The DFB Control Committee will also investigate the matter of Markus Anfang. This was confirmed by its chairman Anton Nachreiner to
Accordingly, the body will investigate whether Anfang violated the hygiene regulations of the DFB and DFL. The Bremen public prosecutor’s office is investigating the 47-year-old on suspicion of having obtained a forged vaccination certificate. The health department of the city-state had filed a criminal complaint. Anfang resigned from his post as Werder coach shortly after the investigations became known, as did his assistant Florian Junge, against whom there are similar allegations.
The control committee is likely to take a very close look at what the public prosecutor’s office unearths. In any case, the latest developments weigh heavily on the ex-professional: on Monday, the North Rhine Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians informed the Bremen public prosecutor’s office that Anfangs’s personal details were not recorded in the EDP system of the Cologne vaccination centre. However, the vaccinations for this location are stored in his identity card. Anfang has meanwhile called in a lawyer.
Fatal sports law consequences loom
The former Kiel, Cologne and Darmstadt coach now also faces potentially severe consequences under sporting law. If the Control Committee finds that the hygiene concept has been violated – and the investigation suggests that this is the case – the coach could face a fine at the very least. However, a ban from working is also conceivable.
In that case, Anfang would no longer be able to work as a coach for a certain period of time. Anfang only joined Bundesliga relegated Bremen in the summer.
