Reinhard Grindel is the new president of the DFB (German Football Association). The former treasurer won the majority of votes from the 255 delegates at Friday’s extraordinary DFB congress in Frankfurt am Main. Grindel is the twelfth president in the history of the DFB to be voted in jointly by the amateur and professional branches of football. The 54-year-old lawyer is the successor to Wolfgang Niersbach, who resigned on 9th November 2015.
Reinhard Grindel thanked the delegates for the faith placed in him: “It is a great honour to be able to take on this responsibility. The DFB has some defining tasks ahead, which I would like to take on together with my colleagues on board and the presidential board, as well as the full-time staff at our headquarters. I’m delighted with the vote and, as a result, the trust placed in my by the amateur and professional branches of German football. I see my role as harmonising the interests of the two. As president, I plan to further strengthen the unity of football.”
Reinhard Grindel is the new president of the DFB (German Football Association). The former treasurer won the majority of votes from the 255 delegates at Friday’s extraordinary DFB congress in Frankfurt am Main. Grindel is the twelfth president in the history of the DFB to be voted in jointly by the amateur and professional branches of football. The 54-year-old lawyer is the successor to Wolfgang Niersbach, who resigned on 9th November 2015.
Reinhard Grindel thanked the delegates for the faith placed in him: “It is a great honour to be able to take on this responsibility. The DFB has some defining tasks ahead, which I would like to take on together with my colleagues on board and the presidential board, as well as the full-time staff at our headquarters. I’m delighted with the vote and, as a result, the trust placed in my by the amateur and professional branches of German football. I see my role as harmonising the interests of the two. As president, I plan to further strengthen the unity of football.”
