How are likes of Gio Reyna, Tyler Adams, Josh Sargent and Chris Richards faring in 2020/21? Get your front row seat to the Bundesliga experience by signing up for our official newsletter: Canada-born trio Kevin McKenna, Paul Stalteri and Owen Hargreaves (l-r.) made their Bundesliga debuts on the same day, two months before Alphonso Davies was born. Canadians Olivier Occean and Simeon Jackson - strikers with Frankfurt and Eintracht Braunschweig respectively - followed, each enjoying single seasons in Germany's top tier, before the baton was picked up by Marcel de Jong, who had a five-year stay at Augsburg between 2010 and 2015. ", "Bayern Munih - Borussia Dortmund (Almanya Süper Kupası) Final Maçı Fragmanı", "Almanya Süper Kupası heyecanı Kanal D'de! The fans have been waiting for a young player like him with such raw pace, technique and a physical presence. Davies was rewarded with a new long-term deal along the way, having exploded onto the scene not as a winger but at left-back. Who leads the scoring charts in the Bundesliga, with Robert Lewandowski seeking a fourth straight top scorer's crown? Owen Hargreaves (r.) on his Bundesliga debut for Bayern, celebrating with the club’s current sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic. McKenna spent 2001 to 2005 in Scotland with Hearts before returning for a second term at the Stadion der Freundschaft. By then, he had already become the youngest player to appear in the United Soccer League, and made history as the first player born in the 2000s to play in Major League Soccer - aged just 15 years, eight months and 15 days - with Vancouver Whitecaps. The family moved to Windsor, Ontario, when Davies was five, and later settled in Edmonton, Alberta - but it was a further 12 years before he would receive his Canadian citizenship. Stalteri's time at Gladbach saw him united with international teammate Rob Friend. The striker also represented Hertha, Frankfurt and 1860 Munich. Already the first Canada international to play and score for Bayern, as well as the first born after 2000 to find the net for the club - on account of his milestone strike from the bench against Mainz in March 2019 - the teenager made 24 league starts in 2019/20, capping his breakout season with a second successive Bundesliga winner's medal. Andrej Kramaric named September Player of the Month. He was born in Buduburam, a refugee camp in the Gomoa East District of Ghana, where his parents had fled to during the Second Liberian Civil War. "We signed Alphonso Davies a year ago because we saw him as one of the best players of his generation," Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic told Munich's Abendzeitung in November 2019. His progress has been rapid, befitting the Bundesliga's fastest player on record. After spending two years in Bremen's reserves following his 1998 transfer from Toronto Lynx, Etobicoke, Ontario-born wing-back Paul Stalteri was handed his first Grün-Weißen start. The Dutch forward ensured a fourth straight draw for Wolfsburg with a late strike in Gladbach. Lewandowski and Müller at the double as Bayern beat Bielefeld, Haaland and Reus combine to down Hoffenheim, Poulsen hits screamer as Leipzig stay top. milestone strike from the bench against Mainz in March 2019, a second successive Bundesliga winner's medal, All the news and updates on your favourite club, Straight from the Bundesliga’s official editorial team. ", "https://twitter.com/stadiumastro/status/1311884362263093254", "Sports2World on Instagram: "買咗大牌子嘅足球組合，但係搵唔到橫掃歐聯嘅"德甲"? 香港嘅德甲fans，唔通淨係可以睇網上非法轉播? ✌放心"體通天下"將為香港球迷帶來"德國甲組足球聯賽"全新現場直播體驗‼️ …, "FanCode to live stream Bundesliga matches in India", "Gantikan TVRI, NET TV Resmi Tayangkan Liga Inggris Musim 2020/21", "Five-year broadcasting deal with Mola TV for Indonesia: Multi-platform agreement signed", "Người hâm mộ Việt Nam được thết đãi Bundesliga miễn phí", "Bundesliga'da yeni sezon heyecanı A Spor'da! Stalteri would go on to seize a number of other opportunities, helping Bremen to a league and cup double in 2004. Leipzig's Dayot Upamecano will be confident of keeping misfiring Basaksehir striker Demba Ba quiet at the Red Bull Arena. He can become a really important player for Bayern.". Soccerway; Soccerway Vrouwen; Premier League; Serie A Poland captain Lewandowski has now scored against each of the Bundesliga's 18 current clubs. It all began one fateful day in the summer of 2000…. Canada's record cap-holder Julian de Guzman – brother of former Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Jonathan - enjoyed a fruitful three-year spell at Hannover 96, and Bochum midfielder Daniel Imhof attracted admiring glances from clubs at home and abroad in the 2007/08 season having helped the North Rhine-Westphalia club to promotion the previous year. Davies arrived in the world a touch under three months after Stalteri and Hargreaves debuted in the Bundesliga. Expect Haaland to get Dortmund off to a flier in the 2020/21 Champions League on Tuesday... Dortmund strikers past and present face off when Ciro Immobile and Lazio welcome Erling Haaland and Co. to Rome. Thirty-eight years after the first Bundesliga season, Canada finally contributed a player to Germany's top flight. Perform Brands. Of his seven-year stay in Germany, Friend joked: "You don’t need to find a Canadian restaurant to feel at home here. In under 18 months, the Canada international has gone from hot prospect one minute to fully fledged Bundesliga force the next. Catch the Bundesliga Live Only on GTV Sports+. The excitement of the Bundesliga plus all the latest news, views, features and exclusive video content at your fingertips... Who leads the way, after Thomas Müller set a new single-season Bundesliga assist record last term? [3], From 2019–20 to 2024–25 Bundesliga matches are broadcast on DAZN and Sky. A four-year stay in England with Tottenham Hotspur and Fulham followed before the versatile defender returned for a second spell in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach, concluding his career in 2011 with a Canadian-record 170 Bundesliga appearances. By the time Canada co-hosts the 2026 FIFA World Cup alongside the USA and Mexico, there's no telling how good the 2019/20 Bundesliga Rookie of the Season might be. Yussuf Poulsen hit a Goal of the Season contender while Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Müller and Marco Reus were all among the goals. Those who had their lenses trained on the Weserstadion for Werder Bremen's clash with Energie Cottbus witnessed a landmark moment though. [2] So, from 2020–21 season onwards, more than 300 matches are live streamed through Bundesliga through subscription Bundesliga Pass in the selected countries/regions (including all unsold markets). This Saturday we kick off with the black & Yellows @bvb09 and @borussia…, "SABC signs broadcasting rights deal with Bundesliga", "Canal+ acquired Bundesliga rights for Sub-Saharan Africa", Borussia Mönchengladbach 12–0 Borussia Dortmund, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Bundesliga_broadcasters&oldid=984155770, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Central America, Dominican Republic, and Mexico, This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 14:47. Canada has provided the Bundesliga with some stand-out performers over the years, Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies being the cream of the crop. Defending champions Bayern kicked off their 2001/02 Bundesliga campaign with a 4-1 win over Hertha Berlin, and the biggest surprise of that season's opening weekend was promoted side Bochum's 1-0 victory over 1998 champions Kaiserslautern. Canada has provided the Bundesliga with some stand-out performers over the years, Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies being the cream of the crop. On the oppositie side, Calgary, Alberta-born Kevin McKenna made his Bundesliga debut at the heart of the Cottbus defence, having helped the Brandenburg club clamber out of Bundesliga 2 the previous season.