Deutsche Fußball Liga

Overview

• HeadquartersFrankfurt¹
• Websitewww.dfl.de
• Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung¹

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The Bundesliga-Gruppe GmbH (or simply Bundesliga-Gruppe or Bundesliga GmbH; lit. 'Bundesliga-Group') is a league and wholly owned subsidiary of Bundesliga e.V.. The Bundesliga-Gruppe is responsible for entire operating business of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga leagues.²

Corporate structure

Deutsche Fußball Liga is part of a group headed by DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e. V.. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Deutsche Fußball Liga reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

• Dyn Sport 6.5%

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

Leadership

Who has led Deutsche Fußball Liga, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• Chief executive officerMarc Lenz 2023 to now¹
• Chief executive officerSteffen Merkel 2023 to now¹
• Chief executive officerAxel Hellmann 2022 to 2023¹
• Chief executive officerDonata Hopfen 2022 to 2022¹
• Chief executive officerOliver Leki 2022 to 2023¹
• Chief executive officerAndreas Rettig 2013 to 2015¹
• Chief executive officerChristian Seifert 2005 to 2022¹
• Chief executive officerHolger Hieronymus 2005 to 2012¹
• Chief executive officerHeribert Bruchhagen 2002 to 2004¹
• Chief executive officerMichael Pfad 2002 to 2004¹
• Chief executive officerWilfried Straub 2001 to 2005¹

Products and brands

From Wikipedia’s article on Bundesliga-Gruppe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

• DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e. V.

Also owns

• Dyn Sport 6.5% since 2025

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1. 2025Acquired Dyn Sport¹

Timeline

1. 2023New chief executive Steffen Merkel becomes CEO¹
2. 2023New chief executive Marc Lenz becomes CEO¹
3. 2022New chief executive Oliver Leki becomes CEO¹
4. 2022New chief executive Donata Hopfen becomes CEO¹
5. 2022New chief executive Axel Hellmann becomes CEO¹
6. 2013New chief executive Andreas Rettig becomes CEO¹
7. 2005New chief executive Holger Hieronymus becomes CEO¹
8. 2005New chief executive Christian Seifert becomes CEO¹
9. 2002New chief executive Michael Pfad becomes CEO¹
10. 2002New chief executive Heribert Bruchhagen becomes CEO¹
11. Feb 28, 2001Founded Founded¹
12. 2001New chief executive Wilfried Straub becomes CEO¹

Links

• Websitewww.dfl.de¹
• Websitewww.dfl.de/de¹
• WikipediaBundesliga-Gruppe
• WikidataQ1214568