Bundesliga

Slight update based on this week’s games. Germany is now 1.5 points behind Italy for the 3rd spot on the UEFA Coefficient list, losing a little bit of ground as Italy went 2-0-1 to Germany’s 1-2-1. Fiorentina and Juventus gained full points this week, but Robben’s wonder-goal eliminated Fiorentina from Europe. [...]

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So perhaps this is where we should be.
Two giants of German football locking horns for the title.
Bayern Munich have won 5 of the last 9 championships. Magath has won 3 of the last 5, is responsible for 2 of Bayern’s 5 and even led Stuttgart to 2nd in the past decade. Bayern win [...]

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I was born into the English leagues. I grew up in Britain so the only leagues I could see on television and see in person when I was a child in the late 70s and early 80s were the British leagues. And one of the factors that attracted me most to those leagues, not that [...]

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The marquee matchup of the weekend is the late Saturday kickoff between top four teams Real Madrid and Sevilla.  The reverse fixture in early October was one of the matches of the season, and while Sevilla’s title chances faded away during the dregs of mid-season, they still lie fourth in the league, they have the [...]

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Thought Radetto was dead, didn’t you? Prolonged slumber is where it is at kids. It is on trend right now. Just ask a bear, or a squirrel. But we are back, and you know what the first thing a bear does after hibernating through the Canadian winter? That’s right, Team of the Time:

Kevin Kuranyi – Yes! It’s Kuranyi time guys. The man with the finest precision beard art in all of Gelsenkirchen is

Here we have TSV Wimsheim and TSV Grunbach battling it out in pretty windy conditions…

The result being the greatest own goal of all time. Enjoy

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Since the start of this season’s Premier League, referees have been under the spotlight. As the FA launched their pitiful “Respect” campaign, FIFA also made it known that they wanted certain types of…

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The new Deloitte Money League is out and the Bundesliga is stronger than ever.

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A ridiculous question with what should be a simple answer.  First, a cursory investigation.  Is Barcelona on top of the standings in La Liga?  Yes.  Has Barcelona obtained sixty-one points from twenty-four matches, one more point than it had at the same point last season?  Check.  Does Barcelona have the edge in its UEFA Champions [...]

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Is this the year where the Bundesliga gains a fourth spot? It could well be. Below is a table of the current UEFA Coefficient compared to how it stands if the season were to end today. At the end of the season, 2004-2005 will be removed from the books. In that [...]

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There is a new book to add to the pantheon of German football books.

Jon Goulding (pronounced Gold-ing) is a Port Vale supporter living in Cheshire England. He was introduced to German football by his father-in-law, and fell in love with 1.FC Nürnberg. After attending a few games, Jon turned his mates onto the [...]

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GolTV soccer color commentator Lindsey Dean has left GolTV.
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This weekend, the focus will be on those teams who will play in European competition in the following midweek.  The question of domestic vs. European responsibilities remains an individual club decision, but for some teams, choices become more plentiful than others.
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Werder Bremen vs Hoffenheim Bremen regained their confidence by defeated Hertha Berlin after three consecutive loses since starts of year 2010. On the other side, Hoffenheim, whose in the same situation have just bounced back too. Infact, Bremen are …

French star Franck Ribery has spoken about his future with Bayern Munich and the club’s current status in comparison with the elite clubs across Europe. Ribery had a an impressive first season and a decent second season with the Bavarians yet has only made nine appearances in the league this season due to injury.
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I’m a native German writer and  an enthusiastic fan of Eintracht Frankfurt. Whenever I got the opportunity to visit a game in the Commerzbank Arena, I take this opportunity. Last match-day I visited the match against Cologne.

 
Stadium: Commerzbank Arena ( Eintracht Frankfurt)
Attendance: 45,100
Ticket-Price: Main stand – 23 Euro (32 US-Dollars/ 20 GBP) – reduction [...]

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Again, I will favor to Bayern because they really showed the top performance, 7 consecutive wins and successfully hits an average scores of 3s in those 7 matches.Bayern is to say with clean injured and suspended list. They have sufficient man power, th…

Everyone knows predicting the future is a fools game, but I am prepared to make a fool of myself for you, long range prediction fans (They exist right?). Plus I have this hunch I might be on to something.

So we all know Michael Platini is on a mission to make UEFA a fairer, more worthwhile, and in my opinion better place. Sorry big four fans, but it is true. A maximum of three teams would be

This year will see the 111th anniversary of Werder Bremen so the club  have decided to commemorate this with the release of a new limited edition football shirt.
The new commemorative Werder Bremen shirt will be manufactured by Nike with their logo appearing on the right chest of the shirt and the club badge on [...]

With so much football action these past weeks, what used to be just a weekend of football became more than a great match a day thanks to the FA Cup, Carling Cup, Copa Del Rey, Coppa Italia, and all the missed matches due to the bad weather. Good thing …