Bundesliga

After the current season has come to a close it’s now time to look at who impress in the next season of the Bundesliga with these impressive picks! Guido Burgstaller – Since making his transfer from Nuremberg in January, Burgstaller had made a pretty impressive impact scoring 9 goals in 17 games and helped Schalke […]

Bayer Leverkusen: What was that? “Leverkusen will challenge for the title” – “Leverkusen are dead certains for Champions League qualification”. Both of these were predictions you heard prior to this season. And they did seem logical. They just finished Third after a great Rückrunde, didn’t lose any notable players and added some quality in Volland, […]

8. Bremen: Second half rise At the start of the season it looked like the old Bremen again: Conceding goals left, right and centre, not having a clear concept and generally not signing good players in the defensive areas. All of that lead to Viktor Skripnik being sacked and he was replaced by Alexander Nouri […]

5. Köln: Solidity pays off After missing out on promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2012/13 season, Köln employed Peter Stöger – the man who is still the Head Coach today, and Jörg Schmadtke – the man who is still director of football. Together, the duo comfortably won promotion to the Bundesliga in the next […]

3. Dortmund: It’s a Rollcercoaster! After Dortmund just finished second in Tuchel’s first season they had to sell three of their Key Players with Gündogan, Mkhitaryan and Mats Hummels. Instead of doing what a lot of big clubs would try to do – replace these players like for like with other players approaching their prime […]

1. Bayern: Domestic Dominance – International Wait Like it happens with big clubs there was a lot of talk about the transition from Pep Guardiola to Carlo Ancelotti and depending on recent results, the consensus swayed from one side to another. After they smashed Bremen 6-0 on the opening day some people talked about them […]

Playoff 1st leg  Thursday saw the first leg of the relegation/promotion playoff, with Wolfsburg of the Bundesliga taking on local rivals Braunschweig of the 2. Bundesliga.  The wolves settled quickly and had control in the opening stages and looked most likely to score, but the scores stayed level thanks to Braunschweig keeper Jasmin Fejzic who was on […]

We start off with the most important game at this stage of the season; with the title all wrapped up and both automatic relegation spots confirmed, all we needed to know now was who would be in the relegation playoff. Well thankfully that was going to be decided in one fixture; Hamburg taking on Wolfsburg. […]

Michael Ballack, the stereotypical German midfielder, strong, efficient, technically good and doesn’t give up. A man who took on a role as captain and acted as a role model for younger players, like Sami Khedira and Bastian Schweinsteiger. A player who had a physical presence that would impose fear upon his opponents and teammates love […]

Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig Both sides are now left with nothing play for as we head into the last matchday of the season. Frankfurt have well and truly bottled it in the second half of the season and I think the fans will be disappointed not to have given the teams around them more […]

We are two weeks from the end of another fantastic campaign and this week provided everything you could want; a confirmed relegation, comebacks that you wouldn’t believe possible, results that leave a very tense final day for the relegation playoff spot and goals, goals, goals. With all games being played on Saturday, we kick things […]

One of the biggest stories in the news over the past few weeks has been that Prince Philip deciding to retire from his position at the ripe old age of 96. The good news, valued reader, is that this article has absolutely nothing to do with that story at all! While the mainstream media are […]

It’s the penultimate round of fixtures with drama occurring all over the Bundesliga table, and it looks like it will go right down to the wire… Every fixture this weekend will take place at 2:30 pm UK time on Saturday with no Friday or Sunday games. Augsburg v Borussia Dortmund Augsburg come into this game […]

In 1978, FC Hamburg appointed Yugoslav Branko Zebec as the club’s new manager. The German side were desperate to win a league title after finishing a disappointing 10th the previous year. The club was blessed with very good players, and also had English forward Kevin Keegan. Keegan had failed to impress in his first season […]

The opening game of the weekend saw FC Koln take on the in-form Werder Bremen, both looking to finish the season strongly and gain a European spot. It was a ding-dong affair with FC Koln taking the points and finally ending Bremen’s run. Anthony Modeste and Leonardo Bittencourt put Koln two up but Fin Bartels […]

FC Köln v Werder Bremen Köln’s defenders will be very happy with themselves as they returned to training this week after a clean sheet against Borussia Dortmund, which meant they have failed to score for the first time since October! Their attackers failed to make the most of some good chances against Dortmund and the […]

When Stuttgart got relegated in the 15/16 season with Frankfurt somehow sneaking into 16th, it came as a surprise to many. Right now, with three games to go, we have a picture that looks familiar with Relegation Play-Off-Specialists Hamburg sitting in exactly that spot. Let us take a look at all of the teams involved […]

Hamburg has the distinction of being the only club to play in every season of the Bundesliga. If they do not make some drastic changes quickly, that impressive streak may end. Hamburg coming into Sunday’s match sat just above the relegation zone. Darmstadt and Ingolstadt seemingly are all but relegated as the bottom two clubs, […]

The opening game of the weekend saw Leverkusen take on Schalke, who both have fallen way below expectations. Leverkusen are sliding nearer and nearer toward the relegation places and found themselves 0-3 down in the opening 18 minutes. Goals from Guido Burgstaller, Benedikt Höwedes and Alessandro Schöpf put Schalke in a commanding lead so early. […]