The “60 Years of the Bundesliga” Gala in pictures
Foto: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
26 September 2023 – The DFL hosted more than 450 guests at the “60 Years of Bundesliga” gala in Berlin’s Tempodrom – among them representatives from various sports and media, politics and business, as well as delegates from the 36 clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2.
Selected impressions from the evening:
From left ro right: Hans-Joachim Watzke (Speaker of the DFL Executive Committee, Chairman of the DFL Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Management Board Borussia Dortmund), Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Britta Ernst (Wife of the Chancellor), Dr. Steffen Merkel (DFL CEO) and Dr. Marc Lenz (DFL CEO)1 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Bernard Dietz (UEFA Euro 1980 winner, left) and Otto Rehhagel (Recipient of the DFL‘s honorary award and Bundesligawinning head coach)2 / 27 Foto: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Tom Bartels (Moderator, left) and Friedhelm Funkel (Holds the record for six Bundesliga promotions as a coach)3 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Klaus Allofs (Member of the Board for Sport & Communication Fortuna Düsseldorf, left) and Bernd Neuendorf (DFB President)4 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Roman Weidenfeller (FIFA 2014 World Cup winner, left) and Laura Wontorra (Moderator)5 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/TIm Groothuis
From left to right: Hermann Winkler (Vice President DFB), Christian Wulff (Former German President) and Klaus Wowereit (Former Mayor of Berlin) 6 / 27 Foto: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Fernando Carro de Prada (CEO Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Paulo Sergio (FIFA 1994 World Cup winner with Brazil and Member of the Bundesliga Legends Network), Simon Rolfes (Sporting Director Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 7 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Axel Hellmann (Spokesperson for the Eintracht Frankfurt Board and DFL Executive Board Member, left) and Oliver Leki (First Deputy Speaker of the DFL Executive Committee and Board Member Sport-Club Freiburg)8 / 27 
Dirk Zingler (President FC Union Berlin, left) and Steffen Schneekloth (Second Deputy Speaker of the DFL Executive Committee and President Holstein Kiel)9 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Thomas Helmer (UEFA Euro 96 Winner, left) with Laura Wontorra10 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Frank Baumann (Sporting Director SV Werder Bremen, left) and Dieter Burdenski (Record for most Bundesliga appearances for SV Werder Bremen)11 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Heike Ullrich (DFB Secretary General), Ariane Hingst (World Champion 2003 and 2007) und Nia Künzer (World Champion 2003)12 / 27 Foto: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Chancellor Olaf Scholz13 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Rüdiger Fritsch (DFL Supervisory Board Member and President of SV Darmstadt 98, left) and Rachid Azzouzi (Sporting Director SpVgg Greuther Fürth)14 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Arnd Zeigler (Stadium Announcer SV Werder Bremen and Moderator), Kevin Kühnert (Secretary General of the SPD) and Kay Bernstein (President Hertha BSC)15 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Katja Kraus (Co-Initiator and Chairwoman of the Advisory Board “Fußball kann mehr”, left) and Oke Göttlich (Member of the DFL Exective Board and President FC St. Pauli) 16 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
From left to right: Axel Balkausky (Director of Sport ARD), Friedrich Merz (Chairman of the CDU), Christine Strobl (Program Director ARD) and Carsten Linnemann (Secretary General CDU)17 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Dr. Stefan Holz (Managing Director of the German basketball league, left) and Frank Bohmann (Managing Director of the German handball league)18 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Peter Peters (DFL Honorary Member, left) and Harald Strutz (DFL Honorary Member) 19 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Wolfgang Niersbach (Former DFB President, left) and Markus Merk (Former Bundesliga Referee)20 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Stefan Reuter (FIFA 1990 World Cup and UEFA Euro 96 Winner), Pierre Littbarski (FIFA 1990 World Cup Winner) and Fredi Bobic (UEFA Euro 96 Winner) 21 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to rigth: Jan-Christian Dreesen (Member of the DFL Exective Board and Chairman of the Board of Directors FC Bayern München), Paulo Sergio (FIFA 1994 World Cup winner with Brazil and Member of the Bundesliga Legends Network), Karl Hopfner (Former President FC Bayern München) and Andreas Jung (Member of the Board FC Bayern München)22 / 27 Foto: DFL/Witters/Leonie Horky
Dr. Steffen Merkel (left) and Dr. Marc Lenz (DFL CEOs)23 / 27 
Alexander Meier (Bundesliga top goalscorer 2014/15, left) and Pirmin Schwegler (Head of Licensed Football and Football Cooperations TSG Hoffenheim)24 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
Holger Schwiewagner (DFL Executive Board Member and Managing Director of SpVgg Greuther Fürth, left) and Rouven Schröder (Sporting Director RB Leipzig)25 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Christian Wulff, Olaf Scholz with Britta Ernst and Hans-Joachim Watzke 26 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters/Tim Groothuis
From left to right: Alexander Roesner (Senior Vice President Sports Editorial Sky Germany), Wolff-Christoph Fuss (Commentator Sky Sports Germany), Hans Gabbe (Senior Vice President Sports Rights and Commercialization Sky Germany), Charly Classen (Executive Vice President Sports Sky Germany), Barny Mills (CEO Sky Germany), Devesh Raj (Chief Operating Officer Sky UK) and Alessandro Reitano (Senior Vice President Sports Production Sky Germany)27 / 27 Photo: DFL/Witters