German professional football clubs were fined €12 million ($14.1 million) by the ruling body DFB in the past season 2024-25, mainly over the use of pyrotechnics which is prohibited at matches.

The DFB said that the sum is a little lower than the €12.5 million clubs from the three top divisions were fined in the previous season 2023-24.

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Cologne were fined the biggest sum of €924,355, followed by Eintracht Frankfurt (€764,600) and SV Hamburg ($623,555). Cologne and Hamburg were in the second division last season.

The third division saw an overall increase from €1.5 million to €2.24 million in 2024-25, led by Dynamo Dresden’s €428,460. Fines for Bundesliga and second division clubs were around €1 million lower.

Clubs can use a certain percentage of a fine for violence prevention measures which means that the DFB eventually received around €8 million. Of those, €6 million were donated to football foundations.