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March 28 – Bernd Neuendorf will retain his presidency of the German FA (DFB) after he gained the backing from each the skilled and newbie golf equipment.
The regional and state associations in addition to the DFL have nominated the 63-year-old for re-election on the Bundestag on November 7 in Frankfurt am Foremost, the DFB confirmed on Thursday.
In a press release, DFL chairman and DFB Vice President Hans-Joachim Watzke, who is taken into account essentially the most highly effective official in German soccer, endorsed Neuendorf: “Since Bernd Neuendorf was elected President in 2022, the DFB has efficiently repositioned itself and, in shut cooperation with Stephan Grunwald, has developed positively each by way of sport and economically. Moreover, a really trusting collaboration has developed between the DFB and the DFL. The DFL Government Committee due to this fact unanimously helps Bernd Neuendorf within the election.”
Neuendorf got here to energy in March 2022 succeeding Wolfgang Niersbach who had resigned. A former journalist, Neuendorf introduced a measure of stability to the scandal-ridden organisation however his function within the FIFA Council usually drew scrutiny. The German FA and nationwide workforce took a stance earlier than and in the course of the World Cup in Qatar over human rights abuses and discrimination, however the DFB has shied away from any criticism of Saudi Arabia, the host of the 2034 World Cup.
A few of the build-up to that host award on December 11 final yr coincided with Germany’s failed bid to co-host the 2027 Girls’s World Cup with Belgium and the Netherlands. Brazil was awarded the event, seen as a comfort for the area after Conmebol relinquished desires of a centenary 2030 World Cup, which in flip, allowed FIFA to fast-track Saudi Arabia’s bid for the 2034 finals.
With most observers agreed that the joint bid was comfortably the perfect and most coherent bid for 2027 (FIFA politics trumped the neutral course of), Germany has as an alternative turned its consideration to bidding for the Girls’s Euro in 2029.
In addition to the occupation recreation, Neuendorf additionally has the help of the newbie golf equipment. Ronny Zimmermann, the First Vice President of the DFB for Novice Soccer and Regional and State Affiliation Affairs, stated: “Bernd Neuendorf has stored his promise of three years in the past. He’s a president of all of German soccer; he has put soccer again on the focal point, bringing grassroots and elite collectively once more. Underneath his management, the affiliation has consolidated itself – personnel-wise, structurally – and, along with treasurer Stephan Grunwald and the workers, additionally economically. The temper on the grassroots degree has modified considerably; the amateurs are behind him.”
Subsequent week, on the UEFA Congress, Neuendorf will even retain his seat on the FIFA Council.
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