Bundesliga

It has been a hectic week of Bundesliga football. It all started last Friday when Hannover beat Hamburg 2-0 and continued with Bayern winning 3-0 at Schalke and Hoffenheim coming from 2-0 down to beat Mainz 3-2 and that was only two days ago. The matchday kicks off in Munich when Bayern face their favourite […]

Round five of games in the Bundesliga took place over two days this midweek. Cologne were looking to finally pick up a win, their first domestically this season, while Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund were hoping to extend their good form. Hannover, this seasons surprise package so far, were also hoping they would be able […]

For the first time in this season, midweek fixtures are on the horizon. In England, clubs are fighting for a place in the 4th round of a second class domestic trophy and every top flight team will play their second string. If you want some real blockbuster games, the Bundesliga is just what you are […]

Gameweek 4 of the Bundesliga saw the big guns finally start firing. There were big wins for Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at home. The shock of the weekend initially came when Hannover beat Hamburg on Friday night to go top of the tree, temporarily at least. There were away wins for Augsburg […]

After a rather unfortunate week for German clubs in Europe, the Bundesliga kicks off again today. It all starts with a derby between the little HSV (Hannover 96) and the big HSV (Hamburger SV). Prior to the season, both teams were amongst the favourites for relegation but both have started the season in style. Hannover […]

The Bundesliga finally returned after the international break and there weren’t many people who weren’t happy to see the recommencement of top flight football in Germany. The weekend started on Friday night with Red Bull Leipzig warming up for their first foray into European football with a trip to Hamburg. The pick of the games […]

The second round of games in the Bundesliga took place this weekend in Germany, with a total of 24 goals scored across the nine games. The highlights of the weekend included Red Bull Leipzig thrashing Freiburg at home to claim their first win of the season, Hamburg gaining an impressive victory in Cologne and VfB […]

For the first time, there will be red bulls in the UEFA Champions League group-stage draw on Thursday but how have Die Roten Bullen found themselves among Europe’s elite? Leipzig has a legitimate claim of being the home of German football; in 1900 the German Football Association (DFB) was founded in the city and VfB […]

A league many believe to be the most exciting in the world made its return this weekend. That’s right, the Bundesliga is back. There are plenty of questions to be answered going into the season too: Can Bayern Munich recover from a poor pre-season to retain their crown as champions? How will Borussia Dortmund fair […]

Eintracht Frankfurt When Niko Kovac took over at Frankfurt in 15/16 and somehow saved them from relegation no one really knew how he did it. When Frankfurt were in 3rd or 4th place for a stretch of games no one knew either. When Fabian got injured in the second half of the season Frankfurt stopped […]

#9 Hertha BSC  There has been a certain pattern to recent Hertha seasons. They started well and it looked like they might be on for finish in the Champions League, ending the year at 3rd or 4th. In the second half of the season that was followed by a way worse second half of the […]

Timo Hildebrand is a Bundesliga winner and record holder as well as a World Cup and Confederations Cup bronze medallist with Germany. He speaks exclusively to By Far The Greatest Team about the highlights of his career and the life after. Timo decided to put his gloves away in March last year after being without […]

Here is part two of our big Bundesliga season preview, featuring my predictions of 5th to 8th. #5 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim For small clubs, good seasons often end up in fire sales. Hoffenheim managed to avoid a big fire sale but losing Süle and Rudy will really hurt. Neither can be replaced on an equal […]

The new Bundesliga season is just a couple of days away and it’s promising to be an interesting one. Apart from Bayern who are clear favourites to win their 6th consecutive title, the rest of the league is hard to predict. But the teams have to be sorted by something so this is the first […]

Bayern Munich have established something just short of a monopoly in the Bundesliga as they have won the last five league titles and no one has really come close to toppling that trend, and in fact, the smallest points difference between first and second at the end of the season was 10 points, which is […]

It’s almost time for the new season of the Bundesliga. What has felt like a lifetime is now only 3 weeks away. Although I believe that this season will be another same old season in Germany and will be dominated by Carlo Ancelotti’s Bayern Munich, although there are a few dark horses that could change […]

One thing you should know about me is that I am a football fan first and foremost. I support Liverpool and always will. I’ve supported Liverpool since birth, consider Anfield sacred ground and I am now bringing my children up in the same way I was. But I appreciate good football and good footballing stories. […]

The game is completely the same but the culture that surrounds the game in two nations couldn’t be any different. The first thing that will strike you with German football is that the home end is obviously full of home fans, the away end is full of Away fans but in between this, fans of […]

Since Wolfsburg managed to coast to victory against Eintracht Braunschweig in May. The playoff format has received a lot of scrutiny as it favours the higher division side and serves as a huge second chance for the top division side to save their season in a matter of two legs as we have seen with […]

16. Wolfsburg: Mario Gomez (cha cha cha) to the rescue Wolfsburg finished 8th in 2015/16 and that was already very disappointing. Draxler as a replacement for de Bruyne didn’t really work out and Wolfsburg ended up without European Football. In the summer they also let Andre Schürrle go but considering the €30m bid that Dortmund […]