Bundesliga 2023/24

[Shanner]

2 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

16 minutes ago, Shanner said:

Was at leverkusen v stutgart last season and quite liked it plus very easy to get tickets. 
Arriving and departing from eindhoven but getting the flixbus into dusseldorf on the Saturday morning. Still deciding on a Dutch game on the Friday and Sunday.  Maybe den bosch on Friday and feynoord on Sunday but playing it by ear. 

Sounds good. Have contemplated switching our usual Düsseldorf trip to Eindhoven but was always a bit wary of how easy it was to get tickets for Dutch games as a non Dutch resident. Any ideas?

Psv seems to be a pain in the arse unless you want to pay about 90 euros for a daft tourist package. 

Was at feynoord end of last season for a dead rubber against sparta rotterdam and it was a doddle getting print at home tickets. Might be more tricky for a higher demand game but certainly not a problem for a non resident unless they sense a chance to over charge. 

Will drop you a pm if we go to a Dutch game and let you know what the score is for tickets. Going in late September. 

[Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach]

Psv seems to be a pain in the arse unless you want to pay about 90 euros for a daft tourist package. 
Was at feynoord end of last season for a dead rubber against sparta rotterdam and it was a doddle getting print at home tickets. Might be more tricky for a higher demand game but certainly not a problem for a non resident unless they sense a chance to over charge. 
Will drop you a pm if we go to a Dutch game and let you know what the score is for tickets. Going in late September. 

Thanks. I'd seen the Eindhoven 'packages'. A rip off and it seemed like you had to include a message pleading why you deserved them. Can you just buy online for most clubs that don't sell out. I thought you had to buy a fan card which limited you to one team?

[Shanner]

17 minutes ago, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

26 minutes ago, Shanner said:

Psv seems to be a pain in the arse unless you want to pay about 90 euros for a daft tourist package. 
Was at feynoord end of last season for a dead rubber against sparta rotterdam and it was a doddle getting print at home tickets. Might be more tricky for a higher demand game but certainly not a problem for a non resident unless they sense a chance to over charge. 
Will drop you a pm if we go to a Dutch game and let you know what the score is for tickets. Going in late September. 

Thanks. I'd seen the Eindhoven 'packages'. A rip off and it seemed like you had to include a message pleading why you deserved them. Can you just buy online for most clubs that don't sell out. I thought you had to buy a fan card which limited you to one team?

Not sure about the broader league but Feynoord was a simple online transaction with no hint of the fan card pish, and of course they're known for being somewhat fighty so I think that's just a stunt from psv rather than any sort of legal thing tbh. I've looked at a few Dutch club ticket sites and psv are the only one that wants you to do all that pish so far. There may be others trying to coin it from tourists but the fact they want to sell you thirty EU of merchandise vouchers stinks to the high heavens and tells you what really lies behind it!

[highlandcowden]

29 minutes ago, Shanner said:

Not sure about the broader league but Feynoord was a simple online transaction with no hint of the fan card pish, and of course they're known for being somewhat fighty so I think that's just a stunt from psv rather than any sort of legal thing tbh. I've looked at a few Dutch club ticket sites and psv are the only one that wants you to do all that pish so far. There may be others trying to coin it from tourists but the fact they want to sell you thirty EU of merchandise vouchers stinks to the high heavens and tells you what really lies behind it!

people need to vote with their feet over pish like that

[Shanner]

14 minutes ago, highlandcowden said:

people need to vote with their feet over pish like that

I tried to apply for the fan card but they blanked it. Overall it might be the most cynical ticketing strategy out there. I agree fully, f**k them! 

[highlandcowden]

1. 22 hours ago, Shanner said:

   I tried to apply for the fan card but they blanked it. Overall it might be the most cynical ticketing strategy out there. I agree fully, f**k them! 

   cynical but silly I think-theryre not exactly much of a draw tbh, quite a few dutch teams id be interested in seeing before them

[Todd_is_God]

What a screamer from Felix Kroos to keep all 3 points in Köpenick

[German Jag]

On 4.8.2018 at 12:01, Am Featha *****h Nan Clach said:

On 4.8.2018 at 11:06, German Jag said:

A journey like the one you've mentioned would be included in the match ticket assuming you're going to a match.
Other options, which become much more viable if you're in a small group, would be a "Schönes WE Ticket" or "Länder Ticket".
 

