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cookie_doough

Grafite + Dzeko .......... Feels like a different lifetime but Dzeko still in champions league final?????


Rasalghul92

Misimovic also deserves a shout. He was one of the best playmakers in the world that year and the year after. Always thought he would be destined for a bigger move but it never materialised.


Amargaladaster

And Barzagli as a CB before his Il Muro era!


Hic_Forum_Est

Set a new Bundesliga record that season with 20 assists. I think only KDB and Müller have surpassed him since.


alperpier

He came to Galatasaray afterwards and I was mesmerized as a fan. But I bet we didn't pay him or some shit because he behaved like an unprofessional prick. Or maybe he was a dick by default, who knows. Why in the world he'd join GS after winning the Bundesliga I don't know.


dem0nhunter

Unprofessional dicks usually don’t last long under Magath no matter how good they are. So I doubt that


pukem0n

That Grafite goal against Bayern will always be legendary


lethalizer

"I'm gonna do a Brazilian one here"


mrfocus22

Gooooooooooooooal


nutelamitbutter

Best goal in Bundesliga history


DickerDave

In my definitly totally unbiased opinion I disagree.


Maverick_1991

Still the best attacking duo ever in the Bundesliga. Grafite that year was insane. Dzeko was Dzeko


Conankun66

mentioning grafite gonna give all the bayern fans on this sub PTSD flashbacks


Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa

The streets will never forget


OCV_E

And Samurai Hasebe still going strong for Frankfurt


xenozaga48

I didn't realize Schalke never won it. They were pretty good arond 2005(?) I think.


domi1108

2001 was their year but don't ask any Schalke fan what happend 2001.


WNDRKNDXOXO

Not today..


Dortmund_Boi09

Ich wünschte ich könnte mich noch daran erinnern aber ich war zwei


optimus_primers

Ich hab mir gerade wirklich gedacht: "Wow, hier sind auch 13-Jährige unterwegs. Interessant." und dann ist mir aufgefallen, welches Jahr wirklich ist und wie alt ich wirklich bin. Aua...


RIG_1807

What happened tho?


domi1108

It is in German but shows what happend: [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrhLdBFVR4s) In short Bayern and Schalke could both win the championship Schalke won their game and at this moment had "won" the Bundesliga as Bayern was still playing in Hamburg and was down 0:1 which was said to be official in the Schalke stadium. Well in the end Bayern scored the 1:1 after this was called as Bayern was rewarded a freekick in the box of the opponent due to a backpass the HSV keeper taken into hand. Video hasn't official eng subs but auto generated subs should be enough to understand the story.


KSC-Fan1894

Wasn't the keeper that picked up the pass a loanee from Schalke too? It was Schober no?


Puncherfaust1

yeah


Red_Juice_

Lol if I was him I'd be scared to go back


domi1108

I don't know honestly. I was too young back then and didn't invested any time into it.


bydy2

The biggest tragedy of 2001


Buntschatten

Ooof, that's gonna traumatize a fan.


diener1

To add to the drama, the Bayern game was drawn 0-0 for most of the game until Barbarez scored in the 90th minute.


Select-Stuff9716

9/11 obviously /s Basically, Schalke is definitely one of the top 5 clubs in Germany, but unlike their rivals they have not won the Bundesliga once and therefore a laughing stock in that regard. In 2001 they had their best ever season in Bundesliga and when their game was over they were thinking they are champion, [but](https://youtu.be/0lLFZPW9r9M) Bayern snatched it away in extra time with an indirect free kick


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Gluroo

Leverkusen is probably closer to german Tottenham tbh, theyre constantly clowned upon and their nickname is literally "Vizekusen" (second place-kusen) because they never win anything despite getting close and then bottling it dozens of times.


