Football: domestic leagues

[CPV4931]

Important victory for Frankfurt yesterday :-)

 

[esc87fan]

MLS season just got under way (that's the league playing in the US and Canada). Toronto FC (my hometown side) is off to a 2-0 start thanks to some big acquisitions during the off-season

 

[Verjamem]

I hope that Wolfsburg will qualify for UEFA Champions League

 

[lucian-crusher]

Results of the 24th round in Liga 1:

Gaz Metan Medias - Corona Brasov 1 - 0

Astra Giurgiu - Otelul Galati 1 - 1

Concordia Chiajna - Petrolul Ploiesti 0 - 0

Dinamo Bucharest - Pandurii Targu Jiu 2 - 3

FC Botosani - Viitorul Voluntari 3 - 1

Sageata Navodari - Steaua Bucharest 1 - 2

ACS Poli Timisoara - SC Vaslui 0 - 2

FC Brasov - Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 1 - 0

CFR Cluj - "U" Cluj 1 - 2



Table:
1. Steaua Bucharest 58
2. Astra Giurgiu 50
3. Petrolul Ploiesti 47
4. Dinamo Bucharest 39
5. SC Vaslui 39
6. Pandurii Targu Jiu 38
7. Gaz Metan Medias 33
8. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 33
9. FC Botosani 32
10. CFR Cluj 31
11. Concordia Chiajna 31
12. ACS Poli Timisoara 26
13. Otelul Galati 25
14. "U" Cluj 24
15. Sageata Navodari 24
16. FC Brasov 23
17. Viitorul Voluntari 23
18. Corona Brasov 12

 

[PeterLPZ]

27th round of German Bundesliga:

Berlin - München 1-3
Dortmund - Schalke 0-0
Hamburg - Freiburg 1-1
Nürnberg - Stuttgart 2-0
Braunschweig - Mainz 3-1
Hoffenheim - Hannover 3-1
Bremen - Wolfsburg 1-3
Augsburg - Leverkusen 1-3
Frankfurt - M.gladbach 1-0

01. München 77 (Congrats for championship!)
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02. Dortmund 52
03. Schalke 51
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04. Leverkusen 47
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05. Wolfsburg 44
06. M.gladbach 42
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07. Mainz 41
08. Augsburg 39
09. Berlin 36
10. Hoffenheim 35
11. Frankfurt 32
12. Hannover 29
13. Bremen 29
14. Nürnberg 26
15. Freiburg 26
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16. Hamburg 24
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17. Stuttgart 24
18. Braunschweig 21

 

[lucian-crusher]

Romanian Cup, Semifinal, 1st leg:

Petrolul Ploiesti - Astra Giurgiu 0 - 0

Steaua Bucharest - Dinamo Bucharest 5 - 2

 

[PeterLPZ]

28th round of German Bundesliga

München - Hoffenheim 3-3
Stuttgart - Dortmund 2-3
Freiburg - Nürnberg 3-2
Leverkusen - Braunschweig 1-1
Schalke - Berlin 2-0
M.gladbach - Hamburg 3-1
Hannover - Bremen 1-2
Mainz - Augsburg 3-0
Wolfsburg - Frankfurt 2-1

01. München 78
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02. Dortmund 55
03. Schalke 54
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04. Leverkusen 48
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05. Wolfsburg 47
06. M.gladbach 45
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07. Mainz 44
08. Augsburg 39
09. Hoffenheim 36
10. Berlin 36
11. Frankfurt 32
12. Bremen 32
13. Hannover 29
14. Freiburg 29
15. Nürnberg 26
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16. Stuttgart 24
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17. Hamburg 24
18. Braunschweig 22

 

[lucian-crusher]

Results of the 25th round in Liga 1:

Otelul Galati - Concordia Chiajna 2 - 0

Corona Brasov - Sageata Navodari 0 - 0

Viitorul Voluntari - ACS Poli Timisoara 1 - 2

Pandurii Targu Jiu - CFR Cluj 0 - 1

Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt - Astra Giurgiu 0 - 2

Petrolul Ploiesti - Dinamo Bucharest 2 - 2

"U" Cluj - Gaz Metan Medias 1 - 0

SC Vaslui - FC Brasov 1 - 0

Steaua Bucharest - FC Botosani 4 - 0



1. Steaua Bucharest 61
2. Astra Giurgiu 53
3. Petrolul Ploiesti 48
4. SC Vaslui 42
5. Dinamo Bucharest 40
6. Pandurii Targu Jiu 38
7. CFR Cluj 34
8. Gaz Metan Medias 33
9. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 33
10. FC Botosani 32
11. Concordia Chiajna 31
12. ACS Poli Timisoara 29
13. Otelul Galati 28
14. "U" Cluj 27
15. Sageata Navodari 25
16. FC Brasov 23
17. Viitorul Voluntari 23
18. Corona Brasov 13

