Werder Bremen are treating the Bundesliga relegation/promotion play-off "as a gift" in their fight to stay up, but for spirited underdogs Heidenheim, Thursday's first-leg behind closed doors is a chance to "believe in the unbelievable".... more »
Stuttgart clinched promotion back to the German Bundesliga at the first attempt Sunday despite losing 3-1 to Darmstadt while Hamburg blew their chance at pipping Heidenheim to the play-off spot.... more »
Werder Bremen have one final chance to avoid automatic relegation this Saturday on the last weekend of the Bundesliga season while fellow fallen giants Hamburg will also make a last bid to earn a chance to win promotion back to Germany's top-flight.... more »
Stuttgart moved to the brink of an immediate promotion back to the Bundesliga on Sunday thanks to their 6-0 thrashing of Nuremberg coupled with Hamburg's dramatic late defeat at Heidenheim.... more »
A Dynamo Dresden player who accused German league officials live on television of sacrificing his club for the post-lockdown restart will not be punished, the German football federation (DFB) said Friday.... more »
Arminia Bielefeld sealed their first promotion to the Bundesliga since being relegated in 2009 on Tuesday, despite not playing, after nearest rivals Hamburg drew 1-1 at home to Osnabrueck.... more »
Marcus Thuram, Jadon Sancho and Weston McKennie joined the protests against racism and police brutality in the US while Bayern Munich and head coach Hansi Flick sent records tumbling as his team stayed seven points clear.... more »
The Bundesliga restart is not at risk even after the entire squad of second-tier Dynamo Dresden was placed under quarantine, the head of the German Football League (DFL) said.... more »
Dynamo Dresden placed their entire squad into a 14-day quarantine on Saturday, just a week from the restart of the Bundesliga season, after the club reported two more cases of coronavirus.... more »
When their side played promotion rivals Arminia Bielefeld in the German second division on March 9, Stuttgart fans did not realise that it would be the last game before the coronavirus lockdown.... more »
The Bundesliga is launching an online tournament between clubs for the next two weeks, with each team made up of a professional player and a member of club staff, the German Football League (DFL) announced on Wednesday.... more »
Bayern Munich players Leon Goretzka and Joshua Kimmich on Friday announced that they had launched a programme to help fight the coronavirus and had put in the first 1 million euro.... more »
A second division footballer was on Wednesday the first player to test positive for coronavirus in Germany as RB Leipzig became the last Bundesliga side to annouce that they would hold their weekend match behind closed doors.... more »
Hamburg manager Dieter Hecking attempted to deflect the blame from his players after the latest emblematic defeat for his fallen giants of German football.... more »
The German football federation said on Wednesday that was "dismayed and frightened" by a spate of attacks on referees as one match official recovered in hospital after a vicious assault.... more »
Brazilian international defensive midfielder Walace Souza Silva has moved to Udinese from German side Hanover, the Serie A club announced on Monday.... more »
Germany's football federation the DFB on Wednesday launched an inquiry after doubts were raised over the identity of a Gambian footballer playing for Hamburg.... more »
The Israeli government on Sunday said it was "shocked" by an anti-Semitic tweet sent to an Israeli football player during a second division game in Berlin, in an incident being investigated by German police.... more »
