Clubs in the three highest German leagues also had to pay high fines last football season for fan misconduct German Football Association (DFB) pay. In total, the clubs had to pay more than 12 million euros. That’s almost the same as the previous season. At that time it was around 12.5 million euros.
The main reason for this was that fans often set off Bengalos and other fireworks in the stadiums. These are forbidden. If fans still use pyrotechnics, the club has to pay a fine.
1. FC Köln had to pay the highest individual amount. The fans of the newly promoted Bundesliga club caused fines totaling 924,355 euros in the last second division season. Eintracht Frankfurt followed in second place with 764,600 euros. The Hessians were once again the most heavily sanctioned club in the Bundesliga. In the 2023/24 season, the DFB even imposed 918,950 euros on the Champions League participants.
Hamburger SV took third place in the overall ranking with 623,555 euros. The second Bundesliga promoted team also attracted attention due to numerous fan crimes.
Significantly more penalties in the 3rd league
In the 3rd league, Dynamo Dresden had to pay the highest sum of 428,460 euros. Overall, they increased Fines in the third highest league: at around 2.24 million euros, they were clearly above the previous year’s figure of around 1.5 million euros. What was remarkable was that two clubs, Viktoria Köln and Hannover 96 II, remained completely free of fines.
In the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga, however, the penalties fell by more than one million euros.
Since the clubs are allowed to use part of the fines for preventive measures against violence, in the end only a good eight million euros actually ended up with the DFB. As usual, the association passed on around six million euros of this as donations to various football foundations.
