Overview
- DFB’s sports court fined Köln €220,000 for fan pyrotechnics against Bayern, in coverage framed as another costly sanction for the club.
- Video reviewed by the DFB control committee identified at least 110 devices, including about 100 flares and 10 smoke pots.
- The heavy smoke forced the referee to pause the game early in the match for roughly nine minutes.
- The decision lets Köln redirect up to €73,000 of the fine to security upgrades or violence-prevention projects.
- DFB guidelines set €1,000 per pyrotechnic device and double the total when play stops for more than five minutes, which produced the €220,000 sum.