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DFL publishes details of media rights invitation to tender for Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2!

With new content and technological advancements, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has created an offering for the upcoming media rights cycle that is geared more than ever before to football fans of all generations. DFL CEO Steffen Merkel explained the details of the content, rights packages and auction for the …

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20th day of commemoration in German football: Never again is now!

“Never again is now!”: Under this slogan, German professional football is commemorating the victims of National Socialism on and around January 27, the date of liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is the 20th year in which the DFL and the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have been involved …

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A record-breaking first half of the Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2 season!

Professional football in Germany is all about full stadiums and incredible entertainment on the pitch, as a series of impressive facts and figures for the first half of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 season demonstrate. In no other top-flight European league was the goal scoring average in each game as …

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DFL and EA SPORTS renew partnership until 2027!

The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and EA SPORTS have agreed to an early prolongation of their long-standing partnership, extending the deal for another two seasons. The cooperation with the world’s leading video game publisher dates back to 1998 and will now continue until at least 2027. Fundamental to the partnership, …

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DFL New Year Reception 2024 in mourning!

Following the news of the death of Hertha BSC president Kay Bernstein, the DFL’s traditional New Year Reception in Frankfurt was held without the usual supporting programme. In a brief welcome address, Hans-Joachim Watzke, Speaker of the DFL Executive Committee and Chairman of the DFL Supervisory Board, paid tribute to …

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Germany’s DFL appoints Kuisle & Zuber to strengthen areas of core business!

The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has further strengthened the core of the organisation after joint-CEOs, Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel, appointed new directors in the fields of Corporate Strategy and Digital Business Development. The Corporate Strategy department will be headed by Silke Kuisle with immediate effect. The 46-year-old has a …

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The world mourns Franz Beckenbauer – DFL recommends minute’s silence!

Exceptional, outstanding, unique: friends and former teammates paid passionate tributes to Franz Beckenbauer. “The face and the pre-eminent figure of the Bundesliga,” said Wolfgang Overath, a teammate during the World Cup triumph in 1974. And Lothar Matthäus, captain of the team that won the 1990 World Cup in Italy under …

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Latest schedule for Bundesliga & Bundesliga 2 matches released!

The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has released the schedule for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 matches until mid-March 2024. Fixtures for the current 2023-24 season have now been set for Matchdays 19 to 26 in both leagues. The exact timing of the encounter between VfB Stuttgart and RB Leipzig on Matchday …

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DFL statement on the European Super League ruling!

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that criteria for the approval of other competitions outside the association pyramid of the European sports model must be transparent, objective, non-discriminatory, and proportionate. This is understandable and was expected. UEFA and FIFA are required to review the criteria they have already …

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DFL Members Assembly votes for strategic marketing partnership at league level!

The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 clubs have voted in favour of a strategic marketing partnership at league level at today’s DFL Members Assembly. The DFL Executive Committee, as the responsible body under the Articles of Association, has thus been given a mandate to carry out a process and conclude a …

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