Overview
- The DFB imposed just over €12 million in penalties on 56 clubs across the top three tiers, slightly below the €12.5 million total a year earlier.
- 1. FC Köln paid the most at €924,355, Eintracht Frankfurt led the Bundesliga with €764,600, and Hamburg followed on €623,555.
- Disciplinary totals in the 3. Liga rose to €2.238 million, topped by Dynamo Dresden on €428,460, while two clubs there received no fines.
- Most sanctions stemmed from pyrotechnics, even as police reported a 73% year-on-year increase in pyro-related incidents.
- Clubs can channel parts of penalties into prevention; roughly €8 million ultimately reached the DFB, with about €6 million donated to football foundations, as fan groups and Schalke’s Matthias Tillmann push for controlled pyro and harm-reduction approaches.