Bundesliga

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Bundesliga

German sports organization

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Professionalism
…season in 1903, but the Bundesliga, a comprehensive and fully professional national league, did not evolve until 60 years later. In France, where the game was introduced in the 1870s, a professional league did not begin until 1932, shortly after professionalism had been adopted in the South American countries of…
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…season in 1903, but the Bundesliga, a comprehensive and fully professional national league, did not evolve until 60 years later. In France, where the game was introduced in the 1870s, a professional league did not begin until 1932, shortly after professionalism had been adopted in the South American countries of…
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Lothar Matthäus
…legendary team of the German Bundesliga. With Bayern he won five German league championships (1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, and 1999) as well as the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Cup in 1996 and the West German and German cups in 1986 and 1998. He played for Inter Milan from…
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…legendary team of the German Bundesliga. With Bayern he won five German league championships (1985, 1987, 1994, 1997, and 1999) as well as the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) Cup in 1996 and the West German and German cups in 1986 and 1998. He played for Inter Milan from…
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