Franz Beckenbauer returns to Presidium

A member of the FIFA Executive Committee, Franz Beckenbauer returned to the DFB Presidium on Friday. The members appointed Beckenbauer as a representative for international assignments. Beckenbauer, who has won a World Cup as a player in 1974 and as the German team manager in 1990, had been an automatic member of the executive board of the DFB between September 2000 and March 2007, a period when he was President of the Local Organising Committee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

The DFB Presidium is now made up of the following members

• The President Dr. Theo Zwanziger and the Treasurer Horst R. Schmidt
• The Acting League President Dr. Reinhard Rauball and the Representative for Amateur Football Hermann Korfmacher

Nine additional vice-presidents

• The Chairman of the German Football League (DFL) Executive Christian Seifert
• The Acting Vice-Presidents of the League Association Peter Peters and Harald Strutz
• The Vice-President for the Future Development of Football Dr. Hans Georg Moldenhauer
• The Vice-President for Recreational Sport and Prevention and Integration Rolf Hocke
• The Vice-President for Social and Socio-Political Affairs Karl Rothmund
• The Vice-President for Judicial and Constitutional Affairs Dr. Rainer Koch
• The Vice-President for Women's and Girls' Football Hannelore Ratzeburg
• The Vice-President for Youth Football Dr. Hans-Dieter Drewitz

And also

• The General Secretary Wolfgang Niersbach
• The Honorary Presidents Hon. Dr. Egidius Braun and Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder
• The representative of the national team Oliver Bierhoff and the representative of the junior teams Matthias Sammer
• The representative for international assignments Franz Beckenbauer