Smoke, confetti and fireworks
Almost 200,000 euros: DFB imposed on Hannover 96
07/20/2025 – 07:59 a.m.Reading time: 1 min.
Sensitive punishment for Hannover 96: The DFB suspects the misconduct of the fans. The club is expensive.
The German Football Association (DFB) asks Hannover 96 to the cash register: Because of the misconduct of their own fans, the Lower Saxony must pay a sensitive punishment of 198,400 euros. The Sum of DFB said that the sum refers to three fines due to four cases of unsportsmanlike behavior of the supporters.
Accordingly, the highest individual penalty from incidents around the second division game against SC Paderborn on February 22, 2025 results. 82,200 euros alone are due. At the time, the fans of the second division club had ignited at least 90 pyrotechnic objects. The kick -off was delayed by seven minutes due to heavy smoke development and a considerable amount of confetti on the field. Further pyro actions followed during the game.
For the burning of at least 110 Bengal Fires at the away game at 1. FC Köln on November 30, 2024, 66,000 euros are due. Hannover 96 has to pay another 55,200 euros on the game at SSV Ulm on May 3, 2025. Among other things, ten smoke bodies were inflamed there and four fireworks batteries were shot down.
The club can use up to 66,100 euros of the total of security or violence prevention measures.