Articles tagged with "dfb-pokal"
Circling the drain
By Chris | May 12th, 2008Our Hanseaten heroes are back to their blundering ways, having lost any momentum they may have gained in their well-played defeat to Bremen, with their away loss to relegation-strugglers Cottbus. Cottbus, for their part, ensured that they will stay i ...
Snapshot: Proud Parents
By Jan | April 20th, 2008Wahiba and Franck Ribery with their new arrival. Delivery took a bit longer than originally expected, but all went well in the end. They named it DFB Pokal; 52 cm in height and weighs 5,7 kg (1,7 feet and 12,5 pounds). Congratulations. ...
Weekly Dose 20.3.08
By Jan | March 20th, 2008Create your own fan choreo; via probek.net. (madin.jp) Michael Ballack promotes a good cause. (International Herald Tribune) Rafael van der Vaart will leave a trail of dirt soaked water behind, when he leaves Hamburg with a title. (Goal.com) Stan
5 late Conclusions from the DFB-Pokal Quarter-Final
By Jan | February 29th, 20081. Stuttgart have ultimately botched up their season. They unceremoniously crashed out of the Champions League and down into the depths of the Bundesliga mid-table section already. The DFB-Pokal remained something of a lifeline for Stuttgart's season. Th
Winner! Winner! Lobster dinner!
By Chris | February 27th, 2008Updated : Bundesliga Offside captain Jan has a nice write-up on the Intertoto Cup "victory". Read it here. Overlooked in this space and others on The Offside was the fact that HSV backed into the Intertoto Cup as Atletico Madrid were ousted from
Stadium Envy: Millerntor Stadion (FC St. Pauli)
By Jan | February 8th, 2008The Millerntor stadium is the home ground of FC St. Pauli and is worth a separate follow-up post to yesterday's story. It's a cosy slightly rotten 16000 capacity ground, which soon won't be as rotten and small anymore, but hopefully just as cosy. The ...
Five Things we learned from the DFB Pokal Round of Sixteen
By Jan | January 31st, 2008The DFB Pokal offered a little prelude to this weekend’s Bundesliga action with Bayern Munich playing an away match against a third division club in front of 60000 fans, while second Bundesliga sides Hoffenheim and Jena sent two Bundesliga teams pa ...
DFB-Pokal: A Case of Club vs Country Family
By Jan | November 2nd, 2007
The draw for the next round of the DFB-Pokal is out, and the most interesting matchup surely will be the clash between Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen. Third division side Wuppertal hit the jackpot, as they were awarded the lucrative draw against Baye
DFB-Pokal: St. Pauli get a Taste of their own Medicine and other minor and major Upsets
By Jan | November 2nd, 2007Time to wrap up the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Famous cup giant-killers St. Pauli had to learn what it feels like to be knocked out by a minnow. St. Pauli have recently been promoted to the second division and as such were clear favourites to beat
DFB-Pokal: Berlin won't be going to Berlin next Year
By Jan | October 31st, 2007Since 1985 the final of the DFB-Pokal (German FA Cup) is played in the Olympiastadion in Berlin. A tradition that has spawned the popular fan chant "Berlin! Berlin! We're going to Berlin!", which was then reused to shout the German national team to the fi
DFB-Pokal: First Round Summary
By Jan | August 7th, 2007The early rounds of the DFB-Pokal or any domestic cup competition are rare places, where negative, destructive and defensive football is cherished and encouraged. It's not about wanting the best team to win but rather the weakest - the lower the leag ...
Some Dates for your Calendar
By Jan | June 14th, 2007Perhaps the following dates will help you to deal with the football free summer months. It's something positive you can look forward to (via nach_spielzeit and Bayern Lounge). Mehmet Scholl's Farewell Game August 15th - Bayern Munich vs FC Barcelona
DFB-Pokal: Nürnberg wins Cup, Stuttgart loses Temper and Double
By Jan | May 29th, 2007It seems that the public viewing areas of last years World Cup had a lasting impact on German football consumption habits. When the time for the all decisive and important matches of this season came the concept was swiftly revived and 60000 Schalke ...
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