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DFB Signals Leadership Shift: Blask to Be Proposed as General Secretary, Ullrich Nominated for Women’s VP

The federation frames the changes as an internal succession to be formalized around its November congress.

DFB-Spitzenfunktionär Holger Blask
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Overview

  • The DFB says its presidium has put forward Heike Ullrich for vice-president overseeing women’s and girls’ football, with Sabine Mammitzsch not standing again at the November Bundestag.
  • President Bernd Neuendorf plans, subject to his own re-election, to propose Holger Blask as general secretary in personal union with his current DFB GmbH & Co. KG leadership roles.
  • The update follows earlier media reports of immediate appointments tied to a presidium meeting in Frankfurt, but the federation stopped short of confirming any changes taking effect now.
  • Blask has overseen DFB marketing, sales, event and operations since 2020 and has been management spokesperson of DFB GmbH & Co. KG since January 2022 after 14 years at the DFL.
  • Ullrich, interim general secretary from 2021 and formally appointed in 2022, emphasized her wish to refocus on women’s football, an area in which she has long-standing experience.