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1899 Hoffenheim starts off right!
By: Matthias |Bundesliga leaders 1899 Hoffenheim started off the season right with a 2-0 victory over a very motivated Energie Cottbus. In a surprise move, Ralf Rangnick started Boubacar Sanogo at striker and even though he had problems connecting early, the coach and general manager Jan Schindelmeiser are pleased. Most concerning, beyond problems to fighting off der [...]
1899 Hoffenheim heads to championship
By: Matthias |A sold-out Rhein-Neckar-Arena will greet 1899 Hoffenheim as they head forward in the second half of the season with hopes of winning the championship. The season restarts against Energie Cottbus, who sits in the the drop zone.
Ralf Rangnick will hand the goalkeeping responsibilities to Timo Hildebrand, who has shown he is healthy and ready [...]
Boubacar Sanogo welcomed in our new home
By: Matthias |The Bundesliga returns this Saturday as 1899 Hoffenheim continues its championship hopes against Energie Cottbus. Following Vedad Ibišević’s year ending injury general manager Jan Schindelmeiser and Ralf Rangnick have been looking for a replacement. With many rumoured moves all falling short, Boubacar Sanogo has been brought in on-loan from Werder with an option to purchase. [...]
Chinedu Obasi added to injury list
By: Matthias |The challenge ahead for Ralf Rangnick to win the Bundesliga took a difficult turn with the loss of Vedad Ibišević. The Bosnia and Herzegovina international filled the opposition nets with goals for the first half of the year but now is lost for the rest of the year and I believe considerably longer. With the [...]
update on Vedad Ibišević’s injury
By: Matthias |The diagnosis was the most bitter one as striker Vedad Ibišević will face an extended period in rehabilitation. Following examination by team physician Dr. Pieter Beks and a MRI, results confirmed the worst fears he is condemned to watching for many months. The speculation on his recovery period varies from report to report as the [...]
Vedad Ibišević injured in practice
By: Matthias |After leading the Bundesliga for the first half of the season with eighteen goals, Vedad Ibišević’s year might be over as he suffered what appears to be a serious injury in a friendly today against Hamburg.
In a statement issued on the club web-site, there is concern he ruptured a ligament:
“A first examination has raised [...]
Vedad Ibišević named Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Player of the Year
By: Matthias |With eighteen goals this year, Vedad Ibišević has been named Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Player of the Year. Upon receiving the reward he said:
“Being the top scorer in Bundesliga after the first half of the season is a huge honour but also a commitment for the future. I didn’t expect it, but now I am on [...]
Jochen Seitz moves to Alemannia Aachen
By: Matthias |Hoffenheim have been quiet since returning from training as Ralf Rangnick is reluctant to upset the lineup that has them at the top of the Bundesliga.
However lacking any playing time in the first half of the season veteran Jochen Seitz has decided to move to Alemannia Aachen of the second division of the Bundesliga. [...]
great expectations!
By: Matthias |Training resumed for Bundesliga leaders 1899 Hoffenheim at Dietmar-Hopp-Stadioin with 1,200 energetic spectators urging their club on. With a week before his side mixes up in top class friendlies against VfL Bochum, Hamburger SV und FC Zürich, Ralf Rangnick is very pleased, noting in particular his clubs “fantastic enthusiasm.”
Specifically mentioning that there is much learning [...]






