FANZONE exclusively presents the current DFB World Cup squad as digital trading cards.

• As an official licensee, FANZONE will publish the final DFB squad as digital trading cards complete with late call-ups such as Füllkrug, Götze and Moukoko.
• From November 17th 2022, fans can purchase digital images of their idols, trade them, use them for challenges and, of course, collect them.

The squad for the upcoming World Cup is set. In order to digitally immortalise the DFB squad, the world’s largest national football association is cooperating with the multisport collectible platform FANZONE. The entire team around Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller and Jamal Musiala including the surprise candidates Bella-Kotchap, Götze, Moukoko and Füllkrüg as well as national coach Hansi Flick are available to fans and collectors in different editions. This makes FANZONE the only licensed product that can present the current squad announced by national coach Hansi Flick on November 10.

On FANZONE.io, users can buy the digital cards, collect them and use them in various challenges at the World Cup to win cool prizes. The complete 2022 World Cup squad as well as national coach Hansi Flick and mascot Paule will be available as digital trading cards. There will be different packs with different cards as well as the 6 special cards with the world champions Karl-Heinz Riedle, Pierre Littbarski, Guido Buchwald, Andi Brehme, Per Mertesacker and Christoph Kramer. Every fan who has completed their collection of a rarity will receive reward Cards and additionally the chance to win a prize, such as signed jerseys, footballs or fanshop vouchers.

“As with the Women’s European Championship in the summer, we were able to create a great collection for all football fans together with the DFB by combining digital autograph cards and exclusive content. In addition, we are proud to be the only official partner of the DFB to be able to fully present the team that will actually be competing. Around the new collection there will be numerous community actions and challenges with which fans can get additional rewards and fan experiences,” says Dirk Weyel, Co-Founder & CEO FANZONE.

FANZONE has already been a licensed partner of the DFB since its launch in 2021. The cooperation includes the women’s and men’s national teams, the U21 and the 3. Liga. For the upcoming drop 5% of the turnover will be used to support Kesa FC, an organisation that gives the youth of the Kibera Slum a perspective and rewards them for going to school by being able to be a part of the Kesa FC and playing football on a daily basis.

About the DFB

The German Football Association (DFB) is the association of the regional and state associations as well as the league association in which football is played. The most important task of the DFB is the organisation and practice of championship matches and competitions in the divisions of the regional and state associations and the licensed leagues. The DFB represents the interests of its member associations at home and abroad and, with around seven million members, is one of the largest sports associations in the world.

As a new wholly-owned subsidiary of the DFB e.V., DFB GmbH & Co. KG has been bundling the economic activities and digital business areas of the DFB (including the national teams, the 3. Liga, the women’s national leagues and the DFB Pokal competitions), including the associated marketing activities, since 1 January 2022. DFB GmbH & Co. KG comprises the five business divisions of Match Operations, National Teams & Academy, Marketing, Sales & Events, IT & Digital and Finance.

About FANZONE

FANZONE Media is a Berlin-based company that develops and operates a next-level fan experience platform where limited edition digital trading cards are secured as Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on the Blockchain. Through the FANZONE desktop platform and FANZONE apps for iOS and Android, fans can buy, collect, trade and sell digital trading cards or use them in online games. FANZONE releases digital trading cards and special limited editions with content and formats such as video snippets, 3D merchandise or 3D animated bobble heads. Partners currently include the German Football Association (DFB), the German Basketball Association (DBB), the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), VfL Wolfsburg, FC Bayern Basketball, Brazilian basketball legend Oscar Schmidt and German football icons Andreas Brehme and Per Mertesacker.

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