The match fixing scandal has tainted 32 matches in the Bundesliga lower divisions. The investigation into it have been widened the dragnet. Former and current players of VfL Osnabruck have come under suspicion.

Thomas Cichon, former captain of Bundesliga third division side VfL Osnabruck who now plays for Moroka Swallows in South Africa, is alleged to have accepted an undisclosed amount of money to lose to Augsburg's (17 April 2009) by three goals.

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The death of Hannover 96 and Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke at the age of just thirty-two would have been a savage shock to anybody interested in international football regardless of the circumstances. The fact that his death is being widely reported as suicide is numbing. Our thoughts obviously are with his family and his friends at this time, and it would not be appropriate at this time comment much further on the specifics of what has happened this evening.

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The Deutschland Fussball Bund (DFB) has officially launched the Germany adidas World Cup 2010 home kit (or jersey or trikot if you prefer). According to the DFB's website: The jersey in traditional white, for the first time including three stripes in black, gold and red on the sleeve , was introduced during an event in Herzogenaurach, the [. Click to continue reading...

Das ist der FC Bayern, wie ich ihn mir vorstelle. Das ist der FC Bayern, der seine Stärke demonstriert, das war eine Lehrstunde, das war wieder Mia san mia.

Uli Hoeneß, Manager des FC Bayern München, nach dem überragenden 4:0 Sieg im DFB-Pokalspiel in Frankfurt.

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Louis Van Gaal's Bayern Munich side comfortably beat Frankfurt in this DFB Pokal encounter.

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Man, hab ich� mich am Wochenende mal wieder geärgert. Da spielt mein SV Wacker Burghausen um die Tabellenführung mit und ich kann nicht dabei sein. Und zu allem Überfluß kann ich nicht mal per Liveticker am Computer mitfiebern, denn mein geliebter Verein bietet diesen Service nicht mehr an. DieLiveticker einiger großer Online-Sportmagazine sind um es [. Click to continue reading...

Liebe treue FC St.Pauli Fangemeinde, heute will ich ganz dezent auf ein Ebay-Angebot hinweisen, was sicherlich bei einigen unter euch für Tränen sorgen wird. Der legendäre „Ballsaal" steht nämlich beim Online-Auktionshaus Ebay noch bis zum 28.10.2009 zur Versteigerung bereit und schaut euch den Link an, es ist kein verspäteter Aprilscherz! Click to continue reading...

The crowd was right to jeer a hapless first-half performance by an "experimental" German side in Hamburg in the final DFB 2010 World Cup qualification fixture. With a ninth win the 2010 qualification campaign would have been Germany's most successful ever. Thanks to a determined Finnish side and some horrible Click to continue reading...

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It was a short but very important message, when Bundesliga-club Hannover 96 addressed a petition to the DFL and DFB to abolish the "50+1-Rule".

� The "50+1-Rule" implies that one person can only hold shares by the size of 49% of a club. Because of this, a prospect club owner has no majority vote and cannot conduct the club operations.

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Despite the unfamiliarity with the artificial turf and the hostility of a fervent 80000 strong Russian crowd in Luzhniki Stadium Moscow, the DFB-Elf secured their ticket to South Africa 2010. Here are the ratings for the team with more analysis to follow after a thorough celebration... Adler - 8.5 : Adler Click to continue reading...

Das wichtige WM Qualispiel gegen Russland steht vor der Tür und eines ist so sicher wie das Amen in der Kirche die unumgängliche Torhüterfrage. Alle reden sie von Adler, Enke, Wiese und Neuer. Aber was ist mit Hans-Jörg Butt, dem alten Haudegen, der sich zur Zeit einen Stammplatz bei den Bayern erkämpft hat und Michael Rensing ausgestochen hat?

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Kritik wird man nach diesem durchwachsenen 4:0 gegen Aserbaidschan ja wohl äußern dürfen. Auf Neudeutsch nennt man sowas ja auch Feedback das klingt freundlicher. Außerdem wirkt das Ergebnis auf denjenigen, der das Spiel nicht gesehen hat, auch zu gut. Deshalb gibts an dieser Stelle für euch die Spieler noch einmal in der Doktor Fussball Einzelkritik.

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Summer is almost over and Germany returns to Asia - no wait Europe according to UEFA. It's not yet another crazy Asia promotion by the DFB. Germany plays a double-header against Azerbaijan for World Cup Qualifying 2010. Löw reportedly did not want to make any experiments for the fixtures. His reasoning Click to continue reading...

There is much to like about the DFB-Pokal.

First of all, its' format contrasts nicely with all other season long competitions. A pure knockout tournament. 90 minutes minimum. 120 minutes and penalty shootouts if necessary. No draws. No rematches. No second legs. If you are the away team, live with it.