 

[Milos-BC]

OFK Beograd 0:2 Partizan


An effective play and a certain victory, with which I am really happy and satisfied. We didn't play the best that we can and we had problems to establish our pass play in the beginning of the match, but we managed to do it in the later stages of the match. As soon as we started controlling the position, we began to dominate in the match, we created and missed several good chances, but we didn't lose our head, so patience payed off. We were more defensive than I personally like after the second goal, but the most important thing is that we won and took another 3 points, and that after that tie against Novi Pazar, we started playing really well. It could have been nicer to watch, but there are no reasons not to be satisfied either. We played smart and it payed off. I am also very satisfied with the fact that OFK Beograd didn't have any chance to score at all during the match.

Next rival is Vojvodina. Even though the team from Novi Sad is weaker than in the last half-season, the matches against them are always tough so we must prepare really well in order to take all 3 points there as well. They now have many great young players from their youth school in the team that replaced the older players who were the key players of their old team, and they will certainly be more than motivated against us in this match. So, a respect to Vojvodina, but our goal is clear - victory.

Full results:

Javor Matis - Novi Pazar 1:0
Donji Srem - Radnički 1923 4:1
Sloboda Point - Rad 1:0
Crvena zvezda - Voždovac 5:1
OFK Beograd - Partizan 0:2
Jagodina - Čukarički 4:2
Napredak - Spartak 0:0
Vojvodina - Radnički Niš 1:0


The table:

Mesto	Tim	Meč	Pob	Ner	Por	DG	PG	Razlika	Poeni
1	Crvena Zvezda	21	16	2	3	45	18	27	50
2	Partizan	21	15	4	2	42	15	27	49
3	Čukarički	21	10	5	6	24	20	4	35
4	Novi Pazar	21	10	4	7	23	19	4	34
5	Jagodina	21	9	6	6	26	20	6	33
6	Vojvodina	21	8	9	4	26	22	4	33
7	Radnički Niš	21	7	9	5	20	15	5	30
8	Spartak	21	6	8	7	15	23	-8	27
9	Voždovac	21	7	5	9	19	25	-6	26
10	Napredak	21	6	7	8	30	31	-1	25
11	Sloboda Užice	21	6	5	10	17	24	-7	23
12	Javor	21	4	8	9	17	24	-7	21
13	Radnički 1923	21	5	6	10	21	40	-19	21
14	Donji Srem	21	4	8	9	23	27	-4	20
15	OFK Beograd	21	5	3	13	19	32	-13	18
16	Rad	21	4	3	14	11	28	-17	15

 

[PeterLPZ]

29th matchday of German Bundesliga:

Augsburg - München 1-0
Stuttgart - Freiburg 2-0
Hamburg - Leverkusen 2-1
Braunschweig - Hannover 3-0
Bremen - Schalke 1-1
Frankfurt - Mainz 2-0
Nürnberg - M.gladbach 0-2
Dortmund - Wolfsburg 2-1
Berlin - Hoffenheim 1-1

01. München 78
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02. Dortmund 58
03. Schalke 55
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04. M.gladbach 48
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05. Leverkusen 48
06. Wolfsburg 47
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07. Mainz 44
08. Augsburg 42
09. Hoffenheim 37
10. Berlin 37
11. Frankfurt 35
12. Bremen 33
13. Hannover 29
14. Freiburg 29
15. Stuttgart 27
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16. Hamburg 27
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17. Nürnberg 26
18. Braunschweig 25

 

[lucian-crusher]

Results of the 26th round in Liga 1:

Concordia Chiajna - Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 2 - 0

SC Vaslui - Viitorul Voluntari 0 - 1

FC Botosani - Corona Brasov 3 - 1

ACS Poli Timisoara - Steaua Bucharest 0 - 0

FC Brasov - Astra Giurgiu 2 - 1

CFR Cluj - Petrolul Ploiesti 1 - 1

Gaz Metan Medias - Pandurii Targu Jiu 0 - 1

Sageata Navodari - "U" Cluj 1 - 0

Dinamo Bucharest - Otelul Galati 3 - 1



Table:
1. Steaua Bucharest 62
2. Astra Giurgiu 53
3. Petrolul Ploiesti 49
4. Dinamo Bucharest 43
5. SC Vaslui 42
6. Pandurii Targu Jiu 41
7. CFR Cluj 35
8. FC Botosani 35
9. Concordia Chiajna 34
10. Gaz Metan Medias 33
11. Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 33
12. ACS Poli Timisoara 30
13. Otelul Galati 28
14. Sageata Navodari 28
15. "U" Cluj 27
16. FC Brasov 26
17. Viitorul Voluntari 26
18. Corona Brasov 13

