The best of the worst Bundesliga "hair cuts". (BILD.de) Six goals and two assists in five Bundesliga matches = Hoffenheim's Vedad Ibisevic. (SoccerBlog.com) Olli Kahn: where has all the testosterone gone? (DW Ballspiel) Want to know more about how Stefan Effenberg mate poached Thomas Strunz's wife? Click to continue reading...

As you may know former longtime Germany and Bayern no. 1 Oliver Kahn had his testimonial exactly a week ago in Munich. The match, between Bayern and Germany, ended 1-1, but the score was less important than the man honored that night. His accomplishments are legion and well-known, including, perhaps most impressively, [. Click to continue reading...

One of the Italians to move abroad this summer was World Cup winning fullback (and team barber) Massimo Oddo. The 32 year old right back had a nightmare season last year. He wasn't himself at all, he played poorly, all his crosses ended up in Row Z, and he found himself left out of the national team set-up, missing Euro 2008.

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In a slow match that looked exactly like the charity event it was, Germany's national team and Bayern Munich bid farewell to German soccer legend Oliver "King" Kahn on Tuesday night in Munich.
With Bayern trailing in the Bundesliga and Germany facing a pair of World Cup qualifiers next week, it was clear Oliver Kahn's goal for the night would be different from that of the other 21 players on the pitch. Click to continue reading...

Oliver Kahn 39 yaşında futbola veda etti. Allianz Arena'da Bayern Münih ile Alman Milli Takımı arasındaki dostluk maçıyla yeşil sahalardaki son maçın çıktı 'Kağan'. 2002 Dünya Kupası'nın en iyi oyuncusu seçilen, 8 kez Bundesliga 1 kez Şampiyonlar Ligi şampiyonu olan Oliver Kahn en başarılı Alman futbolcusu olarak tarihin sayfalarında kendisine haklı bir yer edindi. Click to continue reading...

It was before the farewell match, but it's an incredibly fitting picture, as the rest of the Bayern team heads towards the field, Oliver walks alone towards the sideline. (Alexandra Beier/Reuters) Click to continue reading...

Heute ist ein ganz wichtiger Tag. Oliver Kahn unterbricht das Golfspielen und stellt sich noch mal 75 Minuten zwischen die Pfosten. In einem Spiel, welches so nur im Trainig des FC Bayern vorkommt: Die deutsche Nationalmannschaft gegen den FC Bayern München. Oliver Kahn war ein Spieler, der wirklich jedem ein Begriff geworden ist. Click to continue reading...

Die Tore zu klein. Natürlich! Es geht darum, dem Zuschauer die grösstmögliche Unterhaltung zu bieten. Das heisst, es müssen Tore fallen. Es gab ja schon Vorschläge, die Tore ein paar Zentimeter zu vergrössern oder das Unentschieden abzuschaffen. Das könnte ich mir durchaus vorstellen Oliver Kahn will doch bloß verhindern, dass andere Torhüter in naher Zukunft neue [. Click to continue reading...

Jens Lehman has retired from international football at the age of 38. Despite a succesful display in goal for Germany during Euro 2008 the ex-Arsenal stopper has decided to call it a day. Lehman made 61 appearances for Germany playing his first game against Oman in Febuary 1998. Lehman also looks set to retire from football altogether when his contract at Stuttgart runs out at the end of the coming season. Click to continue reading...

I was reading this article on ESPN's website and it got me to thinking, how does Bayern Munich expect to measure success during Jurgen Klinsmann's time as manager. Are they expecting to go on a run of Champions League victories? What exactly is the measure of success? They won the Champions League Cup back in 2001. Click to continue reading...

As Tim Candon points out over on the SWakeChat blog, those of us that attended the RailHawks v. Red Bull NY pre-season friendly back on March 28th will likely be some of the last folks to see Claudio Reyna play a competitive soccer match.
It has been widely reported that Reyna will retire from playing soccer at a press conference today in New York. Click to continue reading...

"Cashing In" on Goalkeeping: Oliver Kahn
by Steve Amoia for Keeper Skool

HypoVereinsbank is a premium partner of FC Bayern Munich.

Recently, they began a new initiative with the recently retired Bayern legend, Oliver Kahn. In what may be a first for the goalkeeper's union, Herr Kahn has a bank card named after him:

Image details: Hypo Vereinsbank Launch Limited Edition Oliver Kahn Cash Card served by picapp. Click to continue reading...