I had not had a look myelf but my friend that I'm going with (who speaks/reads far better German than I do) said he'd looked at the RW Essen site and there wasn't any free travel available with the ticket.

I sent a mail to RW Essen, and they replied that 2nd class travel on VRR trains and buses is included, so no ICE or IC trains, but pretty much evrtything else. Think the club has shuttle busess in place on matchdays between to and from Essen Hauptbahnhof, then take a RE train to Düsseldorf.

[Am Featha Taigh Nan Clach]

I sent a mail to RW Essen, and they replied that 2nd class travel on VRR trains and buses is included, so no ICE or IC trains, but pretty much evrtything else. Think the club has shuttle busess in place on matchdays between to and from Essen Hauptbahnhof, then take a RE train to Düsseldorf.

Fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to do that. Really appreciate it!

[GNU_Linux]

Axel Witsel signs for BVB from Tianjin Quanjian.

[Waspy]

Are Hamburg really in that much of a bad way that players have to buy their own shirts?

[underdogunderdog underdog]

Got BT Sport this season so looking forward to watching plenty of Bundesliga action.

I've been to couple of Bundesliga matches and loved the full match day experience.

I want to try and maybe get to couple grounds this season. Been to Hertha Berlin game and also a Dortmund game. The latter was thanks to GermanJag which was very much appreciated.

[AyrTroopMajor]

11 hours ago, underdogunderdog underdog said:

Got BT Sport this season so looking forward to watching plenty of Bundesliga action.

I've been to couple of Bundesliga matches and loved the full match day experience.

I want to try and maybe get to couple grounds this season. Been to Hertha Berlin game and also a Dortmund game. The latter was thanks to GermanJag which was very much appreciated.

Always find the BT Sport coverage of the Bundesliga underwhelming. The crowd noise is too quiet and the commentary is too loud, means you don't really feel the atmosphere.

[Salvo Montalbano]

Yeah they don't really do it justice. They did do a decent job with the Italian games and also when they had the European Football Show on but since then they've concentrated on the Champions League and Premier League down south. Having said that, their Scottish coverage is good.

[Todd_is_God]

Its a live feed, with commentary added on top isn't it? I don't think he's actually in the stadium, though I could be wrong.

SkyBet is good for the atmosphere - no commentary so good sound.

[German Jag]

H96‘s pre-season finished with a 2-0 (goals from Füllkrugg & Arsenal loanee Asano) win in a friendly at home against Athletic Bilbao. Usual pre-season friendly stuff (only 11500 in attendance) but H96 played some good stuff at times and win was well deserved. 

0-5 Frankfurt Bayern in the „Super-Cup“ game yesterday. 

Edited August 13, 2018 by German Jag

[German Jag]

DFB—Pokal next weekend, not too many upsets likely  

BL1 starts the following weekend  

Off to Bremen  for a Nord Derby!

 

[Herman Hessian]

fairly extensive list of Bundesliga player movements over the summer - supposedly complete up to 08:00 this morning:

all: = manager/coach

AUGSBURG
all. Manuel Baum (confirmed)

Acquisti : 
Callsen-Bracker (dc, Kaiserslautern, fp) 
Götze (td, Bavaria, 0) 
Hahn (ad, Amburgo, 3mln) 
Jensen (tq, Twente, 3mln) 
Ji Dong-Won (sp, Darmstadt, fp) 
Rieder (dc , Slask Wroclaw, fp) 
Stafylidis (TS, Stoke City, fp) 
Teigl (cd, Braunschweig, fp)

Departures : 
Gelios (por, Hansa Rostock, 0) 
Heller (td, Darmstadt, p) 
Hitz (por, Borussia Dortmund, 0) 
Kacar (cc, end of contract) 
Opare (td, Antwerp, 0) 
Leitner (cc, Norwich) 
Usami (as, Fortuna Dusseldorf, redemption prs)

- - -

BAYER LEVERKUSEN
all. Heiko Herrlich (confermato)

Purchases : 
Dragovic (dc, Leicester, fp) 
Hradecky (por, Eintracht Frankfurt, 0) 
Kirschbaum (por, Nuremberg, 0) 
Paulinho (as, Vasco da Gama, 18.5 mln) 
Thelin (pc, Anderlecht, p) 
Weiser (td, Hertha, 12)

