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1. FSV Mainz 05 have taken seven points from their first three games this season, as they prepare to host Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Saturday afternoon (15:30 CEST). The Champions League participants are still without a point in 2022/23, but head coach Bo Svensson doesn’t see his side automatically slipping into the role of the favourites this weekend. “Their games so far this season have been very different,” he explained during the pre-match press conference. “They should have won both in Dortmund [1-0 loss] and against Augsburg [2-1]. They have top-quality players and we will need to deliver a top performance in order to keep up,” Svensson said.

VfB Stuttgart slipped to a 2-1 defeat against Schalke 04 on Matchday 22.

Union had shaken themselves down and dusted themselves off, and they would be buoyed by the impossible news. 

The new Bundesliga season starts with a battle of the green-and-white northern clubs on Saturday 6 August (kick-off 15:30 CEST) as Niko Kovac’s side host promoted Bremen. 

Two memorial sites in Poland will be the destinations for the two excursions this year. This first trip from 11 to 17 June centres on the history of the Jews deported from Dortmund to the Polish city of Zamość in the former district of Lublin, at the end of April 1942. The second educational trip from 23 to 29 June will be to the Auschwitz memorial and will focus on the history of the town of Oświęcim and the Auschwitz camp complex.

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Johannes Jahns will join SV Werder Bremen from FC Red Bull Salzburg to become the club’s squad planner for next season. The Bremen native has most recently been working as Salzburg’s sporting coordinator after previously holding the title of Head of Transfer Management there. Jahns will become responsible for scouting, squad planning and recruitment from next season at SVW.

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Nassim Boujellab successfully made the leap into the first team a few months ago. In an interview with schalke04.de, the midfielder spoke about his first few months as a professional, his favourite position, the support from Gerald Asamoah and Torsten Fröhling, as well as his new jersey number.

FCA have also agreed a buy option for the 19-year-old, who came through the Sporting academy and can play in both defensive midfield and at centre-back. The 1.90-metre-tall left-footer has played the full 90 minutes in five of his side’s six UEFA Youth League matches this season.