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1899’s youth wins on final weekend
By: Matthias |1899 looks ahead to next season with great hope as they finished the year with a 3-2 victory over Schalke 04. With the victory, Ralf Rangnick’s side extend their unbeaten string to four and finish seventh in the table. While there is naturally some sadness over the falling fortunes in the Rückrunde, overall the long [...]
1899 extends unbeaten streak
By: Matthias |1899 extended its unbeaten streak as it played Bayern München to a 2-2 draw. While the single point has little impact for Ralf Rangnick’s side in the table, it is a moral victory to build upon and additionally ends Bayern’s hopes for winning the Bundesliga title.
A capacity crowd at Rhein-Neckar-Arena witnessed a end-to-end match in [...]
a winning streak for 1899!
By: Matthias |After twelve straight weeks of being without a win in the Rückrunde, 1899 won its second in four days, defeating Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 on Wednesday. Bielefeld, in a relegation fight, were focused on limiting scoring chances and with the exception of a few costly events accomplished their tactical plan.
Bielefeld were clearly the leader of the [...]
A win, a win, a win!!!
By: Matthias |After twelve difficult weeks without a win 1899 earned its second of the Rückrunde, defeating Köln 2-0 at the Rhein-Neckar-Arena. While the victory comes too late for European football, it was an important step after the recent fallout surrounding Ralf Rangnick, management and needed invest
The match started highly defensive as Köln blanketed 1899’s advances and [...]
loss deepens slide
By: Matthias |1899’s collapse in the Rückrunde continued with a 4-0 loss to Wolfsburg. The loss deepens the clubs misfortune since the restart as they have drifted to ninth in the table with only a single win in 2009.
After holding Wolfsburg scoreless in the opening half the walls came crashing down as Edin Džeko opened the scoring [...]
1899 falls short against Berlin
By: Matthias |1899’s troublesome streak in the Rückrunde continued with a 1-0 loss to Hertha BSC. From the start of the day 1899 were the aggressors, with the chief work coming via Sejad Salihović. After close calls before the quarter-hour, Christoph Janker added his name to those who could have given the 1899 the lead but as [...]
1899 draw with KSC
By: Matthias |1899’s incredible start of the year is a distant memory as they extended their win-less streak in the Rückrunde to ten matches with a 1-1 draw against Karlsruhe. After a good start, two minutes before the half-hour Bosnia international Sejad Salihović accepted Selim Teber’s provision and gave 1899 the lead as he struck from just [...]
win-less streak in the Rückrunde continues
By: Matthias |Stanislav Šesták put his name to the score-sheet three times as Bochum defeated 1899 3-0 in a bitter home defeat. The loss extends the win-less streak in the Rückrunde to nine matches with Ralf Rangnick’s club a near mirror opposite of the first half of the year. Besides the Slovak’s three goal out-pouring the match [...]
HSV too strong at home
By: Matthias |1899 Hoffenheim’s hopes for European Football took a further hit as they lost 1-0 to HSV. The loss extends 1899’s win-less streak to eight matches and further emphasizes the start contrast with the Rückrunde compared to the first half of the year. In the first nine weeks of the Hinrude, 1899 amassed twenty-four points while [...]
Alles ist noch möglich
By: Matthias |Finding the silver lining amongst a sky of black clouds 1899 Coach Ralf Rangnick noted that his squad has lost only once in the most recent nine minutes. While true, they have also only managed one win and are now dangling on the edge of a European spot. Now with the World Cup qualification break [...]