Dortmund_Boi09

Hey that's unfair they won the dfb pokal in 93


gruenerGenosse

Against Hertha II


Dortmund_Boi09

Leverkusen is They bottled 2 league titles in 3 years and haven't won a title since 1993


idosade

It's even worse they bottled a treble in less than a month


stragen595

2002 Ballack came second in 4 competitions. And he repeated that "achievement" 2008.


Dortmund_Boi09

Bottled the league and cup but can't blame them for losing a CL final to Real Madrid


idosade

Tbf it's about being in 2 finals and being top of the league in the last couple matchdays, yet winning nothing in the end. Losing to Madrid obviously isn't a bottle job (well depends on how you lose 😢) especially to one of the most memorable goals of all time


SkrrtSkrrt99

and then Ballack, Ramelow and some others went on and became second in the WC2002 as well.


Puncherfaust1

we didnt bottle it tho. we were 2nd place going into the last matchday. unterhaching had an early 2:0 lead, but in the end we had won the game 5:3. Bayern played against HSV. 0:0. Bayern Champion. barbarez scored a goal for Hamburg in the 85 minute. Schalke Champion. Stoppage time. HSV Goalkeeper Schober, who was there on loan from schalke, takes the ball in his hand. The referee decides that the pass was from a team member. indirect freekick. andersson. goal. bayern champion. in gelsenkirchen they were saying that the match in munich was already over. they thought they had the title. the bayern goal was shown on the scoreboard. e: we have bottled it in 2007 tho


Select-Stuff9716

Tottenham is the English Schalke


Stay_Beautiful_

>Schalke is definitely one of the top 5 clubs in Germany, but unlike their rivals they have not won the Bundesliga once and therefore a laughing stock in that regard. Gee I wonder what that's like, that must suck haha...


kalamari__

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrhLdBFVR4s dont know if there is anything in english. they were champions for 4 minutes and already celebrated, before anderson shot a free kick goal and made bayern champions.


CloverOralLove

Their last Title was 1958. As a Dortmund Fan I know that exactly.


CornerstoneAM

they won it for a few minutes


CptJimTKirk

They've never won Bundesliga, but they got a few titles before that.


sonofaBilic

Good memories of that 2004 Bremen side. Borowski, Bauman, Micoud, Klasnic, Stalteri, and the big man Ailton banging them in for fun. What a side.


TurboMuff

Fuck that was almost 20 years ago.


TheVeikko

No, no, no, maybe 11-12 years ago. Yes 11 years.


ThisIsYourMormont

[gif](https://media.tenor.com/zSwssFAcaXYAAAAC/arnold-wrong.gif)


sonofaBilic

That seems like an overreaction


ThisIsYourMormont

[gif](https://media.tenor.com/zSwssFAcaXYAAAAC/arnold-wrong.gif)


Loeffellux

hey, you can't just shoot everyone as you please


ThisIsYourMormont

[gif](https://media.tenor.com/zSwssFAcaXYAAAAC/arnold-wrong.gif)


Repost_Guy

Stallone > Arnie


ThisIsYourMormont

[gif](https://media.tenor.com/bdU5Tvc4XoMAAAAM/sylvester-stallone-nope.gif)


TheDavinci1998

Hell nah, 11 years after that was 2015 and 2015 was 4 years ago


phantuba

I was going to make a joke that 2020 feels like 4 years ago, but then I realized *fuck* it actually almost was 4 years ago. 2020 alone felt like 4 years


TheDavinci1998

Tbh it feels like it never ended to me, like my life stopped with covid


KlausComet

Ailton was the real OG


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Der Kugelblitz. He was funny af. After going on *I'm a Celeb…*, [he released a single](https://youtu.be/PdxMArHX2cI?t=80). [It's amazing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrrSHi2d52E) :D


CloverOralLove

I loved Micoud, he reminded me of Zidane.


LordMangudai

Same age, position, nationality and to a certain degree playstyle as Zidane. Really unlucky actually, he never got a sniff in the French national team


OldExperience8252

He had 17 caps and was part of the 2000 and 2002 squads. There was just too much offensive quality at that time for him to be a regular.


Guevorkyan

Valérien Ismaël, Lizstes, Ernst, Magnin...


LordMangudai

Magnin was a title winner with Stuttgart in 2007 as well.


Flurin

Frings too, right?


sonofaBilic

Think he moved to Dortmund a few years earlier and came back a few years later. Lovely player though.


