The Bundesliga varies between having two or three promoted teams each year, with their relegation play-off; this season, only two teams managed to come up. However, these two teams are very familiar faces, and this Sunday they matched up against each other. The home team, 1. FC Köln was promoted...
The German football season traditionally starts with the first round of the DFB-Pokal, before the Bundesliga kicks off the following week. Last week, we witnessed a couple of very interesting DFB-Pokal matches between the Bundesliga teams. Some showed great form before the league kicked off, while others struggled immensely against...
Welcome to another instalment of our budget-friendly series. Last week, we released a list of four budget-friendly strikers who could join middle- or low-level clubs in Europe's top-five leagues. Now, we're moving on to midfielders. The idea is the same: to find affordable midfielders with decent attributes, numbers or qualities...
Since 1. FC Köln sealed their promotion back to the German top flight by winning the 2. Bundesliga title in May, they've been preparing themselves for the challenge of being among the elite again and stocking their squad with new signings. One of those signings was Icelandic midfielder Ísak Bergmann...
FC Köln are what’s called a "Fahrstulmannschaft" in Germany. Fahrstuhlmannschaft, translated into English, means "elevator team", describing a team that constantly alternates between the Bundesliga and the second division, the 2. Bundesliga. With seven relegations, Köln have the third most relegations in Bundesliga history, but their six promotions are also...
FC Köln are what’s called a "Fahrstulmannschaft" in Germany. Fahrstuhlmannschaft, translated into English, means "elevator team", describing a team that constantly alternates between the Bundesliga and the second division, the 2. Bundesliga. With seven relegations, Köln have the third most relegations in Bundesliga history, but their six promotions are also...
FC Koln have become one of the stronger teams in the Bundesliga following the appointment of Steffen Baumgart in 2021. In his first season in charge of Koln, he helped them climb up to a seventh-place finish in the league, earning them a Europa Conference League spot. Halfway into the...
Coming into the 2021/22 Bundesliga season, both sets of fans for Hoffenheim and FC Koln were hoping for better a showing as both teams flattered to deceive. Last season, Hoffenheim finished 12th, which is far from their desired destination of European football, while Koln finished in 16th and remained in...
Steffen Baumgart will be a familiar name to any followers of the German Bundesliga due to his stellar work with SC Paderborn. Baumgart brought Paderborn up into the top flight of German football playing a high-tempo, attractive brand of football, with an emphasis on intriguing pressing structures, following back-to-back promotions...
