Julian Schuster will take over the position of SC Freiburg head coach next season, with Patrik Grolimund joining the coaching staff as his assistant. Julian Schuster arrived at SCF in the 2008/09 season as a player and made 242 competitive appearances for the club over the next ten years. He …
Read More »DFL & AWS expand partnership to further drive innovation across Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2!
The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced an expanded, multi-year collaboration to build upon their game-changing work together, which began in 2020. The DFL has been a driving force for innovation in international professional football for many years and AWS is the world’s most comprehensive …
Read More »DFL CEO Steffen Merkel’s opening speech at SportsInnovation 2024!
SportsInnovation 2024 kicked off yesterday on Wednesday, March 20 at the MERKUR SPIEL-ARENA in Düsseldorf. The opening speech at the trade fair for future technologies was given by DFL CEO Steffen Merkel. Among other things, he spoke about the huge potential of artificial intelligence in sport. With a view to …
Read More »Union Berlin extend contract of Paul Jaeckel!
1.FC Union Berlin and central defender Paul Jaeckel have agreed to continue working together. In 2014, Jaeckel left the youth academy of FC Energie Cottbus as a 16-year-old from Eisenhüttenstadt to join the VfL Wolfsburg academy, but after four years the six-foot, right-footed defender moved to SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Jaeckel …
Read More »Borussia Mönchengladbach have new presidential board!
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s supervisory board elected a new presidential board during a meeting at BORUSSIA-PARK yesterday. Former vice president Rainer Bonhof (71) takes over from Rolf Königs as club president with immediate effect. Following his recommendation, the supervisory board elected Hannelore Kraft (62, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2010 to 2017) …
Read More »Exact schedule for final Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2 Matchdays released!
DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has released the exact schedule for the remaining matches of the 2023-24 season for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. In the Bundesliga, Matchday 31 will include two direct clashes between teams from the top third of the table. RB Leipzig will host Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, …
Read More »FC Bayern Munich to debut in South Korea!
FC Bayern Munich will travel to Asia again on this year’s Audi Summer Tour and visit its fans in South Korea for the first time. As part of the “Coupang Play Series 2024” in partnership with Audi, the German record champions’ debut in the capital Seoul will see a match …
Read More »Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2 achieve record revenue, pay more taxes & duties than ever before!
German professional football has emerged from the COVID crisis with record figures. In the 2022-23 season, the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 exceeded the five-billion-euro mark in revenue for the first time ever. The total revenue of €5.24 billion is 9% higher than the previous record from the 2018-19 season (€4.8 …
Read More »VfL Wolfsburg name Ralph Hasenhüttl’s support staff!
VfL Wolfsburg’s new coaching team is taking shape, with Craig Fleming and Patrick Hasenhüttl named as assistants to new head coach Ralph Hasenhüttl. They will be supported in the future by Rainer Widmayer, who has worked as the point of contact between the academy and the professional team since September …
Read More »Sir Alex Ferguson becomes lifelong Eintracht Frankfurt member!
Alex Ferguson becomes a lifelong member of Eintracht Frankfurt. There are plenty of points of contact – and were the reason for a personal conversation with the legendary trainer and manager. Anyone who was present at the Pittodrie Stadium in December on behalf of Eintracht when Frankfurt played their last …
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