Around 4,000 supporters from football clubs across Germany united on Sunday to demonstrate peacefully against rising ticket prices and the commercialisation of the nation's favourite sport.

The event was attended by supporters' groups from more than fifty clubs in the first, second and third divisions of Germany's Bundesliga with a rally held in front of the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin's city centre.

The fans gripes are against rising ticket prices, fan unfriendly kick-off times and heavy-handed action by the police.

"People must understand that this comes back on the fans and it kills the atmosphere in the stadiums," said spokesman Wilko Zicht.

Speakers denounced the commercialisation policies of both the German Football Federation (DFB) and the German league (DFL).