The Belgium, German and Dutch football federations join forces to take a shot at hosting the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the world’s biggest women’s sporting event. The three nations, represented by Peter Bossaert (general-secretary RBFA), Heike Ullrich (deputy general-secretary DFB) and Gijs de Jong (general-secretary KNVB), have a clear …
Read More »Virtual Bundesliga’s VBL Club Championship kicks off in November!
In the course of the Virtual Bundesliga, the new 2020-21 season of the VBL Club Championship (VBL CC) starts on November 10. Clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 take part in this competition – the search is on for the new German Club Champion in eFootball. New tournament structure …
Read More »First meet of Germany’s Working groups of the task force for the future of professional football!
The “Taskforce Zukunft Profifußball” (task force for the future of German professional football) is commencing its operations. The Executive Committee of the DFL appointed the 36 experts from sport, society, politics and business in September, and their first meeting will take place this week. In the coming months, the participants …
Read More »Special Olympics visit to to the BVB Evonik Football Academy!
As part of “European Football Week”, the BVB foundation “leuchte auf” once again invited partner organisation Special Olympics NRW e.V. to a football training session at the BVB Evonik Football Academy. The uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic meant there were doubts as to whether or not the eagerly anticipated event …
Read More »UEFA Nations League: Germany vs Switzerland game in Cologne without fans!
Germany’s UEFA Nations League game against Switzerland in Cologne on Tuesday, October 13 (20:45 CEST) will take place without fans. As a result of an increased incidence rate, which is significantly higher than the limit of 35 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the Cologne health department has decided to cancel …
Read More »Sebastian Kehl prematurely extends Borussia Dortmund contract!
Bundesliga outfit Borussia Dortmund and Sebastian Kehl, 40, will continue their sporting cooperation going forward. The head of the licensed player division on Monday prematurely extended his contract with BVB until 30 June 2022. “We’re very satisfied with Sebastian and will now be involving him even more closely in all …
Read More »Bühl returns, Anyomi gets first Germany WNT call-up!
Germany women’s national team head coach Martina Voss-Tecklenburg has named her squad to face England women on Thursday, October 27 (16:00 CEST) at the Brita-Arena in Wiesbaden. The squad is comprised of 24 players, including Klara Bühl (FC Bayern München), who returns to the squad after a long injury lay-off. …
Read More »Exasol announces partnership with the German Football Association (DFB)!
Exasol, the high performance analytics database, is proud to announce that it has become an official partner of the German Football Association, Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB). Exasol will not only support the national teams for men and women, but it is also committed to the men’s under 21 squad and the …
Read More »Schalke 04s German Cup match rescheduled!
The DFB have announced a new timing for the DFB German Cup match between the Bavarian league representative and FC Schalke 04. The match originally played for the opening round will now take place on either November 3 or 4 (16:30 CET). The exact timing of the match will be …
Read More »Positive Coronavirus case in Germany U-21 squad!
The Germany U-21 management team have been informed of a positive result of a Covid-19 test of an unnamed U-21 player. The tests took place ahead of the Euro U-21 qualification match against Moldova. The rest of the players and staff members returned negative results to the test, which was …
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