90elf.de, launched on 13 August 2008, is a commercial German language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 Internet radio

Internet radio

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 station which specializes in broadcasting football matches. In some German regions 90elf can also be received by cable or DVB-T. The slogan of the station is 90elf - Your football radio.

The station's name derives from the normal length of a football game (90 minutes) and the number of players in a football team (German: elf, "eleven").

Programming

The main part of the programme is the live coverage of matches of the German Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...

, the 2. Bundesliga (second division) and several German Cup

DFB-Pokal

The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...

matches. When not broadcasting live football action, 90elf offers German football fans regular national and international football news updates, football-themed magazines and radio talk shows.