German Football

“Bundesliga Home Challenge” will be held on two further weekends!

The ‘Bundesliga Home Challenge’ – the eFootball tournament organised by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga – is to be continued. In the current football-free period, numerous clubs from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will also be competing in the Challenge on the weekends of April 11–12 and April 18–19. The …

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Thomas Müller extends Bayern Munich contract until 2023!

FC Bayern Munich and Thomas Müller are to continue their long partnership. After constructive and positive talks, the club and the attacking player have agreed a two-year contract extension until June 30, 2023. A native of Upper Bavaria, Müller came to the German record champions from his home club TSV …

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JAKO starts aid campaign for amateur clubs in Germany!

As footballers, we usually fight for every inch of grass that we can win from our opponents. Instead, we fight every inch of the way in times of Coronavirus. As athletes, we have to stick together in this exceptional situation! That is why JAKO are starting an aid campaign to …

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Borussia Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park to become Corona Treatment Centre!

Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund is to make Germany’s largest football stadium available to help the fight against the coronavirus with immediate effect. Starting from today, Saturday, April 4 it is medical care – for coronavirus patients and suspected cases, as well as for patients experiencing related complaints – rather than …

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German Football Ambassador acknowledge Joshua Kimmich & Leon Goretzka with honorary award!

Representing the commitment of numerous football players in times of the Corona crisis, the German Football Ambassador awards this year’s honorary award to the initiators of #WeKickCorona, Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka. Together they started their idea of providing immediate help for people affected by the coronavirus, and also started …

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Bayern Munich & head coach Hansi Flick extend contract until 2023!

FC Bayern Munich and Hansi Flick are extending their cooperation. As a result of positive talks in a spirit of good faith, chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, board member Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidžic have agreed a contract extension with the head coach until June 30, 2023. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said, …

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German Football Ambassadors awards 2020 cancelled due to Coronavirus!

With a heavy heart, the German Football Ambassador made a decision of reason as the board in coordination with the German Foreign Office decided to cancel their award ceremony for May 26, 2020 in the capital’s representative office of the Deutsche Telekom AG. This also applies to the expert lecture …

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DFL Ordinary Assembly adopts new minimum age for Bundesliga/Bundesliga 2!

At its meeting on Tuesday, March 31, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga’s Ordinary Assembly adopted a new minimum age for players in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. Paragraph 14 Number 1 of the Player Licensing Rules is to be amended such that youth players may be issued a player licence …

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German Football Museum calls off Hall of Fame Gala 2020!

The German Football Museum (Deutsches Fußballmuseum) in Dortmund has called off the Hall of Fame 2020 gala scheduled to take place in June 2020 and to postpone it to 2021. The decision was made as a result to the global coronavirus pandemic. Oliver Kahn, Jürgen Klinsmann, Wolfgang Overath, Hans-Jürgen Dörner …

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