Rainer Koch

Rainer Koch
Rainer Koch in July 2010
Born	(1958-12-18) 18 December 1958 (age 58) Kiel
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Occupation	Jurist
Years active	1984–present
Known for	President of the Southern German Football Association
Title	President of the German Football Association (acting)
Term	2015–2016
Predecessor	Wolfgang Niersbach
Successor	Reinhard Grindel
Political party	Social Democratic Party of Germany
Children	1

Rainer Koch (born 18 December 1958 in Kiel) is a German jurist and football official. From November 2015 to April 2016, he was acting President of the German Football Association along with Reinhard Rauball.

Koch is a member of UEFA's Appeals Body.

Koch completed his schooling at Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich and then did his military service. From 1979 to 1984 he studied law at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. After receiving his doctorate, he worked in the Bavarian judicature. After working in various local courts, he worked for three years at the Saxonian University of Applied Sciences of Administration in Meissen. Koch was the deputy head of the IT authority of the Bavarian justice for several years. Since 2008, Koch has been a judge at the Oberlandesgericht Munich. Because of his diverse obligations as a sports official, he converted to a part-time job.

In his youth Koch played football for the Kirchheimer SC and for the TSV Poing. From 1977 to 1980, Koch was coach of the D and C junior teams from Kirchheimer SC. Also in Kirchheim, Koch took over head of the youth department from 1989-1990. Starting in 1975, he was a referee at the Bavarian Football Association (Bayerischer Fußball-Verband, BFV). Up to 1986, Koch refereed nearly 1,000 football matches, including some in the Bayernliga, which was then the third highest league in Germany. From 1987 to 1989 he was an official referee observer. He also coached the A youth team of Falke Markt Schwaben. Koch acquired the coaching license B in 1982.