HOW TO REPORT

Every attempt to encourage a player, coach or club official to influence a match must immediately be reported to the DFB in accordance with § 1 no 2 of the DFB Legal and Procedural Regulations.

All players and club officials of the DFL and DFB eFootball competitions thus are strongly advised and encouraged to report hazardous situations and suspicions related to match-fixing. For VBL CC players there is an obligation to report according to § 74a of the Match Rules for the Club Competition of the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL-SpO). The reporting obligation is fulfilled by immediately contacting the Ombudsman Dr. Carsten Thiel von Herff.

The Ombudsman receives information of planned or completed manipulation or other irregularities in football and eFootball matches and, after initial checks, passes them on to the legal departments of the DFB and DFL. In this way the confidential treatment of information is assured.

Any incident in connection with manipulation of matches can be reported to the Ombudsman 24 hours a day via the free hotline 00800-OMBUDSMAN. This means that all you have to do is enter the letters OMBUDSMAN in the telephone keyboard and thereby automatically dial the Ombudsman’s telephone number (00800-662837626) as each letter corresponds to a number in the keyboard.

Alternatively, the Ombudsman can be reached via post, via email or via his mobile phone.

Dr. Carsten Thiel von Herff
Thiel von Herff | Rechtsanwälte
Loebellstraße 4
D-33602 Bielefeld

Phone: +49 521 557333-0
Hotline: 00800-OMBUDSMAN
Mobile: +49 151 58230321
Email: ombudsmann@thielvonherff.de

Integrity App

An incident can confidentially be reported by using the DFL Integrity App which can be downloaded for free via the corresponding App store.

The "Sports Manipulation Reporting Office" set up by the Federal Ministry of the Interior can also be used to confidentially report information and suspicions of match-fixing.