Helmut Sandrock (born 15 December 1956 in Übach-Palenberg) is a German football administrator and former Secretary General of the

German Football Association The German Football Association ( ; DFB ) is the governing body of Association football, football, futsal, and beach soccer in Germany. A founding member of both FIFA and UEFA, the DFB has jurisdiction for the German football league system and ...

(, DFB). From 2000 to 2002, he was

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MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

. As part of the organizing committee of the DFB for the

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, Sandrock was Tournament Director from 2003 to 2006. After that, he was Managing Director of

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from 2006 to 2008, with whom he won the

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n football championship in 2007. With

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, Sandrock served as general coordinator at the

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s in

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and

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, as well as, at the

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and the

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. In 2008, he also organized for FIFA the first home game of the

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. In 2008, he became DFB director for league operations, talent promotion, the coaching system and the junior national teams. On 2 March 2012, Sandrock was elected Secretary-General of the DFB. He was also elected

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integrations officer that year. In February 2016, Sandrock resigned as DFB general secretary and was succeeded by Friedrich Curtius. The following month, the

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opened formal proceedings against him relating to the awarding of the

Playing career

In his youth, Sandrock was a DFB youth international player.

References

External links

DFB-Generalsekretär Helmut Sandrock

Helmut Sandrock
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