Frank Steffel remains president of the handball Bundesliga team Füchse Berlin. The 56-year-old entrepreneur had offered his resignation to the Foxes executive committee in the course of his ultimately unsuccessful candidacy as president of the Bundesliga club Hertha BSC.
The Vice Presidents announced their decision on Monday. They “rejected their president’s offer to resign and unanimously asked Frank Steffel to continue the successful and trusting work with the foxes.” Steffel will remain President of the Foxes at least until next year, when there will be elections again.
The former CDU member of the Bundestag was defeated by former Ultra Kay Bernstein at the Hertha general meeting on Sunday. The Hertha supervisory board had previously voted unanimously for Steffel.
“I wasn’t aware of such a deep rift at Hertha BSC and the split between the Ultras and the other members to this extent,” said Steffel.