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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In an average year, UEFA and a host venue require 12 months to plan a competition final. In 2020, it has taken a couple of months to organise three mini-tournament finals: the Champions League, the Europa League and the Women’s Champions League in Portugal, Germany and Spain respectively. In a …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons x OneFootball special features 10 facts about Germany and Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Kai Havertz you do need to know.
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The German Beach Soccer league will resume play in August 2020. The season was initially set to get underway in May, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, restrictions in several German states have been eased enough to allow for play to resume, in compliance with a hygiene …
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In Benedikt Höwedes another 2014 FIFA World Cup winner with Germany in Rio has ended his professional football career. Despite feeling fit enough to return to the Bundesliga, the 32-year-old wishes to step down because of his family. In June, the 2014 world champion terminated his contract with Russian top …
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The Germany U-21s’ EURO qualifier against Moldova on September 3, 2020 will be played in Wiesbaden’s BRITA-Arena. This decision was made at the DFB presidential board’s meeting in Frankfurt on Friday, July 24. Initially, Frankfurt’s PSD Bank Arena was the intended venue for the match. The BRITA-Arena in Wiesbaden has …
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In their first match back following the enforced break, the Germany women’s team will face Ireland in Essen on September 19 (14:00 CEST), the DFB steering committee announced following its meeting in Frankfurt (Main) on Friday, July 24. It will be Germany’s fifth match as part of qualification for EURO …
Read More »In a surprise move, 2014 FIFA World Cup winner Andre Schürrle today, July 17 announced his retirement from football aged only 29. The former Germany international had earlier in the week agreed to cancel his contract with Borussia Dortmund, which was to run until 2021 and now decided to announce …
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The opponents for Germany’s final friendlies of the year have been announced. The Deutsche Fußball Bund (DFB) has come to an agreement with the football associations of both Turkey and the Czech Republic. Germany will face Turkey on October 7 in Cologne, followed by the Czech Republic on November 11 …
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The locations for Germany’s upcoming UEFA Nations League home games have been announced. The team will face Spain on September 3 in Stuttgart, followed by a match against Switzerland on October 13 in Cologne and a game against Ukraine on November 14 in Leipzig. The announcement comes after the DFB’s …
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