German Football

German football giants Hamburger SV, who are currently in Bundesliga 2, have parted company with their head coach Christian Titz. HSV sports director Ralf Becker and club president Bernd Hoffmann personally informed Christian Titz this morning that they would be relieving him of his duties with immediate effect. The board …

In addition to the established German championship for individual players, the “TAG Heuer Virtual Bundesliga” (VBL), clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will have the opportunity to compete for the title of German eFootball champion for the first time starting this season. In partnership with EA SPORTS FIFA 19, …

Identity and data platform Verimi will partner German Bundesliga side and German Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt for at least one year. As part of the partnership, Eintracht Frankfurt will integrate Verimi’s services, including the ‘Verimi Login’, into its digital output. Verimi aims to give back data ownership to all internet …

German Bundesliga giants FC Bayern Munich is the first sports organisation in the world to launch an optimised website service explicitly for poor Internet connections: lite.fcbayern.com will deliver all the news about the German record champions and will focus on fast, functional delivery of content instead of its graphical representation. …

The comprehensive social commitment of the DFL Foundation (DFL Stiftung) continues to receive international recognition. In 2015, the DFL Foundation received the “Humanitarian in Sport Award” in London for its contribution to the integration of young refugees. In 2017 it was nominated for the “Peace and Sport Award” as Foundation …

Germany’s DFB GmbH is realigning its merchandising and is working with Fanatics, the world’s leading sports merchandising company, starting in January 2019. The cooperation covers the entire vertical business model, i.e. design and production of fan apparel and products, accessories, souvenirs and memorabilia as well as their worldwide distribution and …

Record German Bundesliga champions FC Bayern Munich has announced a new partnership with Zumtobel Group becoming the official lighting partner of FC Bayern. The cooperation will initially last for three years, running until the end of the 2020/21 season. Thanks to Zumtobel Group’s comprehensive lighting expertise, the Allianz Arena will …

Borussia Mönchengladbach have inaugurated their first overseas office on Tuesday. Martin Thiess will be the CEO of the Shanghai-based office, which has started its operations as “Borussia Mönchengladbach (Shanghai) Sport Development Co. Ltd.” in China. Borussia’s Vice-President Rainer Bonhof, CEO Stephan Schippers, Sports Director Max Eberl and Head of International …

Bundesliga International, subsidiary of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, commemorated the launch of their new office in New York with an official event on October 16/17. Located at 200 Park Avenue South in Manhattan, the “Regional Head Office Americas” inauguration was welcomed by international guests, representatives of the Bundesliga Clubs …

German Bundesliga 2 side VfL Bochum 1848 and their head coach of Indian origin Robin Dutt have agreed on extending his existing contract by one year until June 30, 2020. Sebastian Schindzielorz, Managing Director of Sport at VfL, explained the reasons for the contract extension by saying, “Robin Dutt took …