Oliver Bierhoff, director of the national teams and academy for the DFB, has spoken out about the decision to take a plane for the German national team’s journey from Stuttgart to Basel. Oliver Bierhoff said, “We completely understand the criticism we have received. We will take this opportunity to ask …
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The German women’s national team will play their second home match after the break on Tuesday, October 27 (16:00 CEST) at the Brita-Arena in Wiesbaden. Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s team will face England in a rematch of a 2019 fixture, when Germany triumphed 2-1 at Wembley Stadium on a special night late …
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The German U-21 national team’s European Championship qualification match against Bosnia & Herzegovina on October 13, 2020 (kickoff: 18:15 CET) will be played at the Sportpark Ronhof | Thomas Sommer in Fürth, as was confirmed in writing on Monday, August 31. The U-21 team has taken six points from three …
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Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski has been named as Germany’s Player of the Year for the first time. The 32-year-old succeeds previous winner Marco Reus after receiving the majority support of journalists (276 selections) in a vote organized by kicker magazine. Manager of the Year went to former DFB sporting director …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today, August 26 announced that Sport1 GmbH will be their new media partner, broadcasting the AFC Champions League for the 2021 and 2022 seasons in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As an established dedicated sports broadcaster, with a large distribution in the region, Sport1 will …
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Germany head coach Joachim Löw has named his 22 player squad to face Spain (September 3, Stuttgart) and Switzerland (September 6, Basel) in the UEFA Nations League. Löw has called-up three debutants in goalkeeper Oliver Baumann, defender Robin Gosens and midfielder Florian Neuhaus. On the other side Löw has not …
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Germany U-21 head coach Stefan Kuntz has announced the 24-man squad for the upcoming U-21 European Championship qualification matches against Moldova (September 3 at 18:15 CEST at BRITA-Arena) and Belgium (September 8 at 16:00 CEST in Leuven). Ismael Jakobs (1. FC Köln), Maxim Leitsch (VfL Bochum), Florian Krüger (Erzgebirge Aue), …
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2020s Fritz Walter gold Medals were awarded to 1.FC Köln’s Noah Katterbach (U-19), Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz (U-17), while Lena Oberdorf from VfL Wolfsburg took the female award. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the awards will not be presented at one ceremony this year, but rather at separate, individual …
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England, Germany and Spain without having to play the UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship will represent Europe at the 2021 U-17 Women’s World Cup in India next year. UEFA has been forced to cancel the elite round and the final tournament of the UEFA Women’s U-17 Championship in Sweden due to …
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The DFL Foundation has appointed Franziska Fey as its Chairwoman. The 35-year-old has been working for the DFL Foundation (“DFL Stiftung”) since 2015. Since 2018, she has been Head of Projects, with responsibility for areas including strategic topic development and for advising the Executive Board. Before joining the DFL Foundation, …
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