Hoeneß re-elected as FC Bayern president

November 28, 2016

On Friday, was re-elected as FC Bayern Munich's president at the club's  Annual General Meeting, the German football club announced. Hoeneß, as the club's president, was convicted for tax evasion in March 2014. 7,152 members attended the annual meeting, and Hoeneß won the voting with 98.5%. Hoeneß was the only candidate for president. Before the vote, he said,

In February, Hoeneß was given early release from his three-and-half-year jail term. While in custody, Hoeneß spent his work-release program with Bayern's youth academy.

winner and ex-Bayern Munich player Hoeneß was elected as the club president in 2009, succeeding, after spending 30 years as Bayern's general manager. In 2014, Hoeneß was tried after he disclosed he had evaded €3.5 million in taxes on money in a. The trial found the sum he owed to be about €28.5m (about US$37 million then).

Hoeneß succeeded as the president; Hopfner has spent 33 years at the club. In the 2015–16 season, Bayern collected revenue of €626.8 million, which is the club's record revenue.