The start of the European Cup, the German Bundesliga, the World Cup qualifiers – BZ – Berlin Voice
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The Champions League, Europa League and, for the first time, the Conference League – the new season in European club competitions begins on Tuesday. Keep track of the leagues on the weekend, German footballers want to go to Australia and New Zealand.
It’s starting again in the UEFA Cup: seven teams in the Bundesliga start this week, and a German quartet around record champions Bayern Munich will start in the Champions League.
The program also includes: the fifth round of the German Bundesliga and the first World Cup qualifiers for the German women’s football team.
Al-Ittihad coach Urs Fischer will play Slavia Prague in the conference league on Thursday (Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) Photo: John McDougall
Champions League: For Bayern Munich, things are really going with the match against Barcelona at the start of the group stage on Tuesday, despite the Catalan side losing its famous star Lionel Messi recently. Also on Tuesday, VFL Wolfsburg will return in the first division in the French champions OSC Lille. On Wednesday, RB Leipzig will also start with a tough away game with English champions Manchester City, next playing Borussia Dortmund in Besiktas Istanbul.
small european cups In the Europa League, former semi-finalist Eintracht Frankfurt will host Fenerbahce Istanbul, the club of former national player Mesut Ozil, in Thursday’s Group A match. Prior to that, Bayer Leverkusen was expecting Ferencvaros in Budapest with former Bundesliga coach Peter Stoeger. The conference league is going through its beginning. Also in the group stage: 1. FC Union Berlin. It starts on Thursday in Slavia Prague.
After 3:1 on Sunday in Bochum, Hertha has to play again on Friday. The opponent then is Greuther Fürth, the next climber (Image: picture alliance / dpa) Photo: fst kde
UEFA Women’s Champions League: The German trio look forward to the group draw on Monday (1 pm) in Nyon. As German champions, Bayern Munich, like defending champions Barcelona, are in Level 1. The second pot includes DFB Cup winners Wolfsburg, who only advanced on penalties in the second leg at the Girondins Bordeaux. The match with TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in Pot 3. The first-class newcomer recently prevailed against Swedish record champion FC Rosengard. Group matches start on 5/6. October.
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Bundesliga: Hertha BSC opens Game Day 5 on Friday and meets the next rookie team in the Greuther Fürth Games Association. The Berliners, who started poorly, scored their first victory on Sunday. There was a 3-1 win over VfL Bochum, who should go to Bayern next. Due to European Cup commitments, there are three matches again on Sunday, including Dortmund’s meeting with Al Ittihad. Coach Oliver Glasner returns to the former Wolfsburg club for the first time with Frankfurt.
Women’s World Cup qualifications: The 2023 World Cup qualifiers begin in Australia and New Zealand to select the German women. The German FA team headed by Martina Vos-Tecklenburg begins Group H on Saturday with a home match against Bulgaria in Cottbus, followed three days later by a match against Serbia in Chemnitz.
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