I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for [.

1. FC Nuremberg (German: 1. FC Nürnberg) is a German football club in Nuremberg, Bavaria. They will play in the German Bundesliga for the 2009/10 season after winning the relegation play-offs in at the end of the 2008/09 season. Earlier today, FC Nürnberg appeared in their 2009/10 Adidas home kit for the first time for their [.

Sorry for letting this blog rot away in the late August sun for so many weeks. Other work took over and left some time but not much energy to spend on other things. But the team blogs have been bursting with energy all the more at the same time and a few more came back to life, so I guess there were still enough places on The Offside for Bundesliga related updates.

Nuremberg's goalkeeper Raphael Schäfer and Bremen's creative midfielder Marko Marin exchange a few words during their sides' 2-2 draw on Saturday.

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• Could Ghanian striker Alex Asamoah be a highly ranked Nazi? (KickOff.com)
• Another mystery of Mainz's victory over Bayern demystified. Their goalkeeper Heinz Müller is slightly supernatural. (FANartisch)
• A map packed with information about the clubs of the current Bundesliga season.

On September 5, 2009, the two nations will meet with first place at stake at St. Jakob-Park in Basel. If Switzerland takes three points here as the nation did in Greece, then the Swiss will be in the driver's seat for the 2010 World Cup hosted in South Africa. The winner of Group 2 is guaranteed a slot in the tournament field.

Sorry for letting this blog rot away in the late August sun for so many weeks. Other work took over and left some time but not much energy to spend on other things. But the team blogs have been bursting with energy all the more at the same time and a few more came back to life, so I guess there were still enough places on The Offside for Bundesliga related updates.

It wasn't a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can find numbers exciting.

619. Tim Wiese has kept a clean sheet for 619 minutes and counting. Remember, he did so while playing for Werder Bremen.