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[#RTFM] Bender, Hummels, and Schürrle in Weekly XI

Lars Bender, Mats Hummels, and André Schürrle were all selected in this week’s T-Mobile Bundesliga Team of the Week after stand-out performances in Dortmund’s 3-1 win at Mönchengladbach yesterday evening.

Bender returned from injury and put in a man-of-the-match display in the win, with Hummels (pictured, left) making his 225th Bundesligaappearance, and Schürrle scoring the equaliser midway…

[#RTFM] Managerial Merry-Go-Round

Sevilla are one of nine clubs to change their manager this weekend, as Marcelo Bielsa has been fired after just six months in charge following defeat at Levante that leaves them in 10th place, six points behind the top four.

Parma have also parted company with Davide Dionigi after defeat at Empoli saw them slip into the bottom three of Serie A. Lucas Alcaraz will also be collecting his P45 after…

[#RTFM] Internationals: 24 Call-Ups. Début Senior Cap for Praet

Two dozen BVB players have been selected by their countries for next week’s midweek international friendlies. Nine of those have been chosen by Joachim Löw for Germany’s visit of Colombia in Hamburg on Wednesday 19th.

Seven other players have received senior call-ups, including a début senior cap for Dennis Praet (left)for Belgium’s trip to Turkey. Eight youth players  are also set to be in…

Daily Diary, Thursday 06 November 2014:

Lars Bender has accepted an official warning from BVB management after his dismissal in yesterday’s 3-0 win over Legia Warsaw. With Dortmund leading 1-0 at the time, Bender was cautioned twice inside ninety seconds and will miss the trip to Valencia through suspension.

Dortmund staff member Piet Hamberg has failed to gain a Continental Pro Licence. The 60…

[#RTFM] BVB International News, Subotic Scores for Serbia. #FMfansites

Neven Subotic scored his fourth senior international goal, opening the scoring with a powerful header as Serbia won 2-1 in Romania in their Euro 2016 Qualifier today. The result took them back into the top two behind Croatia who’ve won all three of their matches so far.

Ivan Perisic played an hour for Croatia in their 2-0 win over Kazakhstan as he returns from a knee injury, while Heinz Lindner…

[#RTFM] Sven Bender Scores First International Goal

Sven Bender scored his first senior international goal tonight in Germany’s 2-2 draw with Denmark in tonight’s opening match in the Euro 2016 Qualifiers. The 25 year-old came on for twin brother Lars in the 73rd minute, and put Germany 2-1 up in the 79th from close range.

Viktor Fischer had helped put Denmark in front in the twelfth minute in the match in Düsseldorf, when his blocked shot fell to…

[#RTFM] International Roundup: Germany Beat the World Champions in Dortmund

Robert Lewandowski moved to seventh in the all-time goalscoring charts for Poland with his second-half strike in a 4-1 win in Hungary becoming his twenty-fourth goal for his country (in 63 appearances).

Also on target tonight was Ivan Perisic who hit the third goal in Croatia’s comfortable 5-1 demolition of Qatar in Varazdin earlier this evening. Fifteen other players represented Dortmund…

[#RTFM] Daily Dortmund Diary: Bender Out For Bremen; New Scouting Team

DAILY DORTMUND DIARY, Tuesday 19 August: Lars Bender will miss the opening Bundesliga match on Friday night against Werder Bremen after suffering a minor wrist injury in the weights room during today’s training session. Club medical staff recommend he wears a splint for a week.

The club has expanded the scouting team with the addition of eleven new employees following a month-long hiring…