You can’t play without referees – but the number of match officials has been declining in recent years. To draw attention to this important position, the German Football Association (DFB) has declared this the Year of the Referee. TSG Hoffenheim are delighted to be involved in this initiative.

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Having played 14 matches, FSV Babelsberg 74 are sat in the lower middle of the table in 10th place with 15 points. Whether this will ultimately be enough to stay in the Regionalliga though is still unclear. The North-East German Football Association (NOFV) wants to reduce the size of the league from 14 to 12 teams again for the coming 2023/24 season, which is why it has not yet been finally decided how many teams will ultimately have to be relegated.

VfL Wolfsburg supporters can look forward to a strong contingent of Wolves players at next summer’s European Championship finals, which are being held in Germany from 14 June to 14 July 2024. In Koen Casteels, Aster Vranckx (both Belgium), Joakim Maehle, Jonas Wind (both Denmark), Cedric Zesiger (Switzerland), Vaclav Cerny (Czech Republic) and the currently injured Patrick Wimmer (Austria), seven VfL stars have already helped their respective countries qualify for the tournament.

There has been a lot of criticism aimed towards their midfield and defence this season and recent reports indicate that’s where Klopp will look to improve in the summer.

It is the first time since 2009 that a Germany U17 team has won the EURO title. “A great performance by the boys. They’ve had a fantastic tournament,” beamed ecstatic coach Christian Wück. Charles Herrmann and Paris Brunner comfortably converted their spot-kicks in the shootout and made a decisive contribution to the victory.

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According to Bild (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), however, Borussia Dortmund dismissed the notion that Musiala would even possibly miss the upcoming match that could determine the Bundesliga championship:

Attendance:21.800 
 
Goals: 1:0 Knoche (20.), 2:0 Juranovic (44.), 2:1 Kudus (47.), 3:1 Doekhi (50.) 

The rain started to come down over Köpenick and the Wuhlheide, and the Alte Försterei at its heart, a couple of hours before kick off. It always does. It rained before Saint Gilloise as it rained before Braga, as it rained before Malmö. It rained last week in Amsterdam like the dykes had been emptied and shaken out over the Johan Cruijff Arena.

Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish said in a statement on the club’s official website: “It is with enormous regret that this difficult decision has been made. Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of retaining Premier League status.