BVB chief Watzke stays on as DFL executive committee spokesman | OneFootball

At Borussia Dortmund, he will be stepping down from his current position in the near future. However, Hans-Joachim Watzke (66) will retain his top role at the German Football League (DFL). The BVB managing director will continue to serve as spokesperson for the DFL executive committee in the future.

During the DFL general assembly in Berlin, representatives of the 36 professional clubs from the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga unanimously confirmed Watzke in his position on Wednesday (September 3). According to the statutes, he will also continue to serve as chairman of the supervisory board of DFL GmbH. The term of office is now four years instead of three. The BVB boss had no opposing candidate.

“Of course, I accept the election and thank you very much for the trust,” Watzke said, according to a dpa report. In the fall, the 66-year-old will step down from the management of Borussia Dortmund and intends to run for president of the Ruhr club at the general meeting in November. There was some commotion ahead of the vote, as the current club president Reinhard Lunow (72) initially also wanted to run. However, he later withdrew his candidacy.

In addition to his roles at the club and the DFL, Watzke is also vice president of the German Football Association (DFB) and a member of the executive committee of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).

BVB fills another position

Watzke’s deputy as spokesperson for the DFL executive committee is Oliver Leki (52), CFO of SC Freiburg. The second deputy is Oke Göttlich (49), club president of FC St. Pauli. Other executive committee members elected by vote are Jan-Christian Dreesen (57/FC Bayern Munich), Axel Hellmann (54/Eintracht Frankfurt), Steffen Schneekloth (61/Holstein Kiel), and Holger Schwiewagner (48/SpVgg Greuther Fürth).

The chairman of the licensing committee remains Dreesen, the CEO of FC Bayern. His deputy continues to be Dortmund’s CFO Thomas Treß (59). Also on the licensing committee are Gerrit Floruß (1. FC Heidenheim) and Julien Zamberk (37/Eintracht Frankfurt).

The 18 clubs of the 1st Bundesliga chose Fernando Carro (61/CEO of Bayer Leverkusen) as a member of the supervisory board of DFL GmbH. The second division clubs selected Anne Baumann (45/Finance Director of Darmstadt 98) as their representative on the supervisory board of DFL GmbH. Other members of the supervisory board of DFL GmbH are Ralf Huschen (46/Hertha BSC) and Eric Huwer (41/Hamburger SV).

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