Austrian Football Association
From 2002 to 2008, Stickler was president of the Austrian Football Association, from 2005 to 2009 an executive board member of the Austrian Olympic Committee, and co-opted member of the UEFA Executive Committee from 2007 to 2008. In 2002, he succeeded as ÖFB president, along with his Swiss colleague, to bring the UEFA Euro 2008 to Austria and Switzerland.