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St. Pauli are sitting in fifth place in the Bundesliga table after mustering seven points from their opening four matches. Alexander Blessin’s side started the season with a thrilling 3-3 draw against Borussia Dortmund, before they recorded back-to-back victories over Hamburg and Augsburg. 

VfL Wolfsburg's summer signing Adam Daghim sat down for an in-house interview today and discussed life at the Autosadt club, his rise to success and speaking the German language.

Jérôme Boateng officially retired from professional football at the age of 37 last week with Austrian club LASK Linz. 

From a Fantasy Bundesliga perspective, three Matchday 5 matchups stand out as particularly interesting. Köln-Stuttgart and Hamburg-Union were selected in advance, and following our latest poll on X (@bulinewsdotcom), Frankfurt vs. Gladbach was added as the third game to cover.

After opening the season with one win and two draws, VfL Wolfsburg suffered their first defeat last weekend, falling 1-0 away to Borussia Dortmund.

After playing a key role in Kasper Hjulmand's first game in charge of Bayer Leverkusen – a 3-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt – Nathan Tella has missed the last two matches due to a knee problem.

VfB Stuttgart's chief marketing officer, Rouven Kasper, has long been linked with a board role at Bayern Munich.

Bild reports that an unfamiliar face has appeared for training at Säbener Straße this week.

Christian Eriksen made his debut for VfL Wolfsburg last week, coming on for the final 30 minutes of their 1-0 defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

Bayern Munich have had to manage without Alphonso Davies, Hiroki Ito and Jamal Musiala so far this season, with the trio sidelined due to long-term injuries.

Like the previous two rounds, only one game ended in a draw on matchday four in the Frauen-Bundesliga. Bayern and Wolfsburg are leading the race with 10 points. On the other end of the table, Köln left the basement after a 2-1 win in early early-season relegation six-pointer.

Bulinews' Fantasy Bundesliga writers have each put together a squad of 10 outfield players for the fifth matchday of the season.

After a shaky start to the Bundesliga season, Mainz finally found their rhythm last weekend with a resounding 4-1 away win at Augsburg - their first league victory of the campaign. The result lifted them to four points after four matches, good enough for 13th place in the table, and more importantly restored some much-needed confidence.

Match-winning goal-scorer Bilal El Khannouss was delighted with VfB Stuttgart's start in the Europa League after victory over Celta Vigo of Spain tonight.

In the aftermath of VfB Stuttgart's 2-1 success over Celta Vigo to commence their UEFA Europa League campaign, coach Sebastian Hoeneß expressed his delight over the result.