Bayern Munich Fined for Fan Trouble

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.