German Football Federation (DFB)

German Football Association (DFB) general secretary Helmut Sandrock has today (Friday) become the latest senior official to resign from the organisation just days before the publication of a report concerning allegations of corruption surrounding the 2006 Fifa World Cup in the country.

German football great Franz Beckenbauer was today fined CHF7,000 (€6,310/$7,050) and warned by the adjudicatory chamber of the Fifa Ethics Committee for failing to cooperate with Michael Garcia’s investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach has resigned, but maintained his innocence amid mounting pressure relating to a scandal concerning a payment connected to the country’s successful bid for the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

The German Football Association (DFB) has stressed that it is not under investigation but will cooperate with authorities after police raided its Frankfurt headquarters today (Tuesday) and searched the homes of officials in the case surrounding a multi-million euro payment connected to Germany’s successful bid for the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

Franz Beckenbauer, who led Germany’s local organising committee for football’s 2006 World Cup in the country, has admitted that a transfer of €6.7m ($7.4m) to the sport’s global governing body Fifa in 2005 was a mistake.

German Football Association (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach today (Monday) reiterated that there is no truth in allegations that a secret ‘slush fund’ was established to secure votes for the country to host football’s 2006 Fifa World Cup, as Frankfurt’s state prosecutor said it will look into the reports.

The German Football Association (DFB) has denied allegations that a secret ‘slush fund’ was set up to secure votes for the country to host football’s 2006 Fifa World Cup.

Billionaire Dietmar Hopp’s majority control of German Bundesliga top-tier football club Hoffenheim has been approved by the DFL, the country’s football league.

Helmut Sandrock, the general secretary of the DFB, the German football association, has confirmed that a deal has been discussed with counterparts from the English Football Association surrounding the hosting rights for the Uefa Euro 2020 and 2024 international tournaments.

The German Football Association (DFB) has launched an online portal dedicated to amateur football in the country.

Uefa has announced that 19 members associations have put forward final bid dossiers for Euro 2020, with London and Munich set to compete for the showpiece package of the national team football tournament.

The final of the DFB-Pokal, German club football’s top cup competition, will remain at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium through 2020 under an extended agreement between the German Football Association (DFB) and the City of Berlin.

The German Football Association (DFB) has announced it will develop a new purpose-built academy and headquarters, in a move that is set to keep the organisation in the city of Frankfurt.

The German Football Association (DFB) has extended its long-term marketing partnership with the Infront Sports and Media agency for a further four years until 2018.

The German Football Association (DFB) has unanimously re-elected Wolfgang Niersbach as president, with his new term of office set to run through to 2016.

The German Football Association (DFB) has revealed that the country will bid to host the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship.