25/6/2025–|Last update: 17:54 (Mecca time)
Today, Wednesday, a German court ruled that the German Football Association is fined in terms of payments related to the 2006 World Cup, which was linked to a scandal for many years that distorted the championship reputation.
The German Federation told the game that it had seen the Frankfurt regional court decision today, adding that the appeal is possible, but it will first study the ruling written as soon as it was published.
The case related to the payment of 6.7 million euros (7.8 million dollars) two decades ago, caused harm to the image of the most prominent global event held in Germany.
At the heart of the case, which took a long time in the courts and included several separate investigations, there is a financial batch linked to an event related to the 2006 World Cup that has never been established.
Prosecutors said that tax declarations included a boost of 6.7 million euros from the German Federation to the International Federation of the game (FIFA) in exchange for hosting the 2006 World Cup, although the money was actually used for another purpose and should not have been deducted from taxes.
The German Federation said, in a statement, “According to the ruling, the court assumes that the Federation announced all its revenues from the 2006 World Cup, and he paid taxes on it, however, the court believes that the amount of 6.7 million euros had to be deducted for tax purposes in 2002 and not 2006.”
A fine of 130 thousand euros
He added, “The Regional Court imposed a fine of 130,000 euros on the union, because it ruled separately in 2006, without taking into account the extra tax that was paid in 2002.
“The German Federation will pay only 110,000 euros, because the court has deduced 20 thousand euros due to the length of the procedures.”
Last April, the same court acquitted the former president of the German Federation after fining it with 10,000 euros.
This batch had sparked investigations to allegations that it was used as a secret box to buy votes in favor of the German file to host the 2006 World Cup.
An investigation commissioned by the German Federation of the game in 2016 stated that the amount was to pay a FIFA loan from Robert Lowe-Drifos, former head of Adidas.
The German Tax Authority ordered the local federation for the game in 2017 to pay more than 20 million euros in the form of late taxes related to 2006.
The 2006 World Cup was called the “imaginary summer story” after the landowner reached the semi -finals with the full stadiums and fans’ areas throughout the country that attracted hundreds of thousands of fans.