Certification as an “Elite” Sports School in Germany There are two national German sports organizations that certify elite sports schools. For schools concentrating on soccer (Fußball<.em>), the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB), the governing body of football in Germany, certifies a school as an Eliteschule des Fußballs, an “elite school of soccer.”
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