TSG Hoffenheim Haberleri

Youth leads the way: TSG Hoffenheim place a lot of value on players from their own academy. There are 10 players in the squad this season who came through the club’s own ranks – the joint-most in the league along with SC Freiburg. And also in terms of game time for players who are not yet 20 years of age, TSG Hoffenheim are one of the clubs that field young players the most.

Nine home games means nine special occasions. TSG Hoffenheim will not play eight Bundesliga home games in the first half of 2025 as per usual; instead, nine games will take place at the PreZero Arena. And you can attend every match with the season ticket for the second half of the campaign.

Andrej Kramarić and the Croatia national team have reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League. A 1-1 draw against Portugal on Monday evening was enough for the Hoffenheim record goalscorer and his country to qualify for the last eight as group runners-up. Kramarić played the full 90 minutes and the attacker was unlucky to see his strike come back off the upright in the 40th minute. The TSG player could face Germany and his team-mate Oliver Baumann in the quarter-finals, for which the draw will take place on Friday.

A warm welcome to TSG, Andreas Schicker. You had your first day of work in Hoffenheim on 9 October. What was your first impression, how do you assess the first few weeks?

On Saturday evening, the full force of the German national team was unleashed. During the 7-0 (3-0) win against Bosnia-Herzegovina in the Nations League, Oliver Baumann was able to witness an exceptional performance from the offensive players, yet remained focused for the whole game and was always there to step in when he was needed. As was the case directly before half time, when the visiting team had their biggest chance of the game: suddenly, there was no one between Armin Gigovic of Holstein Kiel and Baumann in goal – but Baumann made sure that the one-on-one ended in his favour. 

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“I know and appreciate Christian through our collaboration and am convinced that he is the coach who ideally fits the idea I have in mind for TSG Hoffenheim,” said Andreas Schicker, managing director for sport,, on the appointment of the new head coach, adding: “His style of play stands for clarity and high intensity. That fits in perfectly with TSG’s DNA. He has proven in recent years that he is able to play attractive football with his teams and also develop individual players.”

It could have been so amazing. TSG Hoffenheim were set to celebrate their 100th birthday in July 1999, with the great FC Bayern Munich set to pay a visit to the freshly renovated Dietmar-Hopp-Stadion to mark that very occasion one month later. It would have been a very fitting moment to win the Verbandsliga Nordbaden championship and secure promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. But it was not to be. When the ‘Reds’ drove down Silbergasse for the inaugural match on 19 August, TSG were still in the Verbandsliga.

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