Overview
- The meeting in the Saarlandhalle opens at 16:30 with the assembly set to begin at 18:00 and a lengthy agenda expected.
- Twenty-two candidates are standing for the supervisory board, including only two women, with most coming from business and none with professional football experience.
- The new board will appoint, monitor and, if necessary, dismiss three full-time executives, hold authority over the presidium, and approve non‑budgeted special expenditures.
- Long‑serving president Hartmut Ostermann is not seeking re‑election, with sports law specialist Barbara Haupenthal facing Jörg Alt for the presidency and Manfred Binkert the sole vice‑presidential applicant.
- The statute overhaul was backed by nearly 92% of voting members in October after months of preparation led by the supporters’ group Virage Est.