Hamburger SV: Henrik Köncke elected president with 65.7% of the vote

Henrik Köncke has been elected president of Hamburger Sport-Verein (promoted to the Bundesliga for 2025-26), announced the club at the end of its general meeting, attended by 1,500 members at the Volksparkstadion (Hamburg, GER) on 21/06/2025. Köncke succeeds Marcell Jansen, who had announced that he would not be standing for re-election.

Henrik Köncke, who had been a member of the club's supervisory board since 2023, was elected with 65.71% of the vote (780 votes) against two opponents: Kai Esselsgroth (29.06%) and Frank Ockens (5.22%). Two other members of the Präsidium (executive committee) were elected: Laura Ludwig (90.4%, 2016 Olympic beach volleyball champion), as new vice president and the first woman to join the club's executive committee, and Michael Papenfuß (68.1%), who was retained as vice president and treasurer.

Also adopted at the AGM was a motion to create a "Supporters trust", a cooperative designed as a structure for fans to invest in the club, enabling them "to act as a potential investor in the club in the future, with objectives different from those of…