At the European Championships, German female soccer players cannot count on a surcharge from the German Soccer Association on top of the fixed bonuses.
“Negotiations are complete, we are now looking forward to the final,” said DFB President Bernd Neuendorf after the German team’s semi-final victory over France (2-1) in Milton Keynes. “I think raising the trophy is more important now. That’s the most important thing now.”
The team of national coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg challenges hosts England on Sunday (6 p.m. CEST/ARD and DAZN) at Wembley Stadium in London. The team council of the DFB women with Alexandra Popp, Almuth Schult, Svenja Huth, Sara Däbritz, Lina Magull and Lena Oberdorf had agreed on the payments with the association well before the tournament in England. Every player has already secured 30,000 euros for participating in the final. A EM triumph would give a total of 60,000 euros.
In the men’s national team, every professional would have collected 400,000 euros if they won the European Championship last year. Bonus payments have long been part of the debate about equal pay in international women’s football.