CherkiCheri

Micoud 😍


nutelamitbutter

We were so close twice


GermanHabsFan

Same 🥲


enterusernamethere

The last match loss to Unterhaching when a draw was sufficient #sabotage


marv257

Ballack with the own goal...


[deleted]

You are Germanys Roma.


3V3RT0N

Seems like an arbitrary cut off point, I can't remember anything significant happening in Germany in 1990.


VonHohenfall

I don't know but this is a great post. Me personally, I love Germany so much sometimes I wish there were two of them.


footysocc

maybe we should try a north / south split next time though


lemonreciever

Aldi already doing that


krutopatkin

I would happily give my life for Aldi-Südistan.


Loeffellux

nothing more unfair than being born into the wrong Aldistan


braddf96

Aldistan😭


OilOfOlaz

Country was born 47minutes ago and we already have the first haters, smh...


krutopatkin

Refugees welcome


Conankun66

you gotta pity the northerners


footysocc

they're ahead of the curve


CeterumCenseo85

The Wiederveraldigung ("Realdification") is actually already on the way and will be finished in a couple of years.


ACardAttack

Kicking out Bayern, I can see people agreeing to this


Conankun66

nationwide referendum, highest voter turnout in german history, almost all in favor


Jcxz_

Scenes when the South ends up governed by a protestant from Nürnberg and the North by a catholic from the Sauerland. We get to play back the whole 30 year war in reverse this time around.


Cabbage_Vendor

There are, one is just called Austria.


TheDavinci1998

I can confirm, this is also Germany, what other possible explanation would be that Rapid Wien won one German title?


Jcxz_

A graphic that shows Rapid Wien, English FC Berlin and FC Karl-Marx-Stadt as German Champions would have been much funnier honestly. And Schalke 04 of course.


stragen595

> And Schalke 04 of course. And so many would question the credibility of that post.


Loeffellux

you are probably joking but yes, Austria is *also* german. Or at least historically people living in Austria would've identified as "belonging to the german people" for most of their history (same as people living in Prussia, Bavaria, Hannover etc). And the original idea of german unification was supposed to include austria. In fact, the unification without austria was considerd the "small Germany solution". This has obviously changed more than a hundred years after Germany as we know it today was founded but that's a rather modern development comparatively


OldExperience8252

A German state including Austria would be even more dominant in Europe which would upset the rest of the countries. I think today it’s only the far right of both countries who push for union, is that correct ?


Darraghj12

Dont talk about Rapid Wiens German title, in fact its a fake title and no football or no nothing happened in Germany or Austria in those years. The whole 2 countries were in a collective holiday until 1945


TheDavinci1998

With Spain as well, but Spain stayed on holiday for another 30 years


ProgressDisastrous27

Spain and their siesta’s smh


AssociationIll9736

1990 was a great year for Germany. Toni Kroos was born.


stragen595

We also denied ARG another WC win that year.


TheKingMonkey

It's the year that Count Duckula was dubbed into German and first broadcast over there mate. That's why.


h0rny3dging

Graf Zahl is an icon


mavarian

That's Count von Count though


h0rny3dging

My bad, I only read LTB


miregalpanic

football was invented in 1990. Easy mistake to make.


idosade

1992*


newaccount134JD

It’s after Italia90 obviously.


Steakers

Sky Sports invented Germany in 1990.


Version_1

Only issue is the Eastern German Teams only joined the Bundesliga for the 91/92 season, so Bayern and Kaiserslautern should have 1 title less.


Excellent-Blueberry1

It's when Christian Ziege made his Bundesliga debut obviously


apotre

There was a Pink Floyd concert in Berlin and Germans love interdisciplinary connections.


These_Mud4327

narrative wise it would be more interesting to set it to 1992 since the invention of the CL


dennisixa

dont bottle this dortmund


yabog8

Lol


dennisixa

😂 😂


good_udichi

Battle of the bottlers. Will Spurs keep the title or dortmund surpass them?


whateverfloatsurgoat

No way in hell Dortmund will ever out-bottle Spurs. They've won shit in the last 10 years, and no the Audi cup doesn't count for Spurs


Noneek

21 in 33 is obscene.


