Happy Birthday DTFS
Vlastimil Eyberger
It was 20 years ago today, on 2 August 2002 that we founded the Czech-German Football Academy in the presence of the German and Czech sports ministers Otto Schily, Petra Buzková, the member of the Bundestag Petra Ernstberger and many more guests. We are very happy that the small “pilot project” from these times could keep on growing and developing over all those years finding more and more friends. Today we want to say thank you: Danke schön & děkujeme moc – to everyone in the DTFS team, to all sponsors, partners, friends, to the many children and young footballers, clubs and coaches for their trust. Thank you for supporting us for so long. If it would not be you, we could never have been able to make this way so far – you are great! A small birthday celebration is planned for 11 September with a little Czech-German football tournament in Rehau (what else).
Online lecture: German junior football
Vlastimil Eyberger
Online-Vortrag: 31. 1. 2022, 20:30–21:45 q
Der tschechische Nachwuchsfußball. Struktur, Philosophie, neue Ideen. Referent: Jiří Skála, Tschechischer Fußballverband und U17-Nationaltrainer.
EU small-scale project Bayreuth-Karlovy Vary
Vlastimil Eyberger
On 20. 11. 2021 we were able to complete our EU small-scale project between SpVgg Bayreuth, Slavia Karlovy Vary and DTFS. After an evening with language preparation, the U15s and U17s from Karlsbad visited their friends in Bayreuth for joint games. We would like to thank both clubs for their great commitment and participation – even in challenging times! Many thanks to SpVgg Bayreuth for being perfect hosts. The main thanks go to the Euregio Egrensis Bavaria and the European Union for their generous support – many thanks on behalf of all children! The project was funded by the small project fund in the ETZ Bavaria-Czech Republic scheme by European Union and Euregio Egrensis.
EU small-scale project "Restart" in Bayreuth
Vlastimil Eyberger
On 6. 11. 2021 we were able to carry out our small restart project in the area of the Euregio Egrensis Bavaria. We thank the clubs Jiskra As, KNSP Sedlec, Hvezda Cheb and SpVgg Weiden for their participation. Our main thanks goes to SpVgg Bayreuth and Henrik Schödel for the excellent help and organization. Perfect! Our sincere gratitude goes to Euregio Egrensis Bavaria and European Union for their generous support – many thanks on behalf of all children! The project was funded by the small project fund in the ETZ Bavaria-Czech Republic scheme by European Union and Euregio Egrensis.
Project “1:0 for German” in Prague
Vlastimil Eyberger
On 4. 11. 2021 we could host the final of the Czech student competition “1:0 for German” in Prague. We are very pleased that the project could be carried out again for the first time since 2019. Huge compliments go to all Czech students for their huge commitment! And to the guest team from Hertha 03 Zehlendorf for coming to Prague even in difficult times. The main thanks go to Goethe-Institut Praha for the organization and support and to Česko-německý fond budoucnosti / German-Czech Future Fund for supporting this project! Thank you + děkujeme moc!
Football & History in Prague
Vlastimil Eyberger
From October 31 to November 2 the pilot project “Football & History” took place in Prague with Jahn Regensburg U15 and Slavia Prague U15. All current hygiene requirements have been resolved and the boys from Jahn & Slavia experienced a great project. They attended together the Premiership game Slavia v Pilsen. On the second day the boys presented the German-Czech history of both clubs. Many thanks to the students and club archives for their great work! Before their friendly game, the players lit candles in the spirit of mutual understanding. On the 3rd day, they took on a historical walking tour through Prague, a football language course and enjoyed a joint final training session. Big thanks go to Česko-německý fond budoucnosti / German-Czech Future Fund for supporting this pilot project. Thank you, děkujeme moc!
Restart for U11s in Frantiskovy Lazne and Rehau
Vlastimil Eyberger
After almost 2 years, DTFS organized its first cross-border football tournament for U11s from 4-5 September 2021. German and Czech clubs such as Bayern Munich, Sparta Prague, Hertha BSC, Banik Ostrava, RB Leipzig met each other in Frantiskovy Lazne and Rehau and played a tournament with DTFS and local children from FC Frantiskovy Lazne, FC Rehau, Hvezda Cheb and JFG Bayerisches Vogtland. The tournament took place according to the national Covid hygiene rules. Participants and spectators needed to show proof for vaccination or immunity from Covid or provide a negative test. In Rehau, the number of spectators was limited to 250, the few seats will initially be available to the parents of the participating children. Above all, we would like to thank the sponsors for their loyal support even in these difficult times: Landkreis Hof, Karlovarsky kraj, Stadt Rehau, entsorgen.de, Mesto Frantiskovy Lazne, Edeka Schraml, Bad Brambacher, Ristorante Volante Diana, Lidl CZ. The BFV Oberfranken supported the tournament with referees and balls. The teams were tested by the Bavarian Red Cross. The Rehau student residence helped to accommodate the teams. In the end, after many exiting games RB Leipzig won the tournament on Saturday and Hertha BSC the 2nd tournament on Sunday. We’d like to thank all participants, partners and sponsors for supporting the successful German-Czech restart in our home region!
Euregio Egrensis and EU are supporting projects
Vlastimil Eyberger
EU and Euregio Egrensis will support in 2021 two DTFS projects. The project “Restart im deutsch-tschechischen Jugendfußball / Restart v česko-německém mládežnickém fotbale” will help during the restart in youth football after the pandemic and bring together youth football teams from both countries at games and camps. The project will invite both boys and girls. The project “1+1 = 3 – deutsch-tschechische Fußballcamps für Jungs / 1+1 = 3 – česko-německá fotbalová soustředění pro chlapce” will see DTFS working together with SpVgg Bayreuth and Slavia Karlovy Vary to develop a club cooperation and joint training camps. The projects are funded by Euregio Egrensis and European Union from the European fund for regional development (Ziel ETZ Freistaat Bayern – Tschechische Republik 2014-2020 (INTERREG V).
Online project „1:0 für Deutsch“ in 2020
Vlastimil Eyberger
Despite the pandemic German and Czech children were also participating in the school competition “1:0 für Deutsch” in 2020. The project brings football and language learning together. In this year the competition started with a video contest where all children showed a very high commitment. Watch our short film with all the videos of the kids. We would like to say thank you to all children for their great work and Czech-German Future Fund, Goethe Institute Prague and Hertha BSC for their continuous support.
Czech-German Future Fund is supporting a new project
Vlastimil Eyberger
The Czech-German Future Fund will support the project “Team Europa – entdecke das Nachbarland! / Tým Evropa – objev sousední zemi!” in the year 2021. We will organise a Czech-German youth camp in the project for 30 participants. The camp will focus on education and football. Furthermore, we plan to host a workshop on “Good practice and innovation in youth football and education”, once the pandemic is over. The workshop will welcome both, youth coaches and teachers.