Rafael van der Vaart covered in mud / turned into a lust object. (Kickette) In terms of foreigners the Bundesliga is second only to the Premier League. (BBC) And as such the Bundesliga also has the biggest representation of players at the Euros. (Guardian) Despite all those foreigners Germany still qualified for the Euros and is considered to [. Click to continue reading...

This season's Bundesliga has certainly provided its fair share of excitement and tension, even if the favourites did rather run away with the title leading from the front from day one. Mad4football takes a moment to look at some of the ‘Tops' and ‘Flops' of the past season. Click to continue reading...

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...

1. Nuremberg complete relegation double. Schalke scored two goals. Schalke almost scored two own goals. In between Nuremberg squandered their chances, like they squandered their chances all season. Eventually those were Nuremberg's final 90 minutes in the Bundesliga. Nuremberg are now in sole possession of two less than flattering relegation records. Click to continue reading...

I already wondered what had happened to Franck the Prankster, but here he is with his accomplice Daniel van Buyten. The roof of Bayern's world headquarter + a bucket + Oliver Kahn + a camera filming it = excellent blogging material. I'm sure this will make it all the harder for Ollie to retire. via: [. Click to continue reading...

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Nach dem 1:1 im Halbfinal-Hinspiel gaben sich die Bayern für meinen Geschmack erstaunlich optimistisch, das Finale im UEFA-Cup zu erreichen. Uli Hoeneß freute sich auf eine schöne Schlacht und Kahn sprach: St. Petersburg ist daheim nicht so stark. Und wir haben eine Truppe, die zu allem fähig ist.

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Devastated by his inability to land a coaching job in the US, Juergen Klinsmann settled for the top spot with little known German side Bayern Munich. Klinsmann had desperately wanted to take control of either the US men's national team or the LA Galaxy, but he failed to impress either of them, forcing him to turn tail and run back to Germany. Click to continue reading...

Traditionally, opportunities to catch Bayern are rare. However, there is a growing feeling that all is not well in the Munich camp. Last Sunday, the so-called (by me at least) champions to-be, could only muster a 0-0 draw with relegation fodder Duisburg. This week, goalkeeper Oliver Kahn was fined 25,000 yo-yos for a breach of club discipline. Click to continue reading...

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As earlier reports suggested, Oliver Kahn may well be on his way to coaching in Asia after he retires from playing. Kahn took a trip to China during the Bundesliga's Euro 2008 qualifying break and, after being welcomed by a mob, held a training session with 10 selected goalkeepers there. Kahn told Shanghai Daily:

"I have a lot of fans in Asia, especially in China, and it is my way of giving them back something for their support, and it is not just because of the fans that I want to be here but I am interested in China as well.

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Who? Kenny Stamatopoulos, the Canadian international and Toronto FC goalkeeper who came in on loan from Tromso (Norway) in August. The Bayern Lounge has reported that Stamatopoulos will be leaving for Munich this Sunday, the 11th of November, to step into training with Bayern Munich.

JDJ says: Wow. Congrats for Kenny, but it will definitely be a tall order to earn a place in the Bayern goalkeeping lineup. Click to continue reading...

Who? Kenny Stamatopoulos, the Canadian international and Toronto FC goalkeeper who came in on loan from Tromso (Norway) in August. The Bayern Lounge has reported that Stamatopoulos will be leaving for Munich this Sunday, the 11th of November, to step into training with Bayern Munich.

JDJ says: Wow. Congrats for Kenny, but it will definitely be a tall order to earn a place in the Bayern goalkeeping lineup. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich number 1 and former German international Oliver Kahn has revealed that he plans to coach in Asia after he retires at the end of this upcoming season. In a Fifa.com interview, Kahn said that "I'm nearly 39 years, I'm going to stop wearing shorts and then I've things planned in Asia. They have needs there in terms of coaching and goalkeeper training. Click to continue reading...

Oliver Kahn has made it official, unless backup keeper Michael Rensing is seriously injured, he will retire from Bayern Munich next summer.

"Next year I will be 39 and it will be time to take the shorts off. After that I have a few things planned in Asia."

Kahn chose Asia as his retirement destination during the 2002 World Cup.

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