Bundesliga Fanatic

Behind Real Madrid (12) and AC Milan (11), Bayern München is the team that has played in the third most European Cup/Champions League finals with 9, 4 victories and 5 defeats. Out of these five defeats, perhaps it was the 2010 one against Inter Milan that was the most ‘painless’ one, as Inter ran out [...]

A number of Bundesliga players have tried to entertain the German public off the pitch as well by recording their own songs. Here is a brief history of the musical history of German football. Visitors to the annual Oktoberfest in Munich may have heard a strange folksy kind of song in one of the beer [...]

Ahead of Bayern Munich’s mammoth second leg semifinal against FC Barcelona, we look back at an earlier European encounter between the two, the 1995/96 UEFA Cup semifinals.  Their run to the UEFA Cup final that year was both unlikely and symbolic.  It was a tumultuous period in Bayern’s history and the eventual  Cup win was symbolized the end of a dark [...]

There is a saying in Spanish whenever a team needs their fans that goes “el estadio se tiene que venir arriba” which would translate as “the stadium has to come on top”, although the literal translation would be “the stadium has to come up”. Well, on April the 1st 1998, it was the fervent ‘support’ [...]

Maximilian Arnold writes a tiny bit of Bundesliga history. A perfect pass from the left-wing found Maximilian Arnold and the Wolfsburg youngster didn’t hesitate at all. He simply put the ball up into the air with his first touch, and afterwards he smashed the ball into the net past Koen Casteels with his second touch. [...]

Borussia Dortmund’s dramatic comeback and win against Malaga in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal will go down in German football folklore.  Not only did they reach the semifinal for the first time since 1998 but they did it by staying the only unbeaten team in the competition, winning all of their home [...]

It was the 90th minute of the match between St Pauli and SC Paderborn on April Fool’s Day. Some might have thought that Mahir Saglik scoring the winner against his former club would have been an excellent April Fool’s joke but Mahir Sağlık had indeed put Paderborn, his hometown club, ahead with 5 minutes to [...]

Renowned filmmaker Aljoscha Pause has covered various hot-button issues in football and made award-winning films. In 2006 he attended a youth football tournament featuring some of the biggest clubs from around the world to document some of the promising young crop of players.  What was initially planned as a feature on young talent in Germany [...]

Wolfsburg aim to be the first team in 2013 to beat Bayern Munich when they host the league leaders on matchday 22.  It will be no easy feat though considering the fact that Bayern have dropped points only once on the road so far this season (1-1 vs. Nürnberg in the Hinrunde). No team in [...]

Schleswig Holstein isn’t known for its brilliant football clubs, but the it has a lot to offer despite that. Especially beer. No team in Schleswig Holstein is at the moment represented in the German Bundesliga. Handball has traditionally been more popular than football in this part of Germany. Not single a coach stemming from this [...]