New DFB President: acid test for Neuendorf – Sport
Confused, Rainer Koch persevered to the bitter end, in the first row of the plenum, his gaze fixed on the stage, with the outgoing treasurer Stephan Osnabrügge as a comforter next to him. Then he disappeared without a word through a side exit of the Bonn Congress Center. The 63-year-old top official couldn’t believe what […]
Deselecting Rainer Koch: A vacuum that is good for the DFB – Sport
The Rainer Koch system in the German Football Association has been deselected. The longtime vice president, master of the amateurs and – above all – of the statutes of the DFB, has thrown himself out with his last move. Confident that he would wear down his internal association critics in the tried and tested way […]
New President Bernd Neuendorf must ensure calm
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Deselection of Rainer Koch at the Bundestag: Revolution at the DFB – Sport
Of Johannes Aumüller, Bonn Rainer Koch almost sounds desperate as he fights for his sporting future. The controversial multi-functionary from Bavaria wants to be re-elected vice-president of the association at the Bundestag of the German Football Association (DFB), but this time he has an opponent, the sports scientist Silke Sinning. And now he makes a […]
Bernd Neuendorf wins DFB presidential election against Peter Peters
Bernd Neuendorf is the new President of the German Football Association. The 60-year-old prevailed in the election at the DFB Bundestag on Friday in Bonn with 193:50 votes against Peter Peters (59). Neuendorf came as a candidate for the influential amateur representatives, Peters was supported by professional football. The election in the World Conference Center […]
DFB Bundestag: And again a new beginning – sport
German football is facing the most unusual Bundestag in its history, on Friday in the Bonn Congress Center. The German Football Association has been in existence for 122 years, it has seen 43 ordinary meetings of delegates, and 13 regularly elected presidents have stood at its head. But for months everyone involved has been preparing […]
DFB and the 2006 World Cup: the missing report
To clear up the 2006 World Cup affair, the DFB commissioned a law firm for a lot of money. But in addition to the published report, she also delivered a second, secret report. Why this? And why does nobody at the DFB want to remember that? Of Johannes Aumüller and Thomas Kistner In August 2016, […]
DFB: “He lives from the intrigue” – fire letter from the ex-presidents
Soccer DFB “He lives on intrigue” – fire letter from the ex-president Stand: 07.03.2022 | Reading time: 3 minutes DFB Vice President Rainer Koch Source: dpa/Andreas Gora The DFB has not had a regular president for almost a year. A new one will be elected on Friday. Shortly before that, three ex-presidents get together and […]
Election campaign at the DFB: A cornucopia for the officials
Amateur football is going through hard times, Corona continues to shake everything up. Some of the 25,000 grassroots clubs are struggling to survive, players have to be kept on board and teams in operation, and the financial worries are great. But one group will have to worry less about finances in the future – at […]