Departures : 
Frey (cc, end of contract) 
Kiessling (pc, end of career) 
Leno (por, Arsenal, 25 mln) 
Lomb (por, Sandhausen, p) 
Yurchenko (cc, end of contract) 
- - -

BAYERN MUNICH
all. Niko Kovac (new)

Acquisti : 
Davies (as, Vancouver, 10 mln) 
Gnabry (as, Hoffenheim, fp) 
Goretzka (cc, Schalke 04, 0) 
Renato Sanches (cc, Swansea, fp)

Departures : 
Benko (tq, LASK, 0) 
Dorsch (cc, end of contract) 
Douglas Costa (ad, Juventus, 40mln) 
Götze (td, Augsburg, 0) 
Starke (por, End of career) 
Vidal (cc, Barcelona, 18 mln

 

BORUSSIA DORTMUND
all. Lucien Favre (new)

Acquisti : 
Bruun Larsen (as, Stoccarda, fp) 
Burnic (cc, Stoccarda, fp) 
Delaney (cc, Werder Brema, 20 mln) 
Diallo (dc, Mainz, 28 mln) 
Hakimi (td, Real Madrid, p) 
Hitz (por , Augsburg, 0) Oil Mallets 
(por, Werder Brema, 0) 
Witsel (cc, Tianjin Quanjian, 20 mln) 
Wolf (ed, Eintracht Francoforte, 5mln)

Departures : 
Batshuayi (pc, Chelsea, fp) 
Castro (cc, Stuttgart, 5mln) 
Durm (td, Huddersfield) 
Merino (cc, Newcastle, 7 mln) 
Passlack (td, Norwich, 0) 
Reimann (por, Kiel, 0) 
Schürrle (as, Fulham, p) 
Sokratis (dc, Arsenal, 16mln) 
Weidenfeller (por, late career) 
Yarmolenko (ad, West Ham, 23mln)

 

BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH
all. Dieter Hecking (confirmed)

Acquisti:
Bennets (cs, Tottenham, 2.25 mln)
Neuhaus (cc, Dusseldorf, fp)
Ndenge (cc, Roda, fp)Yeboah (sp, Paderborn, fp)
Lang (td, Basilea, 2.8mln)
Pléa (pc, Nizza, 23mln)
Poulsen (ts, Midtjylland, 4.5mln)

Cessioni:
Bobadilla (pc, Argentinos, 1.8mln)
Blaswich (por, Heracles Amelo,0)
Grifo (as, Hoffenheim, 5.5mln)
Heimeroth (por, fine carriera)
Reece Oxford (dc, West Ham, fp)
Vestergaard (dc, Southampton, 25mln)
Yeboah (as, Fortuna Colonia, 0)

 

EINTRACHT FRANKFURT
all. Adi Hütter (new)

Acquisti:
Allan (cc, Liverpool, prs)
Geraldes (c, Sporting, p)
Müller (ad, Amburgo, 0)
N'Dicka (dc, Auxerre, 5mln)
Paciencia (pc, Porto, 3mln)
Pecar (pc, Olimpija)
Rebic (as, Fiorentina, 2 mln)
Rönnow (por, Brøndby, 2.8 mln)
Salcedo (dc, Chivas, 2.5 mln)
Torro (cc, Real Madrid, 3.5 mln)
Wiedwald (por, Leeds, 0)

Departures : 
Beeuschkow (cc, Union Saint Gilloise, p) 
Barkok (cc, Hannover, loan) 
Batge (por, Wurzburg Kickers) 
Boateng (tq, Sassuolo, 0) 
Dadashov (pc, Estoril, 0) 
Hradecky (por, Bayer Leverkusen, 0) 
Mascarell (cc, Real Madrid, 4mln) 
Meier (sp , Unattached ) 
Wolf (cd, Borussia Dortmund, 5mln) 
- - -

FORTUNA DUSSELDORF
all. Friedhelm Funkel (confirmed)

Purchases : 
Barkok (tq, Eintracht Frankfurt, 0) 
Contento (ts, Bordeaux, 0) 
Duksch (ad, Standard Liege, 1.5mln) 
Karaman (as, Hannover, 0) 
Lovren (as, Dinamo Zagreb, 0.75m) 
Lukebakio (ad , Watford, p) 
Morales (cc, Ingolstadt, 0) 
Raman (ad, Standard Liege, 1.5 mln) 
Stöger (tq, Bochum, 0) 
Usami (as, Augsburg, redemption prs) 
Zimmer (td, Stuttgart, 0.9mln) 
Zimmermann (cc, Stuttgart, 0)

