Deportivo target Riazor fine burden with five-year fan bans

Deportivo de La Coruña have tightened their stadium regulations after receiving more LaLiga fines than any other club across Spain’s top two divisions, increasing the financial and operational pressure surrounding their return to the top flight.The club’s updated internal rules introduce a zero-tolerance approach to violence and allow Deportivo to withdraw season tickets for up to five years, with the measures covering Riazor and their training facilities in Abegondo.Deportivo have reportedly been fined an average of about €15,000 per match, with supporter behaviour in the Riazor stands responsible for most of the penalties and chants during a fixture against Racing Santander resulting in a €21,000 sanction.The revised regulations establish 20 obligations for supporters and divide offences into minor, serious and very serious categories, giving the club a formal framework for issuing warnings, removing spectators and imposing stadium bans.Minor breaches can result in a verbal warning or the loss of a season ticket for between one and six months, while serious offences carry bans of between six months and two years.Attacks, racist conduct, ticket reselling, pitch invasions and throwing objects onto the playing surface are classified as very serious offences, allowing Deportivo to prevent affected supporters from holding season tickets for between two and five years.The club can also remove spectators for using flares, smoking, taking drugs or participating in offensive and aggressive chants, particularly where behaviour promotes violence, xenophobia or intolerance.Political, religious, commercial and other campaigning materials unrelated to sport will be prohibited, alongside face coverings and entry to the stands without a shirt.Although Deportivo have published internal stadium regulations during each of the past four seasons, promotion has increased the importance of controlling matchday conduct as the club face greater scrutiny and higher operating demands in LaLiga.Reducing disciplinary penalties would protect revenue at a time when Deportivo are also investing in the wider Riazor matchday proposition, including the restoration of the stadium’s historic Marathón Tower.The approximately €200,000 project will connect the tower to the stadium, incorporate it into the club museum tour and create a viewing platform, with completion required within one year of the permit issued on July 17.Deportivo’s new enforcement powers will now be tested during their first season back in the top division, with the club seeking to reduce avoidable fines while protecting the commercial value and safety of the Riazor matchday experience.