Club Haberleri

Christopher Trimmel continues to lead the team as first captain. The 35-year-old is entering his fifth year with the captain’s armband. Rani Khedira and Julian Ryerson are serving as his deputies.

A significant chapter in the club’s history has come to an end. The final whistle in the cup match at Union Berlin also signalled the end of Jörg Schmadtke’s time as managing director of VfL Wolfsburg. Four and a half years that, on the one hand, feel shorter because so much has happened, but on the other, the VfL of 2018 that the 58-year-old took over seems much further away today than seems possible. Whichever way you look at it, the bottom line is a record of success that could not have been imagined at the time. And which, given where the Wolves came from, should not be taken for granted.

Borussia Dortmund are currently trying to collect information from all the relevant parties with a view to the upcoming home match against Leipzig on Friday (kick-off 20:30 CET). As always, a large number of attendees would expect to make use of the local public transport system.

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SV Werder Bremen left the WWK-Arena with a 2-1 defeat that was tough to take. After the match, the mood of head coach Ole Werner and the players was accordingly somber.

Thomas Reis (Head Coach VfL Bochum 1848):

This year’s December was a unique one. The Bundesliga had been in its mid-season break since mi November and while some FCA players enjoyed a holiday, the World Cup was in full swing.

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Hertha didn’t have much to beat themselves up about and yet they were unable to come away with a win against FSV Mainz 05 and instead could only pick up a 1-1 draw. “We had a lot of chances on goal and honestly didn’t give our opponents much. Mainz then made their goal from their one opportunity, which is very annoying,” said Marvin Plattenhardt. Marc Kempf agreed with the Blue-Whites’ captain: “Hitting the bar is obviously annoying because we were just a few centimetres away from a win. However, we can always do with points in the relegation battle. We have gotten stronger, put in a lot of effort, and are together as a team,” underlined Hertha’s number 20. herthabsc.com has summarised the immediate reaction.

Eight years have passed since the members of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim e.V. passed the resolution at their meeting on 9 February 2015 to transfer the majority of the voting rights in TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Fußball-Spielbetriebs GmbH to Dietmar Hopp. This was made possible by an exemption from the so-called “50+1” rule laid down in the statutes of the German Football League (DFL) and the German Football Association (DFB), which was granted by the board of the league association on 18 December 2014 and confirmed by the DFB presidium a few days later. This rule stipulates that the majority of voting rights must be held by the parent club.