Markus beginning in vaccination card affair – public prosecutor: “Suspicion of forgery has been confirmed.”

In the case of the vaccination pass affair of ex-Werder-Bremen trainer Markus Anfang, the public prosecutor has now spoken out. Apparently, the investigators assume that the document is actually forged. with the words: “The North Rhine National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians, which is responsible for the Cologne vaccination center, has informed us that Mr. Anfang’s personal details are not available in the IT system. That means he was not vaccinated in Cologne. The number that is in his vaccination book was never vaccinated in the vaccination center. The suspicion that it was a fake has been confirmed. “

Inconsistencies in place and time

In addition, there are timing inconsistencies in the vaccination appointments. According to the “Bild”, the beginning is said to have had his first appointment in April in Cologne, but at that time he was in Würzburg as the coach of the second division Darmstadt 98. Even with the second vaccination, the time and place do not match the dates of a training camp in Tyrol, where he and his new club were pitched – that again reports.

The background to the vaccination passport affair is largely unclear. According to the “Bild” newspaper, it was only after the contract was signed in June that the club found out that its new coach had not been vaccinated. According to Club Boss Filbry, there were “understandable reasons” and discussions. At the end of August, the Bremer informed them about his vaccination and also presented a digital vaccination certificate, the paper continues. Ex-Bayern boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on the program “Sky90” “:” I heard that the topic of vaccination was critical at the beginning of the Darmstadt era. “

The SVW news portal “Deichstube” reports, citing “reliable sources”, that there were also inconsistencies in the course of the summer regarding a short-term quarantine in Frankfurt and the follow-up by the authorities. According to “Deichstube”, the contradicting information was noticed by the health department, which then filed a criminal complaint against Markus Anfang on Thursday.

The resignation of Markus Anfang shook the league at the weekend. The reason is an investigation by the public prosecutor against him because of a suspected forged vaccination certificate. On Friday evening, the police presented a search warrant in Bremen’s Weser Stadium. Since beginning cooperated and handed over his apparently incorrect vaccination card and other documents, there were no further searches. At the beginning I then drew his conclusions, “said Filbry. But the 47-year-old has not yet admitted a misconduct.

Transfer paid to Darmstadt

“The Markus Anfang file is closed to us,” says Werder Bremen managing director Klaus Filbry. On the sidelines of the game against Schalke 04, the club boss commented on the ex-trainer’s vaccination passport affair and left little doubt that the club’s management considered the allegations to be justified at the beginning: Because of the ongoing investigation, Filbry did not want to give “a preliminary conviction” , nevertheless the separation from the coach was clearly in the foreground: “The circumstantial situation was very clear. That is why we naturally dealt with legal steps.” Specifically, it was about the instruments of leave of absence and termination on suspicion. “Maybe we would have used them too.”

The beginning had only come to the Weser in the summer and should start the reconstruction of the Green-Whites after the first descent in 41 years. But now the second division has to look for a new head coach. Bremen’s sports director Frank Baumann had made himself strong before the start of the season and even paid a transfer fee to the predecessor club SV Darmstadt 98.

Sources: DPA,, Deichstube.de
(The article was supplemented in the afternoon by the statements of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, editor.)