German international Jérôme Boateng is patron of the Berlin Midnight Sports Club (MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin), which was among the nominees for the DFB and Mercedes-Benz Integration Award. The jury, headed by DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach and national team manager Oliver Bierhoff, selected nine nominees in Frankfurt at the start of January in the Club, Free and Community Organisations and School categories, as well as the winner of the Special Award.
The winners will be announced at a gala at Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz Museum on the eve of Germany’s international friendly against fellow World Cup participants Chile on 4 March 2014. The winners will receive a Mercedes-Benz Vito, while the runners-up will receive cash prizes of 10,000 euros and 5,000 euros. The Special Award goes to Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05 for their exceptional integration efforts.
Niersbach: "Football is synonymous with integration"
"Football is synonymous with integration", said Wolfgang Niersbach. "The local football club is a place where people meet. Members of football clubs do an unbelievable amount together, overcoming language barriers or cultural differences in the process. Together with Mercedes-Benz, we have awarded the Integration Award each year since 2007. We are extremely pleased with the resonance the award has had and the quality of the submissions we receive each year."
Oliver Bierhoff said: "Football is a powerful driver of integration. Our national team demonstrates how people of different backgrounds can play together creatively and successfully." The national team manager is patron of the Award.
Minister of State Aydan Özoğuz, Ursula Schwarzenbart, Head of Daimler AG’s Global Diversity Office, DFB Integration Representative Gül Keskinler and Burkhard Jungkamp, Minister of State at the Department of Education, Youth and Sport for the Federal State of Brandenburg are the remaining members of the jury.
1,403 applications since 2007
Ursula Schwarzenbart said: "At Mercedes-Benz, we recognised the opportunities that diversity offers, and we are making full use of them. Both science and practical experience in particular demonstrate that mixed teams solve complex problems more successfully."
The following three football clubs are nominated for the Award: FC Borussia Dröschede, FC Halle-Neustadt and SV Türkgücü Kassel. The winner in the School category will be selected from the following three nominees: Schrenzerschule Butzbach, Alfred-Müller-Armack Berufskolleg, Cologne and Gesamtschule Völklingen-Bergstraße/Röchlinghöhe. In the Free and Community Organisations award, the nominees are: MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin, Zweikampfverhalten e.V. Hamburg and Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Ostholstein.
In 2013, the DFB received a total of 215 applications, including 130 clubs, 32 schools and 53 institutions. Since the award was launched in 2007, 1,402 applications have been submitted to the DFB.
Clubs nominated (in alphabetical order by town):
FC Borussia Dröschede
FC Halle-Neustadt e.V.
SV Türkgücü Kassel 1972 e.V.
Schools nominated (in alphabetical order by town):
Schrenzerschule Butzbach
Alfred-Müller-Armack Berufskolleg, Cologne
GS Völklingen–Bergstraße/Röchlinghöhe
Free and community organisations nominated in alphabetical order by town):
MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin
Zweikampfverhalten e.V. Hamburg
Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Kreisverband Ostholstein
Special Award:
1. FSV Mainz 05
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German international Jérôme Boateng is patron of the Berlin Midnight Sports Club (MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin), which was among the nominees for the DFB and Mercedes-Benz Integration Award. The jury, headed by DFB President Wolfgang Niersbach and national team manager Oliver Bierhoff, selected nine nominees in Frankfurt at the start of January in the Club, Free and Community Organisations and School categories, as well as the winner of the Special Award.
The winners will be announced at a gala at Stuttgart’s Mercedes-Benz Museum on the eve of Germany’s international friendly against fellow World Cup participants Chile on 4 March 2014. The winners will receive a Mercedes-Benz Vito, while the runners-up will receive cash prizes of 10,000 euros and 5,000 euros. The Special Award goes to Bundesliga club 1. FSV Mainz 05 for their exceptional integration efforts.
Niersbach: "Football is synonymous with integration"
"Football is synonymous with integration", said Wolfgang Niersbach. "The local football club is a place where people meet. Members of football clubs do an unbelievable amount together, overcoming language barriers or cultural differences in the process. Together with Mercedes-Benz, we have awarded the Integration Award each year since 2007. We are extremely pleased with the resonance the award has had and the quality of the submissions we receive each year."
Oliver Bierhoff said: "Football is a powerful driver of integration. Our national team demonstrates how people of different backgrounds can play together creatively and successfully." The national team manager is patron of the Award.
Minister of State Aydan Özoğuz, Ursula Schwarzenbart, Head of Daimler AG’s Global Diversity Office, DFB Integration Representative Gül Keskinler and Burkhard Jungkamp, Minister of State at the Department of Education, Youth and Sport for the Federal State of Brandenburg are the remaining members of the jury.
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1,403 applications since 2007
Ursula Schwarzenbart said: "At Mercedes-Benz, we recognised the opportunities that diversity offers, and we are making full use of them. Both science and practical experience in particular demonstrate that mixed teams solve complex problems more successfully."
The following three football clubs are nominated for the Award: FC Borussia Dröschede, FC Halle-Neustadt and SV Türkgücü Kassel. The winner in the School category will be selected from the following three nominees: Schrenzerschule Butzbach, Alfred-Müller-Armack Berufskolleg, Cologne and Gesamtschule Völklingen-Bergstraße/Röchlinghöhe. In the Free and Community Organisations award, the nominees are: MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin, Zweikampfverhalten e.V. Hamburg and Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Ostholstein.
In 2013, the DFB received a total of 215 applications, including 130 clubs, 32 schools and 53 institutions. Since the award was launched in 2007, 1,402 applications have been submitted to the DFB.
Clubs nominated (in alphabetical order by town):
FC Borussia Dröschede
FC Halle-Neustadt e.V.
SV Türkgücü Kassel 1972 e.V.
Schools nominated (in alphabetical order by town):
Schrenzerschule Butzbach
Alfred-Müller-Armack Berufskolleg, Cologne
GS Völklingen–Bergstraße/Röchlinghöhe
Free and community organisations nominated in alphabetical order by town):
MitternachtsSport e.V. Berlin
Zweikampfverhalten e.V. Hamburg
Deutscher Kinderschutzbund Kreisverband Ostholstein
Special Award:
1. FSV Mainz 05
