Sepp Herberger Foundation
The Sepp Herberger Foundation ( officially: DFB Foundation Sepp Herberger ) is a foundation of the German Football Association (DFB), which was established in March 1977 in honor of the former national player and national coach Sepp Herberger. It was a present from the DFB for Herberger's 80th birthday, which was celebrated on March 28, 1977. It is the oldest football foundation in Germany.
Sepp Herberger, whose marriage with his wife Eva remained childless, had - true to his motto: "Whoever is upstairs, mustn't forget those downstairs" - the desire to know that his estate was in "good hands". The foundation's task is to promote and support social and charitable projects. This includes projects in football for the handicapped , for rehabilitation of prisoners as well as for the promotion of young footballers in schools and football clubs and the DFB social welfare organization. Even during its lifetime, the “Bundessepp” was committed to rehabilitating prisoners. After Herberger's death on April 28, 1977 and that of his wife Eva in 1989, the private assets of the family became the property of the foundation.
The foundation has been based on the grounds of the Hennef sports school since September 2013 .
History of the foundation
The history of the DFB Foundation Sepp Herberger begins on March 28, 1977. On this day, Herberger's 80th birthday was celebrated with a ceremony in the baroque palace in Mannheim. The present from the DFB was presented by the then President Hermann Neuberger : He announced the establishment of the Sepp Herberger Foundation of the German Football Association. “Can the DFB, whose honors you have had and have been carrying for a long time, thank you today with something more worthy than with the intention of continuing your work and will through a foundation that bears your name?” Asked Neuberger on March 28th 1977 in his laudation for Sepp Herberger. "Dear Sepp, may the foundation, which has been built in your interests, go the intended path with hopefully considerable success." The DFB thus fulfilled a lifelong dream of its record national coach (1936–1964). For the “boss”, as Herberger was called, it was always important to promote and support social and charitable projects. While he was still alive, he was committed to rehabilitating prisoners. Exactly one month after the foundation was established, on April 28, 1977, Herberger died of a heart attack in a Mannheim hospital. With the death of his wife Eva on April 27, 1989, the family's private assets became the property of the foundation. The real estate originally made available by the DFB in the amount of one million DM increased significantly as a result. Herberger's extensive estate (more than 360 files and several memorabilia) became the property of the foundation and is now stored in the archive at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt am Main. Selected exhibits can also be seen on permanent loan in the German Football Museum in Dortmund.
In the early days, the tasks included supporting sports at schools and universities, promoting sports medicine research and sports medical care, and sports development aid in countries where a sport that is so popular all over the world offers special opportunities. This was followed by support for disabled sports and the rehabilitation of prisoners with the help of football. The founders of the foundation also recognized the socio-political task of integration as early as 1977 and helped foreign young people and employees to integrate into clubs and competitions of all levels. The support and care of people who, as active athletes, as volunteers or full-time employees in sport, have suffered damage or are in need was another focus of the foundation.
In 2007 the foundation's activities were focused on four priority areas.
Committees and ambassadors
The executive bodies are the board of directors and the board of trustees . The board includes the chairman, DFB vice-president Dirk Janotta, the treasurer, Dr. Stephan Osnabrügge, and the managing director, Tobias Wrzesinski. The chairman of the board of trustees is DFB honorary member Hermann Korfmacher . His deputies are DFB General Secretary Dr. Friedrich Curtius and Michael Herberger. Other members of the Board of Trustees are personalities from society, politics and football.
The Foundation's ambassadors are: Horst Eckel , Tina Theune , Uwe Seeler , Wolfgang Dremmler , Jens Nowotny , Nadine Keßler , Ottmar Hitzfeld and Timo Hildebrand .
engagement
The foundation's activities and promotional activities are based on the four pillars of disabled football, rehabilitation of prisoners, promotion of young footballers in schools and football clubs, and the DFB social welfare organization. With the DFB-Sozialwerk, the foundation supports members of the football family in need. It was the express wish of Sepp and Eva Herberger that their private assets be used for this purpose. The foundation is currently initiating six of its own projects in its four focus areas.
Handicapped football
In order to make it easier for football players with disabilities nationwide to join the football family, the Sepp Herberger Foundation finances those responsible for questions relating to football for the disabled in the DFB regional associations. These inclusion officers are nationwide contacts.
