Archive · 10 Dec 2025
RB Leipzig Names First Woman CEO in German Football
RB Leipzig, a big football team in Germany, has a new boss named Tatjana Haenni.
She is the first woman to be the CEO of a German football club.
She used to play football for Switzerland and has worked for big sports groups like UEFA and FIFA.
She will start her new job in January and wants to help the team keep winning.
RB Leipzig has won some important trophies and has a famous coach, Jurgen Klopp, who now works for the Red Bull football teams.
Everyone is excited to see what she will do for the team.
Tatjana Haenni becomes the first woman CEO in German football history at RB Leipzig.
She will take over on January 1, heading the club's management board.
Haenni has a background in football as a former Swiss national team player and administrator at UEFA, FIFA, and the Swiss Football Association.
RB Leipzig has won two German Cups and reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2020.
Jurgen Klopp, former Liverpool manager, is now the Red Bull global head of football, overseeing multiple clubs including Leipzig.
- Who
- Tatjana Haenni, former Swiss national footballer and sports administrator
- What
- Appointed as the first woman CEO of a German football club
- When
- Starting January 1
- Where
- RB Leipzig, Germany
- Why
- To lead the club's management board and achieve ambitious goals
- New CEO
- Tatjana Haenni
- Start Date
- January 1
- Club
- RB Leipzig
- Previous Roles
- UEFA, FIFA, Swiss Football Association
- Club Achievements
- 2 German Cups, Champions League Semi-Finals (2020)
- Red Bull Global Head of Football
- Jurgen Klopp