Because of severe sexist failures of fans of the third division club Rot-Weiss Essen against referee Fabienne In the game at SC Verl, the DFB sports court sentenced the club to a fine.
Rot-white food must therefore be 20,000 euros “Unsportable behavior of his supporters” Numbers, as the German Football Association announced on its homepage. The association can use up to 6,650 euros of this for preventive measures against discrimination, but must demonstrate this to the DFB by December 31, 2025. According to the DFB, Rot-Weiss Essen has already accepted the judgment, which is legally binding.
“The calls and chants were directed against the gender of the referee and were therefore discriminatory and inhuman. They greaterly violated the dfb and its members’ values”the managing director of Sport and Communication at DFB Schiri GmbH, Knut Kircher, was cited in the message: “We welcome the fact that the sports court clearly named and convicted this fact. This is also an important signal to protect the referee.”
Sexist insults and verbal sexual violence
During the third division game at SC Verl on March 28th, the Essen fans had mistakes from the referee in the 0: 3 defeat Fabienne Michel taken as an opportunity to tune in chants that not only contained sexist insults, but also verbal sexual violence.
The incident was initially without further effects because it was neither documented by the referee observer present nor by the referee in the game report. In the meantime, Fabienne Michel has also filed a complaint in civil law.
Sportschau research Solve investigations
The DFB had only found out about the incidents by researching the sports show. After examining the present TV recordings, the DFB control committee finally initiated investigations. At Rot-Weiss Essen, too, the reporting on the incidents had started to reappoint.
Published in a first day after the first report in the sports show Statement If the club then distanced itself from the sexist failures in the fan curve. “Red-Weiss Essen steps, and so it is anchored in our association statute, discriminatory or inhuman behavior”it said.