Berlin (AFP) – Ahead of the start of the 2016-17 Bundesliga season on Friday, AFP Sports takes a look at the five biggest incoming transfers of the close season in Germany: Alen Halilovic (CRO) Barcelona (ESP) to Hamburg, five million euros ($5.6m) Halilovic was 16 when he made his professional debut for Dinamo Zagreb and […]

The German SuperCup will mark the opening of the Bundesliga/DFB Pokal 2016-17 season this Sunday. US TV and streaming rights for all Bundesliga matches, as well as the Super Cup, belong to FOX Sports while the German Cup competition – DFB Pokal – is exclusive to ESPN. Unlike many domestic cup competitions, all top division […]

The Bundesliga TV schedule for the first several weeks of the 2016/17 season on US TV and streaming can now be revealed. Bayern Munich kicks off the new season with a home match against Werder Bremen on Friday, August 26. From the opening weekend of the new season, the other match to keep an eye […]

Berlin (AFP) – The Bundesliga on Thursday sold the broadcasting rights for four seasons at a record price, in what it said was an important step towards ensuring the "future viability" of German football. Bidders including pay TV giants Sky and Eurosport as well as public television ZDF stumped up an average total of at […]

The Bundesliga has posted record sales for the 11th season running, but it's boss wants revenue to double over the next 10 years to rival England's Premier League. Soccer in Germany's top flight generated 2.62 billion euros ($2.855 billion) for the 2014/15 season, but needs to grow internationally to compete with the top leagues in […]

Second division German team Dresden set a European record today with an incredible banner that spanned across almost the entire stadium. The banner was unfurled ahead of Dresden's game against FC Magdeburg. The impressive orange banner measured an incredible 1476 feet, and was held aloft by the proud Dresden supporters. Here's the video that shows […]

Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno made an embarrassing mistake this weekend when a seemingly harmless back pass fell into his path, but the goalkeeper whiffed at the ball and completely missed it, letting it roll into the back of the net. On replay, you can see that the ball hit a divot on its way […]

Berlin (AFP) – All 36 teams in Germany's top two leagues will wear "We're helping! #refugeeswelcome" logos on their shirts in this weekend's fixtures to encourage fans to help amidst Europe's immigration crisis. The logo will appear on the left sleeve of each club's shirt and is a joint initiative between logistics company Hermes, who […]

Though the most widely known “Fussballgott,”­­ Bastian Schweinsteiger,­­ left Bayern Munich for Manchester United over the summer, faithful Eintracht Frankfurt fans have crowned their striker, Alexander Meier, with the same moniker. Funnily enough, while Schweinsteiger was plying his trade with his new team against Liverpool over the weekend, Meier was making waves in a hell […]

Though the summer or winter transfer markets have always linked player “X” from Bayern Munich to Manchester United, historically there hasn’t been a mass movement between the Bundesliga and the Premier League. Until this summer. Thirteen Bundesliga players have crossed the pond from Germany to England this summer, with over 200 million euro poured into […]

No matter whether we call it soccer, football, fußball or futbol, we all share the same passion for the Beautiful Game. But there is a small learning curve, especially with languages and pronunciations, such as we see in the fourth and final installment of the Bundesliga video campaign to promote the new season. In episode […]

If you happen to be a fan of club football over country, like myself, then you tend to find this first upcoming international break more of an annoyance than anything else. Just as teams in the various European leagues are just getting started/starting to jell, along comes a week off to throw off rhythm, and bring […]

Now that the 2015/16 Bundesliga season has kicked off, the opening weekend was full of exciting matches, plenty of goals and the passionate match atmosphere at games around Germany. But if you watched closely, you’ll have seen lots of unique and eye-opening mascots in the tunnels and on the pitch before the Bundesliga matches started. […]

Today's Bundesliga 2015/16 season opener between Bayern Munich and Hamburg SV will be shown live on US television and Internet. And, luckily for soccer fans (and, as we believe, is a direct result of Bundesliga fans getting up in arms about FOX's original less than satisfactory programming plans), FOX Sports has decided to make the […]

Bundesliga title holders for the last three seasons, Bayern Munich dropped off their wholly imperious form towards the end of their last campaign. Injury ­hit over large swathes of three competitions, the Bavarians allowed Wolfsburg to get relatively close —­­ just ten points back in second place, which was­­ a far cry from the two […]