rtgr

This is my first club thread so sorry if its not a good one.

heard about the club somewere on here so decided to have a go and noticed there wasn't a club thread.

first things first the reason i think these are the german queens park rangers is that they have recently had a take over like Q.P.R and were in the second tier of german football (now been promoted since end of season). with a transfer budget of 13.75mill and a wage of 140k there is alot of reasons to take an interest in this club

abit of history....
The modern-day club was formed in 1945, when gymnastics club Turnverein Hoffenheim (founded July 1 1899) and football club Fußballverein Hoffenheim (founded 1921) merged. At the beginning of the 1990s, the club was an obscure local amateur side playing in the eighth division Baden-Württemberg A-Liga. They steadily improved and by 1996 were competing in the Verbandsliga Nordbaden (V).

Around 1990, alumnus Dietmar Hopp returned to the club of his youth, not as a player, but as financial backer. Hopp was the co-founder of software firm SAP and he put some of his money into the club. His contributions generated almost immediate results: in 2000 Hoffenheim finished first in the Verbandsliga and was promoted to the fourth-division Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. Another first place finish moved the club up to the Regionalliga Süd (III) for the 2001-02 season. They finished 13th in their first season in the Regionalliga, but improved significantly the next year, earning a fifth place result.

Hoffenheim earned fifth and seventh place finishes in the next two seasons, before improving to fourth in 2005-06 to earn their best result to date. The club made its first German Cup appearance in the 2003-04 competition and performed well, advancing to the quarterfinals by eliminating 2. Bundesliga sides Eintracht Trier and Karlsruher SC and Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen before being being put out themselves by another 2. Bundesliga side, VfB Lübeck.

Negotiations to merge TSG Hoffenheim, FC Astoria Walldorf, and SV Sandhausen to create FC Heidelberg 06 in 2005 were abandoned due to the resistance of the latter two clubs, and the failure to agree on whether the new side's stadium should be located in Heidelberg or Eppelheim. Team owner Hopp clearly preferred Heidelberg, but could not overcome the resistance of local firm Wild, which had already reserved the site of the planned stadium for its new production facilities.

In 2006, the club sought to improve its squad and technical staff by bringing in players with several years of Bundesliga experience, most notably Jochen Seitz and Tomislav Marić, and by signing Ralf Rangnick, former manager of Bundesliga teams VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, and FC Schalke 04, to a five-year contract. The investment paid off in the 2006-07 season with the club's promotion to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing 2nd in Regionalliga Süd. Remarkably, the club spent only a single season in the 2. Bundesliga, where they finished in 2nd place and received automatic promotion. The 2008–2009 season will be Hoffenheim's first in the German top division.

Current Squad




this is patch 8.0.2 as i dont think the take over is on the other patches

this looks potentially a fun and enjoyable game so if people decide to take up on this game then please post progress in here.

ginger_mourinho

good opening post mate. who are the key players, expectations, budget?

rtgr

well ive put the transfer and wage budget on there for winning everything the original expectation is to avoid relegation.

key players:

Edu
per nilsson
carlos eduardo



it also looks like you can buy diogo (portuguesa) at the start too

ginger_mourinho

oops dint see them there. i make a point of skimming everything first hand, which i know is bad. Defo worth a try though, will be starting soon. Reckon i'm in need of a new challange

rtgr

same mate im pretty bored of ipswich, Arsenal, Q.P.R

killface

After reading this I decided I'd give em a shot. This happened in the second league game. I had already beat Gladbach 3-0 in the Cup also.

killface

I'm in first place after 7 games at 5-1-1. The only loss came in the 90th minute. I was playing a one striker set with Edu at first, but he got injured so I put in Demba Ba. Ba just rockets goals in. I've never seen anything like it. I had to switch to 2 strikers once Edu got back. He now has 7 goals in 2 starts and 2 subs. Ba has 8 goals in 5 starts and 1 sub. Carlos Eduardo has 6 goals and 9 assists.

Clearly this team has the attacking foundation to get things done, so it just needs a nice supporting cast.

rtgr

yea and the best of it is.... at the start you can get the likes of mihelic Aaritalo etc. so its not as if your without options

coolbananas

When i played as Hoffenheim, i absouletly pillaged the free players from brazil.


Iirc i had about 9 Brazilian 1st teamers


Who needs money eh?

rtgr

just signed diogo from portuguesa 3.6mill =] thil mihelic, aaritalo, stancu and about to get a cuple of chile defenders with tacalfred and marvin angulo coming in =]