Club Haberleri

Earlier this week, Frankfurt officially announced that they’d be parting ways with Glasner come the end of the season, which is just a year shy of when his contract was set to expire. “We are of the opinion that after all the speculation and the agitation in recent weeks and months about the coaching position, clarity is required in order for the coach and the team to focus fully on their aims for the season and the cup final,” Frankfurt sporting director Markus Krösche had said in a statement regarding the news.

“Luka developed very well with our U23 team last season and was factored into the first phase of preparations for the first-team squad. When the option of a loan to Ulm came up, we discussed it with Luka and his entourage and made a joint decision to take this path,” explained Pirmin Schwegler, the Head of Professional Football at TSG Hoffenheim. 

Türkiyemspor are currently in 6th place in the table with 29 points from 20 games and will therefore probably achieve their lowest finish in the Regionalliga Nordost. The club, who were promoted to the Regionalliga for the first time in 2020, finished second and third in their first two seasons, and for many were dark horses in the promotion race behind Union and Viktoria before the start of the season. Those hopes havn’t been realised and although the team from Kreuzberg overtook Hertha BSC on the last matchday, Türkiyemspor have not managed to have a say in the promotion race this time around.

Pascal Formann has committed himself to the Wolves, signing an early contract extension with VfL Wolfsburg. “We are delighted that Pascal is staying with us,” said VfL sporting director Sebastian Schindzielorz. “We have every faith in his work and are convinced that he will be able to continue that by taking our new squad of goalkeepers to the highest level.”

Initial reactions and observations Best game of the Tuchel era? Probably. Bayern Munich swept Schalke aside...

It was a close encounter, but ultimately Florian Grillitsch and Austria gained the upper hand and beat Wout Weghorst and the Netherlands 3-2 in a spectacular match. However, both teams have reached the round of 16: Austria even managed to top the group, while the Netherlands went through as one of the best third-placed teams. Both Grillitsch and Weghorst notched an assist.

VfB’s latest signing Ramon Hendriks spoke in an interview about his excitement ahead of the first home match at the MHP Arena, his defensive strengths and VfB’s dramatic finish to last season.

Heldt can look back on a long and successful career as both a player and manager. After 392 games as a professional footballer for 1. FC Köln, 1860 München, Eintracht Frankfurt, Sturm Graz and VfB Stuttgart, he remained involved in football, with responsible roles at various clubs. From 2006 to 2010, the now 54-year-old was sports director at VfB Stuttgart, who became German champions in 2007. He then moved to the board of FC Schalke 04, where he celebrated winning the DFB Pokal in 2011 and qualifying for the Champions League in 2012. This was followed by stints at Hannover 96 (2017 – 2019) and 1. FC Köln (2019 – 2021).

Romano Schmid and Marco Grüll are through to the second round at EURO 2024 after a 3-2 win for Austria over the Netherlands, which saw the former score his first international goal. Group favourites France could only manage a draw against Poland in Dortmund, leaving Ralf Rangnick’s side as group winners. Elsewhere, Milos Veljkovic and Serbia were unable to progress in Group C.

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