Police lined the pitch as 1860 Munich were relegated to the third division.
Former Bundesliga champions 1860 Munich were relegated from Germany’s second division on Tuesday in a game that was held up for 15 minutes toward the end because of violence from angry fans.
1860 lost the second leg of their relegation/promotion playoff 2-0 at home to Bavarian rivals Jahn Regensburg, a team who finished third in the third division and secured second-tier football at the Munich-based club’s expense with a 3-1 win on aggregate.
Jahn gained promotion at the first attempt, one season…
Jamie Maclaren had previously been linked with a move to Kaiserslautern.
Australia international Jamie Maclaren has signed for German club Darmstadt.
Former Brisbane Roar striker Maclaren, 23, has signed a three-year contract with the club, who have been relegated from the Bundesliga and will play in Germany’s second tier next season.
It comes with the promise of significant minutes, giving Maclaren the chance to take his game to the next level after scoring more goals in the past two A-League seasons than any other Australian player.
Darmstadt are coached by ex-Germany…
Hannover celebrate their win on Sunday.
Hannover and Stuttgart are now favourites for an instant return to the Bundesliga after TSV Eintracht Braunschweig lost 6-0 at lowly Arminia Bielefeld to slip behind them to third on Sunday.
Bielefeld, out …
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Brandon Borrello made 25 appearances for the Brisbane Roar this season, scoring four goals..
Brisbane Roar’s attacking stocks have been further decimated with young gun Brandon Borrello set to move to Europe next season.
The 21-year-old is understood to have signed for a second division club in Germany, making Wednesday night’s AFC Champions League match against Ulsan Hyundai his final game for the Roar.
The unknown club has triggered Borrello’s buyout clause, allowing…
Horst Heldt, right, served as general manager at Schalke.
HANNOVER, Germany — German second-division side Hannover have sacked their general manager and sporting director to make way for former Schalke GM Horst Heldt.
Hannover, who were relegated from the Bundesliga last season, say Martin Bader and sporting director Christian Moeckel have been let go “with immediate effect.”
Supervisory board members decided “the club’s sporting leadership needs to be changed” to secure their immediate top-flight return.
Horst #Heldt wird neuer Sportdirektor von #H96:…
Kevin Grosskreutz was a non-playing member of Germany’s 2014 World Cup-winning squad.
Kevin Grosskreutz, the former Germany international who won the 2014 World Cup, has announced he will put his playing career on hold “for the time being” after he had his contract terminated by Stuttgart.
The former Borussia Dortmund midfielder was hospitalised earlier this week when he was attacked in Stuttgart’s city centre while out with players from the club’s academy early on Tuesday morning. Images published in German media showed him with a bruised face.
As a consequence of failing to live…
Kevin Grosskreutz was involved in a fight in which four people were arrested.
German second-division leaders Stuttgart say Kevin Grosskreutz has been hospitalised after getting involved in a fight on Monday night.
The club said in a statement that “Grosskreutz is doing well in the circumstances. It looks like he can leave the hospital again on Wednesday. Kevin Grosskreutz will file charges after the incident.”
Stuttgart did not give the extent of the 28-year-old right-back’s injuries.
Police, who did not name the player, reported that a 28-year-old was taken to hospital with…
Julian Green’s first goal for Stuttgart and Emerson Hyndman’s strike for Rangers headline this week’s Yanks Abroad.
U.S forward Julian Green has told kicker he plans to use the winning mentality ingrained at Bayern Munich to reignite his career at second-division Stuttgart.
Green, 21, signed for the 2007 Bundesliga champions for a fee of €300,000 in December. The Tampa-born striker, who grew up in Germany, had been on the fringes at Bayern for almost seven years, graduating through the youth sides and reserves, but never actually made a Bundesliga first-team appearance for the Bavarians.
He scored his…
Julian Green has been thrust into the starting lineup at Stuttgart.
U.S. forward Julian Green scored the first league goal of his career on Monday in his second game with Stuttgart.
Green, who scored for the U.S. at the 2014 World Cup, left Bayern Munich to join second-division Stuttgart in December in hopes of more playing time than he received with the German champions.
After playing the first half of Stuttgart’s win at St. Pauli last week, Green played 61 minutes against Dusseldorf on Monday and found the net in the 19th minute.
Julian Green with a nice…
NYCFC’s Jack Harrison is out to prove he’s as good as advertised in 2017.
Finland international Alex Ring has joined MLS side New York City FC.
New York City FC added Finland international Alex Ring with the hopes he can give the club more options at midfield, coach Patrick Vieira said on Wednesday.
Ring completed a move to the Major League Soccer side from 2. Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern on Tuesday.
“At 25, Alexander is a player entering his peak years who has played at a high level over a number of seasons,” Vieira said. “He’s a midfielder who can contribute on both sides of the game, both defensively and offensively and he gives us…