According to Tim Graf, 24 teams are at the start. The former Bundesliga professional Selim Teber is to appear in the “Selim and friends” team, as is Simon Joachims, who currently plays for FC Nürnberg II in the Bavarian league, having previously played for Wormatia Worms and Arminia Ludwigshafen.
Vincent Haber, who was born in Grünstadt and is currently on the ball for the Oberliga club TSG Pfeddersheim, will also be there, having previously also been with Wormatia Worms, and Aron Asamoah, another former Wormate who was born in the cathedral city and is now with Indiana Tech Warriors in the United States plays.
Goal: Establish a tournament at the start of the year
According to Tim Graf, former Arminia player Lennart Thum, who is under contract with 1. FC Kaiserslautern II, and Marc Ehmann, another former Arminia player who is currently studying in the USA, are also registered as other players in the city sports hall.
“We want to establish this football tournament at the start of the year in Frankenthal, as a meeting point for athletes and football fans, but also to establish contacts between players and clubs and vice versa,” says Tim Graf. It’s supposed to start at 11 a.m., the end of the tournament is planned for 10 p.m. Admission: four euros.