Karl Hopfner

German football executive (born 1952)

Karl Hopfner

President of FC Bayern München e.V. and Chairman of the supervisory board of FC Bayern München AG
In office 2 May 2014 – 25 November 2016
Preceded by	Uli Hoeneß
Succeeded by	Uli Hoeneß
Senior Vice President of FC Bayern München e.V. and member of the supervisory board of FC Bayern München AG
In office 1 February 2013 – 2 May 2014
Preceded by	Dr. Fritz Scherer
Succeeded by	Rudolf Schels
Deputy Chairman of the Executive board for FC Bayern München AG
In office 2002–2013
Preceded by	—
Succeeded by	Jan-Christian Dreesen
Managing director of the Sport-Werbe GmbH
In office 1995–2002
Managing director of the FC Bayern München e.V.
In office 1983–1995

Personal details
Born	(1952-08-28) 28 August 1952 (age 71)

Karl Hopfner (born 28 August 1952) is a German football executive who has worked for Bayern Munich. In addition to his role at Bayern Munich, he is on UEFA's committee for club tournaments, a member of the board of the Deutsche Fußball Liga and the German Football Association. He is known for turning around the club's finances when the club had massive debts when he was first hired in 1983. Hopfner was elected President of the FC Bayern München eV.

Career

Hopfner applied for Managing Director of the FC Bayern München eV in 1982 after seeing a "local" job ad.^[1] He eventually got the job and started the position in 1983.^[2]^[3]^[4] He eventually became managing director of FC Bayern München Sport-Werbe GmbH and eventually, from 2002, a member of the vorstand of FC Bayern München AG.^[3] He was in–charge of finance as part of his role on the vorstand.^[3]^[4] He was set to leave the club at the end of 2012 due to health reasons.^[5]^[6] However, at the club's annual general meeting on 15 November 2012, Hopfner was elected as Senior Vice President of FC Bayern München eV.^[4]^[7] Bayern announced on 26 September 2012 that Jan-Christian Dreesen would replace Hopfner on the vorstand.^[8] Dreesen took over on 1 February 2013.^[9] Following the resignation of Uli Hoeneß, Hopfner was announced as the candidate to become the new President of FC Bayern München e.V.^[10] The election was held on 2 May 2014 at the extraordinary general meeting.^[2]^[11] The result was that he would succeed Hoeneß as the new club president.^[12] During his career at Bayern, Hopfner was a member of the board of the Deutsche Fußball Liga^[13] and the German Football Association^[14] and also sits on the club commission for UEFA.^[14]

References

^ Eichler, Christian (15 November 2012). "Der Geldmacher". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b Mehl, Tilmann (17 March 2014). "Hoeneß-Nachfolger: Wer ist Karl Hopfner?". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 18 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Designierter Bayern-Präsident: Hopfner soll Hoeneß ersetzen". Der Spiegel (in German). 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Hopfner soll neuer Präsident des FC Bayern München werden". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 14 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
^ "Hopfner verlässt den Bayern-Vorstand". kicker (in German). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
^ "Petr Jiracek unterschreibt bis 2016". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 29 August 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
^ "FC Bayern mit Rekord-Umsatz - Hoeneß wiedergewählt". kicker (in German). 15 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
^ "Dreesen wird Finanzvorstand beim FC Bayern". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 26 September 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "Einigung: Dreesen kommt im Februar". kicker (in German). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "Karl Hopfner soll Bayern-Präsident werden". Die Welt (in German). 14 March 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
^ "Hainer und Hopfner führen die Bayern". Rheinische Post (in German). 15 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ "Hopfner wird zum Präsidenten gewählt". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
^ "Reinhard Rauball bleibt DFL-Präsident". kicker (in German). 18 August 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Hopfners Liebesdienst am FC Bayern: "Nicht so vorgestellt"". Abendzeitung (in German). Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2014.