Since the turn of the year German football has been plagued with numerous incidents of a violent nature. Is Germany seeing the start of a new era of football hooliganism?
Police in Bavaria are looking for a group of English football fans who beat up two men before the Champions League clash between Manchester United and Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Seventeen arrests were made during the evening.
Bundesliga side Hannover 96 successfully took two of its supporters to court on Friday to reclaim €8,500 of UEFA fines handed to the club due to the fans' misbehaviour.
Schalke 04 has banned 500 football fans of a rival club from its stadium for five years following trouble the last time the teams met. A fight between hooligans from the clubs on Saturday left one man with life-threatening injuries.
With Germany's opening Euro 2012 qualifier against Belgium taking place on Friday night, German police have been searching trains bound for Brussels in a bid to prevent known hooligans from travelling.