Our HSV
Club structure
Information about the structure of the club as well as the board of directors and supervisory board.
Eric Huwer
Eric Huwer has been a board member of HSV Fußball AG since January 2023. He is in charge of finance, organisation, human resources and legal affairs.
Huwer, who was born in Saarland on 22 October 1983, previously held various management positions at HSV for eight years. Huwer, who holds a doctorate in business administration, studied business administration in Saarbrücken and Valencia, completed an MBA in sports management in Bayreuth and the first FIFA Diploma in Club Management. He received his doctorate summa cum laude on the subject of accounting issues of professional football clubs.
As part of his work at the Chair of Banking and the Institute of Taxation and Entrepreneurship from 2008 to 2013, Huwer published various scientific articles and lectured at numerous universities on various issues of finance and sports management. Before joining HSV in Hamburg in October 2014, Huwer had worked as a consultant to the Board of Management for Market Management at Allianz AG in Munich since 2013.
Stefan Kuntz
Stefan Kuntz became board member for sport at HSV Fußball AG in May 2024.
Born in Neunkirchen, Saarland, on 30th October 1962, Kuntz has had a number of roles in professional football over the last four decades. His playing career spanned from 1980 to 1999, featuring 449 times in the Bundesliga for 1. FC Kaiserslautern, VfL Bochum, KFC Uerdingen 05 and Arminia Bielefeld. The former striker scored a total of 179 top-flight goals and finished as the Bundesliga’s top scorer in two seasons. Kuntz also made his mark in the national team, winning 25 senior caps for Germany and being part of their title-winning EURO 96 squad in England.
Following his playing career, Kuntz made the move into management. His roles include being sporting director at VfL Bochum (2006-2008), club chairman at 1. FC Kaiserslautern (2008-2016) and most recently as a head coach for the Germany U21s (2016-2021) and the Türkiye national team (2021-2023). Under his direction, 1. FC Kaiserslautern were promoted to the Bundesliga as second division champions in the 2009/10 season. Additionally, Kuntz led the Under-21s to European Championship glory in both 2017 and 2021, and also coached the team at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The father of two has also appeared as a pundit and co-commentator in football broadcasts for German television and was a member of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) executive board in the 2015/16 season.
Supervisory board
The supervisory board of HSV Fußball AG is made up of six members:
Michael Papenfuß (Vorsitzender), Markus Frömming (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender), Henrik Köncke, Dr. Hans-Walter Peters, Lena Schrum und Stephan von Bülow