Football News, Notes & Injuries

Hara joins St. Pauli as a free agent after ending his contract with Kyoto Sanga, the club announced. "At his previous clubs, Taichi has already proven that he can be a goal threat himself and also possesses a good eye for his teammates. He is technically skilled and, thanks to his height, also a factor in both offensive and defensive set pieces. Furthermore, he is a great team player and never shies away from hard work off the ball," coach Alexander Blessin said.

Koulierakis (undisclosed) is on the bench for Friday's game against Koln.

Ryerson recorded one shot (zero on goal), 12 crosses (three accurate) and four corners in Wednesday's 2-0 defeat against Inter Milan.

Fabio Silva generated three shots (zero on goal) in Wednesday's 2-0 loss to Inter Milan.

Kobel had three saves and allowed two goals in Wednesday's 2-0 defeat versus Inter Milan.

Diaz assisted once to go with two shots (zero on goal), two crosses (one accurate) and three chances created in Wednesday's 2-1 win against PSV Eindhoven.

Kane scored one goal to go with two shots (two on goal) in Wednesday's 2-1 win against PSV Eindhoven.

Karl assisted once to go with one shot (one on goal), one cross (zero accurate) and four chances created in Wednesday's 2-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.

Musiala scored one goal to go with two shots (one on goal) and one chance created in Wednesday's 2-1 victory versus PSV Eindhoven.

Urbig recorded six saves and allowed one goal in Wednesday's 2-1 victory versus PSV Eindhoven.

Vazquez assisted once to go with one cross (one accurate) and one chance created in Wednesday's 3-0 win versus Villarreal.

Schick assisted once to go with two shots (one on goal) and two chances created in Wednesday's 3-0 win versus Villarreal.

Grimaldo scored one goal to go with two shots (one on goal), seven crosses (one accurate) and two corners in Wednesday's 3-0 victory against Villarreal.

Tillman scored two goals to go with three shots (two on goal), one cross (zero accurate) and one corner in Wednesday's 3-0 victory against Villarreal.

Blaswich had two saves and secured a clean sheet in Wednesday's 3-0 win over Villarreal.

Goretzka will leave Bayern at the end of his contract in the summer after spending eight years with the team, the club announced. "Leon feels very much at home in this club and this team. Despite several quality inquiries, he has decided to stay here until the end of the season. After open and constructive talks, we have come to the conclusion together that he will seek out a new challenge in the summer. It'll be eight years at Bayern - eight extremely successful years with a strong person and player. Leon will give his all up to the summer to win as many more titles with the team as possible," said Sporting Director Christoph Freund.

Kaufmann (illness) is back available moving forward as he wasn't mentioned by coach Frank Schmidt in the injury report.