Case dropped against former German FA chief over 2006 World Cup

By AFP
May 01, 2025
Former DFB German soccer federation presidents Theo Zwanziger and Wolfgang Niersbach face a trial for tax fraud amounting to 13.7 million euros for the benefit of the DFB in connection with the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 4, 2024.—Reuters
Former DFB German soccer federation presidents Theo Zwanziger and Wolfgang Niersbach face a trial for tax fraud amounting to 13.7 million euros for the benefit of the DFB in connection with the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany, in Frankfurt, Germany, March 4, 2024.—Reuters

Frankfurt, Germany: A tax evasion case linked to the awarding of the 2006 World Cup against former German FA (DFB) president Theo Zwanziger was dropped by a court in Frankfurt on Wednesday. Zwanziger was the third and final defendant to have his case scrapped in the decade-long legal battle.

The 79-year-old agreed to make a payment of 10,000 euros ($11,300) to a charity in exchange for the case being dropped, without a verdict awarded against him. The case relates to a payment of 6.7 million euros for a 2006 World Cup-related event which never took place.