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Just in time for the start of the 59th season, the Bundesliga has clarified its most important personnel – and surprisingly quickly and silently. Donata Hopfen, 45, will become chairman of the management board of the German Football League (DFL), the association of 36 professional clubs in the first and second Bundesliga, at the beginning of 2022. She comes from outside, will be the first woman at the top of German professional football, and the job should not necessarily be easy for her – for several reasons.