Overview
- Germany’s football association and the Schleswig-Holstein FA announced on January 16 that Anouschka Bernhard died on January 15 after a serious illness.
- Bernhard earned 47 caps for Germany, becoming European champion in 1995 and a World Cup runner-up the same year.
- At club level she starred for FSV Frankfurt, winning Bundesliga titles in 1995 and 1998 and the DFB-Pokal in 1996.
- After retiring she coached Germany’s U16 and U17 girls from 2011 to 2020, capturing four UEFA U17 European Championships.
- DFB vice-president Heike Ullrich praised her as an exceptional footballer and coach, while noting her recent work developing the game in Schleswig-Holstein following earlier youth leadership at Hertha BSC.