Uli Hoeneß Manager Titles
From player to president: 49 years at Bayern Munich.
Uli Hoeneß is a German football executive and former player who served as Bayern Munich's general manager for 30 years until 2009 and as the club's president from 2009 to 2014 and from 2016 to 2019.
Quick Facts
- Role
- General Manager
- Tenure
- 1979–2009
- Major honours
- 2x Bundesliga Champion
- Predecessor
- Udo Lattek
- Successor
- Jupp Heynckes
- Status
- Alive (as of 2025)
- Affiliation
- FC Bayern München
Lore & Background
Hoeneß played for West Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one of each. He won three Bundesliga titles and three European Cups with Bayern Munich as a player. He later pleaded guilty to tax evasion in 2014 and served 18 months in prison.
Reader's Guide
Hoeneß was appointed commercial/general manager of Bayern Munich in May 1979 and served until 27 November 2009, when he was elected president. He was re-elected president in November 2016 and retired on 15 November 2019, succeeded by Herbert Hainer.
Did You Know?
- Hoeneß was the sole survivor of a light aircraft crash in 1982 that killed three others.
- He co-owns HoWe Wurstwaren KG, a Nuremberg-based bratwurst factory.
- He missed the decisive penalty in the Euro 1976 shootout loss against Czechoslovakia.
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