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November 18, 2008

Der Mann mit der großen Fresse

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Er ist wieder zurück! Peter Neururer ist seit gestern Nachmittag endlich wieder Trainer eines Bundesligavereins. Mit dem MSV Duisburg versucht der Fußball-Idealist erneut eine Mannschaft auf Touren zu bringen. Besonders aufgefallen ist Neururer bisher vorallem durch Berg- und Talfahrten seiner Mannschaften und seine markigen Sprüche. Click to continue reading...

November 10, 2008

Lothar Matthäus neuer Trainer von F.C. Hansa Rostock

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Nachdem Hansa Rostock heute erst bekannt gab, dass Trainer Frank Pagelsdorf gemeinsam mit Co-Trainer und Timo Lange beurlaubt wurde, hat man scheinbar sehr schnell einen Nachfolger gefunden. Schon am morgigen Dienstag will der Vorstand Weltmeister Lothar Matthäus als neuen Cheftrainer in Rostock vorstellen. Click to continue reading...

Lothar Matthäus neuer Trainer von F.C. Hansa Rostock

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Nachdem Hansa Rostock heute erst bekannt gab, dass Trainer Frank Pagelsdorf gemeinsam mit Co-Trainer und Timo Lange beurlaubt wurde, hat man scheinbar sehr schnell einen Nachfolger gefunden. Schon am morgigen Dienstag will der Vorstand Weltmeister Lothar Matthäus als neuen Cheftrainer in Rostock vorstellen. Click to continue reading...

October 17, 2008

Horst Ehrmanntraut liebt den Schiri

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Wir sind in der 2. Bundesliga. Saison 2004/2005. Der FC Saarbrücken wird von Trainerlegende Horst Ehrmanntraut trainiert und spielt gegen 1860 München. Ehrmanntraut, der Mann der bei Eintracht Frankfurt gerne die Spiele von einem weißen Plastikstuhl beobachtete, ist etwas sauer über die Schiedsrichterleistung und gibt dies auch lauthals bekannt. Click to continue reading...

October 15, 2008

Colour like no other: 70s Bundesliga Kits (complete with expressive dance number)

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West Germany in 1974. Bayern were busy winning their European Cup triple. The German national team was busy winning the World Cup. Kraftwerk were busy minimalising their Autobahn record. The Bundesliga Offside blogger Jan was busy weaving the threads of fate to get his parents to date and multiply a bit quicker, fearing he could [. Click to continue reading...

October 7, 2008

DFB-Pokal Round of 16 and UEFA Cup Group Stage Draw

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The DFB-Pokal Round of 16 draw took place on Sunday, and the UEFA Cup group stage draw just concluded an hour ago. DFB-Pokal Round of 16 SC Freiburg - FSV Mainz 05 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen - Energie Cottbus Hamburger SV - 1860 Munich Karlsruher SC - SV Wehen Wiesbaden VfL Wolfsburg - Hansa Rostock Carl Zeiss Jena - FC [. Click to continue reading...

September 16, 2008

The Jan Schlaudraff Goal Construction Kit

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For a goal of the month quality goal by Jan Schlaudraff we need two ingredients: a = a chipped ball over an onrushing goalkeeper. We'll take Hannover's second / Jan Schlaudraff's first goal against Borussia Mönchengladbach from this weekend (5-1). b = a great little run from left to right, dribbling past the entire back line of [. Click to continue reading...

August 18, 2008

Weekend Snippets -- August 16/17 2008

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Bruce...the full gamut of human emotion

Premiership -- We got a welcome early opportunity to witness the Steve Bruce Incredulous Face on MotD after Wigan's defeat at West Ham. He claimed that even Hammers' fans would admit that his side had been superior and, for once, his assertion was justified. Click to continue reading...

August 15, 2008

5 Things you need to know about the new Bundesliga Season

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The new Bundesliga season is about to kick-off in a few minutes. There are the usual new teams, new coaches and new players to be excited about. There is a lot of football and a few trophies to be excited about. And finally, for the footie nerds, there are also some organisational changes to be [...] Click to continue reading...

