German football is honoring its greatest player with an unprecedented gesture. From the 2025/26 season onwards, the Supercup will be named in honor of Franz Beckenbauer.
FC Bayern has won the Supercup ten times in its history, which was held for the first time in 1987. The Munich team is therefore befitting the record champions of this competition, although its importance has so far played a minor role. Now FC Bayern could soon have greater motivation in the game that traditionally takes place at the start of the season. The annual duel between the German champions and the DFB Cup winners will now be called the “Franz Beckenbauer Supercup”. The appearance and logo of the game will also be adjusted accordingly.
The German Football Association (DFB) and the German Football League (DFL) announced this on Friday. With their agreement, the associations want to honor the “Kaiser’s” services to German football. “Franz would like it,” said Beckenbauer’s widow Heidi. DFB President Bernd Neuendorf emphasized that it was important to the DFB and to him personally “to honor and appreciate the achievements and life’s work of Franz Beckenbauer. His contributions to football are incomparable and unforgettable.”
Hans-Joachim Watzke, spokesman for the DFL Presidium, added: “Franz Beckenbauer was a child of the Bundesliga. Hardly anyone shaped it as much as he did.”
FC Bayern: Only the championship allows qualification this year
This change will come into force next August. FC Bayern has already been eliminated from the DFB Cup. So the only thing left is to qualify for the Bundesliga championship in order to have a chance of winning the premiere of the “Franz Beckenbauer Cup” on August 16, 2025.
The anniversary is just under four weeks away the anniversary of Beckenbauer’s deaththe “lighting figure of German football”, who died on January 7, 2024 at the age of 78 after a serious illness. FC Bayern recently announced this at its annual general meetingthat he will no longer award jersey number 5 in honor of the former player, coach, president and honorary president. The address of the Allianz Arena will also be changed to “Franz-Beckenbauer-Platz 5”.
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