Departures : 
Bellinghausen (cs, career end) 
Haraguchi (as, Hertha, fp) 
Ilyoha (pc, Aue, p) 
Kiesewetter (ad, free) 
Kinjo (cc, free 
agent ) Neuhaus (cc, Gladbach, fp) 
Ritter (tq, Paderborn , 0.5mln) 
Ruzgar (pc, Altinordu) 
Schauerte (td, Eupen, 0) 
Schmitz (ts, Wolfsberger, 0)

- - -

FRIEBURG
all. Christian Streich (confirmed)

Purchases : 
Borrello (ad, Kaiserslautern, 0) 
Flekken (pr, Duisburg, 0.8 mln) 
Gondorf (cc, Werder Bremen, 1.3mln) 
Heintz (dc, Cologne, 3mln) 
Thiede (por, Bochum, 0.2 mln) 
Waldschmidt (pc, Hamburg, 5mln)

Cessioni : 
Bussmann (ts, Mainz, fp) 
Drager (cd, Paderborn, 0.75mln) 
Föhrenbach (ts, Ragensburg, p) 
Glikiewicz (por, Union Berlino, 0.15mln) 
Guédé (pc, Sandhausen, 0) 
Hufnagel (tq, Unterhaching , 0-1mln) 
Kaputska (tq, Leicester, fp) 
Kempf (dc, Stoccarda, 0) 
Klandt (por, Norimberga, fine contratto) 
Ignjovski (td, Magdeburgo, 0-6mln) 
Möller Daehli (tq, St. Pauli, 0.6 mln) 
Niedermeier (dc, Melbourne, 0) 
Locker (pc, Sandhausen, p) 
Shoemaker (cc, fine carriera) 
Sierro (cc, San Gallo, prs)

- - -

HANNOVER
all. André Breitenreiter (confermato)

Acquisti : 
Asano (sp, Arsenal, p) 
Stretcher (tq, Meppen, fp) 
Bech (cd, Greuther Furth, fp) 
Berkok (cc, concord Francoforte, prestito) 
Elez (dc, Rijeka, 2.5 mln) 
Gueye (pc, Sint Truids, fp) 
Haraguchi (as, Hertha, 4.5mln) 
Senninger (ts, Meppen, fp) 
wine purchase (por, Bavaria II) 
Wimmer (dc, Stoke City, p) 
Walace (cc, Amburgo, 6mln) 
Wood (pc, Amburgo, p)

Cessioni : 
Benschop (pc, Ingolstadt, 0) 
Harnik (a, Werder Brema, 2.5 mln) 
Hubner (dc, Union Berlin, 0.5 mln) 
Huth (pc, Kaiserslautern, 0) 
Jonathas (pc, Corinthians, p) 
Karaman (as, Dusseldorf, 0) 
Klaus (ad, Wolfsburg, 3 mln) 
Sané (dc, Schalke 04, 7 mln) 
Schmiedebach (cc, Union Berlino, p) 
Wolf (cd, Eintracht Francoforte, 0.5 mln)

- - -

HERTHA BERLIN
all. Pal Dardai (confirmed)

Acquisti:
Dilrosun (as, Manchester City Under 23, 0)
Gersbeck (por, Osnabruck, fp)
Jastrzembski (as, Hertha Under 19)
Klunter (td, Colonia, 2)
Kopke (pc, Aue, 2mln)
Lazaro (ad, Salisburgo, 6.5)

Cessioni : 
Haraguchi (as, Hanover, 4.5mln) 
Korber (por, Osnabruck, p) 
pusher (pc, fine contratto) 
Weiser (td, Bayer Leverkusen, 12 mln) 
- - -

HOFFENHEIM
all. Julian Nagelsmann (confirmed)

Acquisti:
Adams (dc, Young Boys, 8mln)
Belfodil (sp, Werder Brema, 6.5 mln)
Bittencourt (as, Colonia, 6 mln)
Brenet (ds, PSV Eindhoven, 5 mln)
Felipe Pires (as, Austria Vienna, fp)
Grifo (as, Borussia Monchengladbach, 5.5)
Joelinton (pc, Rapid Vienna, fp)
Ochs (cs, Bochum, fp)

