die toten hosen are supporters of the football club fortuna düsseldorf. at the end of the 1980s, they helped the club by donating 200,000 dm towards signing the player anthony baffoe . from 2001 to 2003, they sponsored the club after it had experienced major financial difficulties. in 2002, the band signed an advertising contract with the diebels brewery, and donated the proceeds to the club's "nachwuchs" (youth side), who wear the band's skull emblem on their shirts.