German Football

VfL Wolfsburg’s managing director for sport Jörg Schmadtke has agreed a seven-month extension to his contract at the club until January 31, 2023. “During the talks we agreed that, at the request of the supervisory board, I would be available to the club until the end of the next transfer …

Eintracht Frankfurt have extended Makoto Hasebe’s contract, which was due to expire at the end of the season, by five more years. Hasebe, who will be 39 at the end of the 2022/23 campaign, will spend one more year as a player before taking on a coaching role. If all …

On February 28, the starting signal for the new pro license course of the German Football Association (DFB) will be given. After ten successful years at the Hennef sports school, the former football teacher training course is getting a new name this year and, with the move to the DFB …

Eintracht Frankfurt are pressing ahead with their plans for the future after convincing highly rated attacking midfielder Marcel Wenig to sign for the club. Wenig, whose contract with Bayern Munich expires at the end of this season, will join on a free transfer and sign a long-term professional contract through …

On Tuesday, February 15, the Bavarian state government decided to further relax rules regarding spectator capacities at sporting events. This will affect FC Bayern Munich’s home games at the Allianz Arena. As per the government’s decision, a capacity limit of 50% will apply from February 17, with 25,000 spectators permitted …

RB Leipzig have announced their first summer signing of the year 2022! Goalkeeper Janis Blaswich will join from Dutch first-division side Heracles Almelo in June 2022, and has signed a three-year deal running until June 2025. The 30-year-old has been a regular starter and captain at Heracles for the last …

Roland Virkus is Borussia Mönchengladbach surprise choice of their new sporting director. Following Max Eberl’s resignation three weeks ago due to personal reasons, Borussia’s presidential board have chosen the 55-year-old youth academy director to be his successor. “Borussia has constantly developed over the past years, not just in terms of …

Six Germany Women international players have had to withdraw from playing in the Arnold Clark Cup. Lena Lattwein misses out due to a bad cold while Svenja Huth has tested positive for coronavirus. Goalkeeper Almuth Schult must enter quarantine as a contact person, meaning that she is also unavailable for …

Eintracht Frankfurt have applied to the Hessian Football Association (HFV) for a reserve team, Eintracht Frankfurt II, to be included in the Hesse league for the 2022/23 season onwards. The main purpose of this measure is to ensure a pathway for talented youngsters from the Eintracht Frankfurt academy to the …

Svenja Huth and Lena Lattwein (both VfL Wolfsburg) have both had to withdraw from playing for Germany Women in the Arnold Clark Cup in England. Lattwein misses out due to a bad cold while Huth has tested positive for coronavirus. Goalkeeper Almuth Schult must enter quarantine as a contact person, …