1899 Hoffenheim
New Year Dose 01.01.09
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A must read interview with Ralf Rangnick. Together with the other must read interview with Dietmar Hopp you’ll get a very good insight into the Hoffenheim project, going far beyond fairytales, miracles and unicorns. (Spiegel Online)
The Bundesliga’s best XI of the Hinrunde according to… (Deutsche Welle)
The Bundesliga’s worst XI of the Hinrunde according to… (Deutsche [...]
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, Diego, FC Bayern Munich, Philipp Lahm, Ralf Rangnick, Weekly Dose, Werder BremenTransfer Fees: From Bayern via Hoffenheim to Cottbus
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In the light of ever more Hoffenheim table topping, coverage and hype, I thought it might be interesting to take a look at how much of their success is Dietmar Hopp’s money and how much of it is Ralf Rangnick’s genius. While at it, I decided to do the same for the remaining 17 Bundesliga [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Facts and Figures, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Miscellaneous, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, Facts and Figures, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Miscellaneous, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenWeekly Dose 23.10.08
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A must read interview with Hoffenheim’s sugar daddy Dietmar Hopp. (Spiegel Online)
The swimsuit edition of the Hoffenheim story. And a small correction: the article quotes Ralf Rangnick as saying Hoffenheim has the same budget as Energie Cottbus. He was comparing Hoffenheim’s wage budget (€23m) with Cottbus’ overall budget (€23m). Cottbus’ wage budget is €13m. (Sports [...]
Photo of the Day: Hoffenheim’s Abramovich
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No, it’s not SAP billionaire and sugar daddy Dietmar Hopp. He hates those comparisons anyway, and will probably sue anyone who still makes them. This is Hoffenheim’s president Jochen A. Rotthaus. He didn’t do any questionable things in post cold war Russia and isn’t rich by billionaire standards, but the similarities are still striking and [...]
Weekly Dose 24.09.08
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The best of the worst Bundesliga “haircuts”. (BILD.de)
Six goals and two assists in five Bundesliga matches = Hoffenheim’s Vedad Ibisevic. (SoccerBlog.com)
Olli Kahn: where has all the testosterone gone? (DW Ballspiel)
Want to know more about how Stefan Effenberg mate poached Thomas Strunz’s wife? Then send your questions to FourFourTwo. (FourFourTwo.com)
Bundesliga Talk’s retelling of the classic: Wizard [...]
Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, Mesut Özil, Michael Rensing, Oliver Kahn, Stefan Effenberg, Vedad Ibisevic, Weekly Dose, Werder BremenWeekly Dose 19.09.08
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The table never lies: Hamburg are on top. (Bundesliga Talk)
That’s why Rod Gilmor looks at the mixed fortunes of Martin Jol’s current and former club. (Telegraph)
Goals Lukas Podolski can actually celebrate become a rare sight. (Ballspiel)
New Axis of Evil: you’re either with Hoffenheim or against Hoffenheim. (ESPN Soccernet)
Scott Murray has second thoughts about Germany’s 1974 [...]
Weekly Dose: Hoffenheim Special Edition
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Newly promoted 1899 Hoffenheim have made quite a few headlines in the first few weeks of the new season. More than enough headlines actually for a Weekly Dose edition entirely dedicated to them.
A BILD reporter sets out on a journey to Hoffenheim and discovers that Dietmar Hopp’s (Hoffenheim’s billionaire sugar daddy) birthplace is now home [...]
Snapshot: One of these Fans is not like the Others
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Whatever that means in case of 1899 Hoffenheim fans - who probably run the gamut from been-there-since-the-8th-division-days to billionaire bitches.
(Photo by Thorsten Wagner/Bongarts/Getty Images)
It was a good Season. It was a bad Season.
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It’s season review time to bridge the gap between now and the Euros or the next Rafael van der Vaart transfer saga.
It was a good season for…
Money. The three biggest spenders this season - based on their transfer deficit - were Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg and second division side Hoffenheim. Bayern’s millions bought them a double, [...]
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: On closer Inspection…
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…you will notice that the league is over and parts of this blog went into collective off-season hibernation. The parts that were still active had the following to say:
Brian resurrected the Werder Bremen Offside, right in time to cover the Diego to … rumours. (Werder Offside)
Speaking of Diego: he won’t spend his summer in Beijing. [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich, International, National Team, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Diego, Diego Ribas da Cunha, FC Bayern Munich, International, Luca Toni, Marko Marin, Miroslav Klose, National Team, Thomas Doll, Torsten Frings, Werder Bremen
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