Overview

• The men's team from Spielgemeinschaft JVA Herford/Heinsberg and the women's team from JVA Köln won the 2025 Sepp-Herberger-Pokal tournament held at JVA Wuppertal-Ronsdorf.
• Otto Rehhagel, legendary football coach and DFB-Stiftung Sepp Herberger board member, presented the trophies and encouraged inmates to embrace second chances.
• Rehhagel emphasized the importance of leaving behind anger and hatred, stating, 'Wut und Hass sind schlechte Ratgeber.'
• The Sepp-Herberger-Pokal is the centerpiece of the 'Anstoß für ein neues Leben' initiative, aimed at equipping inmates with social and employability skills through football.
• Tobias Wrzesinski, head of the DFB-Stiftung Sepp Herberger, highlighted football's integrative power in preparing inmates for life after prison.