Bayern Munich fined for fan trouble
Several instances ranging from lighting flares to running on the pitch has led to the fine being imposed on the team.
- Associated Press
- Updated: January 11, 2013 09:37 am IST
The German Football Federation has fined Bayern Munich a total of €15,000 ($19,670) for fan trouble during Bundesliga games.
The DFB says Bayern fans set off flares causing smoke plumes during a game at Fortuna Duesseldorf on October 20 and let off fireworks at Nuremberg on November 17, while a home supporter ran toward the pitch when the club hosted Borussia Dortmund on December 1.
Duesseldorf was fined €10,000 ($13,110) after a fan threw a beer cup toward a referee's assistant and a Hamburg player on November 23, and after fireworks were set off in Nuremberg on December. 8.
Mainz was fined €8,000 ($10,490.40) for flares lit at Borussia Moenchengladbach on December. 9.
Second division Cologne was fined €5,000 ($6,560) for flares during a German Cup game at Wormatia Worms.