Since 2008, the foundation has been organizing the Blind Football League together with the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS) and the German Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (DBSV) . The round of games for blind and visually impaired people, which is unique in Europe, is exemplary for disabled sports. The season opens and closes in a central city center location. In 2020, five more game days will take place in Magdeburg , Hamburg , Dortmund , Stuttgart and Erfurt . Participating teams for the 2020 season are FC Schalke 04 , Borussia Dortmund , Sportfreunde Blau-Gelb Blista Marburg, FC St. Pauli , MTV Stuttgart and the SG PSV Köln / Hertha BSC syndicate.
In addition, the foundation has organized the German championship of workshops for disabled people since 2000. In cooperation with the Federal Association of Workshops for Disabled People (BAG WfbM), 16 men's teams and currently eight women's teams with more than 350 active players are invited to a four-day tournament every year.
Rehabilitation of prisoners
Commitment to the prison system is the oldest pillar of the foundation's work. Sepp Herberger himself visited the Bruchsal correctional facility in Baden-Württemberg in 1970 and then made work in prisons his life's work. This endeavor was institutionalized in the foundation seven years later. After Herberger's death, Fritz Walter continued to work as an ambassador for the foundation and, in this capacity, visited a penal institution more than 200 times nationwide. Even today, visits by the Foundation's ambassadors to prisons are in high demand. Numerous prominent football personalities support the foundation's work in this way.
The initiative “Kick-off for a new life” specifically supports the rehabilitation of young prisoners. Together with the Federal Employment Agency, the justice ministries of the participating federal states, the DFB regional associations and other supporters, the aim is to actively prepare the young people for the time after their release from prison.
"Kick-off teams" consisting of up to 15 young men or women between the ages of 16 and 24 are established in the participating institutions. One prepares for the time after the imprisonment together with weekly soccer training and at least once a month an offer from the categories “soccer”, “work / school / job” and “social”. For example, the participants can complete referee or trainer training, or take applicant and anti-violence training.
Once a year, the tournament for the Sepp Herberger Cup is held within a correctional facility. A prison takes part in the event for each federal state. A total of 22 penal institutions and juvenile detention centers from ten federal states are currently participating in the “Kick-off for a new life” initiative, which was recognized by UEFA in 2019 as the best European grassroots football project.
Promotion of young footballers in schools and football clubs
Sepp Herberger was a friend and committed supporter of young footballers. His passion for football is still passed on to the youngest in schools and football clubs today.
With the Sepp-Herberger-Tage , the foundation, together with the DFB regional associations and the DFB team for school football, organizes nationwide football tournaments for primary schools. The aim is to get as many pupils as possible to exercise and to develop new partnerships between elementary schools and football clubs or to expand existing ones.
In addition, the foundation awards the Sepp Herberger certificates every year . Awards are given to outstanding activities in football for the disabled, the rehabilitation of prisoners and in cooperation between schools and football clubs. Since 2016, together with the software company SAP , football organizations that are involved in the field of "football digital" and use new technologies and opportunities have been honored. In the “Social Work” category, the “Horst Eckel Prize” is awarded together with the Horst Eckel Foundation, which recognizes commitment to footballers in need. Up to 105 certificates are awarded annually. 13 particularly successful activities will receive cash prizes with a total value of 45,000 euros as part of a ceremony with prominent personalities from German football.
DFB social work
Members of the football family in need are supported from funds from the private estate of the Herberger couple. This funding is the continuation of the social work of the German Football Association, which was set up in 1955. It is an essential part of the foundation's work. With the DFB-Sozialwerk, help is provided in the event of severe strokes of fate, mostly in silence and on advice from the DFB regional associations or football clubs.
financing
The foundation is financed by donations from the DFB, interest income and donations from the “Friends of the National Team”. The association founded in 1978 has set itself the task of financially supporting the work of the Sepp Herberger Foundation. As a rule, the national soccer team contributes a large part to the foundation's budget every two years through the international charity match. The game for a good cause, unique in the world, is organized by the DFB Foundation Egidius Braun . Since the Sepp Herberger Foundation was set up, well over 20 million euros have been spent on various social projects and activities.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ History and Timeline «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ History and Timeline «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ^ Board of Directors «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ^ Ambassador «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ With football in the middle of society «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Back to society with football «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Learning with football in the community «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Sepp Herberger certificates, “Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .
- ↑ Brief profile «Sepp Herberger Foundation. Retrieved March 16, 2020 .