German professional football clubs have been fined a total of 12 million euros during the 2024/25 season, following a decision by the German Football Association (DFB), mainly for the use of pyrotechnics.
Although it is use of pyrotechnics at matches banned, fans and clubs are calling for other solutions, as fines have been shown to have little effect on solving the problem.
The DFB announced that the total amount of the fines was something smaller compared to the previous seasonwhen clubs from the three highest ranks of the competition were fined a total of 12.5 million eurosreports dpa.
He paid the biggest fine Cologne – 924,355 euros, then Eintracht Frankfurt with 764,600 euros and Hamburger SV with 623,555 euros. Cologne and Hamburg played in the second division last season.
The third league saw a total increase in fines from 1.5 million euros to 2.24 million euros in the 2024/25 season, led by Dynamo Dresden with a fine of 428,460 euros. Fines for clubs in the Bundesliga and other leagues were about one million euros lower than before.
Clubs can use a certain percentage of the imposed fine for violence prevention measureswhich means that in the end the DFB realistically earned about eight million euros. Of that amount, six million euros were donated to football foundations.
The total penalties of the DFB represent a great burden for some clubs in the second and third leagues, and do not appear to be an effective deterrent, with police reporting a 73 per cent increase in pyrotechnic incidents in the 2024/25 season.
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