League president Dr. Reinhard Rauball and the CEO of adidas Herbert Hainer have unveiled the first ever official football for the Bundesliga which will be used in the upcoming season. They made the announcement from Germany's headquarters in Pretoria and it is the first official football in the history of the Bundesliga.
The design is centered around the official Bundesliga colours of white and red and will also feature a copy of the official league logo. The ball, which will be used for the first time on 7th August when FC Bayern München come up against FC Schalke 04 in the Supercup, has been christened "Torfabrik" ("Goal Material") and will be available in stores starting on 1st July.
"A big step forward for the Bundesliga"
"The introduction of an official football is a big step forward for the Bundesliga. We will achieve a fair a level playing field whilst making the Bundesliga brand more tangible. Every fan now has the opportunity to take a piece of the Bundesliga home with them", stated Dr. Reinhard Rauball.
With this new ball adidas is underlining their position as the number one football brand in the world. 'Torfabrik' has provided adidas with an incredible opportunity to reinforce and develop their presence in the all important home country's market", explained Herbert Hainer, CEO of the adidas group. Adidas acquired the rights after an open, transparent and non-discriminatory process.
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and its not shit
in fact, many ppl would like *less* change. dutch players got to vote for their league ball.. enter the derbystar. no plastic, no funky colours, no bullshit.
that's not an accurate translation.
Torfabrik literally means "Factory for goals". A Player or Team which scores goals regularly and with ease is called Torfabrik.
The "big step forward" stuff is a bit much though
erm, Bayern colours are blue and red
bayern's colours are red and white and the bundesliga colours are more or less white/red/black, that's why the ball looks like the way it does
Stupid Jabulani rubbish. Bring back the Nike balls.
freiburg, bremen and so on had also nike balls
that is why they are relegated
none the less I think "Torfabrik" is ugly.
It IS one of those balls you see in the £1 bargain bin...No wait, those balls are better than this one!
But i dont think that they will keep the jabulani until the next wc. The cl-ball isnt the same since wc 2006 and i think the leagueball for the bl will change as a color-variation of the cl-ball.
Btw, Bayern Munich colors are red and white, they changed the colors in 2001 or 2002 or so... but i wont seek a conspiracy there
Jabulani is used since December in the Bundesliga. No Goalkeeper or Forward said that this Goal was due to the miserable ball nor his unstable flight.
can someone remember 2006 the Problems with Teamgeist? or 2004 with Roteiro even 2002 Fevernova?
Everytime the same and after the Tournament it was the official Matchball in all UEFAcups an noeone was saying aNYTHING
Yeah right.
Or is it because this ball was rounder than anyother really round ball ever made
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congradutlations adidas, you have recieved the coveted killer fail whale
nike balls for bad keepers?
Agreed
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