Karlsruher SC
JUBILÄUM 50 Karlsruher SC
BundesligaFootball pictures of Thomas Häßler on my
secured a seventh place finish in
fans a glimpse at the level
wall at home so going to
1996 and sixth in 1997 to
expected of top-
Karlsruhe then was a dream and I
secure European football
tier sides.
looked up to so many players
as well as suggesting a
that played there when I was
long-term stay in the
Dundee returned
there and learnt a lot.
Bundesliga.
to Karlsruhe in 2004 and began
Häßler joined Karlsruhe in 1994
Karlsruhe, though, were
after spells with Juventus and
unable to take their
to notice changes which Sean Dundee : “ ... football in Germany has got a lot better ..”
Roma in Serie A. The midfielder
momentum into the
he can see to this
was German Footballer of the
1997/98 campaign, in
year in 1989 and 1992, winning
which, a promising start
the 1990 World Cup before
did not continue and by March
somewhat surprisingly moving
1998, the club hero Schäfer was
to Karlsruhe in a record-deal in
relieved of his duties as the club
1994. The previous year,
hovered above the relegation
Germany has certainly got a lot
Karlsruhe reached the semi-finals
spots. The change in personnel,
better, the development of
of the UEFA Cup including a
though, would not herald a
young players is paying off and
stunning 7-0 aggregate win over
revival and the club were then
every season there are groups of
Valencia. Clearly, Karlsruhe were
relegated in 1998.
young players coming through
day in the German game
a team looking to define
and how it is viewed.
Well I see that football in
and doing well. Even in South
themselves as one of the top
Since that relegation in 1998,
Africa it's becoming very
sides in Germany.
Karlsruhe have spent 11 of the 15
popular, during the
subsequent years in the
Euros the amount of
Dundee would go on to score 33
2.Bundesliga with a brief two-
people that spoke
goals in 61 games for Karlsruhe
year spell in the Bundesliga again
about German
between 1995 and 1997. KSC
between 2007 and 2009, giving
football had increased since the
Club At a Glance
World Cup.
While German football as a
Founded 1894
Honours
whole is well-set to remain at the top of the game for the foreseeable future, the same
Top Scorer Emanuel Günther 139 Stadium Wildparkstadion 29,699
cannot be said for Karlsruhe. One
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of the founding members of the league will look to return to the second-tier this year - the heights of the Bundesliga and glory nights in Europe seem a long time ago.