Boris Liebing (FC Schalke 04 e.V.) presents the EFDN Walking Football League

Boris Liebing (FC Schalke 04 e.V.) presents the EFDN Walking Football League

Boris Liebing, Coordinator Sport departments / Head of Womens Soccer / Foundation at “Schalke hilft”, the foundation of FC Schalke 04, is the next confirmed speaker at our 16th EFDN Conference in Breda on 9 & 10 November 2021. 

Boris started working for the club in 2006 as manager of the Basketball section in the 2nd Bundesliga. Since 2016 he’s responsible for all sport departments (Athletics, Basketball, Handball, Blind football etc.) and all sport projects (Footballfans in Training, Walking Football etc.). Furthermore he supports the foundation “Schalke hilft” in different projects. Last year the club started a women`s football section, and Boris was elected as its chairman.

Boris will present the new version of the Walking Football League, which was developed by EFDN in collaboration with FC Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen. The aim is, to spread the idea of Walking Football all over Europe, in order to make other clubs aware of the various advantages that Walking Football can bring for each club. Furthermore they want to show that Walking Football is a good way to break down barriers and to bring people from different countries together.