Stuttgart  - Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is expected to be back in goal for VfB Stuttgart at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday after a match suspension by his club.

Lehmann had been suspended for Stuttgart's midweek cup match at third division Luebeck for disciplinary reasons after he failed to inform the Bundesliga club about a visit to the Munich beer festival.

"Jens has accepted that he did not set a good example. For us the matter is now over," Stuttgart general manager Horst Heldt said Thursday.

Stuttgart - Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has been suspended for VfB Stuttgart's midweek cup match at third division Luebeck for disciplinary reasons because he didn't inform the Bundesliga club about a visit to the Munich beerfest.

Suttgart said on Monday that Lehmann, 39, went to Munich on Saturday after Stuttgart crashed 2-0 at home to then bottom club Cologne. Lehmann accepted the verdict, saying the visit was part of a long planned charity event but that he forgot to tell the club. (dpa)

Timisoara, Romania - Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is to quit football at the end of the season.

The 39-year-old VfB Stuttgart keeper told Germany's Sat. 1 television that he was looking forward to a life outside of the game.

In the interview to be broadcast Tuesday ahead of Stuttgart's Champions League play-off at Timisoara, Lehmann said: "Yes, it's enough. It's time to do something else."

Lehmann, who joined Stuttgart from Arsenal before the previous season, signed a one-year extension to his contract before the start of the new campaign.

Munich  - Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Monday accused Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann of trying to turn referees against the defending Bundesliga champions ahead of the season's climax on Saturday.

The former Germany keeper had said in an interview he believed leaders Wolfsburg and Bayern had benefited this season from questionable refereeing.

But Rummenigge said Lehmann was trying to whip up anti-Bayern sentiment ahead of Bayern's clash with Stuttgart in Munich on Saturday.

Stuttgart - Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has extended his contract at VfB Stuttgart for another year, the Bundesliga club said Friday.

The 39-year-old keeper, who joined Stutrgart from Arsenal last summer, has signed a contract keeping him at the club until the end of June 2010. (dpa)

Hamburg - Former Germany keeper Jens Lehmann has expressed "surprise" at being accused of unsporting behaviour by Hoffenheim coach Ralf Rangnick for throwing an opponent's boot away.

Striker Sejad Salihovic's boot came off at the feet of Stuttgart's Lehmann 20 metres from goal in Saturday's 3-3 Bundesliga draw. Instead of handing it back, the keeper threw it over his shoulder.

The Bosnia forward had to retrieve the shoe from the roof of the net where it had landed. Rangnick said Lehmann's action was "highly unsporting."

Hamburg - Former Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann will decide on his future based on the success of his club VfB Stuttgart and doesn't even rule out another move at the age of 39.

"I like it a lot in Stuttgart, the atmosphere is nice and the people as well. But you never know what will happen ... It will depend a bit on the sporting development in Stuttgart," Lehmann told Saturday's edition of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) daily.

"I know I am 39 years old, but I don't feel this number."

Stuttgart - Stuttgart goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has called for Markus Babbel to be given a chance as coach of the Bundesliga club even without the German football federation's coaching badge.

The former Germany international defender Babbel has led Stuttgart to wins in both matches since succeeding the sacked Armin Veh a fortnight ago. Babbel, who was an assistant to Veh, has initially been made interim coach.

On Saturday he comes up against Bayern Munich, one of his former clubs, in the last day of the Bundesliga season before the winter break.

Hamburg - Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has escaped the wrath of German football authorities following some outspoken criticism of a referee, but two others may not be so fortunate.

The German Football Federation (DFB) said its control panel would be investigating both Borussia Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp and Werder Bremen striker Claudio Pizarro following incidents in the weekend's Bundesliga matches.