The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 have become the first major professional football leagues to include a binding sustainability guideline in their licensing regulations. The Members Assembly of the DFL passed a resolution to this effect on Monday, May 30. With this decision, the clubs are continuing on the path they …
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The German Supercup 2022 will take place on Saturday, July 30, 2022. This year, the match between the Bundesliga champion and the winner of the DFB-Pokal will see FC Bayern München take on RB Leipzig. It will be played in the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig with kick-off at 8:30pm …
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From the forthcoming 2022-23 season, Bundesliga 2 matches on Saturday afternoons will kick off at 1pm CET/CEST once more. Saturday matches previously began at that time for a period of twelve years between 2009 and 2021. The DFL Executive Committee passed a resolution to that effect, and as a result, …
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On Wednesday, April 20, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga made its first licensing decisions for the forthcoming 2022-23 season of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. In this first phase, none of the 47 applicants were denied the licence. Subject to qualification on the pitch, some clubs will be required to …
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The UEFA Executive Committee has approved the new financial sustainability regulations, replacing the previous UEFA Financial Fair Play concept. As a member of the UEFA Club Licensing Committee (advisory body to the UEFA Executive Committee), Dr Marc Lenz, Head of Corporate Strategy and International Affairs at the DFL, was heavily …
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After the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, which were greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, the downturn in revenue in German professional football already totals more than one billion euros. The total revenue of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fell to €4.05 billion in the 2020-21 season. As most matches were …
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More than 100 representatives of German professional football joined Jewish community leaders and experts Wednesday, March 30 to grapple with how professional soccer clubs can more effectively combat antisemitism. The conference, “Antisemitism and Professional Football: Challenges, Opportunities & Network,” was organized by the German Football League (DFL), the World Jewish …
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The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has set the exact schedule for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 from Matchday 31 to the end of the current 2021-22 season as well as for the 2022 relegation playoffs. Matches now confirmed include “Der Klassiker” between current league leader FC Bayern München and second-placed …
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The future of Vietnamese football is arriving in Germany for the start of the “VFF & Bundesliga Youth Incubator Project Presented by Next Media”. The official U-17 Vietnamese national team will train with and play against youth teams from four Bundesliga clubs, known for developing talents through their state-of-the-art youth …
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The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, organising body of Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Vietnam Professional Football (VPF) to continue supporting the growth of football throughout Vietnam. Representatives from the respective organisations, as well as Next Media, the …
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