August 7, 2008

DFB-Pokal Previews: The Friday Fixtures

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Luke is back with the second installment of his DFB-Pokal previews. He covered all matches except for Hertha's. We don't want to make life too easy for our team bloggers... SpVgg Unterhaching vs SC Freiburg August 8, 2008 20:30 CET Generali Sportpark, Unterhaching SpVgg Unterhaching Last Cup apperance: 2007-08 Last Cup title: Still waiting. Click to continue reading...

May 26, 2008

It was a good Season. It was a bad Season.

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It's season review time to bridge the gap between now and the Euros or the next Rafael van der Vaart transfer saga. It was a good season for... Money. The three biggest spenders this season - based on their transfer deficit - were Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and second division side Hoffenheim. Bayern's millions bought them a double, [. Click to continue reading...

Bundesliga Offside Rewind: On closer Inspection…

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...you will notice that the league is over and parts of this blog went into collective off-season hibernation. The parts that were still active had the following to say: Brian resurrected the Werder Bremen Offside, right in time to cover the Diego to ... rumours. (Werder Offside) Speaking of Diego: he won't spend his summer in Beijing. Click to continue reading...

May 22, 2008

A Name to Remember: Marko Marin

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This feature is long over due. Marko Marin is a 19 year old youngster playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He debuted in the Bundesliga late in the 2006/2007 season. He came on as a substitute in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his cameo with an assist, which helped Gladbach to a last minute 1-1 [. Click to continue reading...

May 21, 2008

Weekly Dose 21.05.08

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Top Buts Allemand 07-08; according to Canal+. (Dailymotion) Hamburg's new coach Martin Jol while cleaning his nostrils. (Block 11) Once upon a time in the Bundesliga; that's Diego shooting. (Sportbild) Munich celebrates in a surreal HDR photograph. (Flickr) Q: What would you be if you weren't a footballer? Click to continue reading...

May 19, 2008

Week 34: Judgement At Nuremberg

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They say that records are there to be broken and few would argue that more vociferously that Nurnburg. Bavaria's other club established their own record this weekend by being the club relegated the most times from the Bundesliga as they submitted to Schalke 2-0 at home and are demoted for the seventh time in their history. Click to continue reading...

May 12, 2008

Snapshot: Footballers who look like Hitler

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Here are Borussia Mönchengladbach wunderkind Marko Marin and Canadian striker Rob Friend sporting fake moustaches, in honour of their Dutch coach Jos Luhukay, who likes to wear his facial hair this way and who guided Gladbach back to the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

April 23, 2008

Weekly Dose 23.04.08

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Addendum to last week's Weekly Dose: yet another Luca Toni puff piece. (International Herald Tribune) Those could be Werder's new kits. (1 2 3) Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach will come to the US. (NY Times) In case anyone missed it: the official Bundesliga Report 2008 is out and you can learn some fascinating things; i. Click to continue reading...

April 1, 2008

Rudi Völler’s Career in Goals

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...lasts 9 minutes and 54 seconds and spans two rock songs and such illustrious clubs as 1860 Munich, Werder Bremen, AS Roma, Olympique Marseille and Bayer Leverkusen. Click to continue reading...

February 29, 2008

5 late Conclusions from the DFB-Pokal Quarter-Final

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1. Stuttgart have ultimately botched up their season. They unceremoniously crashed out of the Champions League and down into the depths of the Bundesliga mid-table section already. The DFB-Pokal remained something of a lifeline for Stuttgart's season. The quick route to Europe and even the chance for some silverware and thus salvation. Click to continue reading...

February 7, 2008

FC St. Pauli: Non-established since 1910

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Today, second Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli announced a sponsoring deal with Orion, a mail order shop selling an assortment of erotic products. Orion will get some advertising space in St. Pauli's Millerntor stadium and supply the club's fan shop with 20000 St. Pauli branded condoms. If you ask yourself what type of club attracts and [. Click to continue reading...

