Paderborn have come under fire for tripling the price of their season tickets for disabled fans, who now have to pay over 1,000 euros to see the club play in their maiden season in the Bundesliga.
In May, Paderborn won promotion to the top tier of German football for the first time and have since started their debut campaign with four points from two games.
On Satuday, they host Cologne at the Benteler-Arena, which was opened in 2008 and is the smallest stadium in the division, holding just 15,000 fans.
Paderborn came under fire earlier this summer for offering the highest ticket prices in the Bundesliga, increasing the price of a season ticket by up to 90 percent from last season. Prices now range between 255 euros for a standing ticket, and 850 euros for the best seats in the stadium.
While the club did not comment on the increase in prices, they were backed by local media, claiming the hike will help boost their survival chances this season.
Ahead of the Cologne match, though, local paper Neue Westfalische reported the case of a disabled fan who now has to pay a total of 1,152 euros for a season ticket.
Christopher Mertens, a season ticket holder since 2004, has been charged the reduced fee of 765 euros for his ticket but cannot attend games without the assistance of a carer, who has to pay a further 50 percent of the price for a season ticket.
Paderborn has reserved a total of 40 seats for disabled supporters.
"We take the economic aspects seriously and adjust our thinking and acting accordingly," the club's fan liaison officer was quoted as saying by the paper.
Paderborn vice-president Martin Hornberger added: "We adjusted prices in every category following the promotion.
"[Social inclusion] means equal rights, and thus we have also adjusted prices for disabled fans. And the carer also sees first-class football in the stadium, but only pays 50 percent of the discounted price. We were guided by most other Bundesliga clubs."