ÖFB in a change: Mitterdorfer steps back, Bartosch takes the lead!

ÖFB in a change: Mitterdorfer steps back, Bartosch takes the lead!

In a dramatic power game in Austrian football, Klaus Mitterdorfer resigns as President of the ÖFB. On November 21, 2024, just four months after taking office on July 8, Mitterdorfer explains that he pulls the emergency brake at the public and internal conflicts. The past few weeks have been shaped by tensions, especially around a planned structural reform. This situation finally escalated through the demands of team boss Ralf Rangnick and other players who made Mobil against the layoffs of managing director Bernhard Neuhold and Secretary General Thomas Hollerer Mobil. As the Platform today reported, there was already worrying statements about Mitterdorfer's leadership style and its competence in advance of his decision -making decision.

Mitterdorfer's resignation and the consequences

In his farewell announcement, Mitterdorfer said that he had always tried to work constructively for football, but it was no longer successful. He wants the focus on sport itself. "The personal defamation and accusations of the past few weeks have not only heavily burdened me, but also the ÖFB," said Mitterdorfer. His successor, Wolfgang Bartosch, now takes responsibility until a new presidency is elected in May 2025. Bartosch, who already saw clarification in an interview with Sky, is planning a four -eye conversation with Rangnick to better understand the chaotic circumstances. In addition, he will maintain the already controversial dismissals by Neuhold and Hollerer, which had prompted Mitterdorfer, as he clarified.

The extraordinary presidium meeting scheduled for Friday, in which Silvia Kaupa-Götzl was to be appointed as a new CEO, was canceled. This clearly shows that the internal conflicts are not easy to solve. Mitterdorfer, according to the Nachrichten.at, sees this as an insurmountable obstacle for its reform projects. It remains to be seen whether Bartosch can successfully design the necessary steps to calm the ÖFB and to implement the structural reform, while the association remains able to act at the same time. The coming months will be decisive for the future of Austrian football.