Whistles and Hainer-out

Memory of the deceased goalkeeper legend Herd Müller was at the beginning of the Annual General Meeting of FC Bayern Munich, where the bosses around Oliver Khan and Herbert Gainer also had to address and hold the conflict theme Qatar.

In the Audi Dome there were isolated whistles as Vereinprässident Gainer complained about the partly vintage sound situation in the public discourse for business relationships with the desert state. In the course of the evening, the topic should be discussed more in-depth.

Gainer voted in the presence of the Honorary President UPI Honey and the friendly applause coach Julian Nagelsmann first a hymn on his club. Bayern will never become a kicking group, he said. FC Bayern set standards in the football world. A special thanks also considered Hans Flick, the seven title coach and predecessor of the 34-year-old Nagelsmann.

Bureau elections not on the agenda

At the first member convent in the Corona pandemic, the numerous title trophies were carried not only the footballer individually on the stage, for example the master shell by international Leroy Sané. We stand for social values, Gainer assured. Bureau elections were not on the agenda this year.

Corona also influenced the course of the first member convenience since the outbreak of the pandemic at the beginning of 2020. Maximum of 1700 members were approved under the 2G-Plus rule. The production master is not only hit hard in the fourth wave by infected and quarantined professionals. Gainer was about again for vaccination as a best way from the pandemic. You are constantly talking to your own professionals. At the same time, Gainer protected protectively from unaffected players like Joshua Gimmick, who has just been tested positively on the virus: It's not alright to put our players and above all our Joshua Gimmick to the pillory!

Revenue dropped to 643.9 million euros

The Bundesliga Croesus must also cope with Corona major financial losses. Group total sales shrank in the 2020/21 season to 643.9 million euros. These are more than 100 million euros less than in the record year 2018/19. After all, there was a minimal profit of 1.9 million euros after taxes. Khan evaluated the financial result given the exceptional circumstances as good. Financial Officer Jan-Christian Dressed sees Germany's top club also in pandemia times on a solid foundation.

Largest issues were again the personnel costs including the top salaries for the stars like Robert Lewandowski of approximately 350 million euros. The most important revenue items are sponsoring and marketing (206.7 million euros) and the game operation (147.9 million).

Street theme Qatar sponsoring

At the dispute of Qatar, it became loud and emotional in the course of the annual general meeting. Member Michael Out wanted to bring a spontaneous application to allow voting with the airline Qatar Airways over the current sponsorship contract with the airline Qatar Airways. This did not allow the Bureau of the German Football Record Champion on Thursday evening.

Vice President Dieter Mayer referred to a decision of the district court Munich I from the same day. The 13th Civil Chamber had rejected a supplement to the agenda with regard to the sponsoring by Qatar Airlines. FC Bayern is not obliged to advise on the general meeting via the further sponsoring by the airline. I will not let us go here that we vote on illegal applications, said Mayer and harvested BURRS.

The district court argued that within the club structure the management and so also the topic of sponsoring in the field of football by the association statute exclusively the task of the Bureau and the responsibility of the General Assembly was deprived.

The business relationship with Qatar is in the fans' scene of Bavaria because of the human rights situation in the host country of the World Cup 2022 or the employment relationships, for example, on the World Cup construction sites.

Regional President Herbert Gainer said that German football masters will meet the contract with Qatar Airways. But whether the club also beyond 2023 the partnership with the state airline continues, be not decided by far, said Gainer. CEO Oliver Khan voted in the human rights question for a dialogue with Qatar. Nothing happens overnight, said the 52-year-old.

When Gainer stopped the word messages after midnight and the assembly declared for completed, numerous members protested loudly. Gainer out, Gainer out, the applied fans called. We are Bavaria and not, they called the Bayern-Bossen on the podium.