Overview
- Members at the club assembly chose the Liste Koch slate by simple majority, adding Sylvia Weisheit to the supervisory board and excluding individual candidate Daniel Rahaus after members voted for a list ballot.
- The seat had been vacant since the October death of long‑time board member Hans‑Joachim Lesching, and Weisheit’s election restores the full supervisory board that oversees club strategy and finances.
- Weisheit, who worked as a project coordinator during Union’s 2008–09 stadium modernization, was presented as a qualified candidate and is the first woman named to the club’s supervisory board in this set of reports.
- Club officials presented a short‑term financial plan that aims to reduce combined men's and women's squad costs from about €61.5 million to roughly €58 million to help manage resources for the coming season.
- The vote produced some fan unease that led to abstentions during parts of the meeting and prompted Weisheit to publicly address questions about social‑media group memberships while the club said it stood behind her selection.