The delegates of the General Assembly of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) have ratified all petitions regarding a realignment and rearrangement of officiating in German football. In his opening speech in front of the 252 delegates, DFB-President Dr. Theo Zwanziger had adressed Joachim Löw, the coach of the German national team, who attended the congress in Frankfurt: “We will not allow anybody or anything to get between us. I feel very sure, that our team led by Joachim Löw will have a successful run at the World Cup in South Africa.”
Zwanziger opened the Assembly with a minute’s silence for the German soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan. “We should stay in touch with the world around us”, Zwanziger reminded the auditorium.
Adressing the only topic on the day’s agenda, the realignment, embracing structural, topical and personnel changes of officiating, Zwanziger then went on to say: “This reform for the footballing elite in Germany is a necessity. If we want these changes to take effect with the start of the new season, we should approve them today.”
General Assembly of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund
The 252 delegates with voting power in attendance, send by the 21 local and five regional associations, the League, the chairmanship and the directorate, passed the twelve petitions unanimously, thus replacing the existing referee’s board by a commission headed by former Bundesliga and FIFA referee Herbert Fandel. The reform etablishes a more transparent officiating to meet future challenges. All changes will take effect starting May 21, 2010.
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The delegates of the General Assembly of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) have ratified all petitions regarding a realignment and rearrangement of officiating in German football. In his opening speech in front of the 252 delegates, DFB-President Dr. Theo Zwanziger had adressed Joachim Löw, the coach of the German national team, who attended the congress in Frankfurt: “We will not allow anybody or anything to get between us. I feel very sure, that our team led by Joachim Löw will have a successful run at the World Cup in South Africa.”
Zwanziger opened the Assembly with a minute’s silence for the German soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan. “We should stay in touch with the world around us”, Zwanziger reminded the auditorium.
Adressing the only topic on the day’s agenda, the realignment, embracing structural, topical and personnel changes of officiating, Zwanziger then went on to say: “This reform for the footballing elite in Germany is a necessity. If we want these changes to take effect with the start of the new season, we should approve them today.”
General Assembly of the Deutscher Fußball-Bund
The 252 delegates with voting power in attendance, send by the 21 local and five regional associations, the League, the chairmanship and the directorate, passed the twelve petitions unanimously, thus replacing the existing referee’s board by a commission headed by former Bundesliga and FIFA referee Herbert Fandel. The reform etablishes a more transparent officiating to meet future challenges. All changes will take effect starting May 21, 2010.