February 2, 2008

Diego wins Goal of the Year 2007 Award

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He has been voted the Bundesliga's player of the season 2006/2007, he is on a good way to successfully defend his title this year and so it doesn't come as too much of a surprise, that he now also won the Goal of the Year 2007 award by the German Bundesliga TV show Sportschau. The [...] Click to continue reading...

January 20, 2008

2 Bundesliga Round Up

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It's a measure of how much I enjoy this blog that I find myself with itchy fingers. Sunday night is Bag Night. For those of you who haven't come via the Onion Bag, it is published every Monday and usually I am writing my contribution the evening before. As it happens I'm finished and I was pissing about with the Bundesbag's templates (hope you like the new lay out) and I thought I'd have a go at Click to continue reading...

November 20, 2007

Weekly Dose 20.11.07

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I skipped one week, because I wasn't busy enough collecting links. But here's an extra long episode you can skim through while listening to a Finnish YMCA cover. Frank Ribery plays keepy-up with a cartoon bomb to promote FIFA08. (Who Ate All The Pies) The Bundesliga is a league in transition. (New York Times) The Bundesliga is a [...] Click to continue reading...

November 2, 2007

DFB Pokal: St. Pauli get a Taste of their own Medicine and other minor and major Upsets

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Time to wrap up the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Famous cup giant-killers St. Pauli had to learn what it feels like to be knocked out by a minnow. St. Pauli have recently been promoted to the second division and as such were clear favourites to beat the Werder Bremen reserves, who get their work out [...] Click to continue reading...

Die typische Pokal-Auslosung

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October 27, 2007

Coming Soon: Third Bundesliga and Relegation Play-Offs

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The members of the German FA have now voted for the introduction of a unified third Bundesliga with 20 teams, to replace the current third division system with a northern and southern conference with 18 teams each. Relegation play-offs will also be re-introduced - the last play-offs were played in 1991. Both changes will make [...] Click to continue reading...

October 24, 2007

Not Bad: 2. Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A average Attendance

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This years second division (2. Bundesliga) has often been dubbed as the best ever. Part of it has been marketing by the TV stations, who hold the broadcasting rights, the other bit is true. There is an undoubtedly high number of former Bundesliga mainstays trying to make it back up to the top flight. To [...] Click to continue reading...

Not Bad: 2. Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A average Attendance

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This year's second division (2. Bundesliga) has often been dubbed as the best ever. Part of it has been marketing by the TV stations, who hold the broadcasting rights, the other bit is true. There is an undoubtedly high number of former Bundesliga mainstays trying to make it back to the top flight. To spice [...] Click to continue reading...

October 22, 2007

Die geilste zweite Liga aller Zeiten

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October 10, 2007

Revolutionäre Neuerungen: die Relegation

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September 27, 2007

1. FC Kaiserslautern: Fehlstart nach Maß

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August 29, 2007

Matchday 3: Snapshots

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Y Pavel Pardo (VfB Stuttgart) Click to continue reading...

August 14, 2007

Snapshot: Oldschool

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Oldschool scoreboard for an oldschool score - during the second Bundesliga match between Augsburg and 1860 Munich. Click to continue reading...

July 20, 2007

Uli Hoeneß: Moods in Progress

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Chronicled during the pre-season friendly between Borussia Mönchengladbach and Bayern Munich. First serious, as in second Bundesliga, opposition and Bayern promptly lost the match 2-1. Although Bayern played without Luca Toni and Franck Ribery (and Philipp Lahm and Lukas Podolski and...), who were either injured or not fully fit, so you could probably expect a [. Click to continue reading...

October 3, 2006

Attendance Figures

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According to the good people at European Football Statistics, here are the top 10 European leagues in terms of average attendance for the current season:

1). German Bundesliga - 39,644
2). English Premiership - 33,990
3). Spanish Primera Liga - 29,673
4). French Ligue 1 - 21,895
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