German Football League (DFL)

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Finance & Law

Germany’s competition regulator has accepted the German Football League’s (DFL’s) proposal to tighten the 50+1 ownership rule covering Bundesliga clubs. T
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Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL), organiser of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, has announced a six-season funding agreement with the German Football Federation (DFB)
Football
Industry Moves

The German Football League (DFL) has unveiled its new leadership team, with Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel appointed joint-chief executives.
Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL) will halt talks with private equity firms after less than two thirds of Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs voted in favour of continuing discussions
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Media

Sky Deutschland has announced an initiative with gaming platform Kickbase that will see the pay-TV broadcaster offer live German Bundesliga coverage aimed at fantasy football players
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Media

KKR & Co., the US private equity firm, has pulled out of the process to become a strategic partner with the German Football League (DFL) in a new media rights subsidiary, according to reports
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Fan Engagement

German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich has announced a pre-season tour of Japan as the league looks to continue its brand-building efforts in the market in partnership with local media rights-holder Sky…
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has extended its French-language rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 for a further four seasons
Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL) has said member clubs from its top two divisions, Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2, will next month decide whether to proceed with talks with a selected group of three entities…
Football
Finance & Law

The total revenue of German professional football has increased for the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19, with the second-tier Bundesliga 2 setting a new benchmark for the 2021-22 season, but…
Football

DFL has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), collaborating together on a range of topics to further support the development of football and creating further…
Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL) is proposing a tightening of the 50+1 ownership rule covering Bundesliga clubs in a bid to reach agreement with the country’s competition regulators.
Football
Finance & Law

US-based investment firm Sixth Street Partners is reportedly among the firms preparing a bid for a share of the Bundesliga broadcast and commercial rights business as the German Football League (DFL),…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Nina Tsimpouli has left her role as director of global content marketing at the DFL Digital Sports arm of the German Football League (DFL) to become head of sports operations in the DACH region for social…
Football
Industry Moves

Donata Hopfen has resigned as chief executive of the German Football League (DFL) after less than a year in the role
Football
Finance & Law

The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, has delayed talks over the potential sale of a stake in its media rights business to next year amid a lack…
Football
Industry Moves

Hendrik Weber has returned to the German Football League (DFL), organising body of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga, to head up a restructured sports technology and innovation department
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Media

German Football League (DFL) chief executive Donata Hopfen has called on the organisation to be “more ambitious” with its commercial targets and extract more value from its international media rights.