2023/24 German Leagues - On beIN Sports (DFB-Pokal on Optus)

[chef]

Tuchel gets it done. What a last day.

 

[ioppolo]

This reminds me of a FIFA career mode save I had from about five years ago. I was controlling a struggling team at the time (Koln I think funnily enough) but the title race was between Schalke and Bayern.

Schalke drew their last two games against average opposition (final day at home) and Bayern won their last two (including the final day against me after I went up 2-0 and FIFA god mode then kicked in and they won 3-2) to win the title by one point. At the time I didn't think I'd see something as unfortunate in real life happening. I guess it just has.

 

[FreoRicci]

Did Moukoko take the pen? The fans will be brutal on him.

Still cant believe that. What a fun final day

 

[gaskin]

Did Moukoko take the pen? The fans will be brutal on him.

Still cant believe that. What a fun final day

Haller did. He fought with Can over it as well.

 

[FreoRicci]

Haller did. He fought with Can over it as well.

Ugh. Footballers never learn. Surely last word is from the manager

 

[DEVO]

Karlsruher ended up finishing a credible 7th, a pretty solid second half of the season after a slow start to the season. Hopefully it will be a positive sign that we can compete for promotion next season.

 

[Spirit Level]

Heidenheim with 2 goals in injury time to move straight into the Bundesliga.

Looks like Hamburg are going to have to go through the play-off yet again to try for promotion.

Pretty happy with 5th place for St Pauli given where they were at the winter break. Hope we can hang onto Hürzeler

 

[Spirit Level]

Hamburg fans stormed the ground before realising

 

[Upstart Swan]

Hamburg fans stormed the ground before realising

Nothing like the final day of the season for excitement and drama!
FC Nürnberg won to avoid a relegation playoff so my brother-in-law whose a mad Nürnberg fan will be happy.

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Great story with Heidenheim. Town of just 55,000..coach a local boy who’s been in charge for over 15 years after captaining the team…guiding them from fifth tier.

 

[robbieando]

VfB Stuttgart beat Hamburg 3-0 in the first leg of the play off. Really should've been 5-0 with a missed penalty and a missed one on one to VfB.

 

[NYRB]

Stuttgart v Hamburg 2nd leg had 11 yellow cards. Hamburg came there with attitude but sadly they were outclassed. Goalkeeper of Hamburg had a nightmare.

 

[DEVO]

Karlsruhe's new stadium will be opened this week with a Friendly against Liverpool.

Liverpool to arrive for opening of BBBank Wildpark

Liverpool will headline the arena's inauguration​

The 19-time English champions will come to southern Germany to play a friendly match against the hosts BBBank Wildpark. It will be the first ever meeting between the two teams. Karlsruher SC managing director Michael Becker said: The entire KSC family, the City of Karlsruhe and the entire region are looking forward to the opening of the new BBBank Wildpark. We are very pleased that, together with our partner Onside, we have succeeded in finding a top international club in Liverpool FC for this historic event. With its emotional history and passionate fans, the traditional club Liverpool FC fits perfectly with our current motto - DAS FußballERLEBNIS der Region (The Football Experience of the Region - ed.).

The redevelopment of the BBBank Wildpark cost €123 million. After modernisation, the facility will be able to accommodate 34,000 people. The work was originally scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2022, but the date of the arena's commissioning has been postponed by a year.

A real coop for KSC.

 

[DEVO]

Karlsruher SC opened their new stadium with a 4-2 loss to Liverpool, as expected, but the two KSC goals looked good, their defense didn't, but then it looked like a strong team from Liverpool.



Very nice stadium, I hope KSC has a successful season and we can see Bayern and the like play there next season.

 

[Vince Spadea]

Any word on the TV rights yet for this season? I don't think it's confirmed yet that beIN have them

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

Any word on the TV rights yet for this season? I don't think it's confirmed yet that beIN have them

That’s right not confirmed yet according to beIN

 

[DEVO]

I found this an interesting video regarding German football and the fall of some of Germany's biggest clubs from top flight. It's long at over 30 minutes and Karlsruher isn't mentioned enough but still interesting.



It included one interesting fact that there are more German League champions in the second tier (11) than top tier this season (8).

Former German League Champions in the 2. Bundesliga are:
SC Karlsruher (as Karlsruher Fussball Club Phönix)- 1909
Holstein Kiel - 1912
SpVgg Greuther Furth - 1914, 1926, 1929
FC Numberg - 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1948, 1961, 1967–68
Hamburger SV - 1922–23, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
Hertha Berlin - 1930-31
Fortuna Dusseldorf - 1932-33
FC Schalke 04 - 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
Hannover 96 - 1938, 1954
FC Kaiserslautern - 1951, 1953, 1990–91, 1997–98
Eintract Branschweig 1966-67

 

[Upstart Swan]

I found this an interesting video regarding German football and the fall of some of Germany's biggest clubs from top flight. It's long at over 30 minutes and Karlsruher isn't mentioned enough but still interesting.



It included one interesting fact that there are more German League champions in the second tier (11) than top tier this season (8).

Former German League Champions in the 2. Bundesliga are:
SC Karlsruher (as Karlsruher Fussball Club Phönix)- 1909
Holstein Kiel - 1912
SpVgg Greuther Furth - 1914, 1926, 1929
FC Numberg - 1920, 1921, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1936, 1948, 1961, 1967–68
Hamburger SV - 1922–23, 1927–28, 1959–60, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83
Hertha Berlin - 1930-31
Fortuna Dusseldorf - 1932-33
FC Schalke 04 - 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
Hannover 96 - 1938, 1954
FC Kaiserslautern - 1951, 1953, 1990–91, 1997–98
Eintract Branschweig 1966-67

Plus FC Magdeburg and Hansi Rostok were both East German Premier League champions back in the day.

 

[RossFC]

 

[anotherletdown]

And Leverkusen at home to the mighty VfB Stuttgart in the quarters. 1st vs 3rd on the table. At best only 2 Bundesliga teams in the semis. Crazy stuff

 

[Upstart Swan]

Leverkusen now 7 points clear at the top. Bayern have a game in hand, but frankly we're just too inconsistent under Tuchel and will need a minor miracle from here.

I feel sorry for Harry Kane. No trophies at Tottenham, comes to Bayern and this will probably be Bayern's first trophyless season in who knows how long.

 

[DBAH0]

 

[wadistance]

Cheeky face reveal of me in here at one point. Great night marred by a s**t result

 

[gaskin]

Cheeky face reveal of me in here at one point. Great night marred by a s**t result

Unfortunately the video is not available in Australia.

 

[wadistance]

This should be… and if not, well, you miss out on me with one arm around Fab Hürzeler after the second goal where he was in the stands with us after the red

Unfortunately the video is not available in Australia.