Geertruida comes at the second attempt As a replacement for the Frenchman, the Saxons have signed Dutch international and right-back Lutsharel Geertruida from Feyenoord Rotterdam. The 24-year-old has played for the cup winners from the port city since he was twelve years old. He was already a candidate in Leipzig last summer, but an agreement … Read more
Things didn’t work out with Dynamo Dresden, but now Tom Zimmerschied is fulfilling his dream of playing in the 2nd Bundesliga. The 25-year-old is moving to SV Elversberg with immediate effect. Both clubs have agreed to keep the transfer details confidential. According to “Bild”, Dynamo will receive a transfer fee of around 400,000 euros. Smart … Read more
Dynamo captain Kutschke on the bench Compared to the 4-2 win against Cottbus in the 3rd league, Dresden made two changes to their starting eleven. Vinko Sapina and Christoph Daferner replaced Oliver Batista Meier and captain Stefan Kutschke (both on the bench). Fortuna also made two changes compared to the 0-0 draw against Karlsruhe. Jordy … Read more
The Leipzig team started extremely strong, put pressure on them right from the start and used their third good chance to take an early lead: Benjamin Sesko broke through on the left and passed to Xaver Schlager, whose cross pass landed at Xavi, who received the ball with outstanding technical skills and turned in Box … Read more
Double Olympic champion Kristina Vogel (track bike), boxing trainer Hans-Ullrich “Ulli” Wegner and three-time biathlon Olympic champion Kati Wilhelm have been inducted into the “German Sports Hall of Fame”. The trio joins 130 sports personalities who have already been recognized for their success in competition or their commitment to sport and society. The official induction … Read more
Halle coach Sreto Ristic only made one change compared to the 1:3 loss at Erzgebirge Aue. He had to replace Tom Baumgart, who was injured in training on Friday, and so junior international Julian Eitschberger made his debut for Halleschen FC in the right-back position. HFC helps diligently with the goal conceded The HFC started … Read more
Despite major economic turbulence, the Leipzig Kings will play the game in the European League of Football (ELF) against the Berlin Thunder on Sunday. Kick-off is at 2:30 p.m. in the Bruno Plache Stadium in Leipzig. “Let’s make this special – to put into words how grateful we are for all the support from our … Read more
Spectacular transfer from the Mersey to the Weser: Bundesliga club Werder Bremen has surprisingly strengthened their squad with Naby Keita from Liverpool FC. As confirmed by the Hanseatic League on Friday (June 9), the 28-year-old midfielder is moving to the Hanseatic city on a free transfer. As usual, the club did not announce the contract … Read more
Freiburg head coach Christian Streich was voted coach of the year. 706 VDS members took part in the vote, the election has been held since 1960. The closing date for entries was July 25th. Nkunku prevailed in a neck-and-neck race with 134 votes ahead of world footballer Robert Lewandowski, who has meanwhile switched from Bayern … Read more
1. FC Magdeburg has secured the services of Ömer Beyaz. The young talent comes free of charge on loan from VfB Stuttgart to the second division promoted team. Beyaz still has a contract with first division club Stuttgart until 2025, so a purchase option for FCM is ruled out. In the past season, the Turkish … Read more