Frankfurt to wear anti-discrimination jersey against Wolfsburg
Eintracht Frankfurt players will wear customised jersies in a stand against racism and discrimination in all forms in their Bundesliga match with Wolfsburg on Saturday.
The #PlatzfürVielfalt (place for diversity) corporate social responsibility campaign will be run in conjunction with Frankfurt's main sponsor Indeed, the employment-related online search engine.
The slogan will be emblazoned across the front of the Frankfurt shirts, atop a patchwork of flags celebrating all 14 nationalities involved in the current Eintracht team.
"I believe that the cultural background of an individual is of no significance in sport," said Frankfurt goalkeeper and #PlatzfürVielfalt ambassador, Kevin Trapp. "We speak the same language, the language of football, so it doesn't matter what skin colour or religion someone has. We share a passion, a common goal."
The #PlatzfürVielfalt (place for diversity) CSR campaign is not the first of its kind between Eintracht and Indeed. In March, they collaborated for an interactive event entitled 'Rote Karte gegen Vorurteile' (Red card to prejudices) to discuss discrimination in the job recruitment process and working world.
As part of Frankfurt's 'United Colors of Frankfurt' initiative, meanwhile, Indeed agreed to have their logo removed from the club's shirts for a Bundesliga match against Hoffenheim on 8 April 2018. The 'United Colors of Frankfurt' took its place as Frankfurt followed up previous campaigns designed to voice their long-held stance on social unity.
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Frankfurt are one of many Bundesliga clubs to have taken a stand against a huge range of discriminatory topics.
Borussia Dortmund were one of two winners of UEFA's 2019 Equal Game award, in recognition of their work fighting the far-right, racism and discrimination, and promoting diversity and inclusivity in football. "Borussia unites. Men and women. All nations. Football and racism does not match," reads one of the permanent in-stadium banners inside BVB's Signal Iduna Park.
Borussia Mönchengladbach also display similar messages above the North and South stands at their Borussia-Park, one reading 'Against Racism' and at the opposite side reading 'For tolerance'.
Wolfsburg are the first and only club in the Bundesliga where the club captain’s armband is rainbow-coloured, to support anti-homophobia. While in 2017/18, Hertha Berlin's players took a knee to support the eponymous movement, in solidarity with National Football League (NFL) protests against police brutality and racism.
The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) and Bundesliga themselves are purveyors of such anti-discriminatory messages, launching their own 'Strich durch Vorurteile' - (crossing out prejudices) - campaign in March 2018
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