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FC Schalke brings another woman into the executive floor
Updated on July 16, 2025 – 03:28Reading time: 1 min.
Steffi Jones will be the new supervisory board at FC Schalke 04. The former national coach takes over a free place in the leadership team of the football club.
FC Schalke 04 brings former national coach Steffi Jones to his supervisory board. That reports “picture” and “Sky”. According to this, the 52-year-old is said to be on the place of Youri Mulder, who after two years on the Supervisory Board has taken over the function of the sports director at the second division club.
According to reports, Jones received one of the three free places on the executive floor and therefore did not have to be elected by the members. Your activity should start now and initially take two years. “BILD” reports that Jones now belongs to the club’s sports committee, which is responsible for the approval of player transfers.
Jones is not an unknown in the football world: The Frankfurt native acted as a DFB director for women, girls’ and school football and was national coach of the women’s national team from 2016 to 2018. In her active career she was German champion, triple European champion, world champion and won two bronze medals at the Olympics. Apart from sports, Jones operates a company in Gelsenkirchen according to “Sky”.
The Dutch Mulder had practiced the position of the sports director since 2024, in May 2025 the 56-year-old received a fixed contract and is to do the job until at least 2027.