location where around 400 Maccabi fans had gathered but the police managed to clear them from the area. More clashes broke out in Dam Square on Thursday night but police were able to keep most of the groups apart.
Police went with pro-Palestinian protesters on Thursday evening before the match and managed to keep most of them separate from football fans - but were unable to prevent attacks later in the evening.
"We look back at 36 hours that really shock me. Supporters of Israel were attacked and some were horribly abused," Holla said.
"We look back at 36 hours that really shock me. Supporters of Israel were attacked and some were horribly abused," Holla said.
"I am particularly appalled that we have taken the biggest police action yet and that we have not been able to control or prevent this violence."
"Wars in the Middle East threaten the peace of our city" and there has been a "disastrous explosion of anti-Semitism," said Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema.
He said Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were not considered a threat of violence and there was no hostility between them and fans of Dutch club Ajax.
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