„Bundesliga Home Challenge“ will be held on two further weekends

Bundesliga Home Challenge - 11th and 12th April 2020

7 April 2020 – The ‘Bundesliga Home Challenge’ – the eFootball tournament organised by the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga – is to be continued. In the current football-free period, numerous clubs from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will also be competing in the Challenge on the weekends of 11–12 April and 18–19 April.

The draw for match day 3 on Easter weekend, which will also see Bundesliga referees Deniz Aytekin and Daniel Schlager in action once more, produced the following encounters:

Saturday 04/11/20

  • 3:30 p.m. CET – Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 4:20 p.m. CET – FC Schalke 04 vs. Hannover 96
  • 5:10 p.m. CET – Borussia Dortmund vs. RB Leipzig
  • 6:00 p.m. CET – SV Werder Bremen vs. VfL Wolfsburg
  • 6:50 p.m. CET – DSC Arminia Bielefeld vs. SSV Jahn Regensburg
  • 7:40 p.m. CET – 1. FC Köln vs. VfL Bochum 1848
  • 8:30 p.m. CET – Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. VfB Stuttgart
  • 9:20 p.m. CET – SpVgg Greuther Fürth vs. Holstein Kiel

Sunday, 04/12/20

  • 3:30 p.m. CET – SG Dynamo Dresden vs. Hertha BSC
  • 4:20 p.m. CET – 1. FSV Mainz 05 vs. FC Augsburg
  • 5:10 p.m. CET – SV Wehen Wiesbaden vs. Hamburger SV
  • 6:00 p.m. CET – Team Schiedsrichter vs. SV Darmstadt 98
  • 6:50 p.m. CET – TSG Hoffenheim vs. FC St. Pauli
  • 7:40 p.m. CET – 1. FC Union Berlin vs. 1. FC Nürnberg
  • 8:30 p.m. CET – SC Paderborn 07 vs. SC Freiburg

The streams will start on Saturday and Sunday (11th and 12th April 2020) each at 3:30 p.m. CET on the following channels:

Participating clubs and players

  • 1. FSV Mainz 05: Leandro Barreiro / Dominic “NicMyrrhe” Weihrauch
  • 1. FC Köln: Noah Katterbach / Tim „The Strxnger“ Katnawatos
  • 1. FC Nürnberg: Tim Handwerker / Felix Schimmel
  • 1. FC Union Berlin: Keven Schlotterbeck / Julius Kade
  • Bayer 04 Leverkusen: Nadiem Amiri / Kai Wollin
  • Borussia Dortmund: Leonardo Balerdi / Erné Embeli
  • Borussia Mönchengladbach: Louis Hiepen / Richard “Der_Gaucho10” Hormes
  • DSC Arminia Bielefeld: Amos Pieper / Keanu Staude
  • Eintracht Frankfurt: Nils Stendera / Andreas Gube
  • FC Augsburg: Marco Richter / Yannic Bederke
  • FC Schalke 04: Nassim Boujellab / Jean-Claire Todibo
  • FC St. Pauli: Luca Zander / Noah “FCSP_Noah” Itgen
  • Hamburger SV: Tim Leibold / Wakez
  • Hannover 96: Julian Korb / Marcel Deutscher
  • Hertha BSC: Pascal Köpke / Tom Bismark
  • Holstein Kiel: Dominik Schmidt / Cihat Korkmaz
  • RB Leipzig: Nordi Mukiele / Ajdin Islamovic
  • SC Freiburg: Mark Flekken / Nico Schlotterbeck
  • SC Paderborn 07: Rifet Kapic / Lucas Fiedler
  • SG Dynamo Dresden: Justin Löwe / Marcel Gramann
  • SpVgg Greuther Fürth: Timothy Tillman / Fabio Sabbagh
  • SSV Jahn Regensburg: Tom Baack / Federico Palacios
  • SV Darmstadt 98: Felix Platte / Luca Bernhard
  • SV Wehen Wiesbaden: Sascha „M_0cki“ Mockenhaupt / Sidney Friede
  • SV Werder Bremen: Milos Veljkovic / Michael “MegaBit” Bittner
  • TSG Hoffenheim: Munas Dabbur / Marcel Schwarz
  • VfL Bochum 1848: Ulrich Bapoh / Jan-Luca „Bassinho“ Bass
  • VfB Stuttgart: Atakan Karazor / Niklas “Nik_Lugi” Luginsland
  • VfL Wolfsburg: Lino Kasten / Dylan “DullenMIKE” Neuhaus
  • Schiedsrichter-Team: Deniz Aytekin / Daniel Schlager

Review and highlights

Numerous professional footballers and eFootballers have already provided some thrilling virtual games over the two previous weekends of the ‘Bundesliga Home Challenge’. You can find all the highlights from match day 2 on bundesliga.com.

About „Bundesliga Home Challenge“

The game is played in the football simulation FIFA 20 by EA SPORTS exlusively on PlayStation 4 in the “85 mode“. This mode guarantees that all teams have the same player rating of 85, so all teams have the same chance of winning. One game lasts about 25 minutes, two games per match are played individually.

All teams will ordinarily comprise two members, with at least one professional footballer from the Bundesliga or Bundesliga 2 putting his console skills to the test for each club. The second team member will be an employee of the club or involved with it in some way.

The “Bundesliga Home Challenge” is not included in any official sporting classification. The Virtual Bundesliga (VBL), an eFootball competition organized by the DFL since 2012, on the other hand is taking a break due to the current spread of the corona virus.