"Our whole village is watching the game", this was the slogan that Hoffenheim fans put on the stands.
That’s right, it’s the small “country-level” team that has been promoted to the Bundesliga by two consecutive levels from the German regional league and won the Bundesliga half-time championship in the 2008-2009 season. It is said to be a “country-level” team "It really doesn't mean to belittle. Hoffenheim is a small village with a population of only about 3,000 in Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany.
In 2008, the number of registered members of the Hoffenheim Club was about 1,800. Of course, this number increased a lot later because the surrounding cities began to have fans attracted by Huocun. Since the team’s previous stadium could only accommodate 5,000 spectators, in order to meet the Bundesliga standards, Huo Village could only rent a stadium 50 kilometers away from Hoffenheim that season as its home stadium.
is just such a small team that has just been promoted to the top league, but under the leadership of Rangnick, it has made great strides, defeating Dortmund 4:1, sweeping Hamburg 3:0, and tying Sand 1:1 in the 17th round of the league. After Erke 04, they scored 35 points with the mighty Bayern and won the Bundesliga half-time championship with a goal difference.
This team does not have a particularly big-name player in the lineup, but under the leadership of Rangnick, relying on the sharp offensive trident combination of Ibisevic, Dembaba and Obasi's brave performance, they scored 42 goals The ball's performance ranks first in the Bundesliga half-time goal list, and Gustavo, Salihovic, Baker, Eduardo and others are also important puzzles for the team's excellent record. Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Ibisevic’s state is particularly hot, scoring 18 goals in 17 league matches and overcoming obstacles to send the team to the half-time championship, but because of his cruciate ligament injury in the warm-up match with Hamburg In the second half of the league, Hoffenheim, who lost the arrow, was gradually weak. In the next 17 rounds, Huo Cun scored 20 points and finally ranked seventh in the Bundesliga with 55 points. Although it is extremely difficult to achieve this result as a newly promoted horse, if Ibisevic is not injured by accident, who knows their limits? The miracle of
Kaiserslautern was not staged after all, and the fairy tale returned to reality. The following year, Ibisevic, who returned from injury, scored 12 goals in 34 games. The efficiency was not as good as before. Hoffenheim finally ranked 11th in the league with 42 points.
The 2010-2011 winter transfer window, the management that had promised to sell Gustavo after the end of the season sold the Brazilian in advance, which also led to the angrily resignation of head coach Rangnick.
With the resignation of the meritorious coach who led the team from the regional league to the Bundesliga, coupled with the departure of players such as Ibisevic and Dembaba, Huo Cun, who surprised many fans at the beginning, is also completely painted. It's a full stop!
