Hamburg get an away win to open UEFA Cup Round 1

Well, I thought it would be a tough one, and I predicted a 1-1 draw between Hamburg and Bulgarian side Litex Lovech in the first ...

Matchday 5: Snapshots

Schalke's coach Mirko Slomka tries to motivate his players by performing an excerpt from Mozart's Don Giovanni (Bayern Munich 1-1 Schalke). Nuremberg's coach Hans Meyer tries ...

Matchday 5: Relieved

Collective Sighs of Relieve Bayern Munich was held to a draw again. This time it was Schalke's turn to proof, that Bayern Munich won't be winning ...

Matchday 4: Side by Side

Borussia Dortmund's Coach Thomas Doll. Hansa Rostock 0-1 Borussia Dortmund. Hamburg's goalkeeper Frank Rost. Hamburger SV 1-1 Bayern Munich.

Matchday 4: Things we always knew and Things we almost forgot

Bayern Munich isn't invincible Though it took 87 minutes on Sundays match against Hamburg to come to this conclusion. When I read that Rafael van der ...

Weekly Dose 01.09.07

How to do a Bicycle Kick - via Trainer Baade (ehow.com) Rudi Völler Look-a-like (Who Ate All The Pies) Franck Ribery Look-a-likes (11 Freunde Block 11) Meet Arminia ...

After Life: When there's no more Room in Hell...

... the dead Hamburg fans won't need to worry. They will soon have a new home, conveniently situated close to the west curve of the ...

UEFA Cup Draw: Relive the Excitement

Matchday 3: Bayern Munich isn't the Problem

It didn't come as much of a surprise that Bayern Munich very comfortably won their home match 3-0 against Hannover 96 this weekend. Bayern Munich ...

Weekly Dose: Old Foes

Lots of England - Germany related things to read this time. They don't make Germany teams like they used to (The Independent) 11 Germans the English invited ...

Insult to Injury

Can you guess correctly? a) Rafael van der Vaart gets his wish granted and leaves Hamburg to join Valencia. The photo has been taken during his ...

Hamburger SV: History Repeating

In late 2004 Thomas Doll took over as new Hamburg coach. The club had a disastrous start into the new season and was sitting at ...

Rivalries: Hamburger SV - St. Pauli

The two clubs from Hamburg share a deep heartfelt rivalry. Though, the opportunities to duke it out in a proper derby are currently diminished by ...

Matchday 1: Promises

Some belated thoughts on what was on offer this weekend. Drawing any conclusions from just one matchday worth of Bundesliga football is a bit difficult, but ...

Hairy Creatures: Timo Kunert

20 year old midfielder Timo Kunert recently moved from Schalke to Hamburg and will play in their second team in the Regionalliga. Photos show the ...

Bundesliga 2007/2008: Pre-Season Friendly Marathon

If you want to check out how each Bundesliga team performed during the off-season, here is all you need. All pre-season friendlies (I hope) and ...

Bundesliga 2007/2008: Predictions for a perfect Season

It's a big day today. The Bundesliga finally starts into the new season, and after Greg already gave you his fearless predictions for the Superliga, ...

DFB-Pokal: First Round Summary

The 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 ...

Snapshot: Romeo Castelen

Combine this photo with the one Nick posted over at the Manchester United Offside and let your imagination take care of the rest.

Bundesliga 2007/2008: All Jerseys and Sponsors

I've tried to compile all the jerseys of all current Bundesliga clubs, so that we can judge, whether teams that are bound to play crap ...

UEFA Intertoto Cup Final: Hamburger SV 4 - 0 FC Dacia Chişinău (Extended Highlights)

I'm admittedly very slowly catching up with the football that was played last weekend. But since I covered the encounter between Chişinău and Hamburg in ...

Video: FC Dacia Chişinău 1 - 1 Hamburger SV

1-0 Eugeniu Boicenco (7th min.) 1-1 Rafael van der Vaart (71st min.)

FC Dacia Chişinău 1 - 1 Hamburger SV

European heavyweights FC Dacia Chişinău were held to a draw at home by the German underdogs, in what could be described as one of the ...

FC Dacia Chişinău versus Hamburger SV

Chişinău (Moldavia's capital city) vs Hamburg (the largest city in the European Union which is not a national capital). Divizia Naţională vs Bundesliga. Emil Caras ...

MSI does the Laundry

Media Sports Investments or short MSI has its own website. Very compact, down to the point, low on graphics and low on information. What you ...

Buli News Roundup: More Frings and Klose, more Transfer Stories

Miroslav Klose has done a good job keeping us entertained during the off-season so far. Some of the praise has to go to Torsten Frings ...

Buli News Roundup: Kahn's future in Asia and a few exciting Transfer Stories

Lactate Testing is currently all the buzz since Jürgen Klinsmann sharpened the media's attention for the importance of an athletes' fitness levels. A footballer that gets ...

CONCACAF GOLD CUP: Hamburg beats Stuttgart to Title

It's the off-season and I have to spread out my more relevant posts wisely so that I can bridge the time gap until the Bundesliga ...

Everybody loves Werder Bremen

At least according to the sports marketing company Sportfive. Sportfive conducted a little survey and asked 2000 people in Germany how they felt about football ...

Transfer Bubbles - June 20, 2007

It's time again to meet up with the usual 'sources close to the club' to tell us a bit about their dreams, their delusions and ...