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Rainer Koch

Rainer Koch

German jurist and football official (born 1958)

Rainer Koch (born 18 December 1958) is a German jurist and football official. From November 2015 to April 2016, he was the acting president of the German Football Association along with Reinhard Rauball.[1]

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Koch is a member of UEFA's Appeals Body.[2]

Professional career

Koch completed his schooling at Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich[3] and then did his military service. From 1979 to 1984 he studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After receiving his doctorate, he worked in the Bavarian judicature. After working in various local courts, he worked for three years at the Saxonian University of Applied Sciences of Administration in Meissen.[4] Koch was the deputy head of the IT authority of the Bavarian justice for several years. Since 2008, Koch has been a judge at the Oberlandesgericht Munich. Because of his diverse obligations as a sports official, he converted to a part-time job.[5]

Sporting career

Bavarian Football Association

In his youth, Koch played football for the Kirchheimer SC and for the TSV Poing. From 1977 to 1980, Koch was coach of the D and C junior teams from Kirchheimer SC.[6] Also in Kirchheim, Koch took over head of the youth department from 1989-1990. Starting in 1975, he was a referee at the Bavarian Football Association (Bayerischer Fußball-Verband, BFV). Up to 1986, Koch refereed nearly 1,000 football matches, including some in the Bayernliga, which was then the third highest league in Germany. From 1987 to 1989 he was an official referee observer. He also coached the A youth team of Falke Markt Schwaben. Koch acquired the coaching license B in 1982.[7]

At the age of 24, in 1982, he was an observer in the referee committee of the football district of Munich, which he held until 1986. After a work-related break, Koch returned again in 1990 to the BFV and became chairman of the Jugend-Sportgericht (Youth Sport Court) in the district of Upper Bavaria. After six years he was assessor in the association sports court, the leading sports court in the BFV, which he chaired from 1998 until 2004. In November 2004, Koch was unanimously elected President of the Bavarian Football Association.[8] As president, he visited the district and regional days in BFV, promoted the efforts against match fixing,[9] and strengthened the lower divisions in the association. In the following BFV general meetings in 2006, 2010 and 2014 Koch was unanimously re-elected.[10]

Southern German Football Association

Koch was elected in 2005 as vice president of the board of the Southern German Football Association (Süddeutscher Fußball-Verband, SFV). The SFV is made up of the football associations in Bavaria, Hesse, Baden and Württemberg. Koch is President of the SFV since 22 October 2011.[8]

German Football Association

Koch in 2011

In 1996, Koch was made assessor of sports court of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund, DFB), to which he was elected chairman in 1998.[11] In this position, Koch was much more involved in the investigation of the Bundesliga scandal 2005.[12] Under his chairmanship, the court imposed the highest fines in the DFB-history for racism from football fans.[13]

In October 2007, Koch was elected DFB vice-president[14] and then gave up the chair of the sports court. As DFB vice-president he was involved in fighting against racism and violence in football stadiums.[15] On 25 October 2013, Koch took over the responsibility for amateur football as 1st Vice President of the DFB board.[16] In this capacity, he is chairman of the conference of 21 state and five regional association presidents. This conference advises the DFB Presidium, the DFB Board and the DFB central administration in all issues that affect amateur football. Following the resignation of Wolfgang Niersbach in November 2015, Koch was, along with first Vice President Reinhard Rauball, statutory acting DFB president.[17] In connection with possible bribes before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, on 9 November 2015, Koch demanded a public announcement about the operations from Franz Beckenbauer and explained that it was absolutely necessary "that he is intensively introduced in the elucidation of the processes."[5] Koch remained president along with Rauball until 15 April 2016.

International Football

From 2002 to 2011, Koch was a member of the Control and Disciplinary Body of UEFA.

Politics

Koch runs since 1990 for the Social Democratic Party of Germany in the city council of Poing and in 2009 was a member of the Federal Convention for his party.[18]

Family

Koch is married and has a daughter.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Football boss resigns over World Cup scandal". The Local. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Appeals Body". UEFA. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Diese Herren sollen beim DFB aufräumen" (in German). tz. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Eine Chronik" (in German). Fachhochschule der Sächsischen Verwaltung Meißen. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. [5]
    Schmid, Matthias (10 November 2015). "Der Mann von der Basis" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. [6]
    "Jurist Rainer Koch: Auf mühsamem Wege ganz nach oben beim DFB" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  7. [7]
    ""Runter mit den Spieler-Gehältern!"" (in German). Main-Echo. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  8. [8]
    "BFV-Präsident Dr. Rainer Koch" (PDF) (in German). Bayerischer Fußball-Verband. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Der Sport kann nicht alle Fälle lösen". Der Spiegel (in German). Spiegel. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  10. [10]
    "SFV-Verbandstag: Präsident Koch einstimmig wiedergewählt" (PDF) (in German). Bayerischer Fußball-Verband. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  11. [11]
    "Rainer Koch aus Poing will DFB-Vizepräsident werden" (in German). Münchner Merkur. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  12. [12]
    "Hoyzer lebenslang gesperrt" (in German). Spiegel. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  13. [13]
    "Höchststrafe für Hansa Rostock" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 11 May 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  14. [14]
    Galler, Stefan (11 November 2015). "Wie ein Jurist aus Poing die DFB-Affäre aufklären will" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  15. [15]
    "3.Liga: DFB verhängt harte Strafe gegen Erfurt". Focus. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  16. [16]
    "Interessen der Amateurklubs einbringen" (PDF) (in German). Bayerischer Fußball-Verband. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  17. [17]
    "Rauball und Koch übernehmen vorerst" (in German). Focus. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  18. [18]
    "Rainer Koch, DFB-Vizepräsident" (in German). Focus. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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