Terms and conditions for the ‘Youth Team of the Month’ campaign

What is it all about?

The DFB Foundation German Football Museum gGmbH (hereinafter referred to as the “Foundation”), as the operator of the German Football Museum (hereinafter referred to as the “Museum”), will be selecting the “Youth Team of the Month” every month from February 2016 onwards. The decision as to which team is selected each month is made by a jury comprising Museum staff. The jury makes its decision at its own free and unrestricted discretion. It bases its decision on the photos uploaded by the entrants via the Museum’s website by the relevant deadline (see below). The winning team will receive a set of kits (shorts, shirt, socks) for 14 outfield players and 2 goalkeepers. Photographs of the winning team, as well as coverage of the selection process, may be exhibited by the Foundation in the museum, incorporated into a film that may be screened in the museum, and made publicly available on the museum’s website and via social media (e.g. Facebook).

Who can take part and how often?

All youth teams (G-Jugend to A-Jugend) from football clubs affiliated to the DFB are eligible to take part in the campaign. Each team may only apply once per calendar year.

Who must submit the application and where?

The application may only be submitted by an official representative of the club or another adult authorised (e.g. by written or verbal power of attorney) to represent the club in the application process. Applications can only be made online via the museum’s website and only by entering the mandatory details provided there. 

Deadline

Only those youth teams whose photos have been uploaded by the applicants by the 15th of the preceding month at the latest, along with all the mandatory information required for uploading, will be considered by the jury for a particular month. Late applications may be considered by the jury in subsequent months. 

Image rights

The following applies to the photos uploaded by each applicant: The applicant must have obtained prior permission from all persons depicted in the photos to enter the competition for ‘Youth Team of the Month’. The entrant must also have obtained permission from the photographer (if they are not the photographer themselves) and from all persons depicted in the photographs for the museum to produce prints and other reproductions of the uploaded photographs, to exhibit these in the museum for an unlimited period, use them in the aforementioned film and screen this film in the museum, and make them publicly available on the museum’s website and via social media (e.g. Facebook). Where minors are depicted in the photographs, the applicant must have obtained the relevant parental consent before uploading them.