Sportfreunde Großsachsenheim v TSV Phönix Lomersheim II.Germany, April 2008.Grassroots Football. Photo courtesy of poity_uk on Flickr, in Just-Football's photo pool. Click to continue reading...

If you follow German football a bit more than casually, you almost certainly know the name Patrick Helmes. If you've paid attention to Die Mannschaft callup sheets even sporadically, you've probably seen his name. But Patrick hasn't become a household name quite yet. Having spent the last two years in the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

Raphael Honigstein is a German journalist and author who works as an English football correspondent for German media as well as his more prominent role as a German football correspondent for English media (you may remember him from his work at the Guardian, Sky or Setanta). He's also written a book on English football (titled 'Harder, [. Click to continue reading...

By way of a complement to our weekly look at German football called Bundesbag, we're going to be regularly updating you on the other leagues vying for your attention around Europe and indeed the world at large.

This week, we're checking out the first weekend of action in Serie A, and we begin with reigning champions Inter who were playing away to Sampdoria on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

German football's top-tier domestic league, the Bundesliga, is likely to overtake Italy's Serie A as the second richest European league this season, according to a report by sport business research firm, StageUp. Click to continue reading...

In the absence of any European Football Weekends until we go to Istanbul, Turkey in a couple of weeks time - I thought I'd introduce a 'meet the team' feature. So here are a few questions that some of the EFW regulars have answered. Feel free to ask us a question yourself:

Name – Danny Last

Nickname - Chops

Who do you support?

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According to this report on the Soccer Insider as well as these reports on this German football transfer site, DC United is close to reaching a deal on a senior goalkeeper who played on the FIFA World Stars team. Crayton would be expected to challenge Zack Wells for the starting spot if not start outright. Click to continue reading...

This season sees the first campaign for Germany's 3rd Liga, a new national division for the third tier of German Football. It's nothing new for us in England - we've had a national third division for the last fifty seasons. Indeed, since the inception of the non-league conference in 1979, our league stays national all the way down to the fifth tier. Click to continue reading...

Today's Semifinal Match

-Wed Jun 25
Germany v Turkey - 1:30pm central time on ESPN
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The News

James Lawton of the Independent on Ze Germans. Always the Germans. Click to continue reading...

Weserstadion - home to Werder Bremen.

Werder Bremen 0-0 Schalke 04 *sigh*

No goals so let's take a snap. Danny (left) and Nick.

St Pauli - The Rebels Choice.

What's not to like!?

Evidentially 'football fans are not criminals'.

Football + beer = Danny (left) and Nick in silly photo shock. Click to continue reading...

Photo credit: redia_09 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...

Photo credit: Thor_Sten on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...

Photo credit: thor.sten on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool. Click to continue reading...