The 47-year-old said: “I’m pleased to have the confidence of the DFL executive committee and I’m looking forward to being able to play a positive role in these important discussions for professional football. I’m keen to see the character of the group and hear their wide range of views.”
The task force should help to draw lessons from the coronavirus pandemic. Projected subject areas include balanced competition, payment flows, community involvement, ethical guidelines, fan issues , economic stability and the promotion of women’s football. The participants will form three working groups for a number of meetings over the coming months.
An overview of the members of the ‘Future of Professional Football Task Force’, including DFB director Oliver Bierhoff and Green Party politician Cem Özdemir, is available HERE.
In the proceedings on the result of the Women's Bundesliga match at SC Freiburg, Bayer 04 have lodged an appeal against the verdict of the German Football Association (DFB) sports tribunal. Last Tuesday, the appeal against the replay of the match was rejected after a verbal hearing at the DFB Campus. The DFB federal court will now deal with the case.
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The Werkself return to Bundesliga action tomorrow following the international break. The Black and Reds entertain third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena on matchday seven on Saturday, 19 October (kick-off: 15.30 CEST). At the pre-match press conference ahead of the game against an in-form Eintracht side, head coach Xabi Alonso talked about his expectations for the fixture and provided updates on the Werkself squad.
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A great honour: Werkself homegrown players Francis Onyeka (U17 category) and Loreen Bender from the Bayer 04 Women's team (U19 category) have been awarded the gold Fritz Walter medal by the German Football Association (DFB). That was announced by the DFB on Friday. The Fritz Walter medal is the most prestigious individual award in German youth football.
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Eintracht Frankfurt have made their best start to a season in the last twelve years. The team from Hessen, currently third in the table, visit Leverkusen full of confidence on Saturday, 19 October (kick-off: 15.30 CEST). And they have a striker in their ranks who is in brilliant form. The lowdown on our next opponents.
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