German Bundesliga

List of Teams promoted to Bundesliga 2018-19- Fortuna Dusseldorf and FC Nuremberg

Fortuna Dusseldorf and FC Nurnberg (Nuremberg) are the two teams who have earned promotion from the 2.Bundesliga to the Bundesliga for the 18/19 season. Dusseldorf were 2.Bundesliga champions in 2017/18 while Nuremberg were runners up, and both earned automatic promotion to the top flight, with Koln and Hamburg being relegated from the 17/18 Bundesliga.

Holstein Kiel, the third place team in the 2017/18 2.Bundesliga, went into a promotion playoff against Wolfsburg, who finished third from last in the 17/18 Bundesliga, but lost 4-1 on aggregate.

Which teams have been promoted from 2017/18 2.Bundesliga to 2018/19 Bundesliga season?

Dusseldorf and Nuremberg.

Dusseldorf last played in the Bundesliga in 2012/13, while Nuremberg are returning to the top flight for the first time in four years following relegation at the end of the 2013/14 season.

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Benjamin Pavard record with France- Unbeaten at all levels (junior & senior) with Les Bleus

Here is a rather incredible stat for young French right back Benjamin Pavard who was a key member of Didier Deschamps’ victorious World Cup winning squad. As of July 15, 2018, the 22 year old has made 31 appearances for France at various levels, and has NEVER lost a game.

Has Pavard lost a game while playing for France?

Stats with French national team (after World Cup win v Croatia on 15 July, 2018).

He only made his debut for the national team in November 2017.

U19- 4 games, 4 victories
U21- 15 games, 12 victories, 3 draws
Senior- 12 games, 10 wins, 2 draws

Total:- Played 31, W26, D5

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Paulinho Bayer Leverkusen 2018- Vasco sell rising starlet for 30 million euros

German outfit Bayer Leverkusen have agreed a deal with Vasco for the transfer of rising star Paulinho. The deal will see the 17 year old move to the Bay Arena in July (he turns 18 on July 15), with Leverkusen paying Vasco 30 million euros- a sum that should go a long way in easing the Brazilian club’s finances.

Paulinho has been rated as the biggest young talent to come out of Brazil since Neymar and was linked with the likes of Juventus and Manchester City.

With Paulinho added to the likes of Brandt, Havertz, Volland, Alario, Bailey and Bellarabi, Leverkusen’s attack seems to be shaping up quite well.

Paulinho is the youngest player to play professional football for Vasco. He was part of the Brazilian team that finished 3rd in the U17 World Cup last year.

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