Weekly Dose: Hoffenheim Special Edition

By: Jan | September 3rd, 2008

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 to a kebab shop, which the Hoffenheim players frequently visit for, I guess, pilgrimage reasons to honor their rich benefactor. (BILD.de)
• Gabriele Marcotti thinks Dietmar Hopp is the desirable type of billionaire, when it comes to bankrolling clubs. (Times Online)
• Soccerlens looks at the fairytale and cynical aspects of the Hoffenheim story. (Soccerlens)
• If you are not into reading, you might want to listen to this story about Hoffenheim from the Marketplace program on NPR (public radio) instead; kudos to our reader Alex for the link! (publicradio.org)
• Ian Peterson gives a quick overview of the Hoffenheim story for the bleacher report. (Bleacher Report)
• Deutsche Welle’s Ballspiel blog get a mention from me for their headline alone: Don’t Hassle the Hoff-enheim. (DW Ballspiel)
• Bloomberg report about Hoffenheim and, somewhat unsurprisingly, their article contains a lot of 100 million euros, 28 million SAP shares, 80 million euro annual budgets and 60 million-euro stadiums. (Bloomberg)
• Hoffenheim also made it all the way across the pond into the LA Times. (Los Angeles Times)
• Raphael Honigstein takes a look at Hoffenheim’s coach Ralf “The Professor” Rangnick and his love for modern football. (Guardian sportblog)

Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, Dietmar Hopp, Ralf Rangnick, Weekly Dose

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• diana |  September 3rd, 2008 at 7:46 am

  
  
  

  ‘Bloomberg report about Hoffenheim and, somewhat unsurprisingly, their article contains a lot of 100 million euros, 28 million SAP shares, 80 million euro annual budgets and 60 million-euro stadiums.’
  Hee. Me being the stat freak in my spare time, I like such info.

  And I thought I had done enough ‘research’ on Hoffenheim. It’s the first time I read the articles from The Bleacher Report and the LA Times. Other than that, I had read everything else that are listed here.

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• Jan |  September 3rd, 2008 at 7:53 am

  
  
  

  I would have been disappointed if you hadn’t already read 80% of the links I post on this blog.

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• diana |  September 3rd, 2008 at 8:13 am

  
  
  

  LOL! Told you already at the Spongebob entry on one of my hobbies – reading. What a teacher’s advice can do.

  Hang on, I haven’t really catch up on your most earliest entries Jan. It has been holding back for a while now.

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• Laurie |  September 5th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  
  
  

  I can think of worse places for a pilgrimage than a kebab shop. I mean, at least his birthplace isn’t a funeral home. That could be bad.

  (I have no idea where these thoughts come from.)

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