There is an international break between matchdays 3 and 4 and matchdays 7 and 8. The first Europa League group stage game will take place on Thursday, 21st September.

“It was, is and shall remain TSG’s approach that we consistently focus on discovering talented youngsters in order to carefully build them up and continue their development step-by-step via our academy,” said TSG director of football Alexander Rosen. “With both Bamba and Joshua having been allowed to train with the first team on many occasions in the past, we now want to give the boys the chance to showcase themselves over a longer period during our summer preparations. Both have earned that through their performances with the U23s. We will persevere with this philosophy and give more young players from our academy the chance to showcase themselves with the first team.”

Despite taking the lead twice in the final ten minutes, Mainz had to ultimately settle for...

The German Football League announced the exact schedule for Matchdays 1 to 8 on Wednesday. VfB begin the 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign at home to VfL Bochum on Saturday 19 August at 15:30 CEST.

But Slavia Prague prevailed with the point having gone ahead through Ivan Schranz’s opener in the 50th minute.

Yoon-Sang Hong is heading home to South Korea after VfL Wolfsburg reached an agreement with 1. FC Nürnberg, where Hong had been turning out for the second team since last summer, to end the winger’s two-year loan deal. The 21-year-old joined the Wolves’ U19 side from South Korean outfit Pohang Steelers in January 2021 before enjoying a spell on loan at VfL’s Austrian partner club SKN St. Pölten. Hong will now return to his hometown club.

But Liverpool ended up getting him. The Premier League side worked in the shadows to get the deal completed and news of their interest only came to the surface shortly before the transfer was finalised.

Super sub: Giovanni Reyna scored his fourth goal from the bench this season. That’s a league high – as are the 13 goals scored by BVB subs overall.

SV Werder Bremen have intensified their internationalisation efforts in Vietnam in order to win over new fans and help support the local population in a country that includes several million Bundesliga fans. The Green-Whites will hold events in Vietnam in July and August 2023 as part of their internationalisation strategy, and will enjoy a permanent presence in the country as of September.

Tietz scored 12 goals and picked up 5 assists last season as he helped Darmstadt secure their promotion to the Bundesliga. In total, the striker has scored 33 goals and made 16 assists in 98 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga. The 26-year-old will take part in training on Thursday and will travel to Austria with his new teammates the following day.