Facts and Figures
Weekly Dose 08.05.08
By: Jan |
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Bayern Munich is the 5th most valuable football club in the world, followed by Schalke 04 in 10th, Dortmund in 15th, Hamburg in 17th and Bremen in 18th position. Don’t take Forbes’ data about the clubs too literally though. They will try and tell you that Schalke is owned by the Veltins brewery. (Forbes)
Mad Jens […]
Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Facts and Figures, Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Nuremberg, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. Bundesliga
Tags: Rene Adler, Manuel Neuer, Jens Lehmann, Jan Koller, 1. Bundesliga, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Nuremberg, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Facts and Figures, Tag IndexBayern’s UEFA Cup Campaign in Numbers
By: Jan | 5 Comments
Bayern Munich invested roughly €80m in new players this season. The due return is yet another double, which they could have probably won without major investments, considering how the competition took turns self-destructing this year. And while Bayern’s 12 point lead in the Bundesliga is impressive, the same can’t really be said about their UEFA […]
In Numbers: Werder Bremen - Rangers
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According to Eurosport:
Possession
Werder Bremen 72,7%
Rangers 27,3%
Shots
Werder Bremen 42
Rangers 4
Shots on Target
Werder Bremen 10
Rangers 1
Corners
Werder Bremen 18
Rangers 2
Accurate Passes
Werder Bremen 512
Rangers 150
Well, you can’t say they didn’t try. Though Rangers only needed one yellow card and two saves, according to the numbers, to defend their lead. There was probably something temporarily wrong with the earth’s gravity […]
Jens Lehmann breaks German Goalkeeping Record
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A run of 531 minutes without conceding a goal means Jens Lehmann set up a new national team record, following Germany’s 3-0 victory over Austria. A record he held anyway (530 minutes without conceding a goal between 2002 and 2005). Not bad, and to honour his achievement, here is a highlight reel of his performance […]
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Wake up Ivan!
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It’s your birthday! And the Bundesliga is back. No more tiring training sessions and meaningless friendlies, but good old fashioned ninety minutes, which actually do count for something. Thus, last week was the last week of football blogging without football. It went a bit like this:
Either Abby, Lulu or Dieter is/must be slowly losing track […]
Category: Hamburger SV, Facts and Figures, Borussia Dortmund, Hertha BSC Berlin, FC Bayern Munich, 1. Bundesliga Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Hertha BSC Berlin, Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Facts and Figures, Tag IndexIn Numbers: Europe’s Five Big Leagues at the Halfway Point of the Season
By: Jan | 5 Comments
The Bundesliga is still in hibernation, while all other big European leagues are already fully enjoying their second half of the season. It’s a little excercise in delayed gratification I guess. Here’s some numerical evidence to prove that it will at least be worth the wait. The numbers are coming from a Setanta Sports article […]
This just in: UEFA Cup and Champions League Draw
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The UEFA Cup and Champions League draw just took place. The lone Bundesliga representative Schalke 04 picked up FC Porto as their next opponent in the Champions League. Porto and Sevilla were high on the wishlists of high profile second placed teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Roma etc. So, people seem to think those two were […]
50+1: The Club Ownership Issue in the Bundesliga
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All Bundesliga clubs are organised as eingetragener Verein (eV), which Wikipedia tells me would be similar to a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in Britain or a Non-Profit Corporation (NPC) in the US - to give you some orientation.
They often aren’t pure football clubs either, but can cover a variety of sports. So, if you ever fancied […]
Clarification: Gerd Müller’s and Filippo Inzaghi’s European Goalscoring Record
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A few days ago Setanta reported that Filippo Inzaghi hadn’t one-upped Gerd Müller’s European goalscoring record yet. In fact he was still four goals short of doing so. The article relied on data coming from Opta Sportsdata and claimed that Gerd Müller had in fact scored 66 goals in 74 matches, compared to Inzaghi’s 63 […]
Stat of the Day: Inzaghi needs 4 more Goals to surpass Müller’s Record
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“It was a strange feeling, like inner peace,” Inzaghi told the Gazetta dello Sport after he surpassed Gerd Müllers age old European record of 62 goals. According to Setanta though, Inzaghi will now need to score four more goals to ultimately find his inner peace. Opta Sportsdata decided to recheck Müller’s goal tally and came […]
Category: International, Champions League, UEFA Cup, Facts and Figures, FC Bayern Munich, 1. Bundesliga Tags: Gerd Müller, Inzaghi, 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, UEFA Cup, International, Champions League, Facts and Figures, Tag Index
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