In addition to his job as a football referee, Stumpf held several honorary positions in East German sports.
[1] Stumpf eventually became infamous for his role as the referee accused of manipulating the outcome of 22 March 1986 DDR-Obeliga match between BFC Dynamo and 1.
Near the end of the second half, Matthias Liebers, was sent off with a red card, for having speped out of the free kick wall twice too early.
[3] There was, however, no admission of complicity by Stumpf, the Stasi, or the football club, and there was no sanction against BFC Dynamo – their title stood regardless of the protest.
[4][nb 1] However, the Secretary for Security, Youth and Sport in the SED Central Committee and SED Politburo-member Egon Krenz told Honecker that the measures against Stumpf had been "met with broad approval among the population" and asked Honecker to give him the task of answering the letter from Stumpf.
[7] There is also no evidence to show that football referees in East Germany were under direct instructions from the Stasi to favor BFC Dynamo.
[9] After Die Wende, Stumpf became a member of the first board of the Thuringian Football Association (TFV), which was elected on 9 June 1990 in Bad Blankenburg.
[1] He eventually became a member of the Safety and Order Commission of the North East German Football Association (NOFV).
FC Lokomotive Leipzig pushed Bernd Schulz of BFC Dynamo with both hands in the penalty area.
[14] In an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit in 2000, Stumpf said: "The people have never understood how this Leipzig game was used by the highest officials in the party and government.