After coordinating with the “Sports Medicine/Special Match Operations Task Force”, the Executive Committee of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has approved an adjustment to the medical and hygiene-related concept for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. This relates to compulsory antigen rapid tests. There is also the possibility of holding “quarantine …
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Today, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga released the exact schedule for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches from Matchday 29 until the end of the season. Matches now confirmed include the visit of league leaders FC Bayern München to third-placed VfL Wolfsburg on the Saturday of Matchday 29 (April 17, 3:30 …
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Pablo Thiam’s stated aim leaves little room for doubt: For his protégés, the youth players of VfL Wolfsburg, it should be a matter of course to have an open attitude towards life, to not hold prejudices, and to show tolerance and respect to your fellow humans. “Football is the best …
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All 36 clubs of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 have submitted their documentation for the licensing process in the coming 2021/22 season to the DFL on time. The deadline for submitting the documentation was today at 3:30 p.m. The deadline for applicants from 3. Liga seeking a licence for Bundesliga …
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DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and long-standing brand DERBYSTAR are to continue their successful cooperation. An early, four-year extension to the existing contract that runs until the end of the 2021-22 season has been concluded, meaning that DERBYSTAR will provide the official match ball for the Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2 and the …
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The impact of the coronavirus crisis on the 2019-20 season led to a decline in revenue in German professional football. As expected, the effects of the pandemic are reflected in the cumulative economic figures for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, especially because all matches from Matchday 26 onwards were played …
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At the DFL Members Assembly of the 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 on Thursday, March 4, the main topic was agreeing the next steps in connection with the summary report of the Future of Professional Football Task Force. The Executive Committee of the DFL had announced the first …
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SSV Jahn Regensburg’s next two matches in Bundesliga 2 cannot be held as scheduled. The club’s matches against VfL Osnabrück (formerly Sunday, March 7) and SpVgg Greuther Fürth (formerly Saturday, March 13) will be rescheduled, as the entire Regensburg professional team has been ordered by the responsible health authority to …
Read More »After financial criteria were largely left out of the licensing process last year given the countless questions brought about because of the coronavirus pandemic, economic performance will again be examined, both ahead of and during the 2021-22 season. An unanimous resolution to this effect, which also provides for sanctions in …
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The Executive Committee of DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga has unanimously spoken out in favour of adopting the Working Definition of Antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). A proposal to that effect will be put to a vote at the next ordinary DFL Members Assembly in March. There …
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