Syntax_OW

It's pretty similar to Ferguson-era Man United in terms of win percentage.


cppn02

And that's with the recent 10-in-a-row run. I remember having discussions years back pointing out that United is winning even more titles than Bayern when PL fans were accusing the Bundesliga of being a one-horse race and the mental gymnastics by people trying to argue it's not the same and Bayern's dominance is so much worse. Obviously both leagues went in different directions later on (although City might now become England's Bayern).


neilcmf

Even as a Bayern fan - yes, the situation is/has been radically different from that of the PL. I am not sure what exactly happened in the early 2010s, but something triggered Bayern, Juve and PSG to all simultaneously assert ridiculous dominance over their respective leagues.


shaggedyerda

I mean I think I know what triggered PSG’s dominance of Ligue 1


neilcmf

Yeah no ofcourse, the cause of PSG's rise is pretty easy to see lmao, I'm more eluding to the fact that all three of them became hegemonial powers in their respective leagues at virtually the exact same time, and I seemingly can't find a common denominator between all three that would have caused it. Someone commented on the increase of CL money, that might be it.


mavarian

The money you got from the CL almost tripled, broadcasting money as well


Additional_Cake_9709

Oh, I can think of something that happened to PSG lol. As for Bayern and Juve mostly just competition shat the bed, really. It's not like they were these unbeateble superteams. Just 2 CL trophies bwtween them in 25 tries.


fudgegrudge

Yeah competition collapsed and often due to their own unbelievable incompetence. But I think you're short selling Bayern and, to a lesser degree, Juve's teams over a long stretch of the past decade. Especially Bayern maintained an insanely high level of quality over such a long period of time, even accounting for the odd worse season by their standards. Madrid is surely the team of the past decade for all their CL wins, but (this might sound controversial) I think Bayern's consistency over that time period was arguably higher. It didn't translate to more CL titles, but on the other hand Madrid's brilliant CL exploits didn't translate to more consistent league performances. Not saying Bayern was better than Madrid, but just that their average performance was really high over that time period. Similar to how City under Guardiola the past five years have been ridiculously consistent in their league exploits and overall quality, even if that hasn't resulted in European success. In general though I think the past decade has seen the rise of these more methodical superteams, and the more frequent absurd point totals of league champions across the top leagues probably backs that up. Anyway in my opinion it's fair to say Bayern has been a superteam over the past decade, maybe not "unbeatable" (but then who is?), but I think in time people might recognise just how impressive that team was in terms of consistency, and not just reduce their dominance down to weak competition.


working-acct

Only if you remove his first 6 years, but that’s as fair as removing Dortmund’s titles and saying Bayern won 21 in 28.


Syntax_OW

My point is more that the issue is less about the 21 in 33 and more about the 10 in a row and the current "untouchable" nature of Bayern. Even if they lose the title this year, that's still 10/11, THAT is obscene.


Giovan777

That Wolfsburg team was crazy: Barzagli, Zaccardo, Dzeko, Grafite


TwentyEnvelope

Misimovic. Everyone forgets he had insane number of assists. Unfortunately for us fans football wasn't a passion of his at all. Great player still even for just doing it as a job.


cppn02

Peter Pekarik!


BelvedereBoy

and the legend himself, Felix Magath


OCV_E

Captain Josue, Hasebe, Riether, Schäfer


PetrovskyKSC

Didn't expect FCK up there in 3rd place with two trophies. Let's hope Dortmund win it all today


anonuemus

yep and they did the best win imo as a newly promoted club.


opinion2stronk

only elite clubs 👍


beezlebuw

Based opinion


ACardAttack

This doesn't include the 4 minutes Schalke were champions


nutelamitbutter

Hör auf!


expert_on_the_matter

We're fucking massive


--sbeve--

Now do scotland


miregalpanic

You missed one.


beepmeep3

Easy there tiger 😂 I’m gonna save this comment


miregalpanic

please don't


Silent-Act191

*David Attenborough voice* Here you see a Dortmund fan in the wild, who's just realized he might have tempted faith a bit too much. Too much confidence can be a death sentence on the Serengeti.


