Overview
- The DFB fined RB Leipzig €14,500 for pyrotechnics by traveling supporters during last season’s matches in Bremen, Berlin and Heidenheim.
- Using stadium video, the club says it identified roughly 15 alleged participants and has moved to shift the financial penalty onto those individuals.
- RB’s active fan group publicly denounced the cost allocation as intimidation and called the sum trivial for the club’s budget.
- BILD reported that most of the accused acknowledged involvement and that RB issued no stadium bans, a depiction the fan scene disputes.
- Further meetings between club representatives and the active supporters are scheduled this week, as separate DFB rulings continue with VfL Bochum fined €55,000 for mass pyrotechnics at Schalke.