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21/11/2022 – Following the 2022 General Assembly and associated committee elections, the The DFL Commission reassigned during the general meeting.
The eight committees “Club Media”, “eFootball”, “Finance”, “Football”, “Internationalization” and “Academies”, “Marketing & Sponsoring” and “Sustainability” meet regularly and report to the DFL Executive Committee on particular issues strategic relevance areas an advisory role. The eFootball and Sustainability commissions were established this year.
The selection of the usually ten to twelve committee members by the professional clubs is carried out following the DFL general meetings, partly by appointment by the DFL executive committee and partly by election by the respective Bundesliga general meeting or Bundesliga 2 .
The commissions are made up of the following members:
- Club Media Fee
Members: Markus Aretz (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Barbara Ertel-Leicht (VfL Wolfsburg), Sascha Fligge (Borussia Dortmund), Marcus Jung (Hertha BSC), Tobias Kaufmann (VfB Stuttgart), Stefan Mennerich (FC Bayern Munich), Kai Niemann (Fortuna Dusseldorf ) ). ), Christian Pletz (Hamburger SV), Denise Schäfer (Eintracht Braunschweig), Tobias Sparwasser (1. FSV Mainz 05), Jan Strasheim (Eintracht Frankfurt), Peer Wellendorf (Holstein Kiel)
DFL: Dr Steffen Merkel (Member of Management; Director of Audiovisual Rights), Marcus Beisiegel (Head Audiovisual rights National)
- Commission „eFootball“
Members: Thomas Mann (FC Bayern Munich), Michael Fischer (VfL Bochum 1848), Dag Gehring (FC St. Pauli), Dennis Krüger (Hertha BSC), Dominik Kupilas (SV Werder Bremen), Marc André Lenhard (RB Leipzig), Roman Schlothauer (VfL Wolfsburg), Stefan Schuffels (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Simon Stocker (1. FC Cologne), Paul Wetenkamp (Hannover 96)
DFL: Jörg Hoelich (Head of the Virtual Bundesliga)
- Finance Commission
members: Anne Baumann (SV Darmstadt 98), Christopher Blümlein (1. FSV Mainz 05), Daniel Bruss (SV Werder Bremen), Oliver Frankenbach (Eintracht Frankfurt), Carsten Höltkemeyer (FC St. Pauli), Florian Hopp (RB Leipzig), Dr Eric Huwer (Hamburger SV), Fabian Otto (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Michael Plum (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Christina Rühl-Hamers (FC Schalke 04), Thomas Tress (Borussia Dortmund), Dirk Weißert (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)
DFL: Jörg Degenhart (Member of the Executive Board; Head of Finance, IT and Organisation), Werner Possible (Head of Licensing)
- Football Commission
Members: Klaus Allofs (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Samir Arabi (DSC Arminia Bielefeld), Rachid Azzouzi (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Fredi Bobic (Hertha BSC), Jonas Boldt (Hamburger SV), Andreas Bornemann (FC St. Pauli), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), Markus Krösche (Eintracht Frankfurt), Simon Rolfes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Jochen Saier (Sport-Club Freiburg), Hasan Salihamidžić (FC Bayern Munich)
DFL: Ansgar Schwenken (Member of the Executive Board; Director of Football and Fan Affairs), Andreas Nagel (Director of Sports and Youth)
- Internationalization Commission
Members: Samy Julien Hamama (Eintracht Frankfurt), Philipp Havermann (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Benjamin Hoeness (FC Bayern Munich), Evelyn Holderbach (RB Leipzig), Rouven Kasper (VfB Stuttgart), Tony Mamodaly (TSG Hoffenheim), Michael Meeske (VfL Wolfsburg) , Benedikt Scholz (Borussia Dortmund), Holger Tromp (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Bernd von Geldern (FC St. Pauli), Torsten Wirwas (FC Schalke 04), Sebastian Zelichowski (Hertha BSC)
DFL: Peer Naubert (CMO Bundesliga International)
- Commission “Achievement Centers”.
Members: Michael Bischof (Karlsruher SC), Volker Kersting (1. FSV Mainz 05), Benjamin Liedtke (FC St. Pauli), Alexander Richter (Eintracht Frankfurt), Lars Ricken (Borussia Dortmund), Jochen Sauer (FC Bayern Munich), Andreas Steiert (Sport Club Freiburg), Michael Wiesinger (1. FC Nuremberg)
DFL: Andreas Nagel (sports and youth director), Ansgar Schwenken (executive board member; director of football and fan affairs), Daniel Feld (head of youth and academies)
DFB: Markus Hirte (sports director talent development), Claus Junginger (head talent development department), Meikel Schönweitz (head coach national teams)
LZ 3rd league representative: Manfred Paula (TSV 1860 Munich)
- “Marketing & Sponsoring” Committee.
Members: Martin Drust (FC St. Pauli), Markus Erdmann (VfB Stuttgart), Thomas E. Herrich (Hertha BSC), Alexander Jobst (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Tim Jost (Holstein Kiel), Andreas Jung (FC Bayern Munich), Arnfried Lemmle ( Eintracht Frankfurt), Alexander Mühl (Borussia Dortmund), Christian Rauhut (SV Werder Bremen), Timo Schiller (SpVgg Greuther Fürth), Dr. Bernd Schroeder (FC Schalke 04), Christoph Wortmann (VfL Bochum 1848)
DFL: Peer Naubert (CMO Bundesliga International)
- “Sustainability” Commission.
Members: Nico Briskorn (VfL Wolfsburg), Hanno Franke (Sport-Club Freiburg), Philipp Hessberger (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ilja Kaenzig (VfL Bochum 1848), Marieke Koehler (Borussia Dortmund), Anne-Kathrin Laufmann (SV Werder Bremen), Marieke Patyna (Hamburger SV), Neele Rickers (SC Paderborn 07), Niels Rossow (1. FC Nuremberg), Stefan Wagner (TSG Hoffenheim)
DFL: Dr Marc Lenz (Member of Executive Board; Head of Corporate Strategy & International Affairs), Marika Bernhard (DFL Lead Sustainability)