28dReuters

Bundesliga pro/rel playoff all square after 1st leg

Bundesliga club Heidenheim scored twice in three minutes in the second half to come from two goals down and snatch a 2-2 draw against visitors Elversberg in the relegation playoff first leg on Thursday.

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39dAssociated Press

Hamburg fans seriously injured in promotion party

One Hamburg SV fan suffered "life-threatening injuries" and 19 more were seriously injured in celebrations after the team's return to the Bundesliga, local fire services said on Sunday.

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40dESPN News Services

Hamburg clinch Bundesliga return after 7 years

After seven years of suffering, Hamburger SV finally clinched their return to the Bundesliga by routing Ulm 6-1 in Germany's second division on Saturday.

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157dAssociated Press

Ex-Liverpool GK Karius signs with Schalke

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius has signed with second-division German club Schalke in an attempt to revive his career.

Jürgen Klopp explains decision to join Red Bull (1:16)
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1yAssociated Press

Düsseldorf take big step in Bundesliga promotion

An own goal, a counter-attack and a rebound gave Fortuna Düsseldorf a big advantage with a 3-0 win in Bochum in the first leg of their Bundesliga relegation/promotion playoff on Thursday.

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How to watch the 2024 German Cup final on ESPN+

It's time for the 2024 German Cup final! Bayer Leverkusen takes on 1. FC Kaiserslautern in the prestigious competition. Here's how to watch on ESPN.

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1yESPN News Services

Bundesliga investor deal axed after fan protests

The German Football League (DFL) said Wednesday it is abandoning plans to sell a stake in its media rights income to an outside investor after months of increasingly disruptive protests by fans.

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1yAssociated Press

Protesting German fans put bicycle locks on goal

Anti-investor protests in German soccer escalated on Friday when fans attached bicycle locks to a goal and displayed banners showing a club executive's face in crosshairs.

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2yAssociated Press

GK sent home from camp as police probe fight

Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Marius Gersbeck has left the team's summer training camp in Austria after apparently becoming involved in a fight with another man who later needed hospital treatment.

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2. Bundesliga Ladder

TEAMGPWDLGDP
FC Cologne341879+1561
Hamburg SV3416117+3459
SV 07 Elversberg3416108+2758
SC Paderborn 073415109+1055
1. FC Magdeburg3414119+1253
Fortuna Düsseldorf3414119+553
Kaiserslautern3415811+153
Karlsruher SC34141010+252
Hannover 963413129+551
1. FC Nürnberg3414614+348
Hertha Berlin3412814-244
SV Darmstadt 983411914+142
SpVgg Greuther Fürth3410915-1439
Schalke 043410816-1038
Preußen Münster3481214-336
TSV Eintracht Braunschweig3481115-2635
SSV Ulm 18463461216-1230
SSV Jahn Regensburg346721-4825