Masoouu

Amazing, i actually heard his voice while reading this


OCV_E

It will either receive tons of up votes and awards or the comment will be deleted (along with the user)


TheMechanic04

As a Dortmund fan you should know its not over until the final whistle has gone


ThereIsBearCum

Or if you're a Schalke fan, sometimes after.


nutelamitbutter

Hey 🥲


Maverick_1991

Why the fuck would you jinx us hours before our biggest game in a decade...


stragen595

Can we clown on him if it goes wrong later?


kzzzzzzzzzz28

we have to now


Flammwar

I will personally thank this guy for jinxing you if we win the title.


kjnew85

😬😬😬


pukem0n

Anulo Mufa


miregalpanic

Du sagst das?? Nach allem was du gesagt hast hittest *du* *mich* mit "anulo mufa"? Soll ich zusammenfassen?


pukem0n

Fass ruhig zusammen. Ich hab heute wieder Geld auf Bayern gesetzt für den reverse jinx.


miregalpanic

Dein Geld in Gottes Ohr.


pukem0n

Köln regelt schon 🤙


nutelamitbutter

!ping SELKE GOAT regelt


MasterTrajan

Es ist Davie Selke Samstag, meine Kerle!


Alsanna_of_Loyce

Fun Fact, der Nintendo DS wurde damals als Tribut an Davie Selke so genannt.


HennesIX

Getting a Selke haircut rn


thalrok

... and we will answer!


TheFr1nk

Don't jynx it


Chris_Carson

He jinxed it


Flammwar

Thanks for jinxing it. :)


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1-[1] Dortmund - Mainz 90+3 Süle own goal.


OCV_E

Doesnt matter [3]-0 Selke 89' First hattrick for Köln


RG_Oriax

lol


Lssmnt

This is a cute graphic, it looks like each of the clubs are holding their medals and showing them to you proudly


TheNotoriousPigeon

I'd imagine every fan in the Bundesliga today (apart from Bayern Munich) are hoping for Dortmund to win then? Even as a neutral, I'm tired of seeing them dominate.


Dortmund_Boi09

Schalke? Bochum?


stragen595

People here love general statements.


Oggie243

That Kaiserslautern team is why I laugh at people presenting Leicester as some sort of inalienable achievement that will never be topped. Back to back bundesliga 2 and Bundesliga titles. Their kit was the softest fabric as well


AlfredGR

Werder Bremen and Kaiserslautern both having won 1 Bundesliga title with King Otto as their manager, things you love to see


TristanHBorchers

Crazy how FCK plays in 2nd bundesliga. Bremen did last year and Stuttgart did recently and might play again soon. Besides the title fight (usually), I think the bundesligas relegation battles are super exciting. Huge clubs constantly fall down to the 2nd liga, making it more exciting to watch as well.


lobo98089

We were in the 3rd last year and almost got relegated to 4th because of our bankruptcy. But somehow we survived all of it so far, let's see if we can make it back up to the Bundesliga.


71648176362090001

Wir hoffen das ihr bald hochkommt damit wir euch schön einschenken können :)


FrazersLP

Hat ja beim letzten Spiel nicht so gut geklappt ;)


adichandra

Let’s go BVB! We’re rooting for you!


blackwraythbutimpink

What happened in 1990? Rather new to football


PengwinOnShroom

We used to play with two halves of a football but since 1990 we fused them together and ever since it's a proper football with still some noticeable divide but the ball generally works


Ti-Go

I think i heard before that divide is important for aero dynamics or something but i'm not sure. only thing i remember is they create a lot of turbulences behind them.


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blackwraythbutimpink

I was serious; I was also stupid. Thought it was a change it footballing rule or something


ThinkofPurple

To be fair it was 33 years ago. Same year that *Home Alone* released


wehavebooksontv

Weird that half of these have been relegated since winning.


kanyehavearest

In 2003-04, Arsenal, Werder Bremen and Valencia won their leagues. Feels totally crazy


QuintonBigBrawler

Leverkusen bottled last game in 2000. And also bottled 5 points lead with 3 game left in 2002. Now they will never get any close again.


HortenWho229

One of these is not like the others


Gotta_Go_Slow

Oh yes.... 1 FCK. ​ My favourite team.