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Post by Golden_Boy™ on May 20, 2008 8:29:24 GMT -1
Hoffenheim's promotion completes their remarkable rise
1899 HOFFENHEIM completed a remarkable rise from the regional amateur leagues to the Bundesliga when they secured promotion with a 5-0 win against Greuther Fuerth on Saturday.
The team from Sinsheim, a village in south-west Germany, have been backed by Dietmar Hopp, the co-founder of software giant SAP, since the start of the 1990s when they were just another amateur club.
After a sure and steady rise to the Third Division, Hopp's money brought in former Schalke 04 manager, Ralf Rangnick, as well as several former Bundesliga players. Hoffenheim's current ground holds 5,000 fans, but they are building a new 30,000-capacity ground, due for completion in 2009.
They went up to the Second Division this time last year and yesterday's victory secured promotion to the top flight at the first attempt, behind Borussia Moenchengladbach and Cologne.
Those three teams will replace the relegated clubs Nuremberg, Hansa Rostock and MSV Duisburg.
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Post by gt on May 20, 2008 8:46:40 GMT -1
Sounds like Gretna
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Post by ovechkin8 on May 24, 2008 17:15:20 GMT -1
Its population is only 35K.
The sucess will last onyl while Hopp keeps funding it. Basically his toy.
Still quite fun to see how they do against the likes of Bayern & Werder,
Shame to see Hansa go down again. No clubs from the former DDR again in the BL1.
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on May 24, 2008 17:17:30 GMT -1
isn't lens population only 30,000 yet the football teams stadium holds 40,000 or somethin....
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Post by ovechkin8 on May 24, 2008 17:28:19 GMT -1
Nope Mort the population is the size of a town like Leicester. Grand old club & a shock casualty this season in L1.
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Post by El Morto La Hoja! on May 24, 2008 17:33:18 GMT -1
maybe i'm think of somewhere else then....
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Post by ovechkin8 on May 24, 2008 17:43:15 GMT -1
Hull Shitty perhaps ? Thats the population after you eliminate the overwhelming chav element. ;D
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