In the debut episode of the Bundesliga advertising campaign to promote the new season, the American advertising team shared the first ideas that came to their head to promote the top German soccer league. Unfortunately, they bombed badly with the Need For Feet idea and the Bundesliga rap. But now that the ad experts have […]

If you worked at an American advertising agency charged with the task of coming up with a video campaign to promote the launch of the new Bundesliga season, how would you do it? That’s precisely the premise of a brand-new campaign from the Bundesliga to promote one of the most entertaining leagues in the world. […]

Rafael van der Vaart scored an incredible scissor kick goal today for Hamburger SV against Nurnberg in the Bundesliga. The former Tottenham Hotspur attacking midfielder scored the goal in Hamburg's 5-0 away win. Here's the goal from a couple of different angles:

Fourth division German side Rot-Weiss Essen scored one of the most creative free kicks this season last weekend when they used five decoys to trick the goalkeeper. This is one of those videos you can watch over and over again to see the different movements of the players, and how the designated free kick taker […]

The 2013-14 Bundesliga season has already kicked off, and there are 10 months of intrigue ahead of us. Here are 10 players to watch in the 2013/14 Bundesliga season: 1. Thiago Alcantara Having been signed by Bayern Munich for £21.6million, Thiago Alcantara will have to prove that he belongs among the greats. After his scintillating […]

In November of 2014, Germans will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For decades, the Wall conjured up a number of negative feelings. While some said the Wall was built to keep East Germans from fleeing to West German, it can also be argued that the Wall was built to […]

1. Are Dortmund even better this season? After a sublime performance against HSV on Friday night, the question has to be asked. Dortmund’s quick passing and interchange left HSV bewildered. The return of Kagawa has given fresh verve to Dortmund’s attack. In particular, the sickeningly talented 19 year old Mario Götze seems to love playing […]

Bundesliga sides will fight for the DFB Pokal this week, and none will be taking it too lightly. Usually, in the earlier rounds of this competition, lots of Bundesliga sides are drawn against largely inferior opposition. Despite that, the games are rarely easy and even throw up a few surprise results. While most of the […]

Great drama in Saturday's Bundesliga games, and goals to go with it. Mainz's winning-streak ended at the hands of Hamburg, St. Pauli showed they can score goals, Bayern Munich's second string proved themselves, Werder Bremen picked up the pieces, and Bayer Leverkusen confirmed themselves as a genuine title threat. Let's get to the games! Werder […]

Steve McClaren's new-look Wolfsburg side hosted Freiburg at the Volkswagen Arena this Sunday, while recently promoted Kaiserslautern hosted Hannover. VfL Wolfsburg 2 – 1 SC Freiburg Wolfsburg continued their good form with another win, and this time over Freiburg. Brazilian striker Grafite opened the scoring on 25 minutes, but Freiburg pulled one back through Bundesliga […]

The 2010-11 German Bundesliga begins again Friday with a more than mouth watering fixture to start a season which promises to again be one of the most competitive in Europe. The league itself is set to receive added attention stemming from the success of the German national team and various Bundesliga based players at the 2010 World Cup. […]

I was born into the English leagues. I grew up in Britain so the only leagues I could see on television and see in person when I was a child in the late 70s and early 80s were the British leagues. And one of the factors that attracted me most to those leagues, not that […]

It's hard to believe, but the new Bundesliga season is upon us. For those viewers in the United States and Canada, you can catch a selection of this weekend's opening games as well as most of the major games this season on GolTV. Here's the TV schedule for this opening weekend: Friday, Aug. 7 VfL […]