The new kit will be worn for the first time on Saturday, 15th July, when SCF are set to take on Grasshopper Club Zurich at the Europa-Park Stadion (16:00 CEST). The match will consist of the orthodox 2×45 minute halves. Although Freiburg won’t have a full squad at their disposal due to the absence of the international players, the match will be a dress rehearsal for the Swiss Super League side, who are set to get their domestic campaign underway on 22nd July. Former SCF player, Amir Abrashi, who now wears the armband for Grasshoppers, will make his return to Freiburg. 

Our new kit is here! Hertha BSC will play the 2023/24 season in a home shirt which symbolizes the sparks between the club, its fans and the city of Berlin. It consists of the classic blue and white vertical stripes, with our flag on the chest and the Nike Swoosh in the colour of our city. The font for player names and numbers on the back of the shirt will be black, whilst the kit is rounded off with white shorts and socks, with blue kit numbers and stripes respectively. 

Pole vaulter Sarah Vogel drew the teams for the first round of the cup – and handed TSG Hoffenheim an away tie in Schleswig-Holstein. TSG will visit Stadion an der Lohmühle to face VfB Lübeck in their first competitive match of the 2023/24 campaign. The club finished top of the Regionalliga Nord last season and gained promotion to the 3. Liga in the process. The ties in the first round of the DFB-Pokal will take place between 11 and 14 August, with a precise date and kick-off time to follow in the course of the coming weeks. The Bundesliga season will begin a week after the DFB-Pokal (18-20 August).

A solid defence as a key foundation

“We are really happy with Tymoteusz’s mentality. We want to give him the loan option to get some minutes for the next half year, which we can’t guarantee that. We consider Trabzonspor a very good loan partner because they have a high quality squad and are playing a very good season. More match practice will definitely help him in his development before he returns to us from 01 July,” said Oliver Ruhnert, 1. FC Union Berlin’s Managing Director for Professional Football.

And Skubala will now stay in place in his caretaker role as Leeds continue to find their new permanent manager after a number of setbacks.

The primary topic of conversation was Brandt’s contract extension until 2026, which was announced shortly before the training session. We have summarised the most important statements by the 26-year-old below.

The 1.95m striker scored 9 goals in 15 games for Dynamo in the Under 19 Bundesliga last season and he will initially join up with FCA’s U23s before working his way into the first team. Ehrlich will therefore spend the coming weeks preparing for the new Regionalliga season.

Bayern Munich has a massive Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain next Wednesday, but must first face off with VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga this weekend.

Pál Dárdai’s starting XI for the first pre-season friendly included new signing Fabian Reese, Marten Winkler, back from his loan spell at Waldhof Mannheim, and academy products Eliyas Strasner and Veit Stange. The Hertha players, sporting the new home kit, took control of the game early on.