Man. We may have had a small overlap in Bamberg. I worked there from early '94 to late '97. But I was gone for the second half of '96 and more than half of '97 on military duty.
Eintracht Frankfurt followed SpVgg Greuther Fürth to the 1. BL tonight. Congrats! Aachen - Frankfurt (Mo.) 0:3 (0:1) St. Pauli - Rostock (So.) 3:0 (1:0) Düsseldorf - 1. FC Union 2:1 (2:1) Karlsruhe - Paderborn 2:0 (1:0) Aue - Dresden (Sa.) 1:1 (1:1) 1860 München - Ingolstadt 4:1 (1:1) Cottbus - Bochum (Fr.) 1:1 (1:0) FSV Frankfurt - Fürth 1:1 (1:0) Braunschweig - Duisburg 0:0 (0:0) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 32 20 8 4 76:30 46 68 2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 32 20 8 4 70:24 46 68 -------------------------------------------------------- 3 Fortuna Düsseldorf 32 16 12 4 61:32 29 60 -------------------------------------------------------- 4 FC St. Pauli (A) 32 17 8 7 54:33 21 59 5 SC Paderborn 07 32 16 10 6 50:37 13 58 6 1860 München 32 16 6 10 59:44 15 54 7 1. FC Union Berlin 32 13 6 13 49:52 -3 45 8 Eintracht Braunschweig (N) 32 9 15 8 34:32 2 42 9 Dynamo Dresden (N) 32 11 8 13 48:51 -3 41 10 MSV Duisburg 32 9 8 15 38:44 -6 35 11 FC Ingolstadt 04 32 7 13 12 41:55 -14 34 12 FSV Frankfurt 32 7 13 12 42:57 -15 34 13 VfL Bochum 32 9 7 16 38:53 -15 34 14 Energie Cottbus 32 7 11 14 28:47 -19 32 15 Erzgebirge Aue 32 7 11 14 28:52 -24 32 ------------------------------------------------------- 16 Karlsruher SC 32 8 6 18 33:59 -26 30 ------------------------------------------------------- 17 Hansa Rostock (N) 32 5 11 16 28:56 -28 26 18 Alemannia Aachen 32 4 13 15 27:46 -19 25
Well I clearly see the ironi and yes that will be a fun game, however I would rather see another team go down and both in the BuLi 1.
Before the season, did anyone see Alemannia Aachen at the bottom of the table at this point in the season? I didn't. Maybe they should have kept the old stadium...........
They definitely should have - right now it's sort of in question if the club will even still exist in a few years time. They are now pretty much 1860 without Arab money. The costs for the thing are mind blowing - 6 million per year (!) for a 2nd Bundesliga club? They certainly planned with going up soon, and thought this would pay for itself then. Good planning there guys.
Unfortunately I do think it is going to be a Rhein-Derby in the play-off, though in a perfect world I'd have had Fortuna take on HSV with Köln staying up. Yep, poor Aachen. A case of biting off far more than they were able to chew.
I cannot throw stones at Aachen for doing this. I'm a BVB fan. We got where we were five years ago by planning as if the CL money would never stop coming in. That's not to defend Aachen. They were really stupid. I just hope they aren't gone for good.
Wow, I just made the connection that I saw Fürth play twice in their inaugural 2. Bundesliga season. First against the Stuttgarter Kickers in September. http://fussballdaten.de/zweiteliga/1998/7/fuerth-stkickers/ and then against Freiburg in April. http://fussballdaten.de/zweiteliga/1998/27/fuerth-freiburg/ Looking at the boxscores, it is cool to see names like Max Eberl, Tomislav Maric and Markus Beierle in the first game or Torben Hoffmann and a couple of -villis in the second. from the Kickers game. game winner for the Kickers Freiburg fans
AWESOME!!! I'd just returned to the area from a year and a half military call-up. Wound up moving to Vilseck from Erlangen during that season. Saw most of my football in Munich and Dortmund that season.
Oh yes. I can already see many satisfied policemen faces. ) In order to enjoy this derby, both rivals have to win their last season game, though. Btw: Look at crazy Mike (wearing a Fortuna scarf, btw.)! Not even Kloppo can top him. ) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iioMwNZKiA8&feature=related"]SpVgg Fürth - Aufstiegsfeierlichkeiten 2012 - Der Trainerstab - YouTube[/ame] Btw: There's rumours about him moving to Köln (hard to imagine when knowing that he's a real Düsseldorfer) or Leverkusen.
Really? Talk to me when he's in "Bild" nationally half as much as Kloppo is! I'm just happy Scheisse doesn't see the error of their ways and go to get him. I think he's actually the only "right" coach for them and they're too stupid to go get him.
Does not look well for Rostock. According to an accountant report the club has to sell its stadium to prevent running bankrupt. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...lebenskampf_hansa-muss-stadion-verkaufen.html
So the decisions are made: Fürth and Frankfurt are directly promoted, Düsseldorf reaches the play-off match vs. Berlin. The winner over 2 legs will qualify for the BL as well. Aachen ( ) and Rostock ( ) are directly relegated. Karlsruhe plays vs. Regensburg (3rd in 3. Liga) in the play-downs.
FINAL MATCHDAY 6/05 1860 Munich 1-2 Aachen 6/05 Karlsruhe 1-0 Frankfurt 6/05 Eintracht 3-1 Ingolstadt 6/05 Rostock 2-2 SpVgg Fürth 6/05 F Düsseldorf 2-2 MSV Duisburg 6/05 St Pauli 5-0 Paderborn 07 6/05 Cottbus 2-1 Union Berlin 6/05 Erzgebirge 2-1 VfL Bochum 6/05 FSV Frankf. 1-1 D Dresden FINAL TABLE CLUB P W D L GD PTS SpVgg Fürth 34 20 10 4 46 70 Frankfurt 34 20 8 6 43 68 ------------------------------------------ F Düsseldorf 34 16 14 4 29 62 ------------------------------------------ St Pauli 34 18 8 8 25 62 Paderborn 07 34 17 10 7 9 61 1860 Munich 34 17 6 11 16 57 Union Berlin 34 14 6 14 -3 48 Eintracht 34 10 15 9 2 45 D Dresden 34 12 9 13 -2 45 MSV Duisburg 34 10 9 15 -5 39 VfL Bochum 34 10 7 17 -14 37 Ingolstadt 34 8 13 13 -15 37 FSV Frankf. 34 7 14 13 -16 35 Cottbus 34 8 11 15 -19 35 Erzgebirge 34 8 11 15 -24 35 ---------------------------------------- Karlsruhe 34 9 6 19 -26 33 ---------------------------------------- Aachen 34 6 13 15 -17 31 Rostock 34 5 12 17 -29 27 Relegationsspiele Hertha BSC vs Fortuna Düsseldorf KSC vs Jahn Regensburg
Well 2nd BuLi might have lost Rostock and Aachen, but Köln, Kaiserslautern and Maybe Hertha isn't nad exchanges. Lets just hope Karlsruhe will make it, not that I hate Regensburg which I prefer compared to Sandhausen and Aalen but lets not get 3 really small teams up this season.
Haha, I've just "discovered" a nice statement. Well, you really don't need to believe it ... as they finished on top.
Sorry, I have to pull for Hertha on this one. Fortuna was just a bunch of divers this season. If they pull that crap in today's game it won't work.
Hertha BSC - Fortuna Düsseldorf 1:2 (1:0) http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/...cht_hertha-bsc-29_fortuna-duesseldorf-13.html Fortuna Düsseldorf is very close to being promoted to the 1 BL exactly 15 years after their last relegation.