Whether the teams enjoy as much on the pitch is another matterĭie Eiserne/ Eisern Union - The Iron Ones/ Iron Union: The nickname for Bundesliga newcomers Union BerlinĮnglische Woche - literally meaning 'English week', referring to a busy period of matches where teams have a midweek fixture, as is the norm in English footballĮröffnungsspiel - the inaugural match of the new Bundesliga season, contested between the reigning champions and one of the other 17 teams and, since the 2002/03 season, played on a Friday eveningĮrzrivale - arch rivals, for example Dortmund and Bayernįahrstuhlmannschaft - literally an 'elevator side' due to a tendency to move up and down between leagues: a 'yo-yo team'įallrückzieher - bicycle kick, overhead kickįernduell - a situation in which results elsewhere have implications for a team or teams. imago/Jan Huebnerĭrücken Sie die Daumen! - keep your fingers crossed!Įhrentreffer - literally an 'honour goal', but what we'd know in English as a consolation goalĮintracht - Frankfurt and Braunschweig’s prefix means harmony, or 'united'. Paco Alcacer came off the bench to score a 34-minute hat-trick against Augsburg in October 2018. The initials stand for Ballspiel-Verein Borussia, or Borussia ball-sports club Bruchweg was the name of Mainz's former stadiumīundestrainer - the title given to the coach of the Germany national team, currently Joachim LöwīVB - abbreviation commonly used to refer to Borussia Dortmund. Mit breiter Brust - literally 'with a big chest', meaning: with confidenceīruchweg Boys - collective nickname given to then-Mainz players Lewis Holtby, Andre Schürrle and Adam Sazali, who celebrated as if they were a rock band when they scored during the 2010/11 season. Dortmund and Mönchengladbach share the name, with both of them located in what was once the Prussian Empire, which spanned northern Germany at its height.ĭie Breisgauer - belonging to the Breisgau region, encompassing part of the Black Forest. Baden-Württemberg derby - A derby game contested by clubs from the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg, such as Freiburg, Hoffenheim or Karlsruher (Baden) and VfB Stuttgart or Aalen (Württemberg)īananenflanke - curler, in-/ outswinger (cross) banana ballīetzenberg/Betze - popular name for Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion, so called due to its location on the Betzenberg Hillīökelbergstadion - the former home of Borussia Mönchengladbach, until the Foals moved into the Borussia-Park at the beginning of the 2004/05 seasonīorussia – the Latin name for Prussia.
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