 

[ShoeFlo]

29th matchday of German Bundesliga:

Augsburg - München 1-0
Stuttgart - Freiburg 2-0
Hamburg - Leverkusen 2-1
Braunschweig - Hannover 3-0
Bremen - Schalke 1-1
Frankfurt - Mainz 2-0
Nürnberg - M.gladbach 0-2
Dortmund - Wolfsburg 2-1
Berlin - Hoffenheim 1-1

01. München 78
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02. Dortmund 58
03. Schalke 55
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04. M.gladbach 48
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05. Leverkusen 48
06. Wolfsburg 47
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07. Mainz 44
08. Augsburg 42
09. Hoffenheim 37
10. Berlin 37
11. Frankfurt 35
12. Bremen 33
13. Hannover 29
14. Freiburg 29
15. Stuttgart 27
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16. Hamburg 27
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17. Nürnberg 26
18. Braunschweig 25

The relegation battle is gonna be insane
and fortunately I can enjoy it since Werder Bremen now has a little cushion of points to place 16
Will be exciting and much fun for outside supporters... hopefully Hamburg will go down to 2.Bundesliga

 

[PeterLPZ]

The relegation battle is gonna be insane
and fortunately I can enjoy it since Werder Bremen now has a little cushion of points to place 16
Will be exciting and much fun for outside supporters... hopefully Hamburg will go down to 2.Bundesliga

I agree with you. I hope, Freiburg will stay in Bundesliga!!!!

 

[pjelacki]

Stuttgart and Hamburg will find a way out of their misery.

I'm predicting Nürnberg and Hannover to go down and Braunschweig to miraculously grab place #16 (and then hopefully knock out Paderborn in the relegation H2H) - nothing against Paderborn, but their stadium must be the ugliest one I've ever seen.

 

[IncognitoGH]

Stuttgart and Hamburg will find a way out of their misery.

I'm predicting Nürnberg and Hannover to go down and Braunschweig to miraculously grab place #16 (and then hopefully knock out Paderborn in the relegation H2H) - nothing against Paderborn, but their stadium must be the ugliest one I've ever seen.

Erzgebirgsstadion is such a beauty! In the middle of the forrest, with a motorway at the back ... so good.

 

[CPV4931]

Erzgebirgsstadion is such a beauty! In the middle of the forrest, with a motorway at the back ... so good.

I think, you confund the two stadiums ;-) "Erzgebirgsstadion" is the stadium of Erzgebirge (or Wismut) Aue, who also play in League 2.
But you´re right :-) We had a cup-match there two years ago (lost 0-3 -.-) and the stadium is really, really beautiful (old-school...)

 

[IncognitoGH]

I think, you confund the two stadiums ;-) "Erzgebirgsstadion" is the stadium of Erzgebirge (or Wismut) Aue, who also play in League 2.
But you´re right :-) We had a cup-match there two years ago (lost 0-3 -.-) and the stadium is really, really beautiful (old-school...)

I knew it was Erzgebirge! Just didn't explain myself. Such a lovely stadium. What do you think of Villa Park? I go there to watch Aston Villa - My team

 

[CPV4931]

I knew it was Erzgebirge! Just didn't explain myself. Such a lovely stadium. What do you think of Villa Park? I go there to watch Aston Villa - My team

One of the most beautiful stadiums in England imo.
Would be great to see my club, Eintracht Frankfurt, playing there in Europa League one day (if SGE + Aston Villa qualify of course ;-) )
But I don´t like the fact, that there are no standing places in England´s stadium. The atmosphere would be better with them imo.

 

[JamieBrown]

The stadium doesn't look very special, but I don't know what's next to it. The stadium in Freiburg looks the same, but it's beautiful to sit inside and looking to the Black Forest.

But I like your club since I managed them on Football Manager

 

[ShoeFlo]

In my opinion the location of a stadium is pretty important...
The Weserstadion here in Bremen is located next to the river, so one can take a relaxing and pleasant walk along the river on a sunny day. And you see the stadium is getting closer, you are in a good mood, everything is alight.
Many stadiums in Germany are located next to a highway or in unappealing districts or whatever... The stadium of Hamburger SV is near the garbage incinerator, how can you get positive mood after passing an incinerator?

Last year I was in London and I was amazed when I saw the Stamford Bridge standing amidst a normal residential area... I like this very much, it has the effect that the club is kind of tangible even for normal workers and the club is part of the society. It seems that nobody in England needs a car to reach the stadium of its favourite club, because every small district there has a big club with tradition. Yes, I love the football culture in England.