The DFL comments on the discussions concerning a strategic marketing partnership at league level and invites fans to continue dialogue. Part of what makes the fan culture in German football stadiums special is that fans can express their views on banners and in chants. It is with great respect and …
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With new content and technological advancements, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has created an offering for the upcoming media rights cycle that is geared more than ever before to football fans of all generations. DFL CEO Steffen Merkel explained the details of the content, rights packages and auction for the …
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“Never again is now!”: Under this slogan, German professional football is commemorating the victims of National Socialism on and around January 27, the date of liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is the 20th year in which the DFL and the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have been involved …
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Professional football in Germany is all about full stadiums and incredible entertainment on the pitch, as a series of impressive facts and figures for the first half of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 season demonstrate. In no other top-flight European league was the goal scoring average in each game as …
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The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and EA SPORTS have agreed to an early prolongation of their long-standing partnership, extending the deal for another two seasons. The cooperation with the world’s leading video game publisher dates back to 1998 and will now continue until at least 2027. Fundamental to the partnership, …
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Following the news of the death of Hertha BSC president Kay Bernstein, the DFL’s traditional New Year Reception in Frankfurt was held without the usual supporting programme. In a brief welcome address, Hans-Joachim Watzke, Speaker of the DFL Executive Committee and Chairman of the DFL Supervisory Board, paid tribute to …
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The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has further strengthened the core of the organisation after joint-CEOs, Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel, appointed new directors in the fields of Corporate Strategy and Digital Business Development. The Corporate Strategy department will be headed by Silke Kuisle with immediate effect. The 46-year-old has a …
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Exceptional, outstanding, unique: friends and former teammates paid passionate tributes to Franz Beckenbauer. “The face and the pre-eminent figure of the Bundesliga,” said Wolfgang Overath, a teammate during the World Cup triumph in 1974. And Lothar Matthäus, captain of the team that won the 1990 World Cup in Italy under …
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The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has released the schedule for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches until mid-March 2024. Fixtures for the current 2023-24 season have now been set for Matchdays 19 to 26 in both leagues. The exact timing of the encounter between VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig on Matchday …
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The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have voted in favour of a strategic marketing partnership at league level at today’s DFL Members Assembly. The DFL Executive Committee, as the responsible body under the Articles of Association, has thus been given a mandate to carry out a process and conclude a …
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