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Small Clubs Reap Revenue but Face Stadium Demands in DFB-Pokal Opener

Demanding DFB requirements under exclusive pay-TV rights stretch volunteer resources in local clubs.

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Der Moment, als dem FV Engers die Eintracht zugelost wurde: Ekstase pur im Vereinsheim.

Overview

  • FK Pirmasens has sold out its Stadion auf der Husterhöhe for Saturday’s first-round tie against Hamburger SV and expects about €100,000 in net income.
  • The club deployed 260 volunteers and 90 police, fire and security personnel to meet DFB infrastructure and safety standards.
  • Pay-TV broadcaster Sky holds exclusive live rights via Sky and WOW, leaving no free-to-air option for supporters.
  • FV Engers will host Eintracht Frankfurt at Koblenz’s Stadion Oberwerth on Sunday in what the club calls a regional “Festtag.”
  • Several other fifth-tier sides, including SV Hemelingen, SV Atlas Delmenhorst and RSV Eintracht 1949, have relocated home ties to larger venues to comply with DFB stadium requirements.