Overview

• Incumbent Reinhold Lunow announced he will hand over the presidency in November, ending a potential contest.
• Hans-Joachim Watzke can now run without an opponent, pending a formal proposal by the club’s Wahlausschuss.
• The members’ meeting to elect the president has not been scheduled, though it is traditionally held on Totensonntag, this year on 23 November.
• Lunow cited Watzke’s assurances on safeguarding active member involvement and BVB’s values as his reason for withdrawing.
• Watzke previously said he would leave BVB’s executive management in autumn 2025 and holds senior posts with the DFL, DFB and UEFA.