It was decided last Thursday that the Bundesliga season will continue behind closed doors as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19. Starting with Sunday's visit of Bayern Munich, the remaining five matches at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei will be played without your support from the terraces.
After an early breakfast, Urs Fischer's first-team squad gathered out on the sun-soaked training pitches in Barsinghausen at 10am.
The work continues on 1. FC Union Berlin's squad for next season and the club have agreed a contract extension for 26-year-old goalkeeper Jakob Busk.
1. FC Union Berlin have continued to build for the future by signing midfielder Grischa Prömel to a two-year contract extension with his current deal set to expire at the end of the season.
The German government yesterday confirmed a host of new measures to the existing lockdown protocol following the outbreak of COVID-19. The green light was also given for the restart of the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga league campaigns and today, a General Meeting was called by the DFL to agree on the finer details.
1. FC Union Berlin will restart the season at home to champions Bayern Munich on Sunday 17 May at 18:00 at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.
1. FC Union Berlin and Rafal Gikiewicz will go their separate ways at the end of the current season. The club will not offer a further contract after the current was rejected.
1. FC Union Berlin academy graduate Tim Maciejewski has signed a professional contract at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. Born in Berlin, the 19-year-old attacker started out with SC Staaken and went on to play at Hertha Berlin. During the summer of 2017, Maciejewski moved across to the youth academy of 1. FC Union Berlin.
1. FC Union Berlin have been back at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei since Monday, training in small groups ahead of a potential Bundesliga return.
Today (Monday April 6), 1. FC Union Berlin's first-team squad resumed training at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei. However, given the current restrictions in place, the players will train only in small groups.
Today (Monday April 6), the registered fan clubs of 1. FC Union Berlin published a joint statement.
The 36 professional clubs of the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga today held a video conference and agreed to postpone game operations until April 30, 2020 due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Special 1. FC Union Berlin memorabilia will now be available at www.union-zeughaus.de.
The spread of coronavirus, the measures to combat it, including the postponement Bundesliga football operations, have presented an extraordinary and difficult situation for 1. FC Union Berlin.
1. FC Union Berlin have extended the suspension of team training, and a return, originally planned tomorrow, will not go ahead.
1. FC Union Berlin will play football again – that's for sure. But when exactly, and when our supporters will be able to get behind the team at the Alte Försterei, remains unclear at this point.
At a press conference in Frankfurt, the DFL, the governing organisation of the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga, confirmed the next matchday will also be suspended.
The DFL have announced their decision to cancel all upcoming matches in the 26th matchday of the Bundesliga.
Ahead of Bayern's first competitive fixture in Köpenick, Christian Arbeit spoke with Union's assistant coach Sebastian Bönig, a former Bayern youth player who went on to play more than 120 matches for 1. FC Union Berlin.
I'm addressing you personally today as the current situation re: the threat to the population from the spread of coronavirus is leading to a new situation assessment by the responsible authorities almost every hour.
