Overview
- Supporter groups coordinated 12-minute silences and protest banners across Bundesliga venues, following a large Leipzig march with turnout estimates ranging from about 8,000 (police) to more than 20,000 (fan advocates).
- Clubs and football bodies voiced backing for fan concerns, with Bayern chief Jan-Christian Dreesen rejecting blanket measures and DFB/DFL engaging policymakers to prevent mandatory personalized tickets.
- Ministers remain divided on approach, as Saxony’s Armin Schuster urges implementing agreed steps with DFB oversight on bans, while Lower Saxony’s Daniela Behrens presses for stronger, uniform requirements at risk matches.
- Selected matches saw pyrotechnics and disruptions, including a brief stoppage and a postgame blaze in Cologne’s guest sector, plus incidents involving HSV and a prolonged interruption at Darmstadt.
- Fans cite official ZIS figures showing injuries dropped to 1,107 in 2024/25 and promote a petition against ticket personalization and AI scanning that surpassed 60,000 signatures by Sunday.