German Football

Assistant coach Malik Fathi extends VfB Stuttgart contract until 2027!

Assistant coach Malik Fathi has extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart until summer 2027. The 40-year-old’s new deal matches the duration of the recently extended contracts of head coach Sebastian Hoeneß and fellow assistant coach David Krecidlo. Fathi joined the VfB coaching staff last summer. Before his move to Stuttgart, …

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Gerald Asamoah to leave Schalke 04 at the end of the season!

Gerald Asamoah will leave FC Schalke 04 at the end of the current 2023/24 season. The first-team manager and the Royal Blues’ board came to an agreement. The position of “first-team manager” will no longer be required for the new season as a result of the necessary internal restructuring. Gerald …

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Julian Schuster to be new SC Freiburg head coach!

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 …

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Nike to be DFB’s new Germany kit supplier from 2027!

The German Football Association (DFB) will enter a kit partnership with Nike Inc from 2027 until 2034. Nike will supply kit for all of Germany’s national teams and will support German football in its entirety. DFB president Bernd Neuendorf said: “We’re looking forward to working together with Nike and we’re …

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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 …

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Jan-Niklas Beste to miss Germany friendlies against France & Netherlands!

Jan-Niklas Beste travelled home early from the national team camp on Thursday and won’t be available to national team head coach Julian Nagelsmann for the upcoming international fixtures against World Cup runners-up France and the Netherlands. The 1.FC Heidenheim player picked up an adductor strain in training in Frankfurt on …

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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 …

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16,000 volts of volunteer energy set to ignite UEFA EURO 2024!

The countdown to the most electrifying football spectacle is on! With a team of 16,000 passionate volunteers from 124 nations welcoming fans from all over the world, UEFA EURO 2024 is set to become an unforgettable experience across Germany’s ten vibrant host cities. Picture this: the thrill, the pride, the …

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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 …

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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) …

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