Europa League Preview: Match day 4
It’s the fourth matchday in the UEFA Europa League. Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 could be on their way to the next round, while Augsburg desperately need a win. Dortmund face FK Qäbälä at home […]
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A Good Start for Bundesliga Clubs in Europe
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday marked the beginning of group stage play in both the Champions League and Europa League, and the seven Bundesliga clubs overall responded well. In the Champions League, only Borussia Mönchengladbach stumbled as […]
Sascha Mölders’ wife publicly laments Augsburg striker’s exclusion from Europa League roster
FC Augsburg have surprisingly left Sascha Mölders off their 25-man Europa League roster. The fan favourite struggled with injury last season, but has been action from the start of the current season. Despite being linked […]
Europa League Draw and what it means for its Bundesliga participants
The much-awaited draw for this year’s Europa League was conducted one day after the more-prestigious Champions League draw with UEFA’s comedic genius Gianni Infantino once more in fine form. There are some intriguing match-ups for this […]
An Englishman’s Early Season Bundesliga Weekend
Since diving head first into Bundesliga football during the autumn of 2011, my brother and I had made regular biannual trips to Germany that at their most chaotic had seen us squeeze as many as […]
2015/16 Season Preview: FC Augsburg
Fußball-Club Augsburg 1907 e.V. Nickname: die Fuggerstädter. Founding: 1907. Ground: WWK Arena (30,000 capacity). Colors: Red, white, and green. Rivals: Bayern Munich. 2014-15 Finishes Bundesliga: 5th place (49 points, 0 GD), qualified for the Europa […]
Bundesliga 2014/2015 Final MatchDay: Gute Woche/Schlechte Woche
It teased, it twisted, it turned, but now the regular Bundesliga season is over. What a campaign it has been. It was always going to be difficult for the final day to live up to […]
Bayern Goal Drought Continues; Champs Fall to Augsburg
Having had just a couple of days to lick their wounds after their 3-0 Champions’ League defeat in Barcelona, a deflated FC Bayern returned to Bundesliga action to take on Bavarian rival FC Augsburg, a […]
Bundesliga MatchDay 32: Gute Woche/Schlechte Woche
Serie A – three relegation spots, three decided. The Premier League – three relegation spots, two decided. Ligue 1 – three relegation spots, two decided. La Liga – three relegation spots, one decided. The Bundesliga […]
Gute Woche / Schlechte Woche: Matchday 30
It’s time to check those sweepstakes. Anyone who predicted Bayern Munich would win the Bundesliga with four games to spare – you are the winners. The Bavarian’s win against Hertha Berlin, coupled with Wolfsburg’s loss […]
2014-15 Bundesliga Power Rankings: Match Day 28
We are back with the 2014-15 Bundesliga Power Rankings – the post-Match Day 28 edition. Since our last edition, Mönchengladbach and Leverkusen are on winning rampages, Bayern is “meh,” Eintracht spins on the merry-go-round of its own […]
Week 27: Schalke fail to rise
FC Augsburg 0-0 FC Schalke 04 On Easter Sunday 2015, following a day in which each of the top four Bundesliga squads gained three more points, both Schalke and their opponents were facing a situation […]
