Chairmen

Westfalia Schalke

Wilhelm Gies

Chairman: 1904-1909


Heinrich Hilgert

Chairman: 1909-17.03.1912


Turnverein Schalke 1877

(Merged with Westfalia Schalke on 17th March 1912)

Fritz Unkel*

Chairman: 17.03.1912-1915

*with Gerhard Klopp as general manager


Westfalia Schalke (Neugründung)

Robert Schuermann*

Chairman: 1915-25.07.1919

*Schuermann’s wife Mrs. Christine Schuermann ran the club from 1916-18.07.1918 (†)


Turn- und Sportverein Schalke 1877

(Merging of Turnverein Schalke 1877 and Westfalia Schalke on 25th July 1919)

Fritz Unkel*

Chairman: 25.07.1919-24.01.1924

*with Gerhard Klopp as general manager


FC Schalke 04

(Formed after the disbanding of Turn- und Sportverein 1877 on 5th January 1924)

Fritz Unkel

Chairman: 24.01.1924-23.07.1932


Wilhelm Münstermann

Chairman: 23.07.1932-01.04.1933


Georg Stolze

Chairman: 05.04.1933-24.06.1933


Fritz Unkel

Chairman: 24.06.1933-06.08.1939


Heinrich Tschenscher

Chairman: 06.08.1939-30.04.1940 (†)


Heinrich Pieneck*

Chairman: 30.04.1940-02.01.1946

*officially in the position of chief executive


Fritz Mattner

Chairman: 02.01.1946-25.06.1946


Dr. Friedrich Maria Levisohn

Chairman: 25.06.1946-22.02.1947


Karl Stutte*

Chairman: 01.04.1947-18.07.1947

*officially in the position of second chairman


Josef Wietfeld

Chairman: 18.07.1947-21.06.1950


Albert Wildfang

Chairman: 21.06.1950-29.07.1953


Albert Möritz

Chairman: 29.07.1953-22.08.1958


Dr. Hans-Georg König

Chairman: 04.09.1958-27.07.1964


Fritz Szepan

Chairman: 27.07.1964-21.07.1965


Kurt Hatlauf

Chairman: 21.07.1965-05.01.1966


Fritz Szepan

Chairman: 14.09.1966-27.09.1967


Günter Siebert

Chairman: 27.09.1967-11.11.1976


Dr. Karl-Heinz Hütsch

Chairman: 11.11.1976-09.03.1978


Günter Siebert

Chairman: 09.03.1978-01.12.1979


Dr. Hans-Joachim Fenne

Chairman: 06.05.1980-05.12.1986


Günter Siebert

Chairman: 02.02.1987-19.09.1988


Michael Zylka

Chairman: 21.11.1988-24.11.1988


Günter Eichberg

Chairman: 16.01.1989-17.10.1993


Bernd Tönnies

Chairman: 07.02.1994-01.07.1994 (†)


Helmut Kremers

Chairman: 12.09.1994-06.12.1994


Gerhard Rehberg

Chairman: 12.12.1994-18.06.2007


Josef Schnusenberg

Chairman: 18.06.2007-30.06.2010


There is no current chairman following Josef Schnusenberg’s retirement in 2010. The relevant duties have been carried out by honorary president Gerhard Rehberg, who was president from 1994 to 2007.