Who was in front of Oliver Kreuzer?

As Managing Director Sport, Oliver Kreuzer was one of the most powerful people at Karlsruher SC and was endowed with far-reaching competencies in the sporting area. So the threads came together with him, for example when it came to personnel decisions.

Cruiser officially the first “Managing Director Sport”

After more than six years in office, the former KSC professional was hit on April 1, 2023. As a result of a “strategic reorientation in the sporting area” Kreuzer had to resign. It was only in September 2022 that he received a new contract until June 30, 2025.

Kreuzer goes down in the history of the sports club, which was created through a merger in 1952, as the first Managing Director Sport. This rise was the result of the spin-off of the commercial business operations, including the professional team, in 2019. In his function, he had similar skills to his predecessors, who held other job titles – such as sports director, sports director or manager.

As a result, the areas of responsibility were also different. Because it is important to consider: different times – different challenges. The positions of the names listed in our overview do not overlap 100 percent. Kreuzer himself started as sports director in his second term as a KSC official.

Karlsruher SC: List of managing directors and those responsible for sport

• Oliver Kreuzer (Managing Director Sports): December 1, 2016 to April 1, 2023
• Jens Todt (Sporting Director): July 1, 2013 to November 24, 2016
• Oliver Kreuzer (Sporting Director): May 31, 2011 to June 10, 2013
• Arnold Trentl (Sports Director): January 19, 2010 to June 30, 2011
• Rolf Dohmen (Manager): July 1, 2002 to December 19, 2009
• Guido Buchwald (Sporting Director): July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001
• Carl Heinz Rühl (Manager): July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1994

After Rühl’s farewell, the then coach Winfried Schäfer had the sole say in sport KSC. Rühl’s successor, Dieter Meinhold, took on other key tasks and is therefore not included in this list.

Since there is no official information from the club regarding a chronology of the managing directors of sport, the data from the portal was used for the overview transfermarkt.de used.