The System of financial controls is a long tradition in Germany. The relevant criteria and means have been integrated long ago into the “economic criteria” that must be proven in the licensing procedure for every season. The German Football Association (FA) and German League keep on developing these rules, also taking into account experiences and guidelines received from UEFA Club Licensing procedure and -especially- UEFA Financial Fairplay. However, it has to be noted that Germany -although always one of the counties with the most developed and strictest licensing procedure- did not fully adapt all criteria that UEFA introduced over the last few...
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