8 June 2023 – Dr Marc Lenz and Dr Steffen Merkel will be appointed as joint-CEOs of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH from 1 July 2023. This was unanimously decided by the Supervisory Board of DFL GmbH chaired by Hans-Joachim Watzke at a meeting on Wednesday.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) German soccer clubs rejected a proposal to sell a one-eighth share of future worldwide media rights to investors in a vote Wednesday, following anger from fans. At a meeting of the 36 clubs from the Bundesliga and the second division, 20 voted in favor of the proposal, said Hans-Joachim Watzke, chairman of the supervisory board of the German Football League, known as the DFL, which oversees the top two leagues.
With dismayed expressions, the frustrated bosses of the German Football League announced the premature end of the hoped-for billion-euro deal with an investor. Sometimes life is also simple. This is. | June 11, 2023
The planned entry of an investor in a new subsidiary of the German Football League is off the table. A corresponding proposal did not receive the required two-thirds majority among the 36 first and. | June 11, 2023
A German Football League plan to enter into a multi-billion euro partnership with a private equity investor has been voted down. Fans have campaigned vigorously against the idea in recent weeks.