With the aim of further increasing the legal certainty of the 50+1 rule and dispelling preliminary antitrust concerns of the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) against the overall rule (50+1 basic rule in conjunction with the funding exemption), the Executive Committee of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has unanimously agreed on …
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DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has released the exact schedule for the games on Matchday 30 for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2. With the fixtures for Matchdays 26-29 already having been set last week, a final agreement was still needed for Matchday 30. It has now been possible to schedule these …
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The Members Assembly of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V. elected Dr Christian Keller to the Supervisory Board of DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH. The Managing Director of 1. FC Köln succeeds Fredi Bobic, whose departure from the management board of Hertha Berlin also saw him resign as a member of …
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Following the recent draw for the Round of 16 of the UEFA Europa League, DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has now released the exact schedule for Matchdays 26 to 29 of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for the current 2022-23 season. The schedule had to accommodate the fact that there are …
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Football fans from across Jakarta and throughout Indonesia were invited to RPTRA Bhinneka, located in the Pesanggrahan district of Jakarta, to join a celebration of football culture, as the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga’s “Bundesliga Common Ground” project arrived in South East Asia. In association with local partners and communities, “Bundesliga …
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The ‘Future Scenarios Working Group’ appointed by the Executive Committee of DFL e.V. has agreed upon key guiding principles for the further development of German professional football and a possible strategic partnership at league level. As a next step, the Executive Committee of DFL e.V. and the Supervisory Board of …
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Expert organisation DEKRA has been appointed the independent external auditor for sustainability criteria in the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga licensing process. The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are the first major professional football leagues to include mandatory sustainability criteria in their Licensing Regulations. The criteria will become applicable for the first …
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”Taking a stand, taking action” („Haltung zeigen und handeln“) – under this slogan, the “!Never Again” (“!Nie Wieder”) initiative is commemorating the victims of National Socialism on and around January 27, the date of liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. This is the 19th year in which the DFL and …
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As a leader in sports innovation, the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga is exploring options for the pioneering use of Bundesliga content in an exciting new test case. In cooperation with BMW, the DFL is the first professional football league worldwide to test content optimised for the screens of in-car entertainment …
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The longstanding Bayer 04 Leverkusen director Rudi Völler, now a member of the shareholders committee, received an honorary award from the German Football League (DFL) today, Tuesday January 17. At the traditional DFL New Year’s reception, Hans-Joachim Watzke presented the 1990 World Cup winner with the award in front of …
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