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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The international Erasmus+project “Good governance needs access and inclusion”, in which DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga is involved as a cooperation and network partner, got under way at a virtual meeting in January. The Centre for Access to Football in Europe (CAFE), a partner organisation of UEFA, is responsible for the …

DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga yesterday published the schedule for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 fixtures for matchdays 24 to 28 of the current 2020-21 season. Matches now confirmed include the second “Klassiker” of the league season: the highly anticipated match-up between FC Bayern München and Borussia Dortmund, which will kick …

The Executive Committee of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga met this week for the first time to discuss the summary report of the task force “Future of Professional Football”, which was published on February 3. The first action resolved was to create an interdisciplinary advisory board with outside experts to …

The summary report of the task force “Future of Professional Football” is now available to download. This nine-page document sets out and explains 17 recommendations of the task force for the DFL and the 36 clubs in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. In addition, a future outlook outlines the goals …

With a view to recording and tracking visitor flows during the coronavirus pandemic, leading associations in Germany from the areas of culture, hospitality and sport are exploring cross-sector collaboration. The initial aim is to analyse whether jointly deploying one or more technical solutions could be a viable way to efficiently …