Bayern Munich donate another R6.6 million to amateur clubs

Bayern Munich are donating another €350,000 ($384,000) to amateur clubs in their home state of Bavaria to help them through the coronavirus crisis, the Bundesliga champions said on Thursday. Photo: Reuters/Federico Gambarini

Bayern Munich are donating another €350,000 ($384,000) to amateur clubs in their home state of Bavaria to help them through the coronavirus crisis, the Bundesliga champions said on Thursday. Photo: Reuters/Federico Gambarini

Published May 28, 2020

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MUNICH - Bayern Munich are donating another €350,000 ($384,000) to amateur clubs in their home state of Bavaria to

help them through the coronavirus crisis, the Bundesliga champions

said on Thursday.

Bayern said that the 35 fifth-tier Bayernliga clubs will receive €10,000 each from money made available by fans who waived ticket

refunds for home matches now played behind closed doors because of

the pandemic.

The waived refunds all go to the club's Hilfe eV charity, which last

week made €460,000 available for all Bavarian fourth-tier teams

and the state's sports association.

"It's a wonderful sign of solidarity," Hilfe eV CEO Karl Hopfner said

in a club statement.

"Football is an essential part of social life. At the clubs, children

and youths learn fundamental values such as team spirit, respect and

tolerance. It is very important to us that, together with our fans,

we can use these funds to help stabilise the football landscape in

Bavaria in these difficult times during the pandemic."

Together with the other three Champions League teams Borussia

Dortmund, RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern have also donated

20 million euros to create a solidarity fund for professional teams

affected by the outbreak.

dpa

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