Weekly Dose 22.09.07

• The German national team is the fourth best football team in the world according to this month’s FIFA World Ranking. (FIFA.com)
• The Bundesliga is the fourth best football league in the world according to Yahoo! Sports. (Yahoo! Sports)
• The Bundesliga Offside is the fourth best football blog in the world. (www.ijustmadethatup.com)
• Coaching legend Ernst Happel who lead Hamburg to two Bundesliga and one Champions League title is the third best manager of all times according to Times Online. Other current and former Bundesliga coaches in this list: Hennes Weisweiller (50), Otto Rehagel (42), Udo Lattek (40), Sepp Herberger (38), Helmut Schön (34), Ottmar Hitzfeld (31), Giovanni Trapattoni (28), Franz Beckenbauer (20). Such lists are always up for debate and it shouldn’t surprise that a British publication ranks those who worked in the English Premier League higher than other managers. (Times Online)
• The Bundesliga is getting ever more popular worldwide. (ESPN Soccernet)
• Jose Mourinho plans to learn a new language. He’s yet undecided whether it’ll be Italian or German. (BBC Sport)

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV, National Team

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Ernst Happel, Franz Beckenbauer, Giovanni Trapattoni, Hamburger SV, Helmut Schön, Hennes Weisweiler, International, Jose Mourinho, National Team, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Otto Rehagel, Sepp Herberger

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