UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Steering Group convenes

The UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Steering Group convened for the first time at the qualifying draw at the Festhalle exhibition centre in Frankfurt on Sunday 9 October. The group consists of top management representatives from UEFA and the DFB, as well as host cities, federal and local authorities.

The Tournament Steering Group will work on planning for the final tournament, with a particular focus on aligning the host nation and cities, as well as sporting, organisational and political objectives. The group will meet regularly until after the final tournament, which takes place in Germany between 14 June and 14 July 2024.

Following the meeting, the participants were keen to emphasise their collective goal of a peaceful and enjoyable UEFA EURO 2024, both in the ten host cities and stadiums in Germany and Europe as a whole.

The current members of the Tournament Steering Group include:

Chair:

Aleksander Čeferin, UEFA President

Deputy Chair:

Bernd Neuendorf, DFB President

National Association representatives: 

Theodore Theodoridis, UEFA General Secretary

Giorgio Marchetti, Deputy UEFA General Secretary

Martin Kallen, CEO UEFA Events SA

Heike Ullrich, DFB General Secretary

Philipp Lahm, UEFA EURO 2024 Tournament Director

Governmental representatives: 

Nancy Faeser, Federal Minister of the Interior and Community

Juliane Seifert, State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community

Delegates of Federal States (to be announced)

Host City representatives:

Burkhard Jung, Lord Mayor of Leipzig and Vice President of the German Association of Cities (for host cities)

Dr Stephan Keller, Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf (Deputy for host cities)