FC Augsburg pays 92,000 euros in punishment for pyrotechnics in the DFB Cup game

The trip to VfB Stuttgart was not really worthwhile that evening. In the DFB Cup quarter-finals in early February, FC Augsburg made an unusual appearance and was subject to Extremely deserved with 0: 1. Afterwards, the Bundesliga club will not only be in pain, and at the same time the game has had a judicial aftermath for the Augsburgers. During the game in Stuttgart, supporters of the FCA had ignited numerous pyrotechnic objects. The prohibited use now gives the club a high fine.

FC Augsburg has to pay a penalty of 92,000 euros

The control committee of the German Football Association (DFB) had charged charges due to unsportsmanlike behavior of the FCA supporters; the DFB sports court ultimately took FC Augsburg with fines over total height of 92,000 euros. 19 rockets and 35 Bengal fire were sanctioned in the guest fan block. From the total penalty, the FCA can use up to 30,500 euros for safety -related or violence prevention measures. Since the association approved the judgment, it is legally binding.

Not for the first time this season, the FCA has to pay for the forbidden use of pyrotechnics in a stadium, only in mid -April the FCA was involved a fine of 52,000 euros made. Previously, fans had burned up fireworks during encounters with FC St. Pauli, Holstein Kiel and also VfB Stuttgart.

The use of pyrotechnics is prohibited and an administrative offense. Clubs react with stadium bans. If people are harmed, the matter gets criminal relevance. The Pyro incidents are increasingly a thorn in the side of the FCA. The FCA has to pay around 1000 euros for each torch. In the 2023/24 season alone, the FCA had to pay just under 208,000 euros, of which he had to put 68,750 euros in security -relevant measures.

Further penalties for the past season possible

How high the punishments will be in the past season is not yet foreseeable. However, it is obvious that the sum of the previous season is exceeded. For example, there is still a judgment For the second leg against Kiel from in which the FCA fans lit again.