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Düsseldorf's Khaled Narey (r.) In the game against his ex-club Hamburger SV
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On the day when Hamburger SV had to announce a loss of one million euros in the balance sheet for the eleventh time in a row, the second division was sentenced to pay a fine of 30,000 euros for racist behavior by its fans.
According to the arbitration ruling of the Sports Court of the German Football Association (DFB), the club can use up to 10,000 euros of this for safety measures, which the DFB would have to prove by May 31, 2022.
During the second division game against Fortuna Düsseldorf (1-1) on October 16, the former HSV professional Khaled Narey was, according to the DFB, "insulted and racially insulted by a small group of spectators from the Hamburg block, especially when they played corner kicks with monkey sounds." been.
Such "inhuman behavior" would in no way be tolerated.
The day after the game against Düsseldorf, HSV responded to the incidents in the stadium on social media: “As much as we were happy about the return of many fans and the great atmosphere in the Volksparkstadion, such unacceptable incidents make us disappointed and angry. “Narey himself wished the perpetrators a“ get well soon ”on Instagram.
HSV Fußball AG made a loss of 4.7 million euros in the past financial year (previous year: 6.7 million euros).
Sales collapsed due to the pandemic by 41.7 percent to 55.8 million euros, as the table seventh announced on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, the Hanseatic League was able to reduce its liabilities by 6.6 million euros to 51.2 million euros.
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