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Bundesliga in the corona crisis: restart of football without a Friday game – VfB date is fixed – VfB Stuttgart

The game operations in the federal leagues were suspended for around nine weeks due to the Corona crisis. Photo: Press photo Baumann / Hansjürgen Britsch



The Bundesliga starts again. On May 16, the season continues from where it was interrupted in mid-March. The first game date of VfB Stuttgart is also fixed.

Frankfurt – The game operations in the Bundesliga and second division will continue on May 16 with the 26th matchday. This was decided by the 36 professional clubs at the general meeting of the German Football League (DFL) on Thursday in Frankfurt. Politicians had agreed on Wednesday that the season, which had been suspended since mid-March due to the corona crisis, could end in both leagues with games without an audience.

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The DFL Presidium had immediately created facts and, despite the concerns of some clubs, set the earliest possible start date; Friday (May 15) as a game date was still not given. “We strictly adhere to the guidelines,” said DFL boss Christian Seifert at the press conference and was relieved by the decision from the previous day: “For some clubs, the decision means economic survival.”




The Bundesliga fixtures:

Saturday, May 16, 3:30 p.m .: Borussia Dortmund – Schalke 04, RB Leipzig – SC Freiburg, TSG Hoffenheim – Hertha BSC, Fortuna Düsseldorf – SC Paderborn, FC Augsburg – VfL Wolfsburg

Saturday, May 16, 6.30 p.m .: Eintracht Frankfurt – Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sunday, May 17, 3:30 p.m .: 1. FC Köln – FSV Mainz 05

Sunday, May 17, 6 p.m .: Union Berlin – Bayern Munich

Monday, May 18, 8.30 p.m .: Werder Bremen – Bayer Leverkusen

The second league fixtures:

Saturday, May 16, 1 p.m .: Jahn Regensburg – Holstein Kiel, VfL Bochum – 1. FC Heidenheim, Erzgebirge Aue – SV Sandhausen, Karlsruher SC – Darmstadt 98

Sunday, May 17th, 1.30 p.m .: Hannover 96 – Dynamo Dresden, Arminia Bielefeld – VfL Osnabrück, FC St. Pauli – 1. FC Nürnberg, SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Hamburger SV, SV Wehen Wiesbaden – VfB Stuttgart

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