DFB President Keller resigns

“I take personal responsibility for my derailment at the executive board meeting on April 23, 2021, which should remain the sad low point of the DFB’s desolate leadership situation,” said Keller, according to a statement from the German Football Association. The DFB has to “change”. Keller came under massive criticism for his Nazi comments against Koch during a board meeting at the end of April. The former president of SC Freiburg described Koch as a “Freisler”. Roland Freisler was chairman of the People's Court under National Socialism. The Ethics Chamber of the Sports Court heard the matter last Friday and a verdict is expected this week. It no longer has any influence on the decision to resign. After Wolfgang Niersbach (70) in November 2015 and Reinhard Grindel (59) in April 2019, Keller is the third DFB president to have to vacate his office within a short period of time due to his own misconduct. Koch is therefore promoted to one of two interim bosses for the third time. The president of the Bavarian and South German Football Association is considered one of the key figures in the power struggle that has been raging within the DFB leadership for months. Succession remains unclear Who will follow Keller is completely open. The names of Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (65) and Rio world champion Philipp Lahm (37) have already been mentioned, and former referee Bibiana Steinhaus (42) was recently brought into play. Keller was proposed by a search committee of the DFB and the German Football League in 2019. The 64-year-old was celebrated as a great innovator when he was elected in September two years ago.

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DFB President Keller resigns

The previous DFB President Fritz Keller (64) resigned on Monday as announced. The association, which is deep in crisis, will be led on an interim basis by the two vice presidents Rainer Koch (62) and Peter Peters (58) until further notice, as the DFB announced last week.

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