Officially: Gerhard Milletich is new ÖFB

Leopold Leo Windtner (born 30 August 1950 in Linz, Upper Austria) is basic manager of Energie AG Oberösterreich and honorary president of the Austrian Football Association (German: Österreichischer Fußball-Bund, ÖFB).

Gerhard Milletich has been elected to the new ÖFB president on Sunday as part of the ordinary Federal General Meeting in Velden. The 65-year-old Burgenlander received 11 out of 13 sorts of voices, which may have come by the national associations of Salzburg and Tyrol. Milletich follows Leo Windtner, who grants the boss after twelve and a half years and unanimously appointed Honorary President of the ÖFB in Velden.

In his first press conference after the election, millletich - at least for the time being - made for clarity in the team boss question. It is of course clear that Franco Foda will look after the ÖFB selection in the games on 12 November against Israel and on 15 November against the Republic of Moldova in Klagenfurt. He was not burdened. We had a Super EM a few months ago, but the results were of course not satisfactory.

A team boss change scarce in front of the last countries of the year would not be a good idea according to milletish. Hurry would be out of place, we have to solve the sustainable. A whereabouts, at least to March games, where David Alaba and Co. do well in the World Cup-play-off is not excluded - especially when the German cuts out well with his troop against the Israelis and Moldauer. It could be that he s successful. He has an ongoing contract.

National Stadium has no priority

In the team boss decision, ÖFB-SportDirector Peter Schöttel The Lead , so milletish. But I want to flank him experts. There must be a broad base here, Milletich explained and named in this context Red Bull Salzburg s sports director Christoph Friend.

On Wednesday, millletich wants to confer with those responsible in the ÖFB on the athletic situation, a day later, a job interview with the new ÖFB training and competence center will be created, which will be created according to the Bureau principle decision in Vienna-Aspern. The project National Stadium currently has no priority. MILLETICH: It would exceed the financial resources of ÖFB if ​​you had two such construction sites.

He sent the election to the President of the largest sports fabric of the country as a great honor, emphasized milletish. I hope that I can fulfill the expectations set in me. At the same time, the 65-year-old praised his predecessor. He has done a lot. I know what action he had to provide. I would like to thank him for that. Due to the numerous merits of wind tanks, it is difficult to step in its footsteps, so milletish.

The entrepreneur sees himself as a team player. I m not a polterer and nobody who believes always have to be right. I m sure to listen to my environment.

MILLETICH has been a President of the Burgenland Association since 2012 and stood for 27 years as chairman at the top of the SC / ESV Parndorf. Copyright, he has been conducting the shops of Bohmann Verlag as co-owner since 2004, one of the largest publishing houses in Austria. To his political assignment, the Burgenland did not worry. Yes, it s true, I am the SPÖ closer than Turquoise. Milletich is married, his daughter is now intensively involved in the company s operational management.

Milletich of criticism unimpressed

Most recently, Criticism came from Salzburg and Tyrol, because Milletich as Parndorf chairman had hired the then coach Andreas Heraf at his publisher and not at the club about 15 years ago. The optics were criticized, purely legally there was nothing to complain about the procedure. Doubts about its integrity rejected the new ÖFB president. The rumors are loseless, worthless and pointless. There is nothing. If you want to invent something artificially, you can do it.

In this matter, as evidenced in the years, other topics showed that some Landesverbandschef liked to seek the public. Although milletish would advocate internal discussions, but if you believe that to make the media, it is okay . He will certainly no influence to the state presidents and ask them for medical restraint.

One of the most recently critical state association presidents, the Tyrolean Josef Geisler, was also appointed ÖFB vice as Johann Gartner (Lower Austria), Gerhard Götschhofer (Upper Austria) and Philip Thonhauser (Bundesliga Supervisory Board Chairman).