Pyrotechnics, etc.: German clubs fine DFB 12 million euros

Pyrotechnics, etc.: German clubs fine DFB 12 million euros
Pyrotechnics, etc.: German clubs fine DFB 12 million euros

German professional soccer clubs were fined 12 million euros ($14.1 million) by governing body DFB in the past 2024-25 season, mainly for the use of pyrotechnics, which is banned in matches.

The DFB said the sum is slightly less than the 12.5 million euros that clubs in the top three divisions were fined in the previous 2023-24 season.

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Cologne was fined the largest sum of 924,355 euros, followed by Eintracht Frankfurt (764,600 euros) and SV Hamburg ($623,555). Cologne and Hamburg were in the second division last season.

The third division saw an overall increase from €1.5 million to €2.24 million in 2024-25, led by Dynamo Dresden’s €428,460. The fines for Bundesliga and second division clubs were approximately one million euros less.

Clubs can use a certain percentage of the fine for violence prevention measures, for which the DFB ultimately received around €8 million. Of these, 6 million euros were donated to football foundations.

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