Career
He is known for turning around the club"s finances when the club had massive debts when he was first hired in 1983. Hopfner was elected President of the Football Club Bayern München eV. Hopfner applied for Managing Director of the Football Club Bayern München eV in 1982 after seeing a "local" job adjunct He eventually got the job and started the position in 1983.
He was set to leave the club at the end of 2012 due to health reasons.
However, at the club"s annual general meeting on 15 November 2012, Hopfner was elected as Senior Vice President of Football Club Bayern München eV. Bayern announced on 26 September 2012 that January-Christian Dreesen would replace Hopfner on the vorstand. Dreesen took over on 1 February 2013.
Following the resignation of Uli Hoeneß, Hopfner was announced as the candidate to become the new President of Football Club Bayern München e.V. The election was held on 2 May 2014 at the extraordinary general meeting. The result was that he would succeed Hoeneß as the new club president