Departures : 
Atik (trq, Dynamo Dresden) 
Bruno Nazario (as, Atlético Paranaense, loan) 
Giber (dc, Ingolstadt, 1mn) 
Gnabry (as, Bayern, fp) 
Mees (as, Union Berlin, 0.5mln) 
Passlack (td, Borussia Dortmund, fp) 
Polanski (cc, end of contract) 
Schwabe (por, Brondby, 0.7mln) 
Uth (pc, Schalke 04, 0)

- - -

R B LEIPZIG
all. Ralf Rangnick (new)

Acquisti : 
Bruno (ad, Anderlecht, fp) 
Cunha (pc, Sion, 15mln) 
Damari (pc, Maccabi Haifa, fp) 
Mukiele (td, Montpellier, 16mln) 
Müller (by, Kaiserslautern, fp) 
Nukan (dc, Besiktas, fp ) 
Saracchi (dc, River Plate, 12mln)

Cessioni:
Abouchabaka (tq, Greuther Furth, p)
Beiersdorf (cc, Meuselwitz, p)
Bernardo (td, Brighton, 10mln)
Coltorti (por, svincolato)
Diawusie (cd, Ingolstadt, 0.5mln)
Janelt (cc, Bochum)
Jung (ts, Brondby, 0.8mln)
Kaiser (cc, Brondby, 0)
Kalmar (tq, Dunajska Streda)
Keita (cc, Liverpool, 60 mln)
Kohn (por, Salisburgo)
Lookman (as, Everton, fp)
Schmitz (td, Colonia, 1.5mln)

 

MAINZ
all. Sandro Schwarz (confirmed)

Purchases : 
Aaron (ts, Espanyol, p) 
Bussmann (ts, Freiburg, fp) 
Halimi (tq, Brøndby, fp) 
Huth (por, Sparta Rotterdam, fp) 
Kunde (cc, Atlético Madrid, 7.5mln) 
Mateta (pc, Lyon , 8mln) 
Mwene (ts, Kaiserlsautern, 0) 
Niakhaté (dc, Metz, 6mn) 
Parker (ad, St. Pölten, fp) 
Rodríguez (cc, Maccabi Tel Aviv, fp) 
Seydel (pc, Holstein Kiel, fp)

Cessioni : 
Balogun (dc, Brighton, 0) 
Diallo (dc, Borussia Dortmund, 28mln) 
De Jong (dc, Al Ahli, 0) 
Loessl (por, Huddersfield, 2.5mln) 
Muto (pc, Newcastle) 
Serdar (cc, Schalke 04 , 11 mln) 
Sverko (TS, Karlsruhe, 0) 
Kodro (ad, Copenaghen, 1.6 mln)

- - -

NUREMBERG
all. Michael Kollner (confirmed)

Purchasing : 
Bauer (dc, Werder, loan) 
Celebi (dc, Nuremberg, 0) 
Goden (td, Cologne, 0) 
Klandt (por, Freiburg, 0) 
Knöll (pc, Hamburg II, 0) 
Mathenia (por, Hamburg, 0.5 mln) 
Tillman (tq, Bayern, 0)

Departures : 
Alushi (cc, 
Unattached ) Brecko (td, Unattached) 
Garcia (ts, Werder Bremen, fp) 
Hufnagel (tq, Freiburg, fp) 
Kirschbaum (por, Leverkusen, 0) 
Möhwald (tq, Werder Bremen, 0) 
Sepsi ( ts, free transfer) 
Stefaniak (as, Wolfsburg, fp) 
Werner (as, Stuttgart, fp)

- - -

SCHALKE 04
all. Domenico Tedesco (confirmed)

Acquisti : 
Avdijaj (sp, Roda, fp) 
Geis (cc, Siviglia, fp) 
Höwedes (dc, Juventus, fp) 
Mascarell (cc, Real Madrid, 10mln) 
Sané (dc, Hanover, 7 mln) 
Serdar (cc, Mainz, 11 mln) 
Skrzybski (ad, Union Berlin, 3.5 mln) 
Uth (pc, Hoffenheim, 0) 
Wright (pc, Sandhausen, fp)

