21-06-2025
Ex-ultra elected new Hamburg president as club labelled 'debt free'
Henrik Koencke, candidate for the president, takes part in the general meeting of Hamburger at Volksparkstadion. Georg Wendt/dpa
Former ultra fan Henrik Köncke has been voted as the new president of SV Hamburg, just over a month after their promotion back to the Bundesliga.
Köncke, previously one of the club's radical supporters in the stands, received a clear majority of 65.71% to succeed former player Marcell Jansen. Ex-coach Felix Magath was controversially not allowed to stand for election.
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Finance chief Eric Huwer also told Saturday's annual general meeting that the club are "debt-free" as they head back to the German top flight.
Hamburg had been in the second tier since relegation in 2018.
