Overview
- DFL and DFB outlined a prevention-first package that boosts funding for social-pedagogical fan projects and expands club fan liaison roles.
- A new DFB-level oversight body will standardize stadium-ban procedures while local club commissions retain sanctioning authority.
- The football bodies say bans should rest on demonstrable facts and be processed quickly, and they oppose collective or blanket prohibitions.
- League officials reject across-the-board ticket personalization, cuts to away allocations and withholding approval of club safety concepts as ineffective.
- Police data for 2024/25 show a 17% drop in reported injuries despite more pyrotechnics and higher crowds, even as recent off-site clashes and expert warnings keep political and police pressure for tougher tools alive.