Departures : 
Coke (td, Levante, 1.5mln) 
Goretzka (cc, Bayern, 0) 
Hemmerich (td, Aue) 
Kehrer (dc, PSG) 
Insua (dc, Huesca, p) 
Meyer (cc, Crystal Palace, end of contract) 
Pjaca (as, Juventus, fp) 
Tekpetey (ad, Paderborn)

- - -

STUTTGART
all. Tayfun Korkut (confirmed)

Acquisti : 
Castro (cc, Borussia Dortmund, 5mln) 
Didavi 
Gonzalez (pc, Argentinos, 8.5mln) 
Kempf (dc, Friburgo, 0) 
Kliment (pc, Brøndby, fp) 
Kopacz (tq, Borussia Dortmund , 0) 
Maffeo (td, Manchester City, 9 mln) 
Sarpei (cc, Senica, fp) 
Sosa (ts, Dinamo Zagabria, 6 mln) 
Werner (as, Norimberga, fp)

Cessioni : 
Ailton (ts, Braga, p) 
Asano (sp, Arsenal, fp) 
Bruun Larsen (as, Borussia Dortmund, fp) 
Burnic (cc, Borussia Dortmund, fp) 
Ginczek (pc, Wolfsburg, 14mln) 
Green (tq, Greuther Furth, 0.2mln) 
Mané (ad, Sporting CP, fp) 
Massimo (ad, Bielefeld, p) 
Onguéné (dc, Salisburgo, 2mln) 
Room (td, Fortuna Dusseldorf, fp) 
Zimmermann (cc, Fortuna Dusseldorf, 0)

- - -

WERDER BREMEN
all. Florian Kohlfeldt (confirmed)

Acquisti:
Bejimo (td, Djurgarden, 3mln)
Beste (ts, Borussia Dortmund, 0.25mln)
Diagne (dc, Metz, fp)
Harnik (a, Hannover, 2.5 mln)
Kapino (por, Nottingham Forest, 0.3mln)
Klaassen (cc, Everton, 13.5 mln)
Möhwald (tq, Norimberga, 0)
Osako (a, Colonia, 4.5 mln)
Petsos (cc, Rapid Vienna, fp)

Departures : 
Eilers (ad, Apollon Smirne, 0) 
Bauer (dc, Nuremberg, loan) 
Belfodil (sp, Standard Liege, fp) 
Delaney (cc, Borussia Dortmund, 20 million) 
Garcia (ts, Young Boys, 0.8mln) 
Guwara ( ts, Utrecht) 
Junuzovic (tq, Salzburg, 0) 
Kleinheisler (tq, Astana, 0.75 mln) 
Schmidt (cc, Wehen, p) 
Thy (Erzurumpspor, 0) 
Yatabaré (cc, Antwerp) 
Zhang (West Bromwich, fp)

 

WOLFSBURG
all. Bruno Labbadia (confirmed)

Acquisti : 
Azzaoui (ad, Willem II, fp) 
Condé (cc, Holstein Kiel, fp) 
Hinds (sp, Greuther Fürth, fp) 
Ginczek (pc, Stoccarda, 14mln) 
Klaus (ad, Hannover, 3 mln) 
Ntep (as, Saint-Étienne, fp) 
Pervan (por, LASK) 
Roussillon (ts, Montpellier, 5 mln) 
Stefaniak (as, Norimberga, fp) 
Seguin (cc, Dynamo Dresda, fp) 
Tisserand (dc, Ingolstadt, 7 mln) 
Weighorst (pc , AZ Alkmaar, 10,5mln)

Departures : 
Didavi (cc, Stuttgart, 4mln) 
Dimata (pc, Anderlecht, p) 
Grun (por, free 
agent ) Origi (pc, Liverpool, fp)

Edited August 17, 2018 by Herman Hessian

[GNU_Linux]

A strong Bayern side almost getting embarassed away to 4th tier SV Drochtersen/Assel in the DFB-Pokal. Solitary Lewandowski goal in 82nd minute sees them through.

 

 

 

 

[NorthernLights]

On 8/13/2018 at 22:33, German Jag said:

DFB—Pokal next weekend, not too many upsets likely  

BL1 starts the following weekend  

Off to Bremen  for a Nord Derby!

 

The holders, Eintracht Frankfurt were knocked out by 4th tier side Ulm.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45235904