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FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09: Wolfgang Niersbach (L) speaks to the press announcing his retirement with immediate effect from his position as DFB president while Reinhard Rauball, president of the German Football League (DFL) stands next to him at DFB headquarters on November 9, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Bongarts/Getty Images)

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 09:  Wolfgang Niersbach (L) speaks to the press announcing his retirement with immediate effect from his position as DFB president while Reinhard Rauball, president of the German Football League (DFL) stands next to him at DFB headquarters on November 9, 2015 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Bongarts/Getty Images)