Overview

• DFB’s Kontrollausschuss opened investigations into racist incidents reported during the DFB-Pokal’s first round in stadiums and on social media.
• Lok Leipzig filed a criminal complaint against unknown persons to help identify the offender linked to the abuse of Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei, who was booed after protesting.
• ROOTS president Otto Addo said racism in football is systemic and urged federation leaders to stop framing cases as isolated and to take top-level responsibility.
• The group cited communication and competence gaps across clubs, federations and media, offering courses and workshops and calling for evaluation, better resourcing and standardized prevention.
• Reported cases included slurs against a Kaiserslautern player in Potsdam/Babelsberg and racist messages to Nadiem Amiri and Kelsey Owusu, with ROOTS warning incidents appear to be rising.