Germany’s Football Association (DFB) has appointed the former chief of an elite police special unit tackle a rise in hooliganism in the country’s lower leagues.
The DFB said Helmut Spahn, 45, who was also in charge of security for Germany’s World Cup organising committee, would head the task force that has been created to combat violence and racism in soccer.
Although there was little trouble at the World Cup, there have been outbreaks of violence at several amateur and lower division matches in recent weeks.
