Tournaments

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!

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 2^nd tournament on Sunday. We’d like to thank all participants, partners and sponsors for supporting the successful German-Czech restart in our home region!

AZ Alkmaar won their debut at the U11 JFK Cup in Riede, beating Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 in the final. DTFS‘ Team Europe played a very good tournament finishing 8th and leaving good academies such as Arsenal, Hertha or Slavia Prague behind them.

Final standings:
1. AZ Alkmaar
2. Bayer Leverkusen
3. Hamburger SV
4. Hannover 96
5. VfL Wolfsburg
6. 1. FC Union Berlin
7. Rapid Wien
8. Deutsch-Tschechische Fussball Schule
9. FC Arsenal
10. Hertha BSC
11. Slavia Prag
12. US Torcy-Paris
13. Werder Bremen
14. 1. FC Köln
15. Borussia Mönchengladbach
16. Baltic Football School

The Belgian top side RSC Anderlecht won the prestigious Legia Cup in Warsaw with RB Salzburg and Juventus finishing on 2nd and 3rd place. DTFS became 8th. Whilst the boys needed time to find each other as a team on day 1 they did much better on day 2, especially after their 1-1 draw vs Juventus.

Final standings:
1. RSC Anderlecht
2. RB Salzburg
3. Juventus Turin
4. Sparta Prague
5. Manchester United
6. Hertha BSC
7. Legia Warszawa
8. Team Europa DTFS
9. Talent Warszawa
10. Legia Warzawa 2
11. Norwegian Soccer Academy
12. Vistula Garfield New Jersey
13. Pogon Lwow