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In preparation for the Extraordinary Members Assembly of the DFL this coming Wednesday (July 14), the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has sent a draft of the medical and hygiene-related occupational health and safety concept of the DFL and DFB for the 2021-22 season to the clubs in the Bundesliga and …

CJ Entertainment and Media (CJ E&M) has become the place for Korean fans to watch Bundesliga matches after a three-year deal with Bundesliga International, a subsidiary of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, was agreed. The deal ensures that CJ E&M becomes the official Bundesliga broadcast partner in South Korea, with exclusive …

Today, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga released the exact schedule for the matches in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 until the end of September 2021. Fixtures have now been scheduled until the sixth matchday of the 2021-22 season in the Bundesliga and the eighth matchday in Bundesliga 2. As announced in …

A few years ago, the fixture list was still generated manually using what was known in Germany as the ‘English key’. Each club was assigned a number from 1 to 18 and slotted into a predefined schedule, which then determined the fixtures automatically. It was not possible to make individual …

DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has once again honoured two clubs for their outstanding pitch quality this year. Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg’s ‘Volkswagen Arena’ received the “Pitch of the Year” award for the 2020-21 season, while Holstein Kiel’s ‘Holstein-Stadion’ was selected as the top pitch from Bundesliga 2. The winners were …

All 36 applicants that qualify on the basis of sporting performance are receiving a licence to participate in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for the upcoming 2021–22 season. In the licensing process, financial, sporting, legal, staffing, administrative, infrastructural and media-related criteria were examined in accordance with the licensing regulations of …

What is the Sports Medicine / Special Match Operations Task Force’s take on the recently completed 2020-21 season? Prof. Dr. Tim Meyer (Head of the task force) and Ansgar Schwenken (Member of the DFL Management Board, Director of Football Affairs & Supporters) give us their thoughts: Professor Meyer, Mr Schwenken, …

The German DFL Supercup 2021 will take place on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. The match between the Bundesliga champion and the winner of the German DFB-Pokal will see FC Bayern München take on Borussia Dortmund. It will be played at Dortmund’s SIGNAL IDUNA PARK with kick-off at 8:30pm CEST. The …

‘Liga founds own TV production company’ – that was the heading of a press release published by the DFL one Friday in April 2006. The wholly owned subsidiary would produce the images from the matches in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 and make them available to television partners from the …

The placement of one or more stars on a club’s shirt is intended to emphasise the extraordinary significance of the club having won multiple Bundesliga titles. The first milestone is reached when a club wins its third Bundesliga title. From then on, a star may be worn on the shirt …