Former national player Stefan Kuntz has contradicted allegations in connection with his sudden departure as sports director of Hamburger SV. “First of all, I would like to say that the allegations hit me hard. One thing is clear: I firmly reject these allegations!” said a statement on Kuntz’s official Instagram profile on Sunday evening. Previously it had Bild reported allegations by HSV employees against the 63-year-old. Loud Bild The allegations are said to be about “verbal sexual harassment”. Kuntz does not go into detail about this in his statement.
The allegations should be loud Bild be the actual reason for the surprising termination of his contract at the end of 2025 and his departure from Hamburg after a year and a half. Kuntz said in his statement that he had called in his lawyers “in the interests of my family and everyone close to me.” According to Kuntz, they should take action “against these FALSE accusations and prejudices”. In the week before Hamburg’s last game before the holiday break Bild According to members of the supervisory board, they informed Kuntz about the allegations. The sports director wanted to comment on this before the committee, but a meeting was then canceled.
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On January 2nd, the club announced, completely unexpectedly, that HSV and Kuntz had agreed to terminate the contract. According to the announcement, the 63-year-old asked the AG’s supervisory board after the Christmas holidays to immediately terminate his employment on December 31, 2025 for personal family reasons. “Sometimes there are more important things than football. That’s the case with me now. I don’t want to say anything more about it and ask that you respect that,” Kuntz was quoted as saying in the statement. “I would like to thank HSV for a great year and a half. I wish the teams and the entire office the best,” he added.
He also did not provide any further details in an Instagram post at this point. “It was a great honor for me to be part of this special club. My time at HSV was intense, emotional and characterized by real values,” the post on Kuntz’s profile said, among other things.
In his career, Kuntz was a professional at, among others, VfL Bochum, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld and in Turkey for Beşiktaş Istanbul. He became European champion with the national team in 1996. After his playing career, he worked as a coach at several clubs, for the German U21 team and the Turkish national team. He was CEO of 1. FC Kaiserslautern from 2008 to January 2016. He was also in demand as an expert at TV stations. In May 2024 he replaced Jonas Boldt as HSV’s sports director. Under Kuntz’s leadership, Hamburg returned to the Bundesliga after a seven-year absence.