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It took 18 year old Lewis Holtby just one season to catch up on everything you would expect from a promising young talent and then he improved on it.

He was promoted from Alemannia Aachen's youth straight to the senior side, skipping the reserves, and quickly became a first team starter.

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BV Borussia Dortmund is a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and is best known as one of the most successful clubs in German football. In addition to six German football championships and two DFB Pokal victories, Dortmund won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966 (becoming the first German team to win [. Click to continue reading...

Lots to predict this weekend. It's the FA Cup Final in England and the DFB Pokal Final in Germany, we'll get a new Ligue 1 winner in France and there are five La Liga teams fighting to avoid the final relegation spot. My predictions below, please leave yours in the comments. Cheslea vs Everton, Saturday May 30th, [. Click to continue reading...

Well, the Business-Punchinellos in the Bundesliga management decided before that season that it would be a great idea to bring back the 1991 abrogated relegation play-off games, meaning that the 16th of the Bundesliga plays the 3rd of the 2nd Bundesliga in back-to-back matches. We now get treated with soccer-istical dainties such as Cottbus against Nuremberg.

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Well, the Business-Punchinellos in the Bundesliga management decided before that season that it would be a great idea to bring back the 1991 abrogated relegation play-off games, meaning that the 16th of the Bundesliga plays the 3rd of the 2nd Bundesliga in back-to-back matches. We now get treated with soccer-istical dainties such as Cottbus against Nuremberg.

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Well, the Business-Punchinellos in the Bundesliga management decided before that season that it would be a great idea to bring back the 1991 abrogated relegation play-off games, meaning that the 16th of the Bundesliga plays the 3rd of the 2nd Bundesliga in back-to-back matches. We now get treated with soccer-istical dainties such as Cottbus against Nuremberg.

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Yes, yes, it is done. Wolfsburg is the new Bundesliga title holder, Wolfsburg claimed the Meisterschaft, hitting every traditionalist in the crotch which we are of course not. Hence we compliment Volkswagen, I'm sorry, Wolfsburg on the deserved championship. A post on Wolfsburg later on but first, let's have a look at the games from thi season's last week of Bundesliga (boo hoo!

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Congratulations Wolfsburg, Champions of the Bundesliga!

Wolfsburg's magical triangle all scored as the Wolves beat a deflated Werder Bremen 5-1 at home. Their home form was paramount in their unlikely title run as they took an incredible 49 points out of 51 during the campaign. It was incredibly important, as they didn't start winning on the road until the second half of the season.

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In regelmäßigen Abständen berichten die Medien über Geldstrafen, die der DFB den Vereinen für das Fehlverhalten ihrer Zuschauer auferlegt. Offenbar nehmen diese Zwischenfälle so stark zu, dass der Kicker zum Beispiel "diverse Fanverstöße" zu einem einzelnen Artikel zusammenknetet. In der Regel ist es so, dass die Information, die Vereine hätten die Strafe bereits akzeptiert, gleich mitgeliefert wird.

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Wir sind hier zwar ein - oder nein, der! - Bundesliga-Blog, aber einen kleinen Nachdreher auf die Länderspieltage kann ich mir nun doch nicht verkneifen. Vor den Länderspielen erneuerte Joachim Löw seine Kritik an der Bundesliga. Der Bundesligafußball muss schneller und technisch besser werden, ja freilich.

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Tonight Schalke started the post-Rutten era with a 2-0 win at the Schüco Arena against relegation threatened Arminia Bielefeld. The first half started the same way most games had during Rutten's reign, dreadful and boring. In fact Arminia were the better side in the first half and missed four clear cut opportunities. Click to continue reading...

Am morgigen Samstag Abend tritt unsere DFB-Elf in der WM-Quali gegen den Fussball-Riesen Liechtenstein an. Nach der desaströsen 0:1-Niederlage im Freundschaftsspiel gegen Norwegen ist die deutsche Mannschaft gefordert ein Zeichen zu setzen. Selbst mit einem 1:0, 2:0 oder 3:0 könnte man kein Ausrufezeichen hinterlassen - es muss ein deutlicher Sieg in überzeugender Art und Weise [. Click to continue reading...

Man kommt ja so zu nix. Jetzt ist es schon fast wieder zu lange her, um darüber zu schreiben, aber nachdem ich gestern Abend noch mit einem Schalker drüber gesprochen habe, soll es hier doch auch noch mal landen. Es geht hier nicht darum, das der Kevin im Pokalspiel einfach schlecht war ( und somit zurecht [. Click to continue reading...

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