Overview

• A Frankfurt Regional Court delivered the verdict on June 25, concluding the DFB must pay €130,000 for tax evasion tied to the 2006 World Cup.
• Judges found the association evaded about €2.7 million by recording a €6.7 million FIFA payment as a business expense that funded bribery of FIFA officials.
• The ruling ends nearly a decade of probes and a trial that spanned 34 sessions since March 2024.
• The DFB previously lost its 2006 tax-exempt status and repaid €22 million, and it is contesting that liability before the tax court in Kassel.
• Proceedings against former officials Theo Zwanziger, Wolfgang Niersbach and Horst R. Schmidt were dropped in exchange for fines of €10,000 to €65,000 each.