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Anti-RB decision at Halle: Leipzig does not comment

Halle (Saale) 31. March 2026 12:47 Uhr 3 Min
Anti-RB decision at Halle: Leipzig does not comment
The members of Hallescher FC passed the resolution. (Symbolic image) / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa
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No more points of contact: following a members' decision, Hallescher FC is no longer allowed to cooperate with RB Leipzig - right down to the young players. The Leipzigers are unconcerned.

Bundesliga club RB Leipzig see no reason to comment on the decision by members of regional league club Hallescher FC to break off all contact with the Saxons. When asked, the Leipzig club did not wish to comment on the matter.

The motion to deliberately distance themselves from RB was passed by the fourth-division club from Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday to great applause, according to the minutes of the general meeting. Among other things, this includes the renunciation of sporting cooperations such as test matches, invitational tournaments or joint training sessions. The aim is to clearly preserve the independent identity of Halle FC.

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The fact that Leipzig, which is financed by the Austrian Red Bull Group, is unpopular among traditional clubs in the East is nothing new. Members of Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Erzgebirge Aue have already ensured that agreed test matches could not take place or were therefore played secretly by the clubs to the exclusion of the public.

Other fans, such as those of Bundesliga rivals 1. FC Union Berlin, usually remain silent for minutes at the start of matches against the Saxons or boycott the trip to Leipzig altogether. The Ultras of Dynamo Dresden once showed their disapproval with a severed bull's head before a DFB Cup match between the rivals. However, a general ban on contact beyond competitive matches is not known to this extent.

As recently as the winter, Halle was still training with RB

There had been links between Halle and Leipzig. Fabrice Hartmann, Joscha Wosz, Felix Beiersdorf and goalkeeper Tim Schreiber moved across the border or were loaned out. Just a few weeks ago, HFC asked the Saxons if they could use the heated pitches in Leipzig for training because their own pitches were unplayable at temperatures below zero degrees. RB agreed.

RB's local rivals Chemie Leipzig are not currently aware of any initiative by their members for a decision like the one in Halle, the regional league club announced on request.

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