Wolfgang Niersbach

Wolfgang Niersbach (2014).

Wolfgang Niersbach (born 30 November 1950 in Rommerskirchen) is a German sports journalists and sports official.

Biography

From 2007 to 2012 he was general secretary of the German Football Association (DFB).

On 2 March 2012, Niersbach was elected as the new president of the German Football Association.^[1]

He resigned his position on 9 November 2015 as president, amidst reports about alleged bribery surrounding the 2006 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

References

↑ "Niersbach elected president, Sandrock as General Secretary". dfb.de. German Football Association. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
↑ "Niersbach tritt als DFB-Präsident zurück". dfb.de. 9 November 2015.

Presidents of the German Football Association (DFB)

Ferdinand Hueppe Friedrich Wilhelm Nohe Gottfried Hinze Felix Linnemann Peco Bauwens Hermann Gösmann Hermann Neuberger Egidius Braun Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder Theo Zwanziger Wolfgang Niersbach Rainer Koch and Reinhard Rauball (acting)

Members of the FIFA Executive Committee

President	Issa Hayatou (acting)

Vice-Presidents	Ángel María Villar Alfredo Hawit (provisionally banned) David Chung Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa David Gill Juan Ángel Napout (provisionally banned)

Members	Michel D'Hooghe Şenes Erzik Marios Lefkaritis Hany Abo Rida Vitaly Mutko Wolfgang Niersbach Sunil Gulati Lydia Nsekera Tarek Bouchamaoui Constant Omari Tengku Abdullah Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah Kohzo Tashima Sonia Bien-Aime Fernando Sarney

Co-opted Members for Special Tasks	Moya Dodd

Secretary General	Markus Kattner (acting)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 306167688 LCCN: n00096634 GND: 105158549X

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