The Tempodrom was the venue for the anniversary celebration.
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
September 13, 2023 – The DFL welcomed more than 450 guests to the Berlin Tempodrom for the “60 Years of the Bundesliga” gala – including representatives from sport and media, politics and business, as well as those responsible from the 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and 2nd Bundesliga.
Selected impressions of the evening:
From left to right: Hans-Joachim Watzke (speaker of the DFL executive committee and chairman of the board of Borussia Dortmund), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britta Ernst (wife of the Chancellor), Dr. Steffen Merkel (DFL Managing Director) and Dr. Marc Lenz (DFL Managing Director)1 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Bernard Dietz (European champion 1980, left) and Otto Rehhagel (DFL honorary award winner and master trainer)2 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Tom Bartels (moderator, left) and Friedhelm Funkel (record holder as a coach with six Bundesliga promotions)3 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Klaus Allofs (Board of Sport & Communications Fortuna Düsseldorf, left) and Bernd Neuendorf (DFB President)4 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Roman Weidenfeller (2014 World Champion, left) and Laura Wontorra (moderator)5 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/TIm Groothuis
From left to right: Hermann Winkler (DFB Vice President for Youth Football), Christian Wulff (retired Federal President) and Klaus Wowereit (former Governing Mayor of Berlin)6 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Fernando Carro de Prada (CEO of Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Paulo Sergio (1994 World Champion with Brazil and member of the “Bundesliga Legends Network”) and Simon Rolfes (CEO of Sport Bayer 04 Leverkusen)7 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Axel Hellmann (DFL Presidium member and board spokesman Eintracht Frankfurt, left) and Oliver Leki (1st Deputy Speaker of the DFL Presidium and board member Sport-Club Freiburg)8 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Dirk Zingler (President 1. FC Union Berlin, left) and Steffen Schneekloth (2nd Deputy Speaker of the DFL Presidium and President Holstein Kiel)9 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Thomas Helmer (European champion 1996, left) with Laura Wontorra (presenter)10 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Frank Baumann (Managing Director of Football SV Werder Bremen, left) and Dieter Burdenski (Bundesliga record player SV Werder Bremen)11 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Heike Ullrich (DFB General Secretary), Ariane Hingst (World Champion 2003 and 2007) and Nia Künzer (World Champion 2003)12 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz13 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Rüdiger Fritsch (DFL supervisory board member and president of SV Darmstadt 98, left) and Rachid Azzouzi (managing director of Sport SpVgg Greuther Fürth)14 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Katja Kraus (co-initiator and chairwoman of the advisory board “Football Can Do More”, left) and Oke Göttlich (DFL executive board member and president FC St. Pauli) 15 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Peter Peters (DFL honorary member, left) and Harald Strutz (DFL honorary member) 16 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Wolfgang Niersbach (former DFB president, left) and Markus Merk (former Bundesliga referee) 17 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Stefan Reuter (World Champion 1990 and European Champion 1996), Pierre Littbarski (World Champion 1990) and Fredi Bobic (European Champion 1996)18 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Dr. Steffen Merkel (DFL managing director, left) and Dr. Marc Lenz (DFL Managing Director)19 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Alexander Meier (Bundesliga top scorer season 2014/15, left) and Pirmin Schwegler (Head of Licensed Football and Football Cooperations TSG Hoffenheim)20 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Christian Wulff (retired Federal President), Britta Ernst (wife of the Chancellor), Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Hans-Joachim Watzke (speaker of the DFL Presidium and Chairman of the Board of Borussia Dortmund)21 / 21
Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
2023-09